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Women's Bantamweight

37 active · mean Elo 1537 · updated Mar 28, 2026
Our ranking ≠ UFC rankings. UFC's official list is set by a media panel with political considerations. Ours is a pure Elo-based ranking by LCB (Lower Confidence Bound). The current champion is marked with C, interim champion with IC. See methodology →
# Fighter Elo
1 Jacqueline Cavalcanti 1627 ±20
2 Kayla Harrison C 1620 ±20
3 Norma Dumont 1628 ±27
4 Ailin Perez 1611 ±28
5 Raquel Pennington 1614 ±37
6 Luana Santos 1601 ±29
7 Germaine de Randamie 1597 ±31
8 Julianna Pena 1603 ±45
9 Joselyne Edwards 1574 ±31
10 Ketlen Vieira 1578 ±39
11 Karol Rosa 1570 ±37
12 Irene Aldana 1569 ±35
13 Yana Santos 1554 ±38
14 Macy Chiasson 1549 ±36
15 Holly Holm 1536 ±37
16 Melissa Gatto 1533 ±39
17 Daria Zhelezniakova 1531 ±39
18 Luana Carolina 1519 ±35
19 Klaudia Sygula 1526 ±40
20 Miesha Tate 1523 ±40
21 Nora Cornolle 1516 ±39
22 Mayra Bueno Silva 1503 ±33
23 Pannie Kianzad 1505 ±36
24 Julia Avila 1498 ±36
25 Melissa Mullins 1501 ±43
26 Josiane Nunes 1496 ±41
27 Montse Rendon 1496 ±43
28 Tainara Lisboa 1489 ±40
29 Chelsea Chandler 1474 ±41
30 Priscila Cachoeira 1464 ±38
31 Tamires Vidal 1442 ±33
32 Irina Alekseeva 1443 ±39
Provisional Show 5 fighters with too little data for a firm ranking
Bia Mesquita 1554 ±20 2-0-0
Michelle Montague 1534 ±20 1-0-0
Alice Pereira 1514 ±20 0-1-0
Melissa Croden 1519 ±39 1-1-0
Hailey Cowan 1475 ±20 0-2-0

Fighters ranked by LCB (lower confidence bound) = Elo − σ. This penalizes thin sample sizes so a 1-fight newcomer can't outrank a proven top-10. See methodology →