MMA Lineal Championship Title Holders (Women)
The first major tournament in women’s MMA was the ReMix: World Cup of 2000, an openweight tournament held in Japan. Nineteen-year-old Dutch fighter Marloes Coenen won the tournament by defeating three other women on the same night, the final match being between her and Megumi Yabushita.
This lineage was effectively merged with the Strikeforce women’s bantamweight title when then champion Sarah Kaufman defeated Roxanne Modafferi. After Strikeforce was acquired by the UFC, the lineage continued as the UFC women’s bantamweight title.
2000-2004 Marloes “Rumina” Coenen (Netherlands)
Opponent |
Result |
Method |
Round |
Time |
Event |
Date |
Location |
Megumi Yabashita |
Decision |
Unanimous |
3 |
5:00 |
ReMix: World Cup 2000 |
2000 Dec 5 |
Tokyo, Japan |
Yoko Takahashi |
Submission |
Armbar |
1 |
1:11 |
ReMix: Golden Gate 2001 |
2001 May 3 |
Tokyo, Japan |
Megumi Yabashita |
Submission |
Rear-naked choke |
1 |
2:27 |
Jd': No Holds Barred |
2002 Jan 13 |
Tokyo, Japan |
Miwako Ishihara |
Decision |
Majority |
2 