List of female mixed martial artists

MMA competition requires training in striking, wrestling and submission fighting.

This is a list of notable female mixed martial arts fighters in alphabetical order.

A

• Mariya Agapova - (UFC, Invicta)
• Jessica Aguilar - (UFC, Bellator, WSOF)
• Hitomi Akano - (M-1, Strikeforce, Pancrase, JEWELS, Smackgirl, Invicta)
• Alexandra Albu - (UFC)
• Irene Aldana - (UFC, Invicta)
• JJ Aldrich - (UFC, Invicta)
• Reiko Amano
• Megan Anderson - (Invicta, UFC)
• Jessica Andrade - (UFC)
• Nina Ansaroff - (UFC, Invicta)
• Viviane Araújo - (UFC)
• Glena Avila
• Julia Avila - (UFC, Invicta)

B

• Jorina Baars
• Maycee Barber - (UFC, Legacy)
• Shayna Baszler - (EliteXC, ShoXC, Strikeforce, Invicta, UFC)
• Amanda Bell - (Invicta, Bellator)
• DeAnna Bennett - (Invicta, UFC)
• Julia Berezikova - (M-1, SFL)
• Jemyma Betrian
• Erin Blanchfield - (Invicta)
• Arlene Blencowe - (Bellator)
• Mara Romero Borella - (UFC, Invicta)
• Poliana Botelho - (XFC, UFC)
• Amber Brown - (Invicta, KOTC, Pancrase)
• Annalisa Bucci - (KOTC, Bellator)
• Alexandra Buch - (JEWELS)
• Julia Budd - (Bellator, Invicta, Strikeforce)

C

• Priscila Cachoeira - (UFC)
• Joanne Calderwood - (UFC, Invicta, CWFC, SFL)
• Cynthia Calvillo - (UFC, LFA)
• Gina Carano - (EliteXC, Strikeforce)
• Cortney Casey - (UFC, XFC)
• Alex Chambers - (JEWELS, Invicta, UFC)
• Liz Carmouche - (UFC, Strikeforce, Invicta, Bellator)
• Macy Chiasson - (UFC)
• Jennifer Chieng - (Bellator, Invicta)
• Katlyn Chookagian - (UFC, CFFC)
• Hannah Cifers - (UFC)
• Jasminka Cive - (KSW, Invicta)
• Heather Clark - (UFC, Bellator, XFC)
• Marloes Coenen - (DREAM, Strikeforce, Invicta, Smackgirl, Shooto, Bellator)
• Mayra Conde - (Smackgirl)
• Alexa Conners - (Invicta)
• Amanda Cooper - (UFC, Invicta)
• Bethe Correia - (Jungle Fight, UFC)
• Tracy Cortez - (Invicta, UFC)
• Kim Couture - (Strikeforce, XFC)
• Ashley Cummins - (Invicta)
• Kailin Curran - (UFC)
• Cris Cyborg - (EliteXC, Strikeforce, Invicta, UFC, Bellator)

D

• Sarah D'Alelio - (Invicta, BAMMA USA, Pancrase)
• Aisling Daly - (Invicta, Bellator, Cage Rage, CWFC, UFC)
• Cindy Dandois - (UFC, Invicta, Rizin FF, PFL)
• Sunna Davíðsdóttir - (Invicta)
• Alexis Davis - (UFC, Strikeforce, Invicta)
• Jillian Decoursey - (Invicta)
• Mackenzie Dern - (Legacy, UFC)
• Shana Dobson - (UFC)
• Julia Dorny (IMMAF)
• Emily Ducote - (Bellator, Invicta)
• Milana Dudieva - (UFC, Invicta)
• Faith Van Duin - (Invicta)
• Jessamyn Duke - (UFC, Invicta)

E

• Stephanie Eggink - (Invicta, XFC)
• Lisa Ellis - (Smackgirl, Invicta, Bellator, DEEP, UFC)
• Bolormaa "Esui" Erdenebileg - (JEWELS)
• Jodie Esquibel - (Invicta, UFC)
• Carla Esparza - (UFC, Invicta, Bellator, XFC)
• Sijara Eubanks - (UFC, Invicta)
• Ashlee Evans-Smith - (UFC, WSOF)
• Tonya Evinger - (EliteXC, ShoXC, Invicta, Titan FC, UFC)
• Jessica Eye - (UFC, Bellator)

