MMA is a very physically demanding sports it requires brute strength, agility, fast reflexes and quick movements. The fights can get bad and nasty real quick with all the blood-shedding it not one of the best sports for females to play, but however there are many great female fighters in the world who have proven to be as deadly.
There are many female mixed martial artist who are not only gifted with raw skills but also with gorgeous beauty.
So today, we will be looking at some of the hottest female MMA fighters who are not only good at grappling or striking but also have a supermodel like figure.
Paige VanZant
Paige Michelle VanZant, is an American mixed martial artist, bare knuckle boxer, professional wrestler, author, and model.
She is currently a flyweight fighter with the UFC.
She is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling, as a wrestler, and to Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, as a boxer.
After being bullied during her high school years, she got her interest in MMA. She discovered and started training at UFC veteran Ken Shamrock’s gym and was fighting amateur fights by the age of 18.
She rose through the amateur ranks and Invicta FC to get to the UFC and is now one of the top-ranked fighters in her division.
VanZant is a former fighter in the Ultimate Fighting Championship Flyweight division. In August 2020, VanZant signed a four-bout contract to fight exclusively in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship reportedly worth over $1 million.
Fighting Style:
The pro fighter, VanZant has a typical attacks with aggressive grappling style, she seeks to finish the fight with strikes.
Her style includes ground-and-pound, dirty boxing, and a wide variety of clinch striking. While standing, she will often move the fight toward the fence and utilize knees, elbows, forearms, punches, and throws.
Apart from mixed martial arts, the 28 year old beauty’s gorgeous figure and fighting skills has earned her multiple opportunities outside the octagon, she has appeared in the television series Dancing with the Stars and Chopped.
Paige VanZant is undoubtedly one of the hottest UFC female fighters in the world.
Miesha Tate
Miesha Theresa Tate also known as Miesha Tate is an American Fighter. She currently competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, in which she is a former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion.
She is a veteran figher and has been brawling since 2006, she is also one the the hottest female MMA fighters.
The MMA fighter, Tate formerly competed for Strikeforce, in which she is a former Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion.
She also has a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
She had a bout with Ronda Rousey and captured gold by submitting Holly Holm after she dethroned Rousey.
She was also the vice president of ONE Championship. As of October 3, 2022, she is #10 in the UFC women’s bantamweight rankings.
She also won the FILA Grappling World Championship in 2006.
Fighting Style:
Tate is known for her extensive knowledge of grappling arts, including wrestling, jiu-jitsu, and submission defense; her wrestling-heavy style lead to her first nickname, “Takedown”.
In July 2011, Tate won the Strikeforce Bantamweight Championship by becoming the first woman to ever submit Marloes Coenen in an MMA bout.
During her win at UFC 183, Tate out-grappled Olympic wrestling medalist Sara McMann.
She is also known for being the first fighter to escape Ronda Rousey’s armbar on multiple occasions. Following their first bout in March 2012, Rousey described Tate as “much more savvy on the ground than I anticipated.
She has spent her time modeling, and all fans are grateful for it. Now, the mother of two still rocks a fantastic body and continues to be an active fighter on the UFC Roster
Miesha Tate is one of the sexiest MMA fighters in the world.
Rachael Ostovich
Rachael Ostovich is an UFC fighter in the Flyweight division. A professional since 2017, she has competed in the UFC and Invicta Fighting Championships.
Since her release from the UFC, she has not signed with any other MMA promotion, but did fight in an event for Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship in 2021.
She is one of the most beautiful Hawaiians in the women fighting world.
Early Career:
Ostovich began her amateur MMA career in 2010. Over the next three years, she amassed an undefeated amateur MMA record of 6–0.
Ostovich made her professional MMA debut in January 2014 in her native Hawaii. She went 1–1 before joining Invicta Fighting Championshipsp
Invicta FC
Ostovich debuted for the all-female Invicta Fighting Championships on December 2014. She faced Evva Johnson at Invicta FC 10 and won the fight by split decision.
In her second bout for the promotion, Ostovich faced Andrea Lee on September 12, 2015, at Invicta FC 14. She lost the bout via verbal submission to an armbar in the third round.
In her third bout for the promotion, Ostovich faced Ariel Beck on May 7, 2016, at Invicta FC 17. She won the bout via a split decision.
In her fourth fight for the promotion, Ostovich faced Christine Ferea on January 14, 2017, at Invicta FC 21. She lost the fight via TKO in the third round, bringing her Invicta FC record to 2–2 before joining The Ultimate Fighter.
Rachael Ostovich is probably one of the hottest female MMA fighters in the world.
Michelle Waterson
Michelle Eileen Waterson is an American MMA fighter and model who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
She has also competed in the Bantamweight division.
Michelle Waterson is the former Invicta FC Atomweight Champion. Between 2013 and 2014, she was ranked the No. 1 women’s atomweight fighter in the world. Waterson is considered to be one of the best female fighters in the world.
She is one of the octagon’s best fighters with many recognitions and winning, she is also a black belt holder.
