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411 Women’s Pound for Pound MMA Rankings: Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Rose Namajunas, More
411’s MMA Rankings
Pound For Pound
1) “The Lioness” Amanda Nunes (19-4)
Birthday: May 30, 1988
Height: 5’8
Weight (lbs.): 135/145
Currently fighting with: UFC
Last 5 fights:
– Germaine de Randamie – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC 245 – December 14, 2019
– vs. Holly Holm – Win via TKO (head kick and strikes) – UFC 239 – July 6, 2019
– vs. Cris Cyborg – Win via KO (punches) – UFC 232 – December 29, 2018
– vs. Raquel Pennington – Win via TKO (strikes) – UFC 224 – May 12, 2018
– vs. Valentina Shevchenko – Win via decision (split) – UFC 215 – September 9, 2017
Next scheduled appearance:
– vs. Felicia Spencer – UFC 250 – May 9, 2020
Comment: Nunes is signed to defend the featherweight championship against Spencer in Brazil this May. Spencer went to a decision with Cyborg last summer and bounced back to finish Zarah Fairn dos Santos a month ago to earn this shot.
2) Valentina Shevchenko (19-3)
Height: 5’5
Weight (lbs.): 125
Birthday: March 7, 1988
Currently Fighting With: UFC
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Katlyn Chookagian – Win via TKO (strikes) – UFC 247 – February 8, 2020
– vs. Liz Carmouche – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC on ESPN+ – August 10, 2019
– vs. Jessica Eye – Win via KO (head kick) – UFC 238 – June 8, 2019
– vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC 231 – December 8, 2018
– vs. Priscila Cachoeira – Win via submission (rear naked choke) – UFC Fight Night – February 3, 2018
Next scheduled appearance:
– vs. Joanne Calderwood – UFC 251 – June 6, 2020
3) Weili Zhang (21-1)
Height: 5’4
Weight (lbs.): 115
Birthday: August 13, 1989
Currently Fighting With: UFC
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk – Win via decision (split) – UFC 248 – March 7, 2020
vs. Jessica Andrade – Win via TKO (strikes) – UFC Fight Night – August 31, 2019
– vs. Tecia Torres – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC 235 – March 2, 2019
– vs. Jessica Aguilar – Win via submission (armor) – UFC Fight Night – November 24, 2018
– vs. Danielle Taylor – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC 227 – August 4, 2018
Next scheduled appearance:
– Unknown
Comment: Weili and Jedrzejczyk put on a clinic at UFC 248 over a week ago for five grueling rounds. Keeping a furious pace, it was a razor thin split decision that went to the defending 115-pound champion. If there is a better fight in 2020, we are lucky.
4) Cris “Cyborg” Justino (22-2, 1 NC)
Height: 5’8
Weight (lbs.): 145
Birthday: July 9, 1985
Currently Fighting With: Bellator MMA
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Julia Budd – Win via TKO (strikes) – Bellator MMA – January 25, 2020
– vs. Felicia Spencer – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC 230 – July 27, 2019
– vs. Amanda Nunes – Loss via KO (punches) – UFC 232 – December 29, 2018
– vs. Yana Kunitskaya – Win via TKO (strikes) – UFC 222 – March 3, 2018
– vs. Holly Holm – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC 219 – December 30, 2017
Next scheduled appearance:
– Unknown
Comment: Cyborg added the Bellator featherweight title to her collection with a fourth round stoppage of Julia Budd in January.
5) Jessica Andrade (20-7)
Height: 5’2
Weight (lbs.): 115
Birthday: September 25, 1991
Currently Fighting With: UFC
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Weili Zhang – Loss via TKO (strikes) – UFC on ESPN+ – August 31, 2019
– vs. Rose Namajunas – Win via KO (slam) – UFC 237 – May 11, 2019
– vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz – Win via KO (punch) UFC 228 – September 8, 2018
– vs. Tecia Torres – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC on Fox – February 24, 2018
– vs. Claudia Gadelha – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC Fight Night – September 22, 2017
Next scheduled appearance:
– vs. Rose Namajunas – UFC 249 – April 18, 2020
Comment: Certainly the UFC 249 main event between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson has all the excitement in every way going into that event. However, don’t forget about this rematch between former champions Andrade and Namajunas. It’s Rose’s first fight since that loss and Andrade’s first fight since she lost the title months ago to Weili Zhang.
