Women's Strawweight rankings.
The top 30 women's strawweights by the First Light Rating, a skill score built from in-cage performance and results, with each one’s First Light Index: fame against what that skill predicts. Weili Zhang leads at 1,956.
Movement since 24 Sep 2026 · Updated · All divisions
Women's Strawweight
| Rank | Fighter | FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill | FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weili Zhang | 1,956 | +0.46— |
| 2 | Virna Jandiroba | 1,927 | +0.22▼ −0.02 |
| 3 | Tatiana Suarez | 1,890 | +0.29▲ +0.04 |
| 4 | Denise Gomes | 1,862 | −0.14▲ +0.02 |
| 5 | Mackenzie Dern | 1,858 | +0.78— |
| 6 | Fatima Kline 1 | 1,837 | +0.12▲ +0.02 |
| 7 | Lupita Godinez 15 | 1,811 | +0.28▼ −0.10 |
| 8 | Amanda Lemos 1 | 1,810 | +0.15▼ −0.03 |
| 9 | Gillian Robertson 6 | 1,809 | +0.51— |
| 10 | Jessica Andrade 2 | 1,808 | +0.56— |
| 11 | Piera Rodriguez 3 | 1,801 | +0.10Last 16 days: +0.10 → +0.10 |
| 12 | Xiaonan Yan | 1,800 | +0.29— |
| 13 | Jaqueline Amorim 3 | 1,800 | — |
| 14 | Alexia Thainara 1 | 1,797 | +0.07Last 16 days: +0.07 → +0.07 |
| 15 | Tecia Pennington 2 | 1,784 | +0.44— |
| 16 | Angela Hill 4 | 1,780 | +0.48— |
| 17 | Chihiro Sawada 1 | 1,777 | +0.19▲ +0.03 |
| 18 | Marina Rodriguez 3 | 1,776 | +0.34— |
| 19 | Julia Polastri 3 | 1,774 | — |
| 20 | Amanda Ribas 1 | 1,773 | +0.81— |
| 21 | Anastasia Nikolakakos 2 | 1,750 | — |
| 22 | Aieza Ramos Bertolso 16 | 1,750 | −0.49Last 31 days: −0.70 → −0.49 |
| 23 | Tabatha Ricci 2 | 1,744 | +0.59— |
| 24 | Kanako Murata | 1,741 | −0.09▲ +0.02 |
| 25 | Iasmin Lucindo 1 | 1,726 | +0.01▲ +0.03 |
| 26 | Machi Fukuda 16 | 1,717 | — |
| 27 | Ayaka Miura 3 | 1,714 | — |
| 28 | Ketlen Souza 1 | 1,713 | +0.16▲ +0.03 |
| 29 | Bo Meng | 1,709 | — |
| 30 | Emily Ducote 3 | 1,705 | −0.02— |
Where the UFC panel disagrees.
- Tabatha RicciFLR 23rd · panel 11th12 lower here
- Amanda RibasFLR 20th · panel 13th7 lower here
- Xiaonan YanFLR 12th · panel 6th6 lower here
- Mackenzie DernFLR 5th · panel champion5 lower here
- Alexia ThainaraFLR 14th · panel 9th5 lower here
Better than their audience knows.
- Aieza Ramos BertolsoFLR 22nd−0.49
- Denise GomesFLR 4th−0.14
- Kanako MurataFLR 24th−0.09
Bigger names than their skill predicts.
- Amanda RibasFLR 20th+0.81
- Mackenzie DernFLR 5th+0.78
- Tabatha RicciFLR 23rd+0.59
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
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