List of female mixed martial artists
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This is a list of female mixed martial arts fighters in alphabetical order.
Hitomi Akano
Cat Albert Nicole Albrecht Katrina Alendal Jacqueline Andrade Mayumi Aoki
Shayna Baszler
Maritery Batista Charlotte von Baumgarten Julia Berezikova
Roseanne Blackburn Mystee Blackwood Shimone Brooks Amanda Buckner
Yvette Burton Kristy Bushnel
Liz Carmouche
Liz Carreiro Marloes Coenen
Sabrina Cohen Mayra Conde
Valerie Coolbaugh Veronica Cortez Kim Couture
Aisling Daly
Bobbi Jo Dalziel Carina Damm
Cindy Dandois Alexis Davis
Amy Davis Jody DeSimone Melanie Dumont Milana Dudieva
Emily Fisher Stephanie Frausto Zoila Frausto
Megumi Fujii
Emi Fujino
Seo Hee Ham
Ayaka Hamasaki
Takayo Hashi
Angela Hayes Molly Helsel Lisa Higo Shannon Hooper Ikuma Hoshino
Tami Hovhannisyan Jennifer Howe
Kellyn Huehn
Marissa Inhofer Mizuki Inoue
Shariday Issacs Miwako Ishihara Saori Ishioka
Sarah Kaufman Julie Kedzie
Marianna Kheyfets Katy Klinefelter Kelly Kobold Asami Kodera
Yuuki Kondo
Sally Krumdiack Asci Kubra Maiju Kujala Yana Kunitskaya
Amanda LaVoy Patti Lee Valerie Letourneau Becky Levi
Rebecca Ryan Long
Elaina Maxwell Sara McMann
Francesca Menda Roxanne Modafferi
Yasuko Mogi
Erica Montoya
Emma Morris Serin Murray
Amy Maxwell
Cristiane Santos
Serena Saunders Tevi Say Victoria Schiltz Stina Schmidt Sarah Schneider Lacey Schuckman Rosi Sexton
Satoko Shinashi
Shizuka Sugiyama
Yasuko Tamada
Keiko Tamai Jennifer Tate
Miesha Tate
Erin Toughill
Jenny Trujillo Yuka Tsuji
Irma Verhoeff Patricia Vidonic Zyvonzek Vjesalicu
Tanya Vlahac
Hisae Watanabe
Michelle Waterson
Cody Welchlin Trisha Williams Bailey Womack Lisa Ward
Yoko Yamada
Mei Yamaguchi
Hiroko Yamanaka
Masako Yoshida Kaitlin Young
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Jessica AguilarJessica Aguilar
Jessica Aguilar is a Mexican American female mixed martial artist who currently competes for Bellator Fighting Championships...
Hitomi Akano
Hitomi Akano
, is a Japanese female mixed martial artist. She uses a song she penned herself called "Between the Sky" as her entrance music.Akano is a former Smackgirl Middleweight Champion at 128 pounds...
Cat Albert Nicole Albrecht Katrina Alendal Jacqueline Andrade Mayumi Aoki
Mayumi Aoki (fighter)
, better known in Japan by her ring name , is a Japanese female mixed martial artist and kickboxer. Aoki has fought in MMA promotions Smackgirl, Jewels and Valkyrie.-Background:Aoki was born on in Aichi Prefecture, Japan...
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Jen Babcock Olga BakalopoulosOlga Bakalopoulos
Olga Bakalopoulos is a Canadian mixed martial artist. She was born Toronto, Ontario, where she lived for 15 years, also living in Greece for 3 years...
Shayna Baszler
Shayna Baszler
Shayna Baszler is an American mixed martial artist. She currently trains under former UFC Heavyweight Champion Josh Barnett. She has a record of 14 wins and 6 losses, with 13 wins coming by way of submission....
Maritery Batista Charlotte von Baumgarten Julia Berezikova
Julia Berezikova
Julia Berezikova is a Russian female mixed martial artist and boxer.-Background:Berezikova was born on in Krasnokamensk, Zabaykalsky Krai , Russia....
Roseanne Blackburn Mystee Blackwood Shimone Brooks Amanda Buckner
Amanda Buckner
Amanda Buckner is an American female mixed martial artist. Her last fight was a decision loss against Takayo Hashi at FFF 4 - Call of the Wild on April 3, 2008....
Yvette Burton Kristy Bushnel
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Alison Cantwell Ma.Eleonor Capulong Gina CaranoGina Carano
Gina Joy Carano is an American model, actress, and mixed martial arts fighter. Carano appeared as the Gladiator "Crush" on American Gladiators...
Liz Carmouche
Liz Carmouche
Liz Carmouche is an American mixed martial arts fighter. Carmouche currently competes for Strikeforce in the women's welterweight division....