F

Fujii (left) vs. Cody Welchlin (right)

• Genah Fabian - (PFL)
• Melinda Fabian - (UFC)
• Stamp Fairtex - (OneFC)
• Kalindra Faria - (UFC)
• Jan Finney - (Strikeforce, ShoXC, KOTC, PFC)
• Manon Fiorot - (UFC)
• Stephanie Frausto - (Bellator, Invicta, TPF)
• Jinh Yu Frey - (UFC, Invicta, Rizin FF, Road FC)
• Ania Fucz
• Megumi Fujii - (Sengoku, Bellator, JEWELS, Shooto, Smackgirl, VTJ)
• Emi Fujino - (Sengoku, JEWELS, Smackgirl, WSOF)

G

• Cláudia Gadelha - (UFC, Invicta)
• Sheila Gaff - (M-1, CWFC, UFC, XFC-i)
• Priscilla Hertati Lumban Gaol - (One FC)
• Gabi Garcia - (Rizin FF)
• Stephanie Geltmacher - (Invicta, Bellator)
• Alexa Grasso - (UFC, Invicta)
• Alida Gray - (WSOF, Invicta)
• Minna Grusander - (Invicta)
• Ediane Gomes - (KOTC, Invicta)
• Pearl Gonzalez - (UFC, Invicta)
• Zoila Frausto Gurgel - (Invicta, Bellator, Strikeforce, TPF, RFA)

H

• Claire Haigh
• Seo Hee Ham - (UFC, Smackgirl, DEEP, JEWELS, Road FC)
• Ayaka Hamasaki - (JEWELS, Rizin, Invicta, Shooto)
• Kay Hansen - (UFC, Invicta)
• Janay Harding - (Bellator)
• Heather Hardy - (Bellator)
• Kayla Harrison - (PFL)
• Takayo Hashi - (Smackgirl, JEWELS, Strikeforce, Invicta)
• Angela Hill - (UFC, Invicta)
• Felice Herrig - (UFC, Bellator, XFC)
• Munah Holland - (Bellator, Invicta)
• Holly Holm - (Bellator, Legacy, UFC)
• Barb Honchak - (Invicta, KOTC, UFC)
• Ikuma Hoshino - (Smackgirl, Shooto)
• Yumiko Hotta - (DEEP, VTJ)

I

• Daria Ibragimova - (Invicta)
• Mai Ichii - (DEEP, JEWELS, Smackgirl)
• Mizuki Inoue - (JEWELS, DEEP, Invicta)
• Kikuyo Ishikawa - (JEWELS, Pancrase)
• Saori Ishioka - (Smackgirl, JEWELS, Pancrase, DEEP)

J

• Sharon Jacobson - (Invicta)
• Virna Jandiroba - (UFC, Invicta)
• Joanna Jędrzejczyk - (UFC, CWFC)
• Adrienna Jenkins - (WEC, HOOKnSHOOT, Bellator)
• Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger - (UFC, Invicta, RFA, KOTC)
• Ana Julaton - (OneFC, Bellator)

K

• Emily Kagan - (UFC, Invicta)
• Mari Kaneko - (Smackgirl, JEWELS, DEEP)
• Katja Kankaanpää - (CWFC, Invicta)
• Nadia Kassem - (UFC)
• Sarah Kaufman – (Invicta, KOTC, PFC, Strikeforce, UFC)
• Julie Kedzie - (KOTC, ShoXC, Strikeforce, EliteXC, UFC)
• Amanda Kelly - (CWFC)
• Pannie Kianzad - (UFC, CWFC, Invicta)
• Denise Kielholtz - (Bellator)
• Ji Yeon Kim - (UFC)
• Kyoko Kimura - (Pancrase)
• Justine Kish - (RFA, UFC)
• Asami Kodera - (Smackgirl, JEWELS)
• Syuri Kondo - (UFC)
• Yuuki Kondo - (Smackgirl)
• Karolina Kowalkiewicz - (UFC, Invicta, KSW)
• Rena Kubota - (JEWELS, Rizin FF)
• Yana Kunitskaya - (Invicta, UFC)

