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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 -
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a form of competitive combat sport, akin to boxing, muay thai, or kick boxing. MMA titles, or championship belts, are given to those fighters deemed by a promotional organization to have met a certain standard of athletic accomplishment in a specific weight class (most often by means of a championship fight ...
Claressa Maria Shields [1] (born March 17, 1995) is an American professional boxer and professional mixed martial artist.She has held multiple world championships in five weight classes, including the undisputed female light middleweight title in March 2021; the undisputed female middleweight title twice between 2019 and 2024, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) female light heavyweight title ...
Amanda Nunes’ retirement following her dominant victory over Irene Aldana on June 10 in the main event of UFC 289 left a massive gap atop the Yahoo Sports women’s pound-for-pound rankings.
The top female earner in 2020 was Amanda Nunes, who earned $350,000 plus $100,000 if she won the fight. [56] Conor McGregor is thought to have gotten about $3 million for each of his most recent fights. Another male MMA fighter, Alistair Overeem has recently been paid $800,000 for each match he has.
Result / next fight / status Ref Months since Last Bout Invicta FC record MMA record Liana Pirosin: 31 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Li: Loss - Invicta FC 53 - Elise Pone 20 1–4 8–6 Elise Pone: 39 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Piece: Win - Invicta FC 53 - Liana Pirosin 20 3–1 3–1 Kristina Williams: 35 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Warhorse: Win - Invicta FC 54 - Dee ...
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 ...
In November 2012, as a result of the forthcoming dissolution of their sister organization Strikeforce, the UFC announced they would be adding female fighters to their roster for the first time in the promotion's history. Initially, only the women's bantamweight division was brought over, with the division's premiere bout taking place at UFC 157 ...