Women’s Bantamweight (129-139.9 lbs) fighter ranks
The rankings presented are computerized and provided by the FightMatrix ranking system, which utilizes a comprehensive MMA fight database to provide objective rankings. Please note, that these rankings ONLY contain fighters who have had at least one professional fight some time in the 450 days prior to the ranking date.
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That’s a strange signing.. she has 1 win over a debut fighter according to Sherdog… but she is supposedly 5-0.
These rankings don’t make sense. How can you have Rin Nakai #7 p4p, yet you have Lauren Murphy, Julianna Pena, Jessica Eye, Sara McMann, and Miesha Tate ahead of her on your women’s bantamweight rankings.
In the ranking, you have Lauren Taylor. And Lauren Taylors fight is with Lauren Murphy, not Miriam Nakamoto. I see what you did there.
Invicta FC 7: Lists Lauren Taylor as Lauren Murphy? vs. Miriam Nakamoto. I love this fight! But is this a spelling error?
Why isn’t Miriam Nakamoto on this list? I know she’s only had 3 MMA fights, but 3 KO’s not to mention 10 World Titles in Muay Thai and an undefeated record there as well, I mean come on! If Holly Holm is good enough to be ranked then Miriam should be too.
I have Berezikova/Benitez at 130.
As the women’s Bantamweight division gets deeper, is it likely that the rankings gets deeper to the top 30????
Those TUF results alternate timeline I posted earlier treat them as ‘full consideration bouts’. However, due to the decreased length and other factors.. when we go live with including them, they will not get this full consideration.
Only MMA results are considered and Nakamoto is 2-0, not 3-0.
Um… are you absolutely sure Julia Berezikova isn’t a Flyweight? Her last opponent, Karla Benitez, has only ever fought at Flyweight and Strawweight as far as I know.
LOL, now I’m confused.
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BE Cindy Dandois (32) 7-2-0
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Last Fight: 7/29/2016 [Invicta FC] vs [NR] Jessamyn Duke
this is incorrect.
Cindy is 8-2 she had an 11 sec sub on Friday in Washington State.
http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Cindy-Dandois-42457#!
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i believe this time is incorrect but it probably doesn’t matter much??
You’d hold a majority decision loss over Davis’s head, 3+ years later? You don’t work for FICO, do you? She hasn’t lost decisively in nearly 5 years aside from Rousey and stays active against top competition. Suppose you could say the same for Kaufman, but in reality, they are only 7 points apart.
Davis is due a small hit very soon. Should drop her below Tate, but not sure about Kaufman. UFC rankings agree with Davis over Kaufman and I don’t necessarily agree that Tate/Zingano have to be above Davis from a subjective standpoint.
just outside the list.
Just chiming in that the promotion list on her is minimal as well as the team list. Kelly McGill (1-0) has recently been signed to Invicta Fighting Championships after a great win at Tachi Palace over , but thats not listed as well as the fight team “Last Stand Fight Team” based out of Modesto and Oakdale. Many talented females come from West-coast fighting championships and should receive a spot on this list. http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Kelly-McGill-170067
Now that Ashlee Evans-Smith is in the UFC, I’d like to see her show up on the Bantamweight listing.
Ashlee Evans-Smith was winning that fight and got careless..
UFC need to double both their women MMA people (and their Men’s Heavyweights)
Here is hoping the UFC signs in 2015 ..
Pannie Kianzad, Agnieszka Niedźwiedź, DeAnna Bennett, Jessy Rose-Clark, Tonya Evinger, Gina Carano, Barb Honchak, Miriam Nakamoto, Cindy Dandois.
I do not want neither: Cristiane Justino Cyborg, nor.. Carina “Barbie” Damm both I think will go back to banned substances II hear Damm’s brother been pushing for her.
Also hear many are talking about UFC should sign WWE superstar Eve Torres Gracie she is lovely and can fight, Gracie trained pro wrestling star. I hope she does join CM Punk and come over to the real fight world.
