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.
The freakout 😉
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.
