Women's MMA List by Weight Class

[DarkfireBoy]

do you have to list all the 0-1 and 0-0 fighters?

[Thirdpres]

Originally Posted by BugsFunny

cool
thanx
davis/bazler/mcmann are next for rousey if she beats carmouche

Thanks.

Those are all likely opponents for Rousey, that's for sure.

[Thirdpres]

Originally Posted by DarkfireBoy

do you have to list all the 0-1 and 0-0 fighters?

I'm making this as I want to do it.

I'm including people that are, within reason, active within the past year and a half to two years, or so.


The fighters who are 0-0-0 are listed as, or have been, getting their debut fight. In a few situations such fighters get hurt, or their opponents drop out, and so they miss their chance to fight on time.

In these cases I try to leave them at the bottom of the their respective weight class for several months to see if they get a new fight, otherwise they are taken off the list.

[Thirdpres]

Adding

Changes W/L

Featherweight

Marloes “Rumina” Coenen (21-5-0)
Fiona Muxlow (6-2-0) (also at 135Ibs)
Pannie ''Banzai'' Kianzad (3-0-0)
Lina Länsberg (0-1-0)

Catch-Weight

Katja Kankaanpaa (7-0-1)
Aisling "The Bash" Daly (13-5-0)

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In a catch-weight fight Ireland's Aisling Daly tests the waters for a move from Flyweight to Strawweight. Finland's Katja Kankaanpaa makes for a storm that sinks Daly's first outing. Tough fight but Kankaanpaa proves why she's one of the top women's Flyweights in the world in defeating Daly in unanimous fashion.

[Thirdpres]

Adding:

Featherweight

Amanda Bell (0-0-0)
Veronica Rothenhausler (0-0-0)

Bantamweight

Windy "Fancy Pants" Gore (1-0-0)
Nikki Knudsen (1-1-0)
Phyllis Lestenkof (0-1-0)


Flyweight

Amy Cadwell (0-0-0)

Strawweight

Livia Von Plettenberg (1-0-0)
Marion Birling (1-0-0)
Fabienne Winzeler (0-2-0)

Atomweight

Cassie Robb (0-0-0)
Laura Marcusse (0-0-0)

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I just went and checked the SLF female fighter page and found a good number of fighters of whom are listed as being 'debut' for SLF. I'm not going to add those fighters in until I see them listed for a fight.

Most of the debut fighters listed above will be on the upcoming Invicta FC card.

[Sherdoggy]

Originally Posted by 1side

Check out the Lena Ovchynnikova vs. Joanne Calderwood fight from SFL 3. I was very impressed by Lena's ability to survive chokes.

I thought Calderwood's strength was striking since she has (I think) a Muy Thai background. But she would have lost that fight had it stayed standing. However, she had great takedowns and was dominant on the ground.

[BugsFunny]

Originally Posted by Thirdpres

Thanks.

Those are all likely opponents for Rousey, that's for sure.

hehe, great. at least im not way off lol

[Thirdpres]

Adding

Changes W/L

Featherweight

Ediane Gomes (10-2-0)
Hiroko Yamanaka (12-3-0, 1NC)
Tamikka Brents (2-0-0)
Amanda Bell (0-1-0)
Veronica Rothenhausler (1-0-0)
Katalina Malungahu (2-2-0)


Bantamweight

Alexis Davis (13-5-0)
Shayna Baszler (15-8-0)
Sarah D'Alelio (7-3-0)
Amanda Nunes (7-3-0)
Leslie Smith (5-2-1)
Raquel Pennington (4-3-0)


Strawweight

Carla Esparza (9-2-0)
Bec Hyatt (4-2-0)
Joanne Calderwood (5-0-0)
Livia Von Plettenberg (1-1-0)
Rose Namajunas (1-0-0)
Emily Kagan (2-1-0)
Tecia Torres (2-0-0)
Paige VanZant (2-1-0)


Atomweight

Cassie Rodish (4-3-0)
Stephanie Frausto (4-5-0)
Jodie Esquibel (3-0-0)
Liz McCarthy (1-1-0)
Laura Marcusse-Sanko (1-0-0)
Cassie Robb (0-1-0)

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I'll be looking to make a few changes to the overall rankings before long just to keep the more recent fighters their due -- when I have a chance. 8p

-- Edited to Add:

Congrats to Tamikka Brents on her debut victory tonight fighting at Featherweight, that's a 10 Ibs drop for her.

[Thirdpres]

Adding

Featherweight

Karolline Rosa Cavedo (1-1-0)
Dayane Cristina (0-1-0)
Raquel do Outeiro (0-1-0)

Bantamweight

Ulrike Krol (1-1-0)

Flyweight

Ana Claudia Fatia (0-1-0)
Vanessa Guimaraes (0-1-0)
Daniely dos Santos Matias (0-1-0)

Changes W/L

Flyweight

Jennifer Mai (6-2-1)
Jessica Andrade (3-2-0)
Deborah (Debbie) Garcia (3-0-0)
Lily Kazak (0-2-1)
Fran Vanderstukken (1-1-0)
Clemence Schreiber (0-1-0)
Bruna Paiffer (1-2-0)
Contanza Zoilo (1-1-0)

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I've made a considerable number of changes in standing within the ranks at all levels. There's been some surname changes, changes in W/L that went un-recorded due to the bouts not being reported from normal sources, and the removal and addition of fighters due to inactivity or missed debuts.

[Thirdpres]

Adding

Strawweight

Anna Bezhenar (1-0-0) UA
Marina Logvinova (0-1-0) UA

Bantamweight

Antonina Yaroshenya (1-0-1) BY

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Congrats to Bezhenar for her big debut win against Alyona Rassohyna.
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I've moved Kate Aroa (3-0-0) (Featherweight from NZ) into and back out of inactive status.

I just came across another interview from Nov 2012 where she makes it clear she is still in training and very much looking for a fight either in NZ or anywhere else and is in some talks with Brace for a potential fight in AU this year.

Aroa has been inactive for over two years now though so it's a tough call on having her in the lists but I decided to keep her there due to being from NZ and the difficulty women have getting fights there. I have moved her out of the top twenty due to the inactivity.

(Note: It's not Aroa's fault but other women are fighting and they deserve to move up.)

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Edited: fixed several State/Country identifications. New features/new problems. I hope I've caught them all out but there will likely be others.

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Edited to Add: I found myself counting the numbers of fighters per weight class earlier today and noticed that the Bantamweights are down to roughly 115 fighters including those that are coming down in weight from Featherweight, inactive, etc. That's fewer fighters then they started last year with and there's more of them moving up to Featherweight.

2012 was a year when lots of good things were happening with the Bantamweight Division. The UFC opening up a Women's Bantamweight Division. Some big fights, many of them fights of the night or even fights of the year from the now gone Strikeforce and the still going strong Invicta. Several very capable new comers to their ranks, like Jessamyn Duke and Miriam Nakamoto, to name a few.

But there has been a flat out decrease in their numbers. Let's hope to see this trend reverse itself in 2013.