Pena at number 6…are you kidding me?Moras submitted her in a real sanctioned fight. She beat a natural 115 lb girl in Rakoscy and Rakoscy was beated by Fellice Herrig, another straweight who will not be ranked in the top ten once TUF 20 is over!!! Pena will never win again at bantamweight. She is a joke! Claimed some welterweight guy jumped on her back and blew out her knee. Josh Gow walks around lighter than Pena!!!
She was, before she lost.
Not quite sure how you can argue that a 1-0 fighter who beat an 0-1 fighter belongs on this list…
Glad to see Agnieszka Niedzwiedz now added, I love list here is my list of women I want to see in the UFC Women’s Bantam Weight.
1.Cristiane”Cyborg” Justino 12-1-0
2. Holly Holm 7-0
3. Gina Carano 7-1
4. Larissa Moreira Pacheco 10-0
5. Rin Nakai 15-0-1
6. Lauren Murphy 8-0 (her key to success was aggression and she lost that in her last bout)
7. Agnieszka Niedzwiedz 6-0
8. Pannie Kianzad 4-0
9. Talita Nogueira 6-0
10.Barb Honchak 9-2
11.Cindy Dandois 5-1
12.Marloes Coenen 21-6
13.Faith Van Duin 4-0
14.Miriam Nakamoto 2-1
15. Jennifer Tate 6-1
16. Takayo Hashi 14-4
17. Shizuka Sugiyama 10-3-1
18. DeAnna Bennett 3-0
19. Tonya Evinger 12-6
20. Sarah D’Alelio 7-5
21. Ashlee Evans-Smith 2-0
23. Tara LaRosa 21-4
24. Elaina Maxwell 7-4
25. Shana Nelson 5-2
26. Kelly Kobold 18-3
28. Alexandra Buch 8-3
21. Sheila Bird 3-0
29. Alexa Grasso 4-0
30. Gloria Castillo 2-1
One’s to watch:
Elaine Albuquerque , Kyra Gracie Guimarães , Taylor Stratford, Kate Aroa da Silva, Elizabeth Phillips , Jessy Rose-Clark, Gloria Castillo, Kamila Porczyk, Ana Maria, Peggy Morgan , Carina Damm (steroids scandals),
Valérie Létourneau “Trouble” was disappointed in her TUF showing, Lost to Roxanne Modafferi. I want he best in the UFC. Hope she picks up her game l watch that fight. Kate da Silva and all those others, sad.
POP bantamweight champion.
Kate Jiu-Jitseira Aroa-da Silva 7-1-0
Wins: Tash Chambers, Angela Rivera-Parr,
Deney Hayward, Arlene Blencowe,
Ginny Connors, Desiree Maaka, Charlene Watt,
Losses- Faith Van Duin,
Guess fighting newbies gets your record up.
Read the snippet at the top of the P4P rankings. They use a different methodology. Also, Nakai started at 125… and took a divisional points hit when she came up to 135 (higher weight). There could be an issue I’m not aware of, but other than that… see above. Will look into it.
EDIT: There was a bug affecting Nakai…. fixed and updated. She is #15.
Thanks. Yes, I’d include the fights to get into the house, there were some upsets there. So that’s eight fights to get into the house plus six fights during the season. (I’m not interested in the men’s side.)
Alexis Dufresne UFC Signed she was not even on my radar. Agnieszka Niedzwiedz also at 5-0 has been on my top ten non-ufc list for a long time, she should be on your list too.
it would be nice to see the rankings expanded even if its just to a top 25. this division is only going to get deeper.
Very cool, thanks.
Where is Agnieszka Niedzwiedz ?
I like this alternate timeline idea in this situation
Hard to get ranked beating up 1-0 fighters.
Hard to get ranked beating up 1-0 fighters.
None of Ladd’s opponents have been ranked at the time.
please tell me how aspen ladd is not ranked in your top 30 bantamweights?
None of Ladd’s opponents have been ranked at the time.
please tell me how aspen ladd is not ranked in your top 30 bantamweights?
just outside the list.
Where is aspen Ladd?
Where is aspen Ladd?
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BE Cindy Dandois (32) 7-2-0
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Last Fight: 7/29/2016 [Invicta FC] vs [NR] Jessamyn Duke
this is incorrect.
