Rankings Update: Debut of strawweights
This past weekend the UFC held two events with a couple meaningful bouts rankings-wise, but the big news was the introduction of the women’s strawweight rankings.
Every Monday after an event the UFC releases it’s rankings, aggregated from a group of MMA media sources. This past weekend the UFC held two events with a couple meaningful bouts rankings-wise, but the big news was the introduction of the women’s strawweight rankings:
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion : Carla Esparza
1 Joanna Jedrzejczyk *NR
2 Claudia Gadelha *NR
3 Jessica Penne *NR
4 Rose Namajunas *NR
5 Tecia Torres *NR
6 Joanne Calderwood *NR
7 Randa Markos *NR
8 Felice Herrig *NR
9 Aisling Daly *NR
10 Heather Clark *NR
11 Paige VanZant *NR
12 Juliana Lima *NR
13 Angela Hill *NR
14 Bec Rawlings *NR
15 Seohee Ham *NR
At the TUF 20 Finale, Carla Esparza defeated Rose Namajunas by third round submission to win the strawweight title and the following night Joanna Jedrzejczyk beat Claudia Gadelha by decision to determine the first number one contender.