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

• Jessica Aguilar – (UFC, Bellator, WSOF)
• Hitomi Akano – (M-1, Strikeforce, Pancrase, JEWELS, Smackgirl)
• Reiko Amano
• Jessica Andrade – (UFC)
• Nina Ansaroff – (UFC, Invicta)

B

• Shayna Baszler – (EliteXC, ShoXC, Strikeforce, Invicta, UFC)
• Julia Berezikova – (M-1, SFL)
• Arlene Blencowe – (Bellator)
• Annalisa Bucci – (KOTC, Bellator)
• Alexandra Buch – (JEWELS)
• Julia Budd – (Bellator, Invicta, Strikeforce)

C

• Joanne Calderwood – (UFC, Invicta, Cage Warriors, SFL)
• Gina Carano – (EliteXC, Strikeforce)
• Alex Chambers – (JEWELS, Invicta, UFC)
• Liz Carmouche – (UFC, Strikeforce, Invicta)
• Jasminka Cive – (KSW, Invicta)
• Heather Clark – (UFC, Bellator, XFC)
• Marloes Coenen – (DREAM, Strikeforce, Invicta, Smackgirl, Shooto, Bellator)
• Mayra Conde – (Smackgirl)
• Bethe Correia – (UFC)
• Kim Couture – (Strikeforce, XFC)
• Cris Cyborg - (EliteXC, Strikeforce, Invicta)

D

• Sarah D'Alelio – (Invicta, BAMMA USA, Pancrase)
• Aisling Daly – (Invicta, Bellator, Cage Rage, Cage Warriors, UFC)
• Alexis Davis – (UFC, Strikeforce, Invicta)
• Germaine de Randamie – (UFC, Strikeforce)
• Milana Dudieva – (UFC)
• Jessamyn Duke – (UFC, Invicta)

E

• Lisa Ellis – (Smackgirl, Invicta, Bellator, DEEP, UFC)
• Bolormaa "Esui" Erdenebileg – (JEWELS)
• Jodie Esquibel – (Invicta)
• Carla Esparza – (UFC, Invicta, Bellator, XFC)
• Tonya Evinger – (EliteXC, ShoXC, Invicta, Titan FC)
• Jessica Eye – (UFC, Bellator)

F

Fujii (left) vs. Cody Welchlin (right)

• Jan Finney – (Strikeforce, ShoXC, KOTC, PFC)
• Fallon Fox – (KOTC)
• Megumi Fujii – (Sengoku, Bellator, JEWELS, Shooto, Smackgirl, VTJ)
• Emi Fujino – (Sengoku, JEWELS, Smackgirl, WSOF)

G

• Cláudia Gadelha – (UFC, Invicta)
• Sheila Gaff – (M-1, Cage Warriors, UFC, XFC-i)
• Alida Gray – (WSOF, Invicta)
• Ediane Gomes – (KOTC, Invicta)
• Zoila Frausto Gurgel – (Invicta, Bellator, Strikeforce, TPF, RFA)
• Glena Avila

H

• Seo Hee Ham – (UFC, Smackgirl, DEEP, JEWELS)
• Ayaka Hamasaki – (JEWELS, Invicta, Shooto)
• Takayo Hashi – (Smackgirl, JEWELS, Strikeforce)
• Felice Herrig – (UFC, Bellator, XFC)
• Munah Holland – (Bellator, Invicta)
• Holly Holm – (Bellator, UFC)
• Barb Honchak – (Invicta, KOTC)
• Ikuma Hoshino – (Smackgirl, Shooto)
• Yumiko Hotta – (DEEP, VTJ)

I

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

J

• Joanna Jędrzejczyk – (UFC, Cage Warriors)
• Adrienna Jenkins - (WEC, HOOKnSHOOT, Bellator)
• Ana Julaton – (OneFC)

K

• Mari Kaneko – (Smackgirl, JEWELS, DEEP)
• Katja Kankaanpää – (Cage Warriors, Invicta)
• Sarah Kaufman – (Invicta, KOTC, PFC, Strikeforce, UFC)
• Julie Kedzie – (KOTC, ShoXC, Strikeforce, EliteXC, UFC)
• Pannie Kianzad – (Cage Warriors, Invicta)
• Kyoko Kimura – (Pancrase)
• Justine Kish – (UFC)
• Asami Kodera – (Smackgirl, JEWELS)
• Yuuki Kondo – (Smackgirl)