Cindy is 8-2 she had an 11 sec sub on Friday in Washington State.
http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Cindy-Dandois-42457#!
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i believe this time is incorrect but it probably doesn’t matter much??
How is Aspen Ladd not ranked in the top #30 on your website? now that makes zero sense especially considering you have jessica rose clark ranked #30 and faith van duin #29,,Aspen is top 25 with out a dought.
How is Aspen Ladd not ranked in the top #30 on your website? now that makes zero sense especially considering you have jessica rose clark ranked #30 and faith van duin #29,,Aspen is top 25 with out a dought.
You’d hold a majority decision loss over Davis’s head, 3+ years later? You don’t work for FICO, do you? She hasn’t lost decisively in nearly 5 years aside from Rousey and stays active against top competition. Suppose you could say the same for Kaufman, but in reality, they are only 7 points apart.
Davis is due a small hit very soon. Should drop her below Tate, but not sure about Kaufman. UFC rankings agree with Davis over Kaufman and I don’t necessarily agree that Tate/Zingano have to be above Davis from a subjective standpoint.
Is it possible to view the criteria for your ranking/points system?
It obviously has some bugs.
Alexis Davis at #2 ??
Holly Holm at #8 ??
I realize these things can be subjective, but you claim to use an objective model.
Holly Holm has 1 quality win in MMA
Alexis Davis is good, but has more losses and lost head to head vs. Sarah Kaufman.
Is it possible to view the criteria for your ranking/points system?
It obviously has some bugs.
Alexis Davis at #2 ??
Holly Holm at #8 ??
I realize these things can be subjective, but you claim to use an objective model.
Holly Holm has 1 quality win in MMA
Alexis Davis is good, but has more losses and lost head to head vs. Sarah Kaufman.
Legacy FC is saying the next big thing in Women’s Bantam weight is this Kyrgyz Republic kickboxer star, Valentina Shevchenko. They got her signed back to back fights with Jan Finney and Carina Damm. They keep saying she is 9-1 in MMA but I think most of that is AMMY or unsanctioned fights. most I see her rated as is 2-1.
Legacy FC is saying the next big thing in Women’s Bantam weight is this Kyrgyz Republic kickboxer star, Valentina Shevchenko. They got her signed back to back fights with Jan Finney and Carina Damm. They keep saying she is 9-1 in MMA but I think most of that is AMMY or unsanctioned fights. most I see her rated as is 2-1.
Conor McGregor hinted that famous Irish boxer Katie Taylor wants to fight MMA. Kyra Gracie Guimarães says she is gonna but has yet
to do it, so I will not hold my breath. But wouldn’t it be wonderful to get these ladies!!
Conor McGregor hinted that famous Irish boxer Katie Taylor wants to fight MMA. Kyra Gracie Guimarães says she is gonna but has yet
to do it, so I will not hold my breath. But wouldn’t it be wonderful to get these ladies!!
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What are the Big 20 that you use.
What are the currently active organization that you use.
What are the Big 20 that you use.
What are the currently active organization that you use.
Ashlee Evans-Smith was winning that fight and got careless..
UFC need to double both their women MMA people (and their Men’s Heavyweights)
Here is hoping the UFC signs in 2015 ..
Pannie Kianzad, Agnieszka Niedźwiedź, DeAnna Bennett, Jessy Rose-Clark, Tonya Evinger, Gina Carano, Barb Honchak, Miriam Nakamoto, Cindy Dandois.
I do not want neither: Cristiane Justino Cyborg, nor.. Carina “Barbie” Damm both I think will go back to banned substances II hear Damm’s brother been pushing for her.
Also hear many are talking about UFC should sign WWE superstar Eve Torres Gracie she is lovely and can fight, Gracie trained pro wrestling star. I hope she does join CM Punk and come over to the real fight world.
She was, before she lost.
Now that Ashlee Evans-Smith is in the UFC, I’d like to see her show up on the Bantamweight listing.
Just because Pena beat down a straweight boxer with absolutely no ground game doesn’t qualify her for #6 no matter how much hype she got for winning the weakest Ultimate Fighter to date.
