Women's Bantamweight

Women's bantamweight is the 135-pound division of women's mixed martial arts, and the one from which the others grew. Under the Unified Rules of MMA, a bantamweight bout is contracted at a maximum of 135 pounds — 61.2 kilograms — with a one-pound allowance in non-title fights and none at all when a belt is on the line. It sits between flyweight, capped at 125 pounds, and featherweight, capped at 145.

What defines the division

Bantamweight was the first women's weight class to be established in the largest promotions, and that head start still shows. It has the longest competitive history, the deepest pool of experienced fighters, and the widest range of backgrounds — athletes who came from wrestling, from judo, from boxing, at a time when there were no other women's divisions to choose between.

It is also the weight at which power becomes a genuine factor in women's MMA. Below it, fights are decided by accumulation and position; at 135 pounds a clean shot can change a round outright, and fighters have to respect exchanges in a way their lighter counterparts do not. That does not make the division less technical — the depth of experience keeps the standard high — but it does make leads more fragile. A fighter can be comfortably ahead and still be one exchange from losing, which is not the case ten pounds down.

What you will find on this page

Every fighter Fight Hub records in the women's bantamweight division, with their professional record, the gym they train out of, their nationality and the measurements that make up their tale of the tape. Each name links through to a full profile. Records shown are professional records across all promotions, not a single organisation's tally.

Where to go next

Bantamweight feeds the divisions around it more than it draws from them, having existed longer than either. The neighbouring division pages are listed below, alongside the countries and gyms that produce the most fighters at this weight.