Women’s Featherweight+

First, a run-down of the particulars:

A minimum weight of 138 pounds is observed for this list.
The inception of the title occurred at the final match of an “LLPW” MMA open weight 8-woman tournament in 1995. Note: There was a smaller 4-woman “White Dragon” tournament in 1993 where the lineage could have been started, but could not confirm if this was indeed above 138 pounds.
Inactivity has plagued this division’s history. Were we to implement stricter penalties, one could argue that Goundarenko would’ve lost the title due to inactivity and Kandori’s reign would’ve been skipped, as would part of Coenen’s and as a result, Toughill and Yabushita would’ve never held the title.
Recordkeeping and regulations (weight classes) were notoriously bad for Women’s MMA. As a result, we may update this list if new info presents itself.

Your current lineal Featherweight+ champion is Vacant

The full history is below. Note, the colored backgrounds indicate a title change.

MMA Women’s Featherweight+ Lineal Championship History

Date	Champion	Outcome	Challenger	Notes
1995-07-18	Svetlana Goundarenko	WIN	Shinobu Kandori	Due to Goundarenko’s inactivity after this fight, the path forward is questionable. See notes above for more commentary.
1998-10-10	Shinobu Kandori	WIN	Svetlana Goundarenko
2000-11-22	Shinobu Kandori	WIN	Yumiko Hotta	Kandori retires.
2002-01-13	Marloes Coenen	WIN	Megumi Yabushita	Vacant title. Top contenders.
2002-04-14	Marloes Coenen	WIN	Miwako Ishihara
2004-12-19	Marloes Coenen	WIN	Yoko Takahashi
2004-12-19	Erin Toughill	WIN	Marloes Coenen
2004-12-19	Megumi Yabushita	WIN	Yong Joo Lee
2005-07-09	Megumi Yabushita	WIN	Yong Joo Lee	No division info available.
2006-02-15	Amanda Buckner	WIN	Megumi Yabushita	Buckner moves down to lower weights after this fight.
2009-08-15	Cristiane Justino	WIN	Gina Carano	Vacant title. Top contenders.
2010-01-30	Cristiane Justino	WIN	Marloes Coenen
2010-06-26	Cristiane Justino	WIN	Jan Finney
2011-12-17	Cristiane Justino	NC	Hiroko Yamanaka
2013-04-05	Cristiane Justino	WIN	Fiona Muxlow
2013-07-13	Cristiane Justino	WIN	Marloes Coenen
2015-02-27	Cristiane Justino	WIN	Charmaine Tweet
2015-07-09	Cristiane Justino	WIN	Faith McMah
2016-01-16	Cristiane Justino	WIN	Daria Ibragimova
2016-05-14	Cristiane Justino	WIN	Leslie Smith
2016-09-24	Cristiane Justino	WIN	Lina Lansberg
2017-07-29	Cristiane Justino	WIN	Tonya Evinger
2017-12-30	Cristiane Justino	WIN	Holly Holm
2018-03-03	Cristiane Justino	WIN	Yana Kunitskaya
2018-12-29	Amanda Nunes	WIN	Cristiane Justino
2020-06-06	Amanda Nunes	WIN	Felicia Spencer
2021-03-06	Amanda Nunes	WIN	Megan Anderson	Amanda Nunes no longer defends the FW title and eventually retires

Women’s Featherweight+

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