Pena at number 6…are you kidding me?Moras submitted her in a real sanctioned fight. She beat a natural 115 lb girl in Rakoscy and Rakoscy was beated by Fellice Herrig, another straweight who will not be ranked in the top ten once TUF 20 is over!!! Pena will never win again at bantamweight. She is a joke! Claimed some welterweight guy jumped on her back and blew out her knee. Josh Gow walks around lighter than Pena!!!
Just because Pena beat down a straweight boxer with absolutely no ground game doesn’t qualify her for #6 no matter how much hype she got for winning the weakest Ultimate Fighter to date.
Not quite sure how you can argue that a 1-0 fighter who beat an 0-1 fighter belongs on this list…
Just chiming in that the promotion list on her is minimal as well as the team list. Kelly McGill (1-0) has recently been signed to Invicta Fighting Championships after a great win at Tachi Palace over , but thats not listed as well as the fight team “Last Stand Fight Team” based out of Modesto and Oakdale. Many talented females come from West-coast fighting championships and should receive a spot on this list. http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Kelly-McGill-170067
Valérie Létourneau “Trouble” was disappointed in her TUF showing, Lost to Roxanne Modafferi. I want he best in the UFC. Hope she picks up her game l watch that fight. Kate da Silva and all those others, sad.
POP bantamweight champion.
Kate Jiu-Jitseira Aroa-da Silva 7-1-0
Wins: Tash Chambers, Angela Rivera-Parr,
Deney Hayward, Arlene Blencowe,
Ginny Connors, Desiree Maaka, Charlene Watt,
Losses- Faith Van Duin,
Guess fighting newbies gets your record up.
Read the snippet at the top of the P4P rankings. They use a different methodology. Also, Nakai started at 125… and took a divisional points hit when she came up to 135 (higher weight). There could be an issue I’m not aware of, but other than that… see above. Will look into it.
EDIT: There was a bug affecting Nakai…. fixed and updated. She is #15.
These rankings don’t make sense. How can you have Rin Nakai #7 p4p, yet you have Lauren Murphy, Julianna Pena, Jessica Eye, Sara McMann, and Miesha Tate ahead of her on your women’s bantamweight rankings.
Glad to see Agnieszka Niedzwiedz now added, I love list here is my list of women I want to see in the UFC Women’s Bantam Weight.
1.Cristiane”Cyborg” Justino 12-1-0
2. Holly Holm 7-0
3. Gina Carano 7-1
4. Larissa Moreira Pacheco 10-0
5. Rin Nakai 15-0-1
6. Lauren Murphy 8-0 (her key to success was aggression and she lost that in her last bout)
7. Agnieszka Niedzwiedz 6-0
8. Pannie Kianzad 4-0
9. Talita Nogueira 6-0
10.Barb Honchak 9-2
11.Cindy Dandois 5-1
12.Marloes Coenen 21-6
13.Faith Van Duin 4-0
14.Miriam Nakamoto 2-1
15. Jennifer Tate 6-1
16. Takayo Hashi 14-4
17. Shizuka Sugiyama 10-3-1
18. DeAnna Bennett 3-0
19. Tonya Evinger 12-6
20. Sarah D’Alelio 7-5
21. Ashlee Evans-Smith 2-0
23. Tara LaRosa 21-4
24. Elaina Maxwell 7-4
25. Shana Nelson 5-2
26. Kelly Kobold 18-3
28. Alexandra Buch 8-3
21. Sheila Bird 3-0
29. Alexa Grasso 4-0
30. Gloria Castillo 2-1
One’s to watch:
Elaine Albuquerque , Kyra Gracie Guimarães , Taylor Stratford, Kate Aroa da Silva, Elizabeth Phillips , Jessy Rose-Clark, Gloria Castillo, Kamila Porczyk, Ana Maria, Peggy Morgan , Carina Damm (steroids scandals),
@David: they’re both interesting prospects but in both cases the strength of schedule has been pretty goddamn weak, and Women’s Bantamweight is an increasingly deep division. Consider that Tara Larosa only just _barely_ made the cut. FightMatrix uses the entire Sherdog database to calculate it’s rankings among active fighters, so it’s not like JCS “forgot” Niedzwiedz or Dufresne.
