The Unified Women’s MMA Rankings are assembled each month by a panel of journalists from multiple MMA websites and publications. These rankings were the first women’s mixed martial arts rankings by division and weight class and are considered by most media outlets as the official women’s MMA rankings.

Unified Women’s MMA Rankings – May 2012

Featherweights (136-145 pounds)

1. Hiroko “Cat’s Eye” Yamanaka (12-1, 1NC)
2. “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey (5-0)
3. Marloes “Rumina” Coenen (20-5)
4. Milana Dudieva (8-1)
5. Rin Nakai (10-0-1)
6. Yana “Foxy” Kunitskaya (7-1)
7. Elaina “Beef” Maxwell (7-4)
8. Julia “The Jewel” Budd (2-2)
9. Ediane “India” Gomes (8-2)
10. Romy Ruyssen (5-2)

Bantamweights (126-135 pounds)

1. “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey (5-0)
2. Sarah Kaufman (15-1)
3. Miesha “Takedown” Tate (12-3)
4. Marloes “Rumina” Coenen (20-5)
5. Sara McMann (5-0)
6. Alexis Davis (11-5)
7. Hitomi “Girlfight Monster” Akano (18-9)
8. Liz “Girl-Rilla” Carmouche (6-2)
9. Vanessa Porto (14-4)
10. Julie “Fireball” Kedzie (16-10)

Flyweights (116-125 pounds)

1. Sheila “The German Tank” Gaff (10-4-1)
2. Cat “Alpha” Zingano (6-0)
3. Barb “Little Warrior” Honchak (5-2)
4. Aisling “Ais The Bash” Daly (13-2)
5. Jessica “Evil” Eye (7-1)
6. Munah Holland (4-1)
7. “Slick” Sally Krumdiack (9-5)
8. Hanna Sillen (5-1)
9. Marianna “The Crushen Russian” Kheyfets (5-1)
10. Heather “Hurricane” Clark (4-2)

Strawweights (107-115 pounds)

1. Megumi “Mega Megu” Fujii (25-1)
2. Jessica “Jag” Aguilar (13-4)
3. Ayaka Hamasaki (6-0)
4. Seo Hee Ham (9-5)
5. Carla Esparza (6-2)
6. Katja Kankaanpää (6-0)
7. “V.V” Mei Yamaguchi (9-4-1)
8. Kyoko Takabayashi (12-4-1)
9. Yuka “Vale Tudo Queen” Tsuji (23-2)
10. Felice “Lil Bulldog” Herrig (6-4)

Atomweights (96-106 pounds)

1. Naho “Sugi Rock” Sugiyama (7-0)
2. Jessica Penne (9-1)
3. Kikuyo Ishikawa (6-3)
4. Misaki Takimoto (15-13-4)
5. Michelle “Karate Hottie” Waterson (9-3)
6. Naoko Omuro (13-8-4)
7. Amy “Lil’ Dynamite” Davis (3-2, 1 NC)
8. Yukiko Seki (10-21)
9. Sachiko “Sachi” Yamamoto (9-6-1)
10. Diana “Dynamite” Rael (3-2)