Who's next for the women's strawweight title?
Champion: Mackenzie Dern. Most likely next title challenger: Suarez–Jandiroba winner (35%, model estimate), Around March 2027 (Dern's target).
Updated (UAE time) · Percentages are NextSmash model estimates, not facts or betting advice.
Women's Strawweight rankings and next fights
Media Panel board on ufc.com, checked 1 Oct 2026, with the Meta rank alongside. Champion plus Media top 15; risers are flagged inside the top 15. Next re-check: after UFC 332 (3 Oct). Ranks 16–30 are unofficial: a NextSmash formula, not a UFC ranking (see About).
| UFC official rankings · champion + Media panel top 15, from UFC.com | |
| C | Mackenzie Dern C 17-5-0 · Brazil · next: Suarez–Jandiroba winner 35% |
| 1 | Zhang Weili #1 26-4-0 · China · next: Denise Gomes 18% |
| 2 | Tatiana Suarez #2 12-1-0 · United States · next: Virna Jandiroba Booked |
| 3 | Virna Jandiroba #3 23-4-0 · Brazil · next: Tatiana Suarez Booked |
| 4 | Denise Gomes #4 Riser 13-3-0 · Brazil · next: Zhang Weili 18% |
| 5 | Gillian Robertson #5 17-9-0 · Canada · next: Denise Gomes 12% |
| 6 | Yan Xiaonan #6 19-6-0 · China · next: Fatima Kline 14% |
| 7 | Fatima Kline #7 Riser 10-1-0 · United States · next: Yan Xiaonan 14% |
| 8 | Loopy Godinez #8 14-6-0 · Mexico · next: Ketlen Souza Booked |
| 9 | Alexia Thainara #9 Riser 15-1-0 · Brazil · next: Yan Xiaonan 9% |
| 10 | Jéssica Andrade #10 26-15-0 · Brazil · next: Retires or steps away first 10% |
| 11 | Tabatha Ricci #11 12-5-0 · Brazil · next: Jéssica Andrade 9% |
| 12 | Amanda Lemos #12 15-7-1 · Brazil · next: Retires or steps away first 10% |
| 13 | Amanda Ribas #13 13-7-0 · Brazil · next: Mizuki 11% |
| 14 | Angela Hill #14 19-16-0 · United States · next: Mizuki 13% |
| 15 | Mizuki #15 16-6-0 · Japan · next: Angela Hill 13% |
| NextSmash unofficial ranks 16–30 · our formula, not a UFC ranking · how it works | |
| 16 | Piera Rodriguez U16 Unofficial rank 12-2-0 · Venezuela · next: Talita Alencar Booked |
| 17 | Talita Alencar U17 Unofficial rank 8-1-1 · Brazil · next: Piera Rodriguez Booked |
| 18 | Jaqueline Amorim U18 Unofficial rank 11-2-0 · Brazil · next: Shanelle Dyer 15% |
| 19 | Shanelle Dyer U19 Unofficial rank 8-1-0 · England · next: Jaqueline Amorim 15% |
| 20 | Carol Foro U20 Riser Unofficial rank 10-1-0 · Brazil · next: Jaqueline Amorim 9% |
| 21 | Iasmin Lucindo U21 Unofficial rank 18-6-0 · Brazil · next: Carol Foro 6% |
| 22 | Alice Ardelean U22 Unofficial rank 12-7-0 · Romania · next: Iasmin Lucindo 6% |
| 23 | Delphine Benouaich U23 Unofficial rank 8-2-0 · France · next: Tina Black 8% |
| 24 | Tina Black U24 Riser Unofficial rank 17-4-0 · Brazil · next: Yazmin Jauregui 9% |
| 25 | Yazmin Jauregui U25 Unofficial rank 12-2-0 · Mexico · next: Tina Black 9% |
| 26 | Ketlen Souza U26 Unofficial rank 17-6-0 · Brazil · next: Loopy Godinez Booked |
| 27 | Julia Polastri U27 Unofficial rank 15-6-0 · Brazil · next: Melissa Amaya 7% |
| 28 | Melissa Amaya U28 Unofficial rank 9-1-0 · United States · next: Marina Spasić 9% |
| 29 | Sam Hughes U29 Unofficial rank 11-7-0 · United States · next: Marina Spasić 14% |
| 30 | Marina Spasić U30 Unofficial rank 7-2-0 · Serbia · next: Sam Hughes 14% |
Ranked in the Meta top 15 only:
- Piera Rodriguez Meta #8 · Unofficial #16 here
- Jaqueline Amorim Meta #13 · Unofficial #18 here
- Talita Alencar Meta #14 · Unofficial #17 here
Booked women's strawweight fights
- UFC Fight Night: Allen vs Duncan · Sat 10 Oct 2026
Loopy Godinez 🇲🇽#8 vs Ketlen Souza 🇧🇷U26 - UFC Vegas 123: Moicano vs Nolan · Sat 31 Oct 2026
Talita Alencar 🇧🇷U17 vs Piera Rodriguez 🇻🇪U16 - UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs Brady · Sat 7 Nov 2026
Tatiana Suarez 🇺🇸#2 vs Virna Jandiroba 🇧🇷#3
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