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MMA competition requires training in striking, wrestling and submission fighting. This is a list of notable female mixed martial arts fighters in alphabetical order. Contents:
Valentina Anatolyevna Shevchenko [b] (born March 7, 1988) is a Kyrgyz and Peruvian professional mixed martial artist, former Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer.She currently competes in the women's Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she is a two-time and current UFC Women's Flyweight Champion and both the first Kyrgyz and Peruvian fighter to win a UFC championship.
In November 2012, the Ultimate Fighting Championship announced that Rousey had become the first female fighter to sign with the UFC. [ 14 ] [ 81 ] UFC President Dana White officially announced at the UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Diaz pre-fight press conference that Rousey was the first UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion .
Rose Gertrude Namajunas [7] (born June 29, 1992) is an American professional mixed martial artist.She currently competes in the women's Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), and is a former two-time UFC Women's Strawweight Champion.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest female mixed martial artists of all time, [12] [13] Nunes is the first and only woman to become a two-division UFC champion, and the third fighter to hold UFC titles in two weight classes simultaneously, after Conor McGregor and Daniel Cormier. She is also the only fighter in UFC history to defend two ...
The former UFC champion's self-serving assessment of her pro fighting career clashes with her legacy as a pioneer in women's MMA. No, Ronda Rousey isn't the greatest fighter of all time. But for ...
Cristiane Justino Venâncio [6] (born July 9, 1985), known professionally as Cris Cyborg and formerly by her married name Cristiane Santos, is a Brazilian-American professional mixed martial artist and professional boxer who competes in Bellator MMA, where she is the current Bellator Women's Featherweight Champion having held the title since January 2020, and the inaugural PFL Super Fights ...
Michelle Eileen Waterson-Gomez [7] (born January 6, 1986) is an American former mixed martial artist, actress, stuntwoman, and model who competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). She is the former Invicta FC Atomweight Champion. Between 2013 and 2014, she was ranked the No. 1 women's atomweight fighter in the world. [8]