Liz Carreiro Marloes Coenen
Marloes Coenen
Marloes Coenen is a Dutch mixed martial artist. She has competed professionally since 2000 and is a former Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion....
Sabrina Cohen Mayra Conde
Mayra Conde
Mayra Conde is a professional Personal Trainer and mixed martial artist, who has also competed in bodybuilding, kickboxing and brazilian jiu-jitsu.-Biography:...
Valerie Coolbaugh Veronica Cortez Kim Couture
Kim Couture
Kimberly Joy Couture is a professional mixed martial artist. She has fought for and was formerly signed to the Strikeforce promotion. She's the ex-wife of MMA fighter Randy Couture.-Early life:...
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Laura D'AugusteLaura D'Auguste
Laura D'Auguste is an American female mixed martial artist. She initially started practising martial arts to protect herself and her daughter from her husband. She also works as a cardiac nurse.-Biography:...
Aisling Daly
Aisling Daly
Aisling Daly is an Irish female professional mixed martial artist who competes in the women's flyweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Daly has mostly fought in England and Ireland....
Bobbi Jo Dalziel Carina Damm
Carina Damm
Carina Paganini Damm Golçalvez is a Brazilian female mixed martial artist.Regarded for her looks as much as for her fighting abilities, Damm was dubbed MMA's "Barbie Girl" by the Brazilian media....
Cindy Dandois Alexis Davis
Alexis Davis (MMA)
Alexis Davis is a Canadian professional female mixed martial artist. She is a black belt in Japanese Jujutsu and a 2-stripe brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Royler Gracie and David Adiv...
Amy Davis Jody DeSimone Melanie Dumont Milana Dudieva
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Michelle Farrow Jaime Ferlaino Jan FinneyJan Finney
Jan Finney is an American female mixed martial artist. She currently competes in the 135-pound bantamweight division.-Mixed martial arts career:...
Emily Fisher Stephanie Frausto Zoila Frausto
Zoila Frausto
Zoila L. Gurgel is an American professional female mixed martial artist. Her nickname comes from the popular 1990s TV series Xena: Warrior Princess...
Megumi Fujii
Megumi Fujii
Megumi Fujii is a female Japanese mixed martial artist. She is currently the #3-ranked pound-for-pound female MMA fighter in the world by MMARising.com and the #1-ranked female flyweight according to the Unified Women's MMA Rankings.-Biography:Fujii specializes mainly in submission fighting and is...
Emi Fujino
Emi Fujino
is a Japanese female mixed martial artist, kickboxer and professional wrestler, occasionally nicknamed .-Background:Fujino was born on in Aichi Prefecture, Japan...
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Chevelle HallbackChevelle Hallback
Chevelle Lynette Hallback is a female boxer from Plant City, Florida. Hallback, nicknamed "Fist of Steel", has been featured on television many times, usually fighting the biggest names in the sport...
Seo Hee Ham
Seo Hee Ham
Ham Seo-Hee , often anglicised to Seo-Hee Ham, is a South Korean female mixed martial artist and kickboxer.In Japan, she is occasionally nicknamed Arale-chan, in reference to her similar looks outside of the ring to the character from the manga and anime series Dr...
Ayaka Hamasaki
Ayaka Hamasaki
is a Japanese female kickboxer and mixed martial artist. She has fought in MMA promotions Shooto and Jewels. Hamasaki won the first Jewels Lightweight Queen tournament to become the first lightweight champion of the promotion....
Takayo Hashi
Takayo Hashi
|-| Loss|align=center| 13-4-0| Cat Zingano| KO | Fight To Win: "Outlaws"| |align=center| 3|align=center| 4:42|Denver, Colorado, USA| For Fight To Win Women's Championship|-| Loss|align=center| 13-3-0| Tara LaRosa| Decision...
Angela Hayes Molly Helsel Lisa Higo Shannon Hooper Ikuma Hoshino
Ikuma Hoshino
is a retired Japanese female mixed martial arts fighter and judoka. Her real name is . Her nicknames are and .She participated in MMA promotions ReMix, Smackgirl, Shooto and Ax.-Background:Hoshino was born on in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan...
Tami Hovhannisyan Jennifer Howe
Jennifer Howe
Jennifer Howe is an American mixed martial artist.-Biography:Howe is mainly known as a striker due to her boxing background, but also has grappling skills from her time training in brazilian jiu jitsu under Walt Bayless. She began training at Bayless Jiu Jitsu in 1995, and says of BJJ "In any...
Kellyn Huehn
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Mai IchiiMai Ichii
is a Japanese female wrestler, mixed martial artist and kickboxer.-Background:Ichii was born on in Ageo, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.-Professional wrestling career:Ichii debuted in 2004 in a match against Emi Sakura.-Mixed martial arts career:...