L

• Tara LaRosa – (Invicta, Smackgirl)
• Valérie Létourneau – (UFC)
• Becky Levi - DEEP
• Amanda Lucas – (DEEP)

M

• Jennifer Maia – (Invicta, Cage Warriors)
• Randa Markos – (RFA, UFC)
• Elaina Maxwell – (Strikeforce)
• Liz McCarthy – (Invicta)
• Sara McMann – (Titan FC, Invicta, UFC)
• Randi Miller – (Invicta)
• Roxanne Modafferi – (KOTC, Strikeforce, Cage Warriors, Shooto, Smackgirl, JEWELS, Invicta, UFC)
• Yasuko Mogi – (Shooto, Smackgirl, JEWELS)
• Peggy Morgan – (Invicta, UFC)
• Lauren Murphy – (UFC, Invicta)
• Serin Murray – (Smackgirl)

N

• Mika Nagano – (Smackgirl, JEWELS, DEEP)
• Miriam Nakamoto – (Invicta)
• Rose Namajunas – (UFC, Invicta)
• Talita Nogueira – (Bellator)
• Sakura Nomura – (JEWELS)
• Amanda Nunes – (Invicta, Strikeforce, UFC)

O

• Lena Ovchynnikova

P

• Raquel Pa'aluhi – (Invicta)
• Julianna Pena – (UFC)
• Jessica Penne – (Invicta, Bellator, UFC)
• Raquel Pennington - (Invicta, UFC)
• Elizabeth Phillips – (UFC)
• Debi Purcell – (KOTC, ShoXC, Smackgirl)

R

Former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey.

• Jessica Rakoczy – (Bellator, TPF, UFC)
• Bec Rawlings – (UFC, Invicta)
• Elena Reid – (Bellator)
• Marion Reneau – (UFC, TPF)
• Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc – (Invicta)
• Irina Rodina
• Ronda Rousey – (KOTC, UFC, Strikeforce)
• Romy Ruyssen – (Invicta, Shooto)

S

• Sumie Sakai
• Colleen Schneider – (Strikeforce, SFL)
• Lacey Schuckman – (Strikeforce, Invicta)
• Rosi Sexton – (Bellator, ShoXC, UFC, Cage Warriors)
• Satoko Shinashi – (Shooto, Smackgirl, DEEP)
• Leslie Smith – (Invicta, Bellator, UFC)
• Naho Sugiyama – (Invicta, JEWELS)
• Shizuka Sugiyama – (JEWELS)

T

UFC Women's Bantamweight Miesha Tate

• Yoko Takahashi – (EliteXC, Smackgirl)
• Yasuko Tamada – (JEWELS, Shooto, Smackgirl, DEEP, Invicta)
• Keiko Tamai – (Smackgirl, ShoXC)
• Jennifer Tate – (ShoXC)
• Miesha Tate – (UFC, Strikeforce)
• Herica Tiburcio – (Invicta)
• Tecia Torres – (UFC, Invicta)
• Erin Toughill – (Smackgirl, PFC)
• Yuka Tsuji – (Smackgirl, JEWELS, DEEP)

V

• Paige VanZant – (UFC, Invicta)
• Kerry Vera – (Bellator, Strikeforce)

W

• Hisae Watanabe – (Smackgirl, Pancrase, DEEP)
• Michelle Waterson – (Invicta, Strikeforce, KOTC)

Y

• Megumi Yabushita – (Smackgirl, JEWELS, Pancrase, Shooto)
• Yoko Yamada – (Smackgirl, JEWELS)
• Mei Yamaguchi – (Smackgirl, JEWELS, VTJ, DEEP)
• Hiroko Yamanaka – (Smackgirl, JEWELS, Invicta, Strikeforce)
• Duda Yankovich – (Invicta)
• Kaitlin Young – (Invicta, EliteXC)

Z

• Cat Zingano – (Invicta, UFC)

See also

• List of male mixed martial artists