@David: they’re both interesting prospects but in both cases the strength of schedule has been pretty goddamn weak, and Women’s Bantamweight is an increasingly deep division. Consider that Tara Larosa only just _barely_ made the cut. FightMatrix uses the entire Sherdog database to calculate it’s rankings among active fighters, so it’s not like JCS “forgot” Niedzwiedz or Dufresne.
Alexis Dufresne UFC Signed she was not even on my radar. Agnieszka Niedzwiedz also at 5-0 has been on my top ten non-ufc list for a long time, she should be on your list too.
Where is Agnieszka Niedzwiedz ?
Those TUF results alternate timeline I posted earlier treat them as ‘full consideration bouts’. However, due to the decreased length and other factors.. when we go live with including them, they will not get this full consideration.
Ratings are based on pro MMA results, not on skill.
And again, how is Miriam Nakamoto not ranked? She’s clearly better than most of these women and should be in the top 5. Even though her fight with Jessamyn Duke was later overturned to a NC doesn’t mean she isn’t better than Duke, Hell, she was kicking the crap out of Lauren Murphy before she blew her knee out, how are both of these women ranked ahead of her and she isn’t ranked at all? And how is Holly Holm ranked at all?
Ratings are based on pro MMA results, not on skill.
And again, how is Miriam Nakamoto not ranked? She’s clearly better than most of these women and should be in the top 5. Even though her fight with Jessamyn Duke was later overturned to a NC doesn’t mean she isn’t better than Duke, Hell, she was kicking the crap out of Lauren Murphy before she blew her knee out, how are both of these women ranked ahead of her and she isn’t ranked at all? And how is Holly Holm ranked at all?
Very cool, thanks.
I like this alternate timeline idea in this situation
Thanks. Yes, I’d include the fights to get into the house, there were some upsets there. So that’s eight fights to get into the house plus six fights during the season. (I’m not interested in the men’s side.)
Pena is #38.
Will look into the alternate timeline request… Do the qualifying results (to get into the house) count as well in this alternate timeline?
I was wondering what Pena’s rank is now? She was #63 flyweight and beat #43 flyweight Rakoczy, so I’m thinking she can’t be higher than around #50 bantamweight? And yet she beat #13 bantamweight Bazler on the show. I guess there are similar things, like unranked Pennington beating #18 bantamweight Duke. Maybe you could give us a list of where all the TUF competitors are now?
I don’t know if this is possible, but could you run an alternate timeline where all the TUF fights counted on their records (including the fights to get into the house)? I know the TUF house is a different environment, but most of the women have been in so few fights, I thought that including them might give us a better idea of their true ranking.
Pena is #38.
Will look into the alternate timeline request… Do the qualifying results (to get into the house) count as well in this alternate timeline?
I was wondering what Pena’s rank is now? She was #63 flyweight and beat #43 flyweight Rakoczy, so I’m thinking she can’t be higher than around #50 bantamweight? And yet she beat #13 bantamweight Bazler on the show. I guess there are similar things, like unranked Pennington beating #18 bantamweight Duke. Maybe you could give us a list of where all the TUF competitors are now?
I don’t know if this is possible, but could you run an alternate timeline where all the TUF fights counted on their records (including the fights to get into the house)? I know the TUF house is a different environment, but most of the women have been in so few fights, I thought that including them might give us a better idea of their true ranking.
it would be nice to see the rankings expanded even if its just to a top 25. this division is only going to get deeper.
As the women’s Bantamweight division gets deeper, is it likely that the rankings gets deeper to the top 30????
Her opposition strength is god awful.
Still no respect for SHIZUKA (The Karateka) SUGIYAMA (10-3-0).
Her opposition strength is god awful.
Still no respect for SHIZUKA (The Karateka) SUGIYAMA (10-3-0).
LOL, now I’m confused.
In the ranking, you have Lauren Taylor. And Lauren Taylors fight is with Lauren Murphy, not Miriam Nakamoto. I see what you did there.