Marissa Inhofer Mizuki Inoue
Mizuki Inoue
, nicknamed , is a Japanese female kickboxer and mixed martial artist. Inoue has fought in the kickboxing promotion J-Girls and MMA promotion Jewels. She won the 2010 Jewels -56 kg Rough Stone Grand Prix tournament at 16 years of age, becoming one of the youngest female champions in a major MMA...
Shariday Issacs Miwako Ishihara Saori Ishioka
Saori Ishioka
is a Japanese female mixed martial artist, kickboxer and karateka. She has participated in MMA promotions Smackgirl and Jewels. Her nickname is Shooting Star.-Background:...
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Mari KanekoMari Kaneko
is a Japanese female karateka and mixed martial arts fighter. Kaneko has competed for MMA promotions Ax, Smackgirl, Deep and Jewels.-Background:Kaneko was born on in Suwa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.-Martial arts training:...
Sarah Kaufman Julie Kedzie
Julie Kedzie
Julie Kedzie is an American female mixed martial artist. She is a third degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and specializes in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu....
Marianna Kheyfets Katy Klinefelter Kelly Kobold Asami Kodera
Asami Kodera
, occasionally nicknamed Asami, is a Japanese female mixed martial artist. She currently fights in the Jewels promotion, where she won the 2009 Jewels Rough Stone Grand Prix .-Mixed martial arts career:...
Yuuki Kondo
Yuuki Kondo
, née , is a retired Japanese female mixed martial artist and judoka. She is nicknamed in reference to her calm appearance when fighting.-Background:Kondo was born on in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.-Martial arts training:...
Sally Krumdiack Asci Kubra Maiju Kujala Yana Kunitskaya
Yana Kunitskaya
Yana Kunitskaya is a professional female mixed martial artist fighting in M-1. She competes in the 145 lbs women's featherweight division....
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Tara LaRosaTara LaRosa
Tara LaRosa is an American mixed martial artist who previously fought in BodogFight.She was the first and final BodogFight Women's Bantamweight Champion...
Amanda LaVoy Patti Lee Valerie Letourneau Becky Levi
Becky Levi
-Biography:Becky started out her training career in Tucson Az. training submissions and judo with Steve Owen a 7th degree black belt in Judo. She also continued her boxing training at two boxing facilities in Tucson. Becky was also a PE teacher and coach in Tucson for 11 years. She was involved in...
Rebecca Ryan Long
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Melissa MacDonald Angela Magana Ginele Marquez Miku MatsumotoMiku Matsumoto
Miku Matsumoto is a female Japanese mixed martial artist. She retired as the DEEP Women's Lightweight Champion.Growing up, Matsumoto studied piano and penmanship and was not interested in sports...
Elaina Maxwell Sara McMann
Sara McMann
Sara McMann is the first American woman in history to receive a silver medal in women's wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics games in Athens, Greece. She wrestled in the Women's Freestyle 63 kg or 138.75 lb weight class. Sara was a Silver Medalist in 2003 World Championships and Bronze...
Francesca Menda Roxanne Modafferi
Roxanne Modafferi
Roxanne Modafferi is an American female mixed martial artist.-Biography:Modafferi's training began in taekwondo as a teenager in Pennsylvania, moving on to Mark Lawler's Kenpō Karate two years later. Full of confidence, she then began attending the Dalton Judo Club in Pittsfield, Massachusetts...
Yasuko Mogi
Yasuko Mogi
is a Japanese female mixed martial arts fighter. Her nicknames are and .Mogi has participated in MMA promotions Smackgirl, Shooto and Valkyrie...
Erica Montoya
Erica Montoya
Erica Montoya is a female mixed-martial artist. She is notable as the first and until the release of Supremacy MMA in September 2011 only female mixed-martial artist to appear in a video game...
Emma Morris Serin Murray
Serin Murray
Serin Murray is an Australian mixed martial artist.-Career:Murray's MMA debut was in 2006 in Tokyo's Korakuen Hall against Megumi Fujii, who is one of the best women MMA fighters in the world. Murray was the first Australian woman in the Smackgirl event, but Fujii forced her submission in the...
Amy Maxwell
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Asako Saioka Alexandra SanchezAlexandra Sanchez
Alexandra Sanchez is a German female mixed martial arts fighter. She won Jewels' tournament Rough Stone Grand Prix 2009 at the -60 kg category.-Background:Sanchez was born on in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Martial arts training:...
Cristiane Santos
Cristiane Santos
Cristiane Justino Venancio Santos is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and the Strikeforce Women's Featherweight Champion . Santos won the title on August 15, 2009 by defeating Gina Carano via TKO...
