List of female mixed martial artists
MMA competition requires training in striking, wrestling and submission fighting.
This is a list of notable female mixed martial arts fighters in alphabetical order.
A
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Jessica Aguilar – (Bellator, WSOF) -
Hitomi Akano – (M-1, Strikeforce, Pancrase, JEWELS, Smackgirl) - Reiko Amano
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Jessica Andrade – (UFC) - Nina Ansaroff – (UFC, Invicta)
B
- Shayna Baszler – (EliteXC, ShoXC, Strikeforce, Invicta, UFC)
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Julia Berezikova – (M-1, SFL) -
Arlene Blencowe – (Bellator) -
Annalisa Bucci – (KOTC, Bellator) -
Alexandra Buch – (JEWELS) -
Julia Budd – (Bellator, Invicta, Strikeforce)
C
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Joanne Calderwood – (UFC, Invicta, Cage Warriors, SFL) - Gina Carano – (EliteXC, Strikeforce)
- Liz Carmouche – (UFC, Strikeforce, Invicta)
- Alex Chambers – (JEWELS, Invicta, UFC)
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Marloes Coenen – (DREAM, Strikeforce, Invicta, Smackgirl, Shooto, Bellator) -
Mayra Conde – (Smackgirl) - Bethe Correia – (UFC)
- Kim Couture – (Strikeforce, XFC)
- Cris Cyborg - (EliteXC, Strikeforce, Invicta)
D
- Laura D'Auguste – (Smackgirl)
- Sarah D'Alelio – (Invicta, Strikeforce)
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Aisling Daly – (Invicta, Bellator, Cage Rage, Cage Warriors, UFC) - Alexis Davis – (UFC, Strikeforce, Invicta)
- Germaine de Randamie – (UFC, Strikeforce)
- Jessamyn Duke – (UFC, Invicta)
E
- Lisa Ellis – (Smackgirl, Invicta, Bellator, DEEP, UFC)
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Bolormaa "Esui" Erdenebileg – (JEWELS) - Jodie Esquibel – (Invicta)
- Carla Esparza – (UFC, Invicta, Bellator, XFC)
- Tonya Evinger – (EliteXC, ShoXC, Invicta, Titan FC)
- Jessica Eye – (UFC, Bellator)
F
- Jan Finney – (Strikeforce, ShoXC, KOTC, PFC)
- Megumi Fujii – (Sengoku, Bellator, JEWELS, Shooto, Smackgirl, VTJ)
- Emi Fujino – (Sengoku, JEWELS, Smackgirl, WSOF)
G
- Cláudia Gadelha – (UFC, Invicta)
- Sheila Gaff – (M-1, Cage Warriors, UFC)
- Alida Gray – (WSOF)
- Zoila Frausto Gurgel – (Invicta, Bellator, Strikeforce, TPF)
- Glena Avila
H
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Seo Hee Ham – (Smackgirl, DEEP, JEWELS) - Ayaka Hamasaki – (JEWELS, Invicta, Shooto)
- Takayo Hashi – (Smackgirl, JEWELS, Strikeforce)
- Felice Herrig – (UFC, Bellator, XFC)
- Munah Holland – (Bellator, Invicta)
- Holly Holm – (Bellator, UFC)
- Barb Honchak – (Invicta, KOTC)
- Ikuma Hoshino – (Smackgirl, Shooto)
- Yumiko Hotta – (DEEP, VTJ)
I
- Mai Ichii – (DEEP, JEWELS, Smackgirl)
- Mizuki Inoue – (JEWELS, DEEP, Invicta)
- Kikuyo Ishikawa – (JEWELS, Pancrase)
- Saori Ishioka – (Smackgirl, JEWELS, Pancrase, DEEP)
J
