Who are the best women P4P fighters in UFC?: The pound-for-pound (P4P) rankings in UFC are a measure of the best fighters across all weight classes in the promotion. Unlike most other sports, it is difficult to gauge the outright best athletes in sports like MMA, as weight divisions separate the fighters.
The idea of the P4P rankings is to rank fighters from all weight classes and rank them solely based on their performances in their particular division. Imagine if all these fighters were in the same weight class.
These lists, which started in 2010, are updated weekly. Both lists – for men and women, extend to 15 fighters. Today, we will take a deeper look at the top five female P4P UFC fighters while mentioning the others as well.
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Who are the best women P4P fighters in UFC?
1) Alexa Grasso
Alexa Grasso is the current UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion. Having made her way into the UFC via The Ultimate Fighter TV show, the Mexican fighter had a rocky start to her UFC career, losing three matches out of her first five, at which point she moved up a weight class, from Strawweight to Flyweight.
Undefeated since her move up, Alexa defeated Valentina Shevchenko earlier this year at UFC 285 to become the Flyweight Champion, clinching the top spot in Women’s P4P rankings in the process. Most recently, she split a draw against Shevchenko in September 2023.
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2) Zhang Weili
A two-time and current Who are the best women P4P fighters in UFC?, Chinese fighter Zhang Weili won the title for the first time in August 2019. She then lost and failed to regain it against Rose Namajunas.
At UFC 281 on November 12, 2022, Zhang recaptured the title by defeating Carla Esparza in the Performance of the Night, shooting up in the P4P rankings in the process. Since then, Zhang Weili has defended her title once, against Amanda Lemos at UFC 292.
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3) Valentina Shevchenko
“Bullet” Valentina Shevchenko is one of the most well-known and high-profile female fighters in the UFC. One of the most experienced fighters out there, she has been an MMA fighter for 20 years now. She is currently the no.1 ranked Flyweight fighter in UFC.
Shevchenko lost the top spot in the P4P rankings after her first loss in the Flyweight division, where she lost the title to Alexa Grasso at UFC 285. Her failure to win the title in the rematch meant that she was stuck at the no.3 ranking in the P4P list.
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4) Julianna Peña
Julianna Peña has been mixing it up with some of the all-time greats all her career. Currently the no.1 ranked female Bantamweight fighter, she won the title from the great Amanda Nunes at UFC 269 in the Performance of the Night. Peña then lost the title in the rematch in what became a legendary duology of matches.
The Bantamweight title is currently vacant after Nunes announced her retirement, and Julianna Peña is the favorite to win the title in the near future.
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5) Erin Blanchfield
A fairly new addition to UFC Women’s Flyweight division, Erin Blanchfield is currently ranked no.2 in the FLyweight division and is currently 6-0 in UFC.
Most recently, Erin main evented her first UFC Fight Night on February 18, 2023, where he defeated Jessica Andrade via submission in what was the Performance of the Night. Since then, she has defeated Taila Santos via unanimous decision.
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6) Manon Florot – No.2 Ranked Flyweight
7) Carla Esparza – No.1 Ranked Strawweight
8) Rose Namajunas – Strawweight
9) Yan Xiaonan – No.2 Ranked Strawweight
10) Tatiana Suarez – No.3 Ranked Strawweight
11) Taila Santos – No.4 Ranked Flyweight
12) Jessica Andrade – No.6 Ranked FLyweight and No. 5 Ranked Strawweight
13) Raquel Pennington – No.2 Ranked Bantamweight
14) Amanda Lemos – No.4 Ranked Strawweight
15) Mayra Bueno Silva – No.3 Ranked Bantamweight
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