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Let's look at all you need to know about UFC Women’s Flyweight Division
Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports. In MMA, the Flyweight division is within 116 - 125 pounds. A flyweight division for women in the UFC was the need of the hour since time immemorial with several female fighters who were competing at 115 and 135 pounds craving for the opportunity to fight at their natural weight of 116 - 125 pounds.
The UFC finally relented, introducing the new division in December, 2017 where the inaugural title was contested in Las Vegas at the Ultimate Fighter: A new world champion Finale.
Valentina Shevchenko is the current UFC women’s Flyweight champion.
The inaugural UFC Women’s Flyweight Title fight was contested in December in Las Vegas, Nevada at The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion finale. The inaugural title fight was between two fighters who appeared on the 26th season of The Ultimate Fighter, as Nicco Montano defeated Roxanne Modafferi to win become the inaugural champion.
Montano's withdrawal from UFC 228 due to weight cut issues led to her being stripped of the title in 2018 and thus Valentina Shevchenko won the vacant title after defeating Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 231. Shevchenko has since defended her title four times, with a title reign of 732 days and counting.
Current UFC Women's Flyweight Champion: Valentina Shevchenko [22–3]
Rank | Fighter | Record | M | Win Streak | Result | Last fight | Next fight |
C | Valentina Shevchenko | 22–3 | - | 8 (6 def) | Win | UFC 266 Lauren Murphy | UFC 275 Taila Santos |
1 | Jéssica Andrade | 22–9 | - | 1 | Win | UFC 266 Cynthia Calvillo | UFC Fight Night 205 Amanda Lemos |
2 | Katlyn Chookagian | 17–4 | - | 3 | Win | UFC on ESPN 32 Jennifer Maia | UFC on ESPN 36 Amanda Ribas |
3 | Lauren Murphy | 15–5 | - | 0 | Loss | UFC 266 Valentina Shevchenko | UFC 276 Miesha Tate |
4 | Taila Santos | 19–1 | - | 4 | Win | UFC Fight Night 198 Joanne Wood | UFC 275 Valentina Shevchenko |
5 | Alexa Grasso | 14–3 | - | 3 | Win | UFC on ESPN 33 Joanne Wood | TBD |
6 | Manon Fiorot | 9–1 | 1 | 9 | Win | UFC on ESPN 33 Jennifer Maia | TBD |
7 | Jennifer Maia | 19–9–1 | −1 | 0 | Loss | UFC on ESPN 33 Manon Fiorot | TBD |
8 | Viviane Araújo | 10–3 | - | 0 | Loss | UFC 266 Katlyn Chookagian | UFC on ESPN 36 Andrea Lee |
9 | Andrea Lee | 13–5 | - | 2 | Win | UFC Fight Night 197 Cynthia Calvillo | UFC on ESPN 36 Viviane Araújo |
10 | Joanne Wood | 15–8 | - | 0 | Loss | UFC on ESPN 33 Alexa Grasso | TBD |
11 | Cynthia Calvillo | 9–4–1 | - | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 197 Andrea Lee | UFC Fight Night 207 Brianna Fortino |
12 | Jessica Eye | 15–10 (1 NC) | - | 0 | Loss | UFC 264 Jennifer Maia | UFC 276 Casey O'Neill |
13 | Casey O'Neill | 9–0 | - | 9 | Win | UFC 271 Roxanne Modafferi | UFC 276 Jessica Eye |
14 | Maycee Barber | 9–2 | - | 1 | Win | UFC on ESPN 27 Miranda Maverick | UFC Fight Night 205 Montana De La Rosa |
15 | Erin Blanchfield | 8–1 | - | 5 | Win | UFC 269 Miranda Maverick | UFC Fight Night 207 JJ Aldrich |
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*Last Updated April 13th, 2022
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