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Joanna Jędrzejczyk – (UFC, Cage Warriors) - Ana Julaton – (OneFC)
K
- Mari Kaneko – (Smackgirl, JEWELS, DEEP)
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Katja Kankaanpää – (Cage Warriors, Invicta) - Sarah Kaufman – (Invicta, KOTC, PFC, Strikeforce, UFC)
- Julie Kedzie – (KOTC, ShoXC, Strikeforce, EliteXC, UFC)
- Kyoko Kimura – (Pancrase)
- Justine Kish – (UFC)
- Asami Kodera – (Smackgirl, JEWELS)
- Yuuki Kondo – (Smackgirl)
L
- Tara LaRosa – (Invicta, Smackgirl)
- Becky Levi
- Amanda Lucas – (DEEP)
M
- Jennifer Maia – (Invicta, Cage Warriors)
- Elaina Maxwell – (Strikeforce)
- Liz McCarthy – (Invicta)
- Sara McMann – (Titan FC, Invicta, UFC)
- Randi Miller – (Invicta)
- Roxanne Modafferi – (KOTC, Strikeforce, Cage Warriors, Shooto, Smackgirl, JEWELS, Invicta, UFC)
- Yasuko Mogi – (Shooto, Smackgirl, JEWELS)
- Peggy Morgan – (Invicta, UFC)
- Lauren Murphy – (UFC, Invicta)
- Serin Murray – (Smackgirl)
N
- Mika Nagano – (Smackgirl, JEWELS, DEEP)
- Miriam Nakamoto – (Invicta)
- Rose Namajunas – (UFC, Invicta)
- Talita Nogueira – (Bellator)
- Sakura Nomura – (JEWELS)
- Amanda Nunes – (Invicta, Strikeforce, UFC)
P
- Julianna Pena – (UFC)
- Jessica Penne – (Invicta, Bellator, UFC)
- Raquel Pennington - (Invicta, UFC)
- Debi Purcell – (KOTC, ShoXC, Smackgirl)
R
- Jessica Rakoczy – (Bellator, TPF, UFC)
- Bec Rawlings – (UFC, Invicta)
- Elena Reid – (Bellator)
- Marion Reneau – (UFC, TPF)
- Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc – (Invicta)
- Irina Rodina
- Ronda Rousey – (KOTC, UFC, Strikeforce)
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Romy Ruyssen – (Invicta, Shooto)
S
- Sumie Sakai
- Colleen Schneider – (Strikeforce, SFL)
- Lacey Schuckman – (Strikeforce, Invicta)
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Rosi Sexton – (Bellator, ShoXC, UFC, Cage Warriors) - Satoko Shinashi – (Shooto, Smackgirl, DEEP)
- Leslie Smith – (Invicta, Bellator, UFC)
- Naho Sugiyama – (Invicta, JEWELS)
- Shizuka Sugiyama – (JEWELS)
T
- Yoko Takahashi – (EliteXC, Smackgirl)
- Yasuko Tamada – (JEWELS, Shooto, Smackgirl, DEEP, Invicta)
- Keiko Tamai – (Smackgirl, ShoXC)
- Jennifer Tate – (ShoXC)
- Miesha Tate – (UFC, Strikeforce)
- Herica Tiburcio – (Invicta)
- Tecia Torres – (UFC, Invicta)
- Erin Toughill – (Smackgirl, PFC)
- Yuka Tsuji – (Smackgirl, JEWELS, DEEP)
V
- Kerry Vera – (Bellator, Strikeforce)
W
- Hisae Watanabe – (Smackgirl, Pancrase, DEEP)
- Michelle Waterson – (Invicta, Strikeforce, KOTC)
Y
- Megumi Yabushita – (Smackgirl, JEWELS, Pancrase, Shooto)
- Yoko Yamada – (Smackgirl, JEWELS)
- Mei Yamaguchi – (Smackgirl, JEWELS, VTJ, DEEP, PXC)
- Hiroko Yamanaka – (Smackgirl, JEWELS, Invicta, Strikeforce)
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Duda Yankovich – (Invicta) - Kaitlin Young – (Invicta, EliteXC)
Z
- Cat Zingano – (Invicta, UFC)