4 women fighters make ASKMen top 99 Crush List

Each year AskMen publishes their Crush List. This year’s Top 99 was based on fan voting so frenzied that it crashed the site. Four female fighters made the list, and the order represents a change from the old order.

Olivia Wilde 99

Krysten Ritter 98

Michelle Jenneke 97

Jessica Lucas 96

Allison Stokke 95

Arika Sato 94

Victoria Beckham 93

Nervo Mark 92

Tatiana Maslany 91

Tia Blanco 90

Sydney Leroux 89

Rita Ora 88

Elizabeth Olsen 87

Taylor Pischke 86

Brooklyn Decker 85

Ana Ivanovic 84

Alexis Ren 83

Jack Novak 82

Marcela Sapone & Jessica Beck 81

Alana Blanchard 80

Syd Wilder 79

Samantha Hoopes 78

Rashida Jones 77

Anastasia Ashley 76

Lily Collins 75

Ellie Goulding 74

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley 73

Julianne Moore 72

Kara Del Toro 71

Rebecca Grant 70

Lauren Sesselmann 69

Serena Williams 68

Alison Brie 67

Emmy Rossum 66

Tina Fey 65

Jaimie Alexander 64

Ivanka Trump 63

Florence Faivre 62

Zoe Saldana 61

Gisele Bündchen 60

Doina Ciobanu 59

Jordana Brewster 58

Cobie Smulders 57

Hilary Knight 56

Olivia Munn 55

Amymarie Gaertner 54

Amy Adams 53

Kendall Jenner 52

#51. Gina Carano

Before she played one onscreen, Gina Carano was paying the bills as a real-life badass. Her MMA career saw her beat down some of the most elite fighters in the Strikeforce and EliteXC leagues, using her intimidating Muay Thai skills, before she retired to pursue a career in acting. And while rumors of a bout with Ronda Rousey circulated in 2014, she’s stuck to her big-screen dreams, appearing in action flicks such as Haywire, Fast & Furious 6 and Deadpool.

FACT: In her first knockout by submission, Carano took down Tonya Evinger with a rear naked neck choke.*

Morena Baccarin 50

Emily Blunt 49

Naya Rivera 48

Emilia Clarke 47

Natalie Dormer 46

Katie Nolan 45

Kate Hudson 44

Reese Witherspoon 43

Andrea Feczko 42

Melissa Benoist 41

Cara Delevingne 40

Simone Giertz 39

Misty Copeland 38

Blake Lively 37

Kate Upton 36

Alexandra Daddario 35

#34. Miesha Tate

MMA fighter Miesha Tate is coming back for Ronda Rousey. One of the 29-year-old’s nicknames is Cupcake, giving the impression that there’s a sweet side to the 5’6 fighter. She’s modeled in ESPN The Magazine and Fitness Gurls, and uses wrestling, jiu-jitsu, and submission defense as her signature moves. It goes without saying that you wouldn’t want to run into Miesha Cupcake Tate in a dark alley — to put things into perspective, her other nickname is Takedown. As in, she will take you down. Miesha Tate successfully took down Holly Holm, and took in first place earlier this year at UFC 196. She will be defending the crown for the Bantamweight Women’s class in July and we can’t wait to see what happens.

FACT: Many credit Tate as being the key factor in the creation of the women’s divisions in the UFC.**

Michelle Obama 33

Brie Larson 32

Gigi Hadid 31

Dakota Johnson 30

Lupita Nyong’o 29

Gillian Anderson 28

Ellen Page 27

Jennifer Lawrence 26

Ali Spagnola 25

Selena Gomez 24

Scarlett Johansson 23

Caity Lotz 22

Sophie Turner 21

Katherine McNamara 20

Jackie Perez 19

Amy Schumer 18

Gal Gadot 17

Alicia Vikander 16

Emma Watson 15

Emily Ratajkowski 14

#13. Ronda Rousey

She may have lost per position as women’s bantamweight champ in her bout with Holly Holm last year, but that didn’t stop Ronda Rousey from being named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of 2016. She even had Tina Fey pen her homage for the list. Besides, a loss to Holly Holm doesn’t erase her amazing track record of near countless under-60-second knockouts. There’s no question she played a major role in the rise of popular interest in female fighters in the UFC in 2015. She has practically become the face of mixed martial arts in the last couple of years, and won’t be giving up any time soon. Rumors attach her to a future screen adaptation of her autobiography My Fight/Your Fight.

FACT: Ronda Rousey loves World of Warcraft, preferring to play as a Night Elf hunter. She used to moderate a Pokemon message board and was obsessed with Dragon Ball Z.

Alex Morgan 12

Xenia Tchoumi 11

Rihanna 10

Margot Robbie 9

Kim Kardashian 8

Taylor Swift 7

Adele 6

#5. Holly Holm

UFC bantamweight fighter Holly Holm gained notoriety for ending Ronda Rousey’s career-long winning streak last November. Before that, she was a world champion female boxer, defending her title 18 times across three weight divisions. Holm is the first athlete ever to win champion status in both boxing and mixed martial arts. And she’s not planning on slowing down any time soon. In a recent interview with AskMen, she told us: “I just want to keep improving. I don’t want this to be the only good performance of my life. I want to keep improving and showing more of what I’m capable of.”

FACT: After a fight in Vegas, Holm attended a VIP party that turned out to be hosted by Jay Z and Beyoncé. She was completely freaked out.

Priyanka Chopra 4

Ashley Graham 3

Beyoncé 2

Daisy Ridley 1

*FACT: A submission is not a knockout, rear naked choke is not a takedown, and the term rear naked neck choke is redundant. Mainstream media often screws up “facts” about MMA, but three big errors in a single sentence is kinda silly. Then again, the whole thing is kinda silly.

**FACT: This fact is not in fact a fact. The division was created for Ronda Rousey.