Announcements. Bantamweight: As of this writing, bantamweight is the only women’s division.

Just as with the men, the maximum allowable weight is 135 pounds.

We’ve started compiling “listed heights” from Sherdog. Women’s fights only became part of the UFC in 2013, with Ronda Rousey named the champion, based on her being the WEC champion.

Below, is a table which contains the average LISTED height per division for ranked male fighters and also the average listed height for the Top 50 in each division, as well as the difference.

We don’t have every height just yet, but do have a fairly large data set to go on. The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a mixed martial art (MMA) organization that produces a series of competitions throughout the year to name champions in each of the 11 weight divisions of fighters accepted by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts, which governs competition in fighting sports in the United States. ... Women’s strawweight is the second female weight class added to the UFC in two years. UFC Women’s Division.

Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 5 fight card features three women’s flyweight fights. Women’s bantamweight: The oldest women’s division in the UFC, at 135 pounds, the current champion is Amanda Nunes. This list of current UFC fighters records current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighters' information, country origins, recent fighter signings and departures, fight schedules and results, the champion of each division, and top 5 UFC records.. Those three contests follow last week’s UFC 240, which had two bouts from the women’s 125-pound weight division. Following that defeat, Shevchenko dropped down to her natural weight class to be a part of the UFC's newly-formed women's flyweight division, and two fights later became the UFC's 125-pound women's champ. ABU DHABI TO HOST HISTORIC “UFC FIGHT ISLAND” UFC Partners with DCT Abu Dhabi to Bring Much-Anticipated Series of Events to the UAE Capital. Paige VanZant believes UFC should make women’s flyweight class before featherweight New, 38 comments By Dave Doyle @davedoylemma Dec 17, 2016, 1:00pm EST After dominant victory at UFC 247, Valentina Shevchenko shares her 125 pound hit list New, 17 comments The women’s flyweight champion wants to … More

135 lb (61.36 kg) "Bullet" Valentina Shevchenko.

Women’s Pound-for-Pound ... A fringe contender in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s deep strawweight division ... the most intriguing action at UFC 250 occurred in the bantamweight division.

The new UFC women’s strawweight division will debut next month.

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It's a position she has held ever since, having claimed a … Michelle Waterson wants UFC women's 125-pound division, talks 'dangerous' weight cuts New, 29 comments By MMA Fighting Newswire Jul 27, 2016, 5:00pm EDT UFC 16, a year later, saw the modern system take further shape with the introduction of a third weight class. Women’s flyweight: One of the newest divisions in the UFC, at 125 pounds, the current champion is Valentina Shevchenko. Women’s strawweight: The current champion of the 115-pound division is Zhang Weili. A simple, yet interesting statistic for the readers today.

Women's Flyweight.