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Former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion and former Raw Women's Champion Ronda Rousey. Emiko Raika - (Pancrase, Shooto, DEEP) Jessica Rakoczy - (Bellator, TPF, UFC) Germaine de Randamie - (UFC, Strikeforce) Alyona Rassohyna - Bec Rawlings - (UFC, Invicta) Elise Reed - Elena Reid - Marion Reneau - (UFC, TPF) Amanda Ribas -
Although, after observing how many viewers are watching women's fights, he has since acknowledged that female athletes are "very good." [57] Women are requesting more money from the UFC as more viewers start to watch women's fights. Female MMA fighters' earning potential has grown as they gain popularity and recognition.
Sinead Kavanagh is an Irish female mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight division of the Bellator MMA. Fight Matrix had her ranked #10 Women's Featherweight from April 2021 till July 2021, and March 2022. She is currently ranked #8 in the World. [1]
Ribas faced Luana Pinheiro in a strawweight bout on November 18, 2023, at UFC Fight Night 232. [45] She won the fight via TKO in the third round. [46] This fight earned her the Performance of the Night award. [47] Ribas faced former UFC Women's Strawweight champion Rose Namajunas on March 23, 2024 in the main event, at UFC on ESPN 53. [48]
Mackenzie Lynne Dern [10] (born March 24, 1993) is an American and Brazilian [11] professional mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner currently competing in the women's Strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Julianna Nicole Peña [1] (born August 19, 1989) is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the women's Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she is the two-time and current UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion. Peña is the first woman to win The Ultimate Fighter.
Amanda Lourenço Nunes (born May 30, 1988) is a Brazilian former professional mixed martial artist.She competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she is the former UFC Women's Featherweight Champion and two-time UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion.
After Zuffa, parent company of the UFC, purchased rival promotion Strikeforce in March 2011, Shannon Knapp received several calls from female fighters concerned about a possible lack of representation for women's MMA. Knapp would meet with Janet Martin and the two acquired the financial resources needed to launch a new MMA promotion. [2] [5] [6]