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#1 Ranked Megumi Fujii

There has been some shifting this month in the Unified MMA Rankings as several fighters have been inactive or have moved weight classes.

Megumi Fujii returns to the #1 spot in the Flyweight division, as Bellator champ Zoila Gurgel has vacated her belt due to her injury and wanting to move back to 125 pounds. Gurgel, however, is now in the #2 spot in the Super-flyweight division, and will stay on the list until March or her next fight, whichever comes first.

Inactive fighters Shayna Baszler, Jessica Penne are off the list. With her lost to Barb Honchak and her drop to 125 pounds, Roxanne Modafferi has drop off the ranks for the first time in years.

Newcomers include undefeated Olympic silver medalist Sara McMann and undefeated Marianna Kheyfetts in the bantamweight and super-flyweight division respectively. Carla Esparza drops to the flyweight division, making her first appearance there.

November 2011 Unified Women’s MMA Rankings

The Unified Women’s Mixed Martial Arts Rankings, formerly the WAMMA Women’s Rankings, are assembled each month by a panel of journalists from multiple MMA websites and publications. These were the first official women’s mixed martial arts rankings compiled by division and weight class.

Fighters who have not competed within the past 12 months are not eligible to be ranked.

(The exception this month is Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos, who is the Strikeforce 145 pound champ and will fight in December.)

Featherweights (136-145 pounds)

1. Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos (10-1-0)
2. Hiroko Yamanaka (12-1-0)
3. Amanda “Lioness of the Ring” Nunes (6-2-0)
4. Rin Nakai (10-0-1)
5. Milana Dudieva (7-1-0)
6. Julia “The Jewel” Budd (2-1-0)
7. Yana “Foxy” Kunitskaya (4-1-0)
8. Elaina “Beef” Maxwell (6-4-0)
9. “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey (3-0-0)
10. Cindy “Battlecat” Dandois (5-1-0)

Bantamweights (126-135 pounds)

1. Miesha “Takedown” Tate (12-2-0)
2. Marloes “Rumina” Coenen (19-5-0)
3. Sarah Kaufman (14-1-0)
4. Alexis Davis (11-4-0)
5. Hitomi “Girlfight Monster” Akano (18-8-0)
6. Liz “Girl-Rilla” Carmouche (5-2-0)
7. Vanessa Porto (12-4-0)
8. Julie “Fireball” Kedzie (16-9-0)
9. Sarah McMann (4-0-0)
10. Kaitlin Young (6-5-0)

Super Flyweights (116-125 pounds)

1. Tara LaRosa (20-2-0)
2. Zoila “The Warrior Princess” Gurgel (11-1-0)
3. Rosi “The Surgeon” Sexton (12-2-0)
4. Cat “Alpha” Zingano (6-0-0)
5. Barb “Little Warrior” Honchak (4-1-0)
6. “Slick” Sally Krumdiack (9-4-0)
7. Sheila “The German Tank” Gaff (9-4-1)
8. Aisling “Ais The Bash” Daly (12-2-0)
9. Jessica “Evil” Eye (4-1-0)
10. Marianna “The Crushen Russian” Kheyfets (4-0)

Flyweights (107-115 pounds)

1. Megumi “Mega Megu” Fujii (24-1-0)
2. Jessica “Jag” Aguilar (11-4-0)
3. Lisa Ellis-Ward (14-6-0)
4. Ayaka Hamasaki (5-0-0)
5. Seo Hee Ham (9-4-0)
6. “V.V” Mei Yamaguchi (8-3-1)
7. Kyoko Takabayashi (12-4-1)
8. Yuka “Vale Tudo Queen” Tsuji (23-2-0)
9. “Windy” Tomomi Sunaba (17-13-1)
10. Carla Esparza (5-2-0)

Strawweights (96-106 pounds)

1. Naho “Sugi Rock” Sugiyama (5-0-0)
2. Kikuyo Ishikawa (6-2-0)
3. Yasuko “Ikuko” Tamada (12-6-3)
4. Misaki Takimoto (14-12-4)
5. Yukiko Seki (10-20-0)
6. Amy “Lil’ Dynamite” Davis (1-2-0, 1 NC)
7. Diane Rael (3-1)
8. Sachiko “Sachi” Yamamoto (8-6-1)
9. Miyoko Kusaka (3-4-0)
10. “South Valley’s Own” Angelica Chavez (4-1-0)

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