5 Best female MMA fighters who never fought in the UFC

#3 Miku Matsumoto

Matsumoto was a big name in Japanese MMA

Miku Matsumoto was a pioneer of Women’s Mixed Martial Arts in Japan. Her career started in 2004 and lasted only five years. However, in this time span, Matsumoto built up a professional record of 23-4 to her name which included many iconic fights.

Her rivalry with Misaki Takimoto, in particular, was one of the highlights of her career. In the earlier stages of her career, Matsumoto went 10-2 with her only two losses coming up against Takimoto. She then avenged both these losses later on and defeated Takimoto on two separate occasions.

In the later stages of her career, Matsumoto was a mainstay in DEEP where she was crowned the Lightweight champion in 2007. She also had two successful defences of the title.

In 2010, she had an exhibition match with another legendary Japanese fighter Megumi Fujii and this was the last time Matsumoto fought. As for Fujii, she is our next entry in the list.