Even though the UFC rankings officially started in 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.
Alexa Grasso is the current #1 ranked women's pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC.
UFC Women's Pound-for-Pound Rankings 2024
Rank | Fighter | Record | Win Streak | M | Weight class | Next Fight |
1 | Alexa Grasso | 16–3–1 | 0 | Flyweight | UFC 306 Valentina Shevchenko | |
2 | Zhang Weili | 25–3 | 4 | Strawweight | ||
3 | Valentina Shevchenko | 23–4–1 | 0 | Flyweight | UFC 306 Alexa Grasso | |
4 | Manon Fiorot | 12–1 | 12 | Flyweight | ||
5 | Julianna Peña | 11–5 | 0 | Bantamweight | UFC 307 Raquel Pennington | |
6 | Rose Namajunas | 13–6 | 2 | Flyweight | UFC Fight Night 246 Erin Blanchfield | |
7 | Erin Blanchfield | 12–2 | 0 | Flyweight | UFC Fight Night 246 Rose Namajunas | |
8 | Raquel Pennington | 16–8 | 6 | Bantamweight | UFC 307 Julianna Peña | |
9 | Tatiana Suarez | 10–0 | 10 | Strawweight | ||
10 | Yan Xiaonan | 17–4 (1 NC) | 0 | Strawweight | ||
11 | Jéssica Andrade | 26–13 | 0 | Flyweight Strawweight | ||
12 | Kayla Harrison | 17–1 | 2 | Bantamweight | UFC 307 Ketlen Vieira | |
13 | Virna Jandiroba | 21–3 | 4 | Strawweight | ||
14 | Amanda Lemos | 14–4–1 | 0 | 1 | Strawweight | |
15 | Ketlen Vieira | 14–3 | 1 | −1 | Bantamweight | UFC 307 Kayla Harrison |
Related: UFC Women Fighters
FAQs On UFC Women's Pound for Pound
Q. Who is the #1 Women's pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC?
A. Alexa Grasso is the #1 Women's pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC. She competes in the Women's Flyweight division.
A. Alexa Grasso is the #1 Women's pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC. She competes in the Women's Flyweight division.