6) Rose “Thug” Namajunas (8-4)
Height: 5’5
Weight (lbs.): 115
Birthday: June 29, 1992
Currently Fighting With: UFC
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Jessica Andrade – Loss via KO (slam) – UFC 237 – May 11, 2019
– vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC 223 – April 7, 2018
– vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk – Win via TKO (strikes) – UFC 217 – November 4, 2017
– vs. Michelle Waterson – Win via submission (rear naked choke) – UFC on Fox – April 15, 2017
– vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz – Loss via decision (split) – UFC 201 – July 30, 2016
Next scheduled appearance:
– vs. Jessica Andrade – UFC 249 – April 18, 2020
7) Joanna Jedrzejczyk (16-4)
Height: 5’6
Weight (lbs.): 115
Currently Fighting With: UFC
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Weili Zhang – Loss via decision (split) – UFC 248 – March 7, 2020
– vs. Michelle Waterson – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC on ESPN+ – October 12, 2019
– vs. Valentina Shevchenko – Loss via decision (unanimous) – UFC 231 – December 8, 2018
– vs. Tecia Torres – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC on Fox – July 28, 2018
– vs. Rose Namajunas – Loss via decision (unanimous) – UFC 223 – April 7, 2018
Next scheduled appearance:
– Unknown
8) Germaine de Randamie (9-4)
Height: 5’9
Weight (lbs.): 135
Birthday: April 24, 1984
Currently Fighting With: UFC
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Amanda Nunes – Loss via decision (unanimous) – UFC 245 – December 14, 2019
– vs. Aspen Ladd – Win via TKO (punch) – UFC Fight Night – July 13, 2019
– vs. Raquel Pennington – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC Fight Night – November 10, 2018
– vs. Holly Holm – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC 208 – February 11, 2017
– vs. Anna Elmose – Win via KO (knee) – UFC Fight Night – May 8, 2016
Next scheduled appearance:
– Unknown
9) “The Karate Hottie” Michelle Waterson (17-7)
Height: 5’4
Weight (lbs.): 115
Birthday: January 6, 1986
Currently Fighting With: UFC
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk – Loss via decision (unanimous) – UFC Fight Night – October 12, 2019
– vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC on ESPN – March 30, 2019
– vs. Felice Herrig – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC 229 – October 6, 2018
– vs. Cortney Casey – Win via decision (split) – UFC on Fox – April 14, 2019
– vs. Rose Namajunas – Loss via submission (rear naked choke) – UFC on Fox – April 15, 2017
Next scheduled appearance:
– vs. Carla Esparza – UFC Fight Night – April 11, 2020
10) Julia Budd (13-3)
Height: 5’8
Weight (lbs.): 145
Birthday: July 4, 1983
Currently Fighting With: Bellator MMA
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Cyborg – Loss via TKO (strikes) – Bellator MMA – January 25, 2020
– vs. Olga Rubin – Win via TKO (strikes) – Bellator 224 – July 12, 2019
– vs. Talita Nogueira – Win via TKO (strikes) – Bellator 202 – July 13, 2018
– vs. Arlene Blencowe – Win via decision (split) – Bellator 189 – December 1, 2017
– vs. Marloes Coenen – Win via TKO (strikes) – Bellator 174 – March 3, 2017
Next scheduled appearance:
– Unknown
11)Tatiana Suarez (8-0)
Height: 5’5
Weight (lbs.): 115
Birthday: December 19, 1990
Currently Fighting With: UFC
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Nina Ansaroff – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC 238 – June 8, 2019
– vs. Carla Esparza – Win via TKO (strikes) – UFC 228 – September 8, 2018
– vs. Alexa Grasso – Win via submission (rear naked choke) – UFC Fight Night – May 19, 2018
– vs. Viviane Pereira – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC Fight Night – November 11, 2017
– vs. Amanda Cooper – Win via submission (D’arce Choke) – UFC TUF Finale – July 8, 2016
Next scheduled appearance:
– Unknown
12) Katlyn Chookagian (13-3)
Height: 5’9
Weight (lbs.): 125
Birthday: December 28, 1988
Currently Fighting With: UFC
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Valentina Shevchenko – Loss via TKO (strikes) – UFC 247 – February 8, 2020
– vs. Jennifer Maia – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC 244 – November 2, 2019
– vs. Joanne Calderwood – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC 238 – June 8, 2019
– vs. Jessica Eye – Loss via decision (split) – UFC 231 – December 8, 2018
– vs. Alexis Davis – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC on Fox – July 28, 2018
Next scheduled appearance:
– Unknown
13) Claudia Gadelha (17-4)
Birthday: December 7, 1988
Height: 5’3
Weight (lbs.): 115
Currently fighting with: UFC
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Randa Markos – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC 239 – July 6, 2019
– vs. Nina Ansaroff – Loss via decision (unanimous) – UFC 231 – December 8, 2018
– vs. Carla Esparza – Win via decision (split) – UFC 225 – June 9, 2018
– vs. Jessica Andrade – Loss via decision (unanimous) – UFC Fight Night – September 22, 2017
– vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz – Win via submission (rear naked choke) – UFC 212 – June 3, 2017
Next scheduled appearance:
– vs. Marina Rodriguez – UFC Fight Night – May 2, 2020
14) Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (11-0)
Height: 5’4
Weight (lbs.): 125
Birthday: April 2, 1990
Currently Fighting With: Bellator MMA
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Kate Jackson – Win via decision (unanimous) – Bellator 236 – December 21, 2019
– vs. Veta Arteaga – Win via TKO (doctor stoppage) – Bellator 220 – April 27, 2019
– vs. Valerie Letourneau – Win via submission (triangle choke) – Bellator 213 – December 15, 2018
– vs. Alejandra Lara – Win via submission (armbar) – Bellator 201 – June 29, 2018
– vs. Emily Ducote – Win via submission (triangle armbar) – Bellator 186 – November 3, 2017
Next scheduled appearance:
– Unknown
15) Angela Lee (10-2)
Height: 5’4
Weight (lbs.): 114
Birthday: July 8, 1996
Currently Fighting With: ONE Championship
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Xiong Jingnan – Win via submission (rear naked choke) – ONE: Century – October 12, 2019
– vs. Michelle Nicolini – Loss via decision (unanimous) – ONE: Masters of Destiny – July 12, 2019
– vs. Xiong Jingnan – Loss via TKO (strikes) – ONE: A New Era – March 31, 2019
– vs. Mei Yamaguchi – Win via decision (unanimous) – ONE 73 – May 19, 2018
– vs. Istela Nunes – Win via submission (anaconda choke) – ONE 55 – May 26, 2017
Next scheduled appearance:
– Unknown