Nicknamed “The Karate Hottie.”, the flyweight champion is one of the most beautiful MMA female fighters ever to grace the stage.
As one of the hottest female UFC fighters, her stats are quite impressive with one fight win streak, three wins by knockout, and nine wins by submission
The MMA fighter has also done quite a bit modelling, it was her first love before discovering mixed martial arts at the age of just 10.
The “Karate Hottie” was originally pursuing modelling before drastically switching her career to MMA back in 2007.
Waterson is married to Joshua Gomez, a former U.S. Armed Forces amateur boxing champion.
She has also been featured on reality shows like Fight Girls and Bully Beatdown.
Michelle Waterson is one of the hottest female MMA fighters in the world.
Anastasia Yankova
Anastasia Yankova is a Russian mixed martial artist and competes in Flyweight division of the Bellator MMA.
Yankova was born in Moscow, Russia. She started training in Kyokushin Karate from the age of six to fourteen, inspired by childhood fascination with “Xena: Warrior princess” on TV.
She later took a few years gap from training to concentrate in school and getting into college.
She started her training in Muay Thai after a Muay Thai coach at her fitness gym invited her to join his Muay Thai class, and before she knew it, she started competing in kickboxing tournaments. She competed as a Muay Thai fighter and in Karate.
She later switched into MMA after being a Muay Thai Champion. She often trains at American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) in Thailand.
Nicknamed “The Russian Valkyrie” she is one of the best MMA fighters to come out from Russia.
Yankova has two professional MMA fights in Russia prior joining Bellator with the record of 2-0. Yankova’s MMA debut came under White Rex, a promotion branded with neo-Nazi symbols.
She made her Bellator MMA debut on April 16, 2016 at Bellator 152 in Torino, Italy. She faced Anjela Pink and submitted Pink via armbar in round one.
On September 16, 2016, Yankova faced Veta Arteaga at Bellator 161 on a catchweight bout (130 Ibs). She defeated Arteaga with a split decision win.
Yankova faced the Greek fighter, Elina Kallionidou, in a catchweight bout (130 Ibs) at Bellator 176 on April 8, 2017 in Torino, Italy. After three rounds of battle, judges awarded the win to Yankova with the score card of (29-28, 30,27, 30-27).
Yankova faced Kate Jackson on May 25, 2018 for the Bellator 200 event at Wembley Arena. She lost the fight via unanimous decision.
The blonde bombshell, Yankova is also sponsored by Nike as one of the influential female martial artists and she was also featured in Nike Russian “Made of…” sales campaign short film.
Due to her beautiful face and amazing body, she also got featured in the Russia Vogue Magazine.
Anastasia Yankova is one of the hottest female MMA fighters in the UFC.
Holly Holm
Holly Rene Holm-Kirkpatrick is an American mixed martial artist, who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. She is the former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion. Holm is considered as one of the hottest female fighers in the MMA.
Holm has both Kickboxing and boxing skills which comes handy in her MMA career.
She has been the World Champion multiple times in boxing and has also defended her title 19 times.
She has the notable distinction of being the first (and currently only) fighter to hold a world-boxing title and a UFC title.
She was a multiple-time world champion in boxing, defending her titles 18 times in three weight classes, and a two-time Ring magazine fighter of the year (2005, 2006).
She is ranked by BoxRec as the second best female professional boxer of all time.
Holm’s most notable win in mixed martial arts (MMA) occurred at UFC 193 (November 15, 2015), in front of a record-breaking crowd for a UFC event (56,215 people) in Melbourne, when she was crowned the bantamweight World title and gave Ronda Rousey her first loss in the sport.
She eventually lost the title, but bounced back even harder and is still one of the the top fighters in the UFC.
This fight was generally considered to be one of the biggest upsets in combat-sports history.
As of May 23, 2022, she is ranked #3 in the UFC women’s bantamweight rankings and #9 in the UFC women’s pound-for-pound rankings.
Angela Hill
Angela Patrice Hill is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the strawweight division. She is also a former World Kickboxing Association champion.
She has been the Strawweight champion in the Invicta Fighting Championships and the World Kickboxing Association.
Angela has a peculiar curly hairstyle that doubles up with her slender body to earn her a spot on the list of the hottest MMA fighters. In addition, her cosplays are something MMA fans look forward to.
As of August 15, 2022, she is #12 in the UFC women’s strawweight rankings.
Nicknamed “Overkill”, Hill began her professional MMA career in 2014. She has amassed a win over future Invicta fighter Stephanie Skinner.
Angela Hill is undoubtedly one of the hottest female MMA fighters in the world.
Andrea Lee
Andrea Lee is an American kickboxer and mixed martial artist who competes in the flyweight division. She is currently signed with UFC.
As of March 29, 2022, she is #9 in the UFC women’s flyweight rankings.
Nicknamed “KGB”, one should not let her innocent face deceive her opponent. She gained interest in the sport as she was working as a waitress in a restaurant.
