MMA UFC Women’s Flyweight Rankings
Updating the Top 10 MMA Flyweight Rankings after Alexa Grasso defeats longtime champion Valentina Shevchenko by submission at UFC 285. Also where Erin Blanchfield, Taila Santos, and more rank
Honorable Mention
Amanda Ribas
Promotion: UFC
Amanda Ribas is an MMA fighter from Brazil and she has a record of 11 wins and 13 losses. She has wins over the likes of McKenzie Dern, Paige VanZant, and Katlyn Chookagian. Though she barely misses the top ten, she deserves an honorable mention.
Casey O'Neill
Promotion: UFC
Casey O'Neill is an Australian MMA fighter, originally from Scotland. She has an undefeated professional record with 9 wins and 0 losses.
Viviane Araujo
Promotion: UFC
Viviane Araújo is a professional MMA fighter from Brazil and has a record of 12 wins and 3 losses.
She has notable wins over Montana De La Rosa, Roxanne Modafferi, and Andrea Lee. In her most recent fight, she lost to Amanda Ribas, and her next fight has not been finalized yet.
Top 10 Women’s MMA Strawweight Fighters
10. Jéssica Andrade
Promotion: UFC
Jéssica Andrade is a Professional MMA fighter from Brazil and she has a record of 24 wins and 10 losses
Jéssica Andrade is the former UFC Strawweight champion and has fought for the Flyweight title as well. She has notable wins over Joanne Calderwood, Cláudia Gadelha, Karolina Kowalkiewicz, Rose Namajunas, Katlyn Chookagian, Amanda Lemos, and Lauren Murphy.
In her most recent fight, she lost to Erin Blanchfield, and her next is scheduled against Xiaonan Yan for May 6th, 2023.
9. Jennifer Maia
Promotion: UFC
Jennifer Maia is a professional MMA fighter from Brazil and has a record of 20 wins, 9 losses, and 1 draw.
She is the former Invicta FC flyweight champion, and in the UFC, has won over Roxanne Modafferi, Joanne Calderwood, and Jessica Eye. She also challenged Valentina Shevchenko for the world title but lost via UD.
In her most recent fight, she defeated Maryna Moroz and will be fighting Casey O'Neill in her next fight on March 18th.
8. Lauren Murphy
Promotion: UFC
Lauren Murphy is a professional MMA fighter from the USA, and she has a record of 16 wins and 6 losses.
She is the former Invicta FC bantamweight champion and has impressive wins in the UFC over names like Joanne Calderwood, Roxanne Modafferi, Andrea Lee, and Miesha Tate
In her most recent fight, she lost to Jéssica Andrade, and her next fight has not been announced yet.
7. Katlyn Chookagian
Promotion: UFC
Katlyn Chookagian is a professional MMA fighter from the USA. She has a record of 18 wins and 5 losses.
Chookagian competes in the UFC women's flyweight division and has fought for the world title as well. She has wins over fighters like Joanne Calderwood, Jennifer Maia, Antonina Shevchenko, and Cynthia Calvillo.
In her most recent fight, she lost to Manon Fiorot, and her next fight has not been announced yet.
6. Liz Carmouche
Promotion: Bellator
Title: Bellator Flyweight World Champion
Liz Carmouche is one of the oldest female MMA fighters, and she recently became the Bellator flyweight champion after defeating Juliana Velasquez.
She is on a five fight win streak since leaving the UFC defeating Kana Watanabe, Vanessa Porto, and DeAnna Bennett as well. She is scheduled to rematch against Bennett on April 21, 2023 at Bellator 294.
5. Manon Fiorot
Promotion: UFC
Manon Fiorot is a French MMA fighter, with a professional record of 10 wins and only 1 loss.
She is currently on a 10-fight winning streak, 5 of which are in the UFC. She has notable wins over fighters like Jennifer Maia and Katlyn Chookagian.
She defeated Chookagian in her most recent fight, and her next fight has not been announced yet.
4. Taila Santos
Promotion: UFC
Taila Santos is a professional MMA fighter from Brazil she has a record of 19 wins and 2 losses.
Santos made it to the UFC after her win on the Dana White contender series. After losing her first UFC fight, she went on a four-fight winning streak, defeating Molly McCann, Gillian Robertson, Roxanne Modafferi, and Joanne Wood.
In her most recent fight, she challenged Valentina Shevchenko for the flyweight title, and though she gave the champion a very tough time, she lost via Split decision.
3. Erin Blanchfield
Promotion: UFC
Erin Blanchfield is an American professional MMA fighter with a record of 11 wins and only 1 loss.
She is undefeated in the UFC and has won five fights in a row, with notable wins over JJ Aldrich, Molly McCann, and Jéssica Andrade, whom she defeated in her most recent fight.
As of now, there is no official announcement about Erin Blanchfield’s next fight.
2. Valentina Shevchenko
Promotion: UFC
Valentina Shevchenko is a professional MMA fighter from Kyrgyzstan and she has a record of 23 wins and 4 losses.
Shevchenko is the former UFC Women’s Flyweight champion and won the title back in 2018 after defeating Joanna Jędrzejczyk. After making 7 consecutive title defenses, she lost her title last weekend, in a fight against Alexa Grasso.
Shevchenko had a decent performance for the first few rounds, and the fight was fairly competitive. However, in the fourth round, Grasso won the fight via Submission.
1. Alexa Grasso
Promotion: UFC
Title: UFC Flyweight World Champion
Alexa Grasso is a Mexican MMA fighter, with a professional record of 16 wins and 3 losses.
Grasso is the current UFC Flyweight world champion, and won the title last weekend, at UFC 285 after defeating long-time dominant champion Valentina Shevchenko.
The fight was competitive, with Shevchenko having a solid performance, however, she attempted a spinning back kick, which allowed Grasso to take her back, and finish the fight via submission.
man the second alexa grasso was able to get her back she went to work fast pic.twitter.com/QFRNcBdTIW
— Gegard Mousasseat (@mousasseat) March 5, 2023
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