Murphy got married recently… we’ll update that name change on next update.
Invicta FC 7: Lauren “Murphy” vs. Miriam Nakamoto for Invicta’s Bantam weight belt, meaning we will not see these great fighters in the UFC… Also shows the return of Kelly Kobold (18-3) I wonder if we will see the return of Adrienna Jenkins (17-5) next, Kellys old adversary.. neither of them officially retired did they? They were the best in womens Bantam at one time at least at the top…
Murphy got married recently… we’ll update that name change on next update.
Invicta FC 7: Lauren “Murphy” vs. Miriam Nakamoto for Invicta’s Bantam weight belt, meaning we will not see these great fighters in the UFC… Also shows the return of Kelly Kobold (18-3) I wonder if we will see the return of Adrienna Jenkins (17-5) next, Kellys old adversary.. neither of them officially retired did they? They were the best in womens Bantam at one time at least at the top…
Invicta FC 7: Lists Lauren Taylor as Lauren Murphy? vs. Miriam Nakamoto. I love this fight! But is this a spelling error?
not a stupid question. Beth & Cabbage may not be related, nor do I think Miesha Tate and Jennifer Tate are, Jennifer who is 6-1 has just got back from Thailand she plans on coming back to fighting, UFC, WSOF or Invicta should be fighting for her. Now Kyra Gracie is related, she plans on moving into mma just waiting on the right offer. Also, Women’s Bantam has Emily Klinefelter & her sister Katy both are undefeated and climbing the charts, last I heard.
not a stupid question. Beth & Cabbage may not be related, nor do I think Miesha Tate and Jennifer Tate are, Jennifer who is 6-1 has just got back from Thailand she plans on coming back to fighting, UFC, WSOF or Invicta should be fighting for her. Now Kyra Gracie is related, she plans on moving into mma just waiting on the right offer. Also, Women’s Bantam has Emily Klinefelter & her sister Katy both are undefeated and climbing the charts, last I heard.
Guess not then. Now that I think about it, Cabbage’s name is Wesley CorreiRa. Sorry, stupid question.
Guess not then. Now that I think about it, Cabbage’s name is Wesley CorreiRa. Sorry, stupid question.
No idea Cabbage is from USA, Beth from Brazil, Is all I know….
No idea Cabbage is from USA, Beth from Brazil, Is all I know….
Semi-serious question: is Bethe Correia related to Cabbage?
Bethe Correia in UFC!!! 🙂 Finally getting the good ones, now if they can get Rin Nakai and Lauren Taylor…. What about SHIZUKA SUGIYAMA(9-3-0)? She should be on this list unless she retired?
Semi-serious question: is Bethe Correia related to Cabbage?
Bethe Correia in UFC!!! 🙂 Finally getting the good ones, now if they can get Rin Nakai and Lauren Taylor…. What about SHIZUKA SUGIYAMA(9-3-0)? She should be on this list unless she retired?
Only MMA results are considered and Nakamoto is 2-0, not 3-0.
Why isn’t Miriam Nakamoto on this list? I know she’s only had 3 MMA fights, but 3 KO’s not to mention 10 World Titles in Muay Thai and an undefeated record there as well, I mean come on! If Holly Holm is good enough to be ranked then Miriam should be too.
That’s a strange signing.. she has 1 win over a debut fighter according to Sherdog… but she is supposedly 5-0.
never heard of Alexandra “Stitch” Albu new UFC Women’s Bantam Weight, never seen her on this list or any other list. . .
never heard of Alexandra “Stitch” Albu new UFC Women’s Bantam Weight, never seen her on this list or any other list. . .
Upon researching, it appears you are correct, my mistake, although I’d give Benitez the one-fight exception rule since I think it’s unlikely she stays at that weight.
Upon researching, it appears you are correct, my mistake, although I’d give Benitez the one-fight exception rule since I think it’s unlikely she stays at that weight.
I have Berezikova/Benitez at 130.
Um… are you absolutely sure Julia Berezikova isn’t a Flyweight? Her last opponent, Karla Benitez, has only ever fought at Flyweight and Strawweight as far as I know.