Her blonde hair, hypnotizing smile and gorgeous figure is what makes her even more appealing.
Andrea Lee is one of the hottest female MMA fighters.
Tracy Cortez
Tracy Cortez is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the women’s flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
As of August 15, 2022, she is #13 in the UFC women’s flyweight rankings.
She is considered as one of the sexiest female MMA fighters in the UFC.
At the age of 14, she started training MMA after she watched her first MMA match where her oldest brother Jose, whose dream was to be a UFC fighter, fought against former UFC veteran Drew Fickett in November 2008.
He won the fight via split decision. Jose stopped competing after the match with Fickett as he started to show cardiovascular problems and was later diagnosed with germ cell cancer. He passed away from the cancer in 2011.
Cortez got a tattoo in remembrance of her brother on her arm.
Early Career:
Cortez began her fighting career as she fought under World Fighting Federation and KOTC in her amateur career and amassed a record of 3–0 prior to being signed by Invicta Fighting Championships.
Cortez made her Invicta debut on August 31, 2017, against Cheri Muraski at Invicta FC 25: Kunitskaya vs. Pa’aluhi. She lost the fight via submission in round two.
Later, she return to World Fighting in November 2017.
Tracy Cortez is considered as one of the hottest female MMA fighters in the world.
MacKenzie Dern
Mackenzie Lynne Dern Santos is an American professional mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner.
She is considered as one of the hottest female Fighters in MMA.
She is a former world No. 1 ranked IBJJF competitor, currently ranked 6th among the female divisions.
She is an ADCC and no gi BJJ World Champion.
Her 11-1 MMA record so far in her career is very impressive.
The female MMA fighter, MacKenzie Dern has won nine gold medals in her professional career.
Early Life:
Dern began training by the age of three and practicing with her father and stepmother who is also a black belt, Luciana Tavares. Mackenzie started competing at a young age, and began competing in the adult divisions at 14 years old.
She has won a world championship in every belt level as she received her Black belt at just 19 years old.
UFC Career:
She started her MMA career in 2008 and won her first 12 fights at the UFC and becoming one of the best female MMA fighters in the world.
MacKenzie Dern is probably one of the hottest female MMA fighters in the fighting industry.
Alexandra Albu
Aleksandra Albu is a Moldovan-born Russian mixed martial artist. Albu previously competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s strawweight division.
The MMA fighter is known for her looks, as the Russian fighter quite enjoys flaunting her body on Instagram, and she has raised a lot of followers thanks to it.
Alexandra Albu is probably one of the hottest female MMA fighter in the World.
Early career:
Alexandra Albu has competed in several different sports like, Karate, crossfit, and bodybuilding competitions.
Ultimate Fighting Championship:
Albu made her eventual debut on 11 April 2015 at UFC Fight Night 64 against Izabela Badurek. Albu defeated Badurek in the second round with a guillotine choke.
Rose Namajunas
Rose Gertrude Namajunas is an American mixed martial artist. She is signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), she competes in the women’s strawweight division and is the former two-time UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion.
As of May 9, 2022, she is #1 in the UFC women’s strawweight rankings, and as of October 17, 2022, she is #5 in the UFC women’s pound-for-pound rankings.
The 30 year old beauty has some of the best stats in the UFC, having won 11 matches and lost only 5.
Aside from competing and showcasing inside the octagon, Namajunas has been turning heads due to her beauty and stunning body. She has been able to rock in both short and long hair, which is quite spectacular.
Rose Namajunas is probably one of the hottest female MMA fighters in the UFC.
Valentine Shevchenko
Valentina Anatolievna Shevchenko is a Kyrgyzstani-Peruvian, professional mixed martial artist and former Muay Thai fighter.
She competes in the women’s Flyweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where she is the current UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion.
Nicknamed Bullet, the fighter is one of the best in the game with an impressive record. Just like her nickname, she destroys her opponents in her peculiar style.
The MMA fighter has beautiful blonde hair and a hypnotizing smile.
Shevchenko is said to be one of the hottest fighters currently, she also has a crazy tattoo to match her character.
Amanda Ribas
Next up on the list we have a South American MMA fighter, Amanda Ribas.
She is a Brazilian MMA fighter She currently competes in the Strawweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
As of August 15, 2022, she is #9 in the UFC women’s strawweight rankings. She is considered as one of the best fighters in the UFC.
Early career:
After winning 2014 IMMAF World Championship in the Women’s Flyweight division, Ribas started her professional MMA career in 2014 and fought primarily in Brazil.
She amassed a record of 6–1 prior to being signed by UFC.
Ultimate Fighting Championship
After being banned for getting positive in an anti-doping test, the Brazilian Fighter, Ribas made her UFC debut as she faced Emily Whitmire on June 29, 2019 at UFC on ESPN 3. She eventually won the fight via a rear-naked choke submission in the second round.
Amanda Ribas also loves flaunting off her bikini body to all of her fans, she even looks amazing on the red carpet with her breathtaking smile and gorgeous eyes.
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