Even though the UFC rankings officially started from February 2013. Women were added to the pound-for-pound rankings for the first time in December 2013. Ronda Rousey, the then UFC Women's Bantamweight champion, became the first female fighter from UFC to debut in the rankings at No.10.
Active women fighters are ranked in the official UFC rankings by pound-for-pound and the respective weight divisions namely Strawweight, Flyweight and Bantamweight.
As there aren't enough women competing in the Women's Featherweight division, the rankings for the same are not available since they are not voted upon by MMA media members.
Rank | Fighter | Weight Class | Win/Loss Record | Last Fight | Next Fight |
1 | Amanda Nunes | Bantamweight (2011âpresent), Featherweight (2008â2011, 2018âpresent) | 21-4 | Defeated Megan Anderson at UFC 259 | TBD |
2 | Valentina Shevchenko | Bantamweight (2003â2005, 2010â2017), Flyweight (2006, 2018âpresent) | 20-3 | Defeated Jennifer Maia at UFC 255 | Jessica Andrade (UFC 261- for the UFC Women's Flyweight Championship) |
3 | Weili Zhang | Strawweight | 21-1 | Defeated Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 248 | Rose Namajunas (UFC 261- for the UFC Women's Strawweight Championship |
4 | Rose Namajunas | Strawweight | 9-4 | Defeated Jessica Andrade at UFC 251 | Weili Zhang (UFC 261-for the UFC Women's Strawweight Championship) |
5 | Jessica Andrade | Bantamweight (135 lbs) (2011â2015); Strawweight (115 lbs) (2016â2020); Flyweight (125 lbs) (2020âpresent) | 21-8 | Defeated Katlyn Chookagian at UFC Fight Island 6 | Valentina Shevchenko (UFC 261-for the UFC Women's Flyweight Championship) |
6 | Joanna Jedrzejczyk | Flyweight (2012â2014, 2018âpresent), Strawweight (2014â2018, 2019âpresent) | 16-4 | Lost to Weili Zhang at UFC 248 | TBD |
7 | Germaine De Randamie | Bantamweight (2008-2011, 2013-16, 2018-Present), Featherweight ( 2011-12, 2017) | 10-4 | Defeated Julianna Pena at UFC Fight Island 4 | TBD |
8 | Holly Holm | Bantamweight (2011-2016, 2017, 2019), Featherweight (2017-2018) | 14-5 | Defeated Irene Aldana | TBD |
9 | Aspen Ladd | Flyweight (2015), Bantamweight (2016-present) | 9-1 | Defeated Yana Kunitskaya | TBD |
10 | Katlyn Chookagian | Strawweight (2014), Flyweight (2014-2016, 2018-Present), Bantamweight (2016-17). | 15-4 | Defeated Cynthia Calvillo | Viviane Araujo (UFC 262) |
11 | Yan Xiaonan | Atomweight Strawweight | 13-1, 1 NC | Defeated Claudia Gadelha | Carla Esparza (UFC Vegas 27) |
12 | Nina Ansaroff | Strawweight (2010-2013, 2014-Present), Flyweight (2013-Present) | 10-6 | Lost to Tatiana Suarez | Mackenzie Dern (UFC Vegas 23 |
13 | Carla Esparza | Strawweight | 9-2-1. | Defeated Marina Rodriguez | Yan Xiaonan ( UFC Vegas 27) |
14 | Cynthia Calvillo | Flyweight (2016, 2020-present), Strawweight (2017-2019) | 18-5 | Katlyn Chookagian | TBD |
15 | Claudia Gadelha | Strawweight | 18-6 | Lost to Yan Xiaonan | TBD |