Unified WMMA Rankings

May 2012 Unified Women’s MMA Rankings

The Unified Women’s Mixed Martial Arts Rankings, formerly the WAMMA Women’s Rankings, are assembled each month by a panel of journalists from multiple MMA websites and publications. These were the first official women’s mixed martial arts rankings compiled by division and weight class.

(The Unified weight class names have changed as of April. From now on, the 125 pound weight class will be flyweight; 115 is strawweight; and the 105 division will now be called the atomweight class.)

Fighters who have not competed within the past 12 months in their weight class are not eligible to be ranked.

Please note: Wombat Sports is NOT a part of the panel, but endorses and uses the Unified system as their primary rankings. 

Featherweights (136-145 pounds)

1. Hiroko “Cat’s Eye” Yamanaka (12-1, 1NC)
2. “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey (5-0)
3. Marloes “Rumina” Coenen (20-5)
4. Milana Dudieva (8-1)
5. Rin Nakai (10-0-1)
6. Yana “Foxy” Kunitskaya (7-1)
7. Elaina “Beef” Maxwell (7-4)
8. Julia “The Jewel” Budd (2-2)
9. Ediane “India” Gomes (8-2)
10. Romy Ruyssen (5-2)

Bantamweights (126-135 pounds)

1. “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey (5-0)
2. Sarah Kaufman (15-1)
3. Miesha “Takedown” Tate (12-3)
4. Marloes “Rumina” Coenen (20-5)
5. Sara McMann (5-0)
6. Alexis Davis (11-5)
7. Hitomi “Girlfight Monster” Akano (18-9)
8. Liz “Girl-Rilla” Carmouche (6-2)
9. Vanessa Porto (14-4)
10. Julie “Fireball” Kedzie (16-10)

Flyweights (116-125 pounds)

1. Sheila “The German Tank” Gaff (10-4-1)
2. Cat “Alpha” Zingano (6-0)
3. Barb “Little Warrior” Honchak (5-2)
4. Aisling “Ais The Bash” Daly (13-2)
5. Jessica “Evil” Eye (7-1)
6. Munah Holland (4-1)
7. “Slick” Sally Krumdiack (9-5)
8. Hanna Sillen (5-1)
9. Marianna “The Crushen Russian” Kheyfets (5-1)
10. Heather “Hurricane” Clark (4-2)

Strawweights (107-115 pounds)

1. Megumi “Mega Megu” Fujii (25-1)
2. Jessica “Jag” Aguilar (13-4)
3. Ayaka Hamasaki (6-0)
4. Seo Hee Ham (9-5)
5. Carla Esparza (6-2)
6. Katja Kankaanpää (6-0)
7. “V.V” Mei Yamaguchi (9-4-1)
8. Kyoko Takabayashi (12-4-1)
9. Yuka “Vale Tudo Queen” Tsuji (23-2)
10. Felice “Lil Bulldog” Herrig (6-4)

Atomweights (96-106 pounds)

1. Naho “Sugi Rock” Sugiyama (7-0)
2. Jessica Penne (9-1)
3. Kikuyo Ishikawa (6-3)
4. Misaki Takimoto (15-13-4)
5. Michelle “Karate Hottie” Waterson (9-3)
6. Naoko Omuro (13-8-4)
7. Amy “Lil’ Dynamite” Davis (3-2, 1 NC)
8. Yukiko Seki (10-21)
9. Sachiko “Sachi” Yamamoto (9-6-1)
10. Diana “Dynamite” Rael (3-2)