L

• Aspen Ladd - (Invicta, UFC)
• Lina Länsberg - (UFC)
• Alejandra Lara - (Bellator)
• Tara LaRosa - (Invicta, Smackgirl)
• Andrea Lee - (Invicta, LFA, UFC)
• Katharina Lehner - (Invicta)
• Amber Leibrock - (Invicta, Bellator)
• Lei'D Tapa - (Rizin)
• Angela Lee - (ONE)
• Valérie Létourneau - (UFC, Bellator)
• Becky Levi - (DEEP)
• Su Jeong Lim
• Juliana Lima - (UFC, Invicta)
• Ariane Lipski - (UFC, KSW)
• Loma Lookboonmee - (UFC, Invicta)
• Amanda Lucas - (DEEP)

M

• Ilima-Lei Macfarlane - (Bellator)
• Angela Magaña - (UFC)
• Veronica Macedo - (UFC)
• Jennifer Maia - (Invicta, Cage Warriors, UFC)
• Randa Markos - (RFA, UFC)
• Christina Marks - (UFC)
• Miranda Maverick - (Invicta, UFC)
• Elaina Maxwell - (Strikeforce)
• Gina Mazany - (UFC)
• Molly McCann - (UFC, Cage Warriors)
• Liz McCarthy - (Invicta)
• Sara McMann - (Titan FC, Invicta, UFC)
• Kaline Medeiros - (Bellator, Invicta)
• Vanessa Melo - (UFC)
• Randi Miller - (Invicta)
• Reina Miura - (DEEP, Rizin)
• Roxanne Modafferi - (KOTC, Strikeforce, Cage Warriors, Shooto, Smackgirl, JEWELS, Invicta, UFC)
• Yasuko Mogi - (Shooto, Smackgirl, JEWELS)
• Marina Mokhnatkina - (Fight Nights Global, Bellator)
• Nicco Montaño - (UFC, KOTC)
• Janaisa Morandin - (Invicta)
• Sarah Moras - (UFC, Invicta, CWFC)
• Peggy Morgan - (Invicta, UFC)
• Maryna Moroz - (UFC, XFC-i)
• Jamie Moyle - (UFC, Invicta)
• Lauren Mueller - (UFC)
• Lauren Murphy - (UFC, Invicta)
• Serin Murray - (Smackgirl)

N

• Mika Nagano - (Smackgirl, JEWELS, DEEP)
• Miriam Nakamoto - (Invicta)
• Rose Namajunas - (UFC, Invicta)
• Michelle Nicolini - (OneFC)
• Agnieszka Niedźwiedź - (Invicta, Cage Warriors)
• Talita Nogueira - (Bellator)
• Sakura Nomura - (JEWELS)
• Amanda Nunes - (Invicta, Strikeforce, UFC)

O

• Rachael Ostovich - (Bellator, UFC, Invicta)
• Lena Ovchynnikova - (Bellator, SFL)
• Hatice Ozyurt

P

• Raquel Pa'aluhi - (Invicta)
• Stephanie Ielö Page
• Julianna Peña - (UFC)
• Jessica Penne - (Invicta, Bellator, UFC)
• Raquel Pennington - (Invicta, UFC)
• Viviane Pereira - (XFC-i, UFC)
• Elizabeth Phillips - (UFC, Invicta)
• Ritu Phogat - (OneFC)
• Livia von Plettenberg - (Invicta)
• Vanessa Porto - (Invicta, Jungle Fight, Bellator)
• Lucie Pudilova - (UFC)
• Debi Purcell - (KOTC, ShoXC, Smackgirl)

R

Former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion and former Raw Women's Champion Ronda Rousey.

• Jessica Rakoczy - (Bellator, TPF, UFC)
• Germaine de Randamie - (UFC, Strikeforce)
• Bec Rawlings - (UFC, Invicta)
• Elena Reid - (Bellator)
• Marion Reneau - (UFC, TPF)
• Amanda Ribas - (UFC)
• Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc - (Invicta)
• Angela Rivera-Parr
• Gillian Robertson - (UFC)
• Irina Rodina
• Cassie Rodish - (Invicta)
• Karina Rodríguez - (Invicta)
• Marina Rodriguez - (UFC)
• Montana De La Rosa - (UFC, Legacy)
• Jessica Rose-Clark - (UFC, Invicta, Titan)
• Ronda Rousey - (KOTC, UFC, Strikeforce)
• Romy Ruyssen - (Invicta, Shooto)

S

• Sumie Sakai
• Colleen Schneider - (Strikeforce, SFL)
• Sarah Schneider - (Invicta, PFC)
• Lacey Schuckman - (Strikeforce, Invicta, Cage Warriors)
• Sabriye Şengül - (Bellator)
• Rosi Sexton - (Bellator, ShoXC, UFC, CWFC)
• Satoko Shinashi - (Shooto, Smackgirl, DEEP, RoadFC)
• Antonina Shevchenko (UFC)
• Valentina Shevchenko (UFC, Legacy)
• Mayra Bueno Silva - (UFC)
• Tessa Simpson - (Invicta)
• Leslie Smith - (Invicta, Bellator, UFC)
• Tiffany van Soest - (Invicta)
• Pam Sorenson - (Invicta, KOTC)
• Livia Renata Souza - (Invicta, UFC)
• Lisa Spangler - (Invicta)
• Felicia Spencer - (Invicta, UFC)
• Christine Stanley - (Invicta)
• Julija Stoliarenko - (UFC, Invicta)
• Tatiana Suarez - (UFC)
• Naho Sugiyama - (Invicta, JEWELS)
• Shizuka Sugiyama - (JEWELS, DEEP, Rizin)
• Maiju Suotama - (Invicta, Strikeforce)

T

Former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate

• Chommanee Sor Taehiran
• Yoko Takahashi - (EliteXC, Smackgirl)
• Yasuko Tamada - (JEWELS, Shooto, Smackgirl, DEEP, Invicta)
• Keiko Tamai - (Smackgirl, ShoXC)
• Jennifer Tate - (ShoXC)
• Miesha Tate - (UFC, Strikeforce)
• Danielle Taylor - (UFC, KOTC)
• Lauren Taylor - (UFC, Invicta, Legacy)
• Herica Tiburcio - (Invicta)
• Tecia Torres - (UFC, Invicta)
• Erin Toughill - (Smackgirl, PFC)
• Yuka Tsuji - (Smackgirl, JEWELS, DEEP)
• Charmaine Tweet - (Invicta)

V

• Paige VanZant - (UFC, Invicta)
• Kerry Vera - (Bellator, Strikeforce)
• Ana Carolina Vidal - (Invicta)
• Polyana Viana - (UFC)
• Ketlen Vieira - (UFC)

W

• Hisae Watanabe - (Smackgirl, Pancrase, DEEP)
• Brogan Walker-Sanchez - (Invicta)
• Michelle Waterson - (UFC, Invicta, Strikeforce, KOTC)
• Emily Whitmire - (UFC)

X

• Xiong Jingnan - (OneFC, Kunlun)

Y

• Megumi Yabushita - (Smackgirl, JEWELS, Pancrase, Shooto)
• Yoko Yamada - (Smackgirl, JEWELS)
• Mei Yamaguchi - (Smackgirl, JEWELS, VTJ, DEEP, OneFC)
• Hiroko Yamanaka - (Smackgirl, JEWELS, Invicta, Strikeforce)
• Yan Xiaonan - (UFC, Road FC)
• Miyuu Yamamoto - (Rizin)
• Anastasia Yankova - (Bellator)
• Duda Yankovich - (Invicta)
• Ashley Yoder - (Invicta, UFC)
• Kaitlin Young - (Invicta, EliteXC)
• Shanna Young - (Invicta, UFC)

Z

• Cat Zingano - (Invicta, UFC)
• Alesha Zappitella - (Invicta)
• Weili Zhang - (UFC, Kunlun)

See also

• List of male mixed martial artists
• List of undefeated mixed martial artists
• List of female boxers
• List of female kickboxers
• Ultimate Fighting Championship Pound for Pound rankings