UFC Women’s Rankings: All 3 Divisions

Every ranked female fighter in the UFC, across all three women’s weight divisions. Each division lists its champion first, followed by the top 15 contenders. Rankings are synced weekly from the UFC’s official listings. Looking for the other side of the roster? See the UFC men’s rankings, or the full rankings across every division.

Women's Bantamweight

  1. ChampionKayla HarrisonKayla Harrison
  2. #1 ContenderJulianna Peña
  3. #2 ContenderJoselyne EdwardsJoselyne Edwards
  4. #3 ContenderAilin PerezAilin Perez
  5. #4 ContenderRaquel PenningtonRaquel Pennington
  6. #5 ContenderNorma DumontNorma Dumont
  7. #6 ContenderYana SantosYana Santos
  8. #7 ContenderLuana Santos
  9. #8 ContenderJacqueline CavalcantiJacqueline Cavalcanti
  10. #9 ContenderMacy ChiassonMacy Chiasson
  11. #10 ContenderKarol RosaKarol Rosa
  12. #11 ContenderBia Mesquita
  13. #12 ContenderMichelle Montague
  14. #13 ContenderNora CornolleNora Cornolle
  15. #14 ContenderMelissa Croden

Women's Flyweight

  1. ChampionNatalia SilvaNatalia Silva
  2. #1 ContenderValentina ShevchenkoValentina Shevchenko
  3. #2 ContenderAlexa GrassoAlexa Grasso
  4. #3 ContenderManon FiorotManon Fiorot
  5. #4 ContenderErin BlanchfieldErin Blanchfield
  6. #5 ContenderRose NamajunasRose Namajunas
  7. #6 ContenderMaycee BarberMaycee Barber
  8. #6 ContenderJasmine JasudaviciusJasmine Jasudavicius
  9. #8 ContenderWang Cong
  10. #9 ContenderTracy CortezTracy Cortez
  11. #10 ContenderMiranda MaverickMiranda Maverick
  12. #11 ContenderKarine SilvaKarine Silva
  13. #12 ContenderCasey O'NeillCasey O’Neill
  14. #13 ContenderEduarda Moura
  15. #14 ContenderRegina Tarin
  16. #15 ContenderGabriella Fernandes

Women's Strawweight

  1. ChampionMackenzie DernMackenzie Dern
  2. #1 ContenderZhang Weili
  3. #2 ContenderTatiana SuarezTatiana Suarez
  4. #3 ContenderVirna JandirobaVirna Jandiroba
  5. #4 ContenderDenise GomesDenise Gomes
  6. #5 ContenderGillian RobertsonGillian Robertson
  7. #6 ContenderYan Xiaonan
  8. #7 ContenderFatima Kline
  9. #8 ContenderLoopy Godinez
  10. #9 ContenderAlexia Thainara
  11. #10 ContenderJéssica AndradeJéssica Andrade
  12. #11 ContenderTabatha RicciTabatha Ricci
  13. #12 ContenderAmanda LemosAmanda Lemos
  14. #13 ContenderAmanda RibasAmanda Ribas
  15. #14 ContenderAngela HillAngela Hill
  16. #15 ContenderMizuki Inoue

The Three Women’s UFC Weight Classes

The UFC currently ranks women in three divisions, spanning a 20-pound range from top to bottom. That is a far narrower spread than the men’s roster, where 140 pounds separate flyweight from heavyweight.

DivisionUpper limit
Strawweight115 lb
Flyweight125 lb
Bantamweight135 lb

Because the divisions sit so close together, fighters move between them more readily than on the men’s side. A strawweight and a bantamweight are only two weight classes apart, and champions have held belts in two divisions at once more often in the women’s ranks than the men’s.

What Happened to Women’s Featherweight?

The UFC created a women’s featherweight division at 145 pounds in 2017, and it no longer appears in the official rankings. It never had the roster depth to sustain itself. For most of its existence the belt was held by one dominant champion at a time, with a small pool of opponents, and after Amanda Nunes retired it stopped being contested altogether.

The lesson is one the promotion has run into repeatedly: a division needs enough signed fighters to generate competitive matchups, and a title alone does not create that depth. The three divisions that remain are the ones with the roster to support them.

When Did Women Start Fighting in the UFC?

February 23, 2013. Ronda Rousey defended the inaugural women’s bantamweight title against Liz Carmouche in the main event of UFC 157 — the first women’s bout in UFC history, and the first time the promotion had put a women’s fight on top of a pay-per-view.

Bantamweight stood alone until strawweight arrived in 2014, built largely through The Ultimate Fighter. Flyweight followed in 2017, alongside the featherweight division that has since fallen away. In a little over a decade the women’s roster went from nonexistent to a permanent fixture of the promotion’s biggest cards.

What Is the Women’s Pound-for-Pound Ranking?

The UFC publishes a women’s pound-for-pound list separately from the divisional rankings. It asks who would be best if size were removed from the equation, comparing fighters who will never meet in the cage. It is not a division, there is no belt, and nobody competes for it.

How Often Do the Women’s Rankings Change?

The UFC recalculates its rankings by the Monday following each event. With only three divisions and fewer fights per card, women’s rankings tend to move less often than the men’s — but a single result can shift a division that has just a handful of active contenders. For how placements are calculated, see how UFC rankings work.