The Tapology Consensus MMA Rankings
The Current Best Pound-for-Pound Female MMA Fighters
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- Top Heavyweights - 265 lbs.
- Top Light Heavies - 205 lbs.
- Top Middleweights - 185 lbs.
- Top Welterweights - 170 lbs.
- Top Lightweights - 155 lbs.
- Top Featherweights - 145 lbs.
- Top Bantamweights - 135 lbs.
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- Top Flyweights - 125 lbs.
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Who's the best of the women?
The current pound-for-pound female fighter ranking has all the best ladies of mixed martial arts to grace the cage. From 135 to 145 and beyond, these fighters aren't messing around when the door shuts and the ref signals the start. Create YOUR own ranking today.
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- Ronda Rousey
- "Rowdy"
- 5-0-0
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2
- Miesha Tate
- "Takedown"
- 12-3-0
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3
- Marloes Coenen
- "Rumina"
- 20-5-0
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4
- Sarah Kaufman
- 15-1-0
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5
- Zoila Gurgel
- "Warrior Princess"
- 11-1-0
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- Megumi Fujii
- "Mega Megu"
- 25-2-0
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7
- Cristiane Santos
- "Cyborg"
- 10-1-0, 1 NC
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8
- Jessica Aguilar
- "Jag"
- 14-4-0
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9
- Tara LaRosa
- 21-2-0
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- Gina Carano
- "Conviction"
- 7-1-0
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- Liz "Girl-Rilla" Carmouche | 6-2-0
- Alexis Davis | 11-5-0
- Hiroko "Cat's Eye" Yamanaka | 12-1-0, 1 NC
- Sara McMann | 5-0-0
- Rosi "The Surgeon" Sexton | 12-2-0
- Amanda "Lioness of the Ring" Nunes | 7-2-0
- Michelle "The Karate Hottie" Waterson | 9-3-0
- Marianna "The Crushen Russian" Kheyfets | 5-1-0
- Kaitlin Young | 6-5-1
- Rin Nakai | 11-0-1
- Hitomi "Girlfight Monster" Akano | 18-9-0
- Felice "Lil Bulldog" Herrig | 6-4-0
- Julia "The Jewel" Budd | 2-2-0
- Roxanne "The Happy Warrior" Modafferi | 15-10-0
- Carina "Beauty But The Beast" Damm | 17-6-0
- "Alpha" Cat Zingano | 6-0-0
- Shayna "The Queen of Spades" Baszler | 14-6-0
- Erin "Steel" Toughill | 10-3-1
- Jessica "Evil" Eye | 7-1-0
- Barb "Little Warrior" Honchak | 5-1-0
- Julie "Fireball" Kedzie | 16-9-0
- Lena "Hunter" Ovchynnikova | 8-2-0
- Jessica Penne | 9-1-0
- Carla Esparza | 6-2-0
- Lisa Ellis | 14-8-0
- Romy Ruyssen | 5-2-0
- Aisling "Ais the Bash" Daly | 13-2-0
- Munah Holland | 4-1-0
- Yana "Foxy" Kunitskaya | 5-1-0
- Shino VanHoose | 3-1-0
- Sheila "Bulldog" Gaff | 10-4-1
- Takayo Hashi | 14-4-0
- Elaina "Beef" Maxwell | 7-4-0
- Julianna "The Venezuelan Vixen" Pena | 2-0-0
- Tonya Evinger | 9-6-0
- Yuka "Vale Tudo Queen" Tsuji | 23-2-0
- Jessica Branco | 0-0-0
- Milana Dudieva | 8-1-0
- Michelle "Diablita" Gutierrez | 3-3-0
- Anna "Smiles" Barone | 2-3-0
- Sanja Sucevic | 3-1-0
- Ayaka Hamasaki | 6-0-0
- Karla Benitez | 6-2-0, 1 NC
- Nicdali "The Night Queen" Rivera-Calanoc | 7-6-0
- Ashley "Loca" Sanchez | 4-3-0
- Amanda "Powerhouse" Lucas | 4-0-0
- Sarah "White Tiger" Schneider | 6-5-0
- "VV" Mei Yamaguchi | 9-4-1
- Vanessa Porto | 13-4-0
- Angela Magana | 10-4-0
- Stephanie "Macaquinha" Frausto | 3-4-0
- Kim "Sugar Free" Couture | 3-7-0
- Naho "Sugi Rock" Sugiyama | 7-0-0
- Randi Miller | 1-0-0
- Claudia Gadelha | 7-0-0
- Ashley "Smashley" Cummins | 3-0-0
- Sarah "The Monster" D'Alelio | 5-2-0
- "Slick" Sally Krumdiack | 9-5-0
- Kikuyo Ishikawa | 7-3-0
- Kerry Vera | 2-0-0
- Seo Hee Ham | 9-5-0
- Katja Kankaanpaa | 6-0-0
- Amy "Lil' Dynamite" Davis | 3-2-0, 1 NC
- "Sassy" Cassie Rodish | 2-3-0
- Angelica "South Valley's Own" Chavez | 4-1-0
- Sarah "KO Kid" Maloy | 3-2-0
- Holly "Hottie" Holm | 2-0-0
- Jan "Cuddles" Finney | 8-10-0
- Shana "Rock Solid" Nelson | 5-2-0
- Vanessa Mariscal | 2-1-0
- Sofia Bagherdai | 4-2-0
- Julia Berezikova | 5-3-0
- Meghan "The Babe" Wright | 1-4-0
- Tisha Rodriguez | 0-0-0
- Kyoko Takabayashi | 12-4-1
- Saori "Shooting Star" Ishioka | 12-7-0
- Leslie Smith | 3-2-1
- Megumi Yabushita | 19-19-0
- "Miss" Mollie Ahlers-Estes | 1-1-0
- Elina Nilsson | 2-2-0
- Ashleigh Curry | 1-1-0
- Danielle "The Curse" West | 4-3-1
- Patricia "Little " Vidonic | 5-3-0
- Anita "El Tigre" Rodriguez | 5-3-0
- Lacey "The Ladie" Schuckman | 7-4-0
- Germaine "The Iron Lady" de Randamie | 2-2-0
- Mika "Hari" Harigai | 6-25-1
- Chelsea "The Italian Princess" Colarelli | 6-4-0
- Stephanie Guimaraes | 1-1-0
- Lynn "Lights Out" Alvarez | 5-2-0
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