Serena Saunders Tevi Say Victoria Schiltz Stina Schmidt Sarah Schneider Lacey Schuckman Rosi Sexton
Rosi Sexton
Rosemary Ann Sexton is a British female mixed martial artist. She is also a sports therapist, osteopath, and writer for Fighters Only magazine....
Satoko Shinashi
Satoko Shinashi
is a female Japanese mixed martial arts fighter.She specializes in Judo, Sambo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and is known for using a variety of armbars to submit her opponents....
Shizuka Sugiyama
Shizuka Sugiyama
, occasionally nicknamed and , is a Japanese female mixed martial artist. She currently fights in the MMA promotion Jewels.-Background:Sugiyama was born on in New York City, New York, United States. Sugiyama has an older brother. She graduated from the sports faculty of the Tokai University...
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Yoko TakahashiYoko Takahashi (fighter)
is a Japanese female mixed martial arts fighter and kickboxer and former boxer and professional wrestler. Takahashi is a former Smackgirl open weight champion...
Yasuko Tamada
Yasuko Tamada
is a Japanese female mixed martial arts fighter. She previously fought as a flyweight in the Valkyrie promotion and was the first and only Valkyrie Flyweight Champion...
Keiko Tamai Jennifer Tate
Jennifer Tate
|-| Win|align=center| 6-1| Kaitlin Young| Submission | Freestyle Cage Fighting 39| |align=center| 2|align=center| 2:35|Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA||-| Win|align=center| 5-1| Sarah Schneider| Decision | Pure Combat - Halloween Bash|...
Miesha Tate
Miesha Tate
Miesha Tate is a professional mixed martial artist.She is the current Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion and the current Freestyle Cage Fighting Women's Bantamweight Champion...
Erin Toughill
Erin Toughill
Erin Young Toughill is a mixed martial artist and former boxer.She began kickboxing at the age of 18 and started training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu soon after....
Jenny Trujillo Yuka Tsuji
Yuka Tsuji
is a Japanese female mixed martial artist whose nickname is Vale Tudo Queen.Tsuji is a former Smackgirl tournament winner, Smackgirl Lightweight Champion and Valkyrie Featherweight Champion...
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Christine Van Fleet Kerry VeraKerry Vera
Kerry Cathleen Vera is an American female professional mixed martial artist. She is currently signed to Strikeforce and previously fought in Bellator Fighting Championships....
Irma Verhoeff Patricia Vidonic Zyvonzek Vjesalicu
Zyvonzek Vjesalicu
Zyvonzek Radzhek Vjesalicu, better known as Zee Vjesalicu, is a Ukrainian-American mixed martial artist who has been one of the pioneers in this style of female combat sport.-Early life and martial arts training:...
Tanya Vlahac
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Shelby WalkerShelby Walker
Shelby Rogers was a professional boxer and mixed martial arts fighter....
Hisae Watanabe
Hisae Watanabe
is a Japanese female mixed martial artist and kickboxer.She stands out with her distinctive two-piece leopard-print outfit and matching hair, which was formerly auburn or red but is now blond...
Michelle Waterson
Michelle Waterson
Michelle Waterson is an American female mixed martial artist and model whose nickname is The Karate Hottie.Born in Colorado Springs and raised in Aurora, Waterson is of Thai descent...
Cody Welchlin Trisha Williams Bailey Womack Lisa Ward
Lisa Ward
Lisa Ward is an American professional female mixed martial artist. She has fought in HOOKnSHOOT, Smackgirl, DEEP and Bellator Fighting Championships....
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Megumi YabushitaMegumi Yabushita
is a Japanese female mixed martial artist, kickboxer, professional wrestler and judoka. She has participated in several Japanese professional wrestling and mixed martial arts promotions. She is a Japanese national judo champion and a former Smackgirl open weight champion and tournament...
Yoko Yamada
Yoko Yamada
is a Japanese female arm wrestler, professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and occasional ring girl. Nicknamed and Iron Beauty, she also works as a talent for the Tokyo-based agency ....
Mei Yamaguchi
Mei Yamaguchi
, formerly known by her nickname , is a Japanese female mixed martial artist and kickboxer. Her former nickname comes from the V1 armlock wrestling move.Yamaguchi currently fights as a featherweight in the Valkyrie promotion...
Hiroko Yamanaka
Hiroko Yamanaka
, more commonly known simply as Hiroko and nicknamed or Cat's Eye, is a Japanese female mixed martial arts fighter...
Masako Yoshida Kaitlin Young
Kaitlin Young
Kaitlin R. Young is an American female mixed martial artist. She competed in the bantamweight division for EliteXC.Young is currently the #10-ranked 135-pound female fighter in the world according to the Unified Women's MMA Rankings....