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Cheryl Ragsdale
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Female MMA Fighters
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The inaugural March 2010 Women’s Independent World MMA Rankings have been released. These rankings are independent of any single MMA media outlet or sanctioning body and are published on multiple web sites.
The members of the voting panel for the Women’s Independent World MMA Rankings are:
Nicholas Bailey (MMA Ratings)
Jim Genia (Full Contact Fighter, MMA Memories, and MMA Journalist Blog)
Yael Grauer (MMA HQ)
Jesse Holland (MMA Mania)
Robert Joyner (Freelance)
Zac Robinson (Sports by the Numbers MMA)
Leland Roling (Bloody Elbow)
Michael David Smith (AOL Fanhouse)
Joshua Stein (MMA Opinion)
Ivan Trembow (Freelance)
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Women’s March 2010 Independent World MMA Rankings
Ballots collected on March 16, 2010
Middleweight Rankings (136 to 145 lbs.)
1. Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos (9-1)
2. Erin Toughill (10-2-1)
3. Marloes Coenen (17-4)
4. Gina Carano (7-1)
5. Yuko “Hiroko” Yamanaka (7-1-1)
6. Shana Olsen (3-0)
7. Cindy Dandois (2-0)
8. Malissa Sherwood (3-1)
9. Amanda Nunes (5-1)
10. Jamie Seaton (2-1)
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Kobold vs Carano plus Cyborg vs Carano
highlights of fights on video
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Welterweight Rankings (126 to 135 lbs.)
Roxanne Modafferi, female MMA fighter
1. Sarah Kaufman (11-0)
2. Tara LaRosa (18-1)
3. Roxanne Modafferi (14-5)
4. Takayo Hashi (12-2)
5. Hitomi Akano (15-6)
6. Shayna Baszler (10-6)
7. Miesha Tate (8-2)
8. Adrienna “AJ” Jenkins (17-2)
9. Vanessa Porto (10-4)
10. Jennifer Tate (6-1)
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Lightweight Rankings (116 to 125 lbs.)
1. Rosi Sexton (10-1)
2. Aisling Daly (9-0)
3. Tara LaRosa (18-1)
4. Emi Fujino (8-3)
5. Sally Krumdiack (7-3)
6. Lynn Alvarez (5-1)
7. Rin Nakai (6-0)
8. Lena Ovchynnikova (6-0)
9. Monica Lovato (4-1)
10. Matsumi Kasai (4-0)
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Featherweight Rankings (106 to 115 lbs.)
1. Megumi Fujii (19-0)
2. Yuka Tsuji (22-2)
3. Lisa Ward (12-5)
4. Mei “V Hajime” Yamaguchi (6-2)
5. Jessica Pene (7-0)
6. Jessica Aguilar (7-3)
7. Kyoko Takabayashi (10-4)
8. Angela Magana (8-4)
9. Elena Reid (4-0)
10. Saori Ishioka (8-4)
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The rankings will be tabulated and published on a monthly basis, with fighters receiving ten points for a first-place vote, nine points for a second-place vote, and so on.
According to the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts, the official names of the weight classes in women’s MMA are Middleweight for the 145-pound division, Welterweight for the 135-pound division, Lightweight for the 125-pound division, and Featherweight for the 115-pound division.
The members of our voting panel are instructed to vote primarily based on fighters’ actual accomplishments in the cage/ring (the quality of opposition that they’ve actually beaten), not based on a broad, subjective perception of which fighters would theoretically win hypothetical match-ups.
Inactivity: Fighters who have not fought in the past 12 months are not eligible to be ranked, and will regain their eligibility the next time they fight.
Disciplinary Suspensions: Fighters who are currently serving disciplinary suspensions, or who have been denied a license for drug test or disciplinary reasons, are not eligible to be ranked.
Changing Weight Classes: When a fighter announces that she is leaving one weight class in order to fight in another weight class, the fighter is not eligible to be ranked in the new weight class until she has her first fight in the new weight class.
Catch Weight Fights: When fights are contested at weights that are in between the limits of the various weight classes, they are considered to be in the higher weight class. The weight limits for each weight class are listed at the top of the rankings for each weight class.
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Special thanks to Eric Kamander, Joshua Stein, and Yael Grauer for their invaluable help with this project, and special thanks to Garrett Bailey for designing our logo.
photo credits Cyborg, Roxanne, Gina
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I am a big Gina Carano fan myself. I haven’t been paying to much attention to MMA lately, I am surprised to see her ranked #4. I just found your site and happy to see a woman blogger interested in MMA.
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Hey Danny,
Welcome! I love MMA as you can see. Stay tuned – I plan on sharing more about my love for this sport in the next few weeks.
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This is actually the first time I’ve read in detail about women involved in MMA. I particularly like Cristiane Santos’ nickname “Cyborg”
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Hi Julius,
No woman on the planet can beat Cyborg right now. She’s unbelievably talented and strong. It’s amazing how hard these fighters work to train for their fights. Cyborg! I always wonder what my fight name would be. Julius, what do you think would make a good fight name for you?