January 2011 Unified Women’s MMA Rankings

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Monday, January 2, 2012 at 1:51am EST

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Cyborg vs. Yamanaka Courtesy All Elbows

With Strikeforce champ Cyborg Santos returning to the cage and dominating Hiroko Yamanaka; the featherweight divsion has had the most shake up coming into the new year.

WMMA Fighter of the Year Ronda Rousey propels herself to #2 ranked female in the division, with Rin Nakai taking #3. Yamanaka drops to #4; with Kunitskaya and Maxwell climbing the ladder.

Featherweights (136-145 pounds)

1. Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos (11-1)
2. “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey (4-0)
3. Rin Nakai (10-0-1)
4. Hiroko “Cat’s Eye” Yamanaka (12-2)
5. Milana Dudieva (7-1)
6. Yana “Foxy” Kunitskaya (5-1)
7. Elaina “Beef” Maxwell (6-4)
8. Julia “The Jewel” Budd (2-2)
9. Cindy “Battlecat” Dandois (5-1)
10. Ediane “India” Gomes (8-2)

Bantamweights (126-135 pounds)

1. Miesha “Takedown” Tate (12-2)
2. Marloes “Rumina” Coenen (19-5)
3. Sarah Kaufman (14-1)
4. Alexis Davis (11-4)
5. Hitomi “Girlfight Monster” Akano (18-8)
6. Liz “Girl-Rilla” Carmouche (5-2)
7. Vanessa Porto (13-4)
8. Julie “Fireball” Kedzie (16-9)
9. Sara McMann (4-0)
10. Kaitlin Young (5-5)

Super Flyweights (116-125 pounds)

1. Tara LaRosa (20-2)
2. Zoila “The Warrior Princess” Gurgel (11-1)
3. Rosi “The Surgeon” Sexton (12-2)
4. Cat “Alpha” Zingano (6-0)
5. Barb “Little Warrior” Honchak (5-1)
6. Sheila “The German Tank” Gaff (9-4-1)
7. Aisling “Ais The Bash” Daly (13-2)
8. “Slick” Sally Krumdiack (9-4)
9. Jessica “Evil” Eye (5-1)
10. Marianna “The Crushen Russian” Kheyfets (4-0)

Flyweights (107-115 pounds)

1. Megumi “Mega Megu” Fujii (25-1)
2. Jessica “Jag” Aguilar (12-4)
3. Ayaka Hamasaki (6-0)
4. Lisa Ward-Ellis (14-7)
5. Seo Hee Ham (9-5)
6. “V.V” Mei Yamaguchi (8-3-1)
7. Kyoko Takabayashi (12-4-1)
8. Yuka “Vale Tudo Queen” Tsuji (23-2)
9. Carla Esparza (5-2)
10.“Windy” Tomomi Sunaba (17-13-1)

Strawweights (96-106 pounds)

1. Naho “Sugi Rock” Sugiyama (7-0)
2. Kikuyo Ishikawa (6-3)
3. Misaki Takimoto (15-13-4)
4. Yukiko Seki (10-21)
5. Sachiko “Sachi” Yamamoto (9-6-1)
6. Yasuko “Ikuko” Tamada (12-7-3)
7. Amy “Lil’ Dynamite” Davis (2-2, 1 NC)
8. Diana “Dynamite” Rael (3-1)
9. Miyoko Kusaka (3-4-1)
10. Angelica “South Valley’s Own” Chavez (4-1)

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