- WestenShelton
- 3rd Degree Blue Belt
- Member Since 2021.11.08
My MMA Rankings
Top Women Featherweight Fighters
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1
- Cris Cyborg
- 27-2-0, 1 NC
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Super well rounded. Explosive strikes, wrestling, submissions. A legend who can do it all.
-She dominated Blencowe. Looks untouchable in this division right now.
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- Norma Dumont
- "The Immortal"
- 11-2-0
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-Decent stand up fighter, but didn't wow me..
-vs. Macy Chiasson, about the same. OK stand up but nothing great, got taken down a fair bit but has some grappling skills. Definitely did not impress me, but this division is bad.
-More of the same vs. Danyelle Wolf. She won standing which is nice vs. a former boxer, but she just did not look ready to compete in MMA, so tough to upgrade off that.
-Beat Karol Rosa. It was a very inactive fight. She is well rounded and sound defensively, but the output is not great.
-Great win vs. Chandler. Her striking looked very crisp. And she has wrestling and some OK grappling. In a bad division, she is solid.
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3
- Sara McMann
- 14-7-0
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Dominated Blencowe with her wrestling in her Bellator debut. Definitely has great wrestling, clinch work, and GNP.
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- Cat Zingano
- "Alpha"
- 14-5-0
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Dominant wrestling performance vs. Pam Sorenson. Good GNP. Didn't show much else, but the wrestling is excellent.
-Was in a tight grappling fight with Mccourt. She came out on top, but was in plenty of bad positions. Made me feel like this was her ceiling.
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- Arlene Blencowe
- "Angerfist"
- 15-10-0
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Bellator. Really solid stand up fighter. Accurate, good combos, and power. Mostly boxes. Has good takedown defense too. In a bad division, she looks really goo.d.
-Got annihilated by Cyborg, but still held up better than most would.
-Got dominated with the wrestling by McMann. Takedown defense might not be quite there.
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- Jacqueline Cavalcanti
- 6-1-0
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Pretty easily beat Fairn. Fairn sucks, but I thought she had crisp enough looking stand up, looked solid. This is probably a placeholder, as she will likely go to 135.
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- Karol Rosa
- 17-6-0
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Lost to Dumont in a close, and inactive fight. She had a couple of nice moments in the 3rd round once she got more active though. Could have won if she was that aggressive throughout.
-Beat Santos in a close fight. Wasn't an impressive performance. She was a bit better standing, but lost exchanges in the clinch.
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8
- Yana Santos
- "Foxy"
- 14-8-0, 1 NC
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Lost vs. Rosa. She had some Ok stuff in the clinch and leg kicks. Wasn't great standing, and gameplan lacked late. In this division, shes OK enough I guess.
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- Felicia Spencer
- "Feenom"
- 9-3-0
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-Pretty good wrestler, good in the clinch. Didn't wow me outside of a bit of the wrestling.
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10
- Chelsea Chandler
- 6-2-0
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Got dominated by Dumont. She is strong and aggressive, but her defense is seriously lacking vs. better talent.
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11
- Josiane Nunes
- "Josi" | 10-2-0
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-Aggressive stand up fighter. Constantly trying to get inside and throw. Has good power. On;y 5'2 which makes it tough with her reach at this division. Showed some takedown defense but also not elite there.Good fighter, but the physical limitations are worrying.
-Barely beat Fairn. Her length disadvantage is just a lot. She has great cardio, and a lot of dawg in her, but the height at this division just won't work vs even the decent fighters imo.
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12
- Sinead Kavanagh
- "KO" | 9-6-0
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Known as a good stand up fighter, but got absolutely rocked standing by Cyborg. Didn't see tons else from her.
-Looked better vs. Mccourt. Her stand up looked pretty good, and she actually showed some grappling ability too. She somehow fought through a leg that was totally messed up too.
-Won vs. Harding, but very underwhelming performance. She was very inactive. Had one nice round, has some brawling ability, but isn't technical, no leg kicks, and the activity wasn't great,
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- Leah McCourt
- "The Curse" | 8-3-0
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She showed some grappling early, but then got beat in every regard vs. Kavanagh. She also couldn't beat an opponent who had a messed up leg. I was not impressed.
-Got into a grappling match with Zingano, which is more of her specialty, and she had some nice moments, but she did also get reversed several times. She is one dimensional but she did at least show the grappling prowess.
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- Pam Sorenson
- "Bam" | 9-6-0
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Very tough, can take a lot of damage. Has OK stand up, some wrestling, but just well below the best at this point.
-Got annihilated by Cat Zingano. The takedown defense did not look good at all, she could not stop takedowns whatsoever.
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- Zarah Fairn
- "Infinite" | 6-6-0
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Lost a very close fight to Nunes. She has length and mostly uses it well. Kept up a decent pace and didn't get too tired. But she is just OK at best.
-Lost vs. Jacqueline. She is so stiff and slow, and the activity isn't awesome either.
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- Leah Letson
- "Nidas" | 5-2-0
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-Had been out of action for like 3 years, and I just didn't see much from her here.
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- Janay Harding
- "Hollowpoint" | 6-8-0
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Really inactive vs. Kavanaugh outside of leg kicks, They said she is pretty bad on the ground too, but she never went there here. Really not impressed.
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18
- Danyelle Wolf
- 1-1-0
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A boxer in her 40s. Just not a MMA fighter at a high level. She was outclassed standing, and obviously she was outclassed on the ground and with wrestling. Any real MMA fighter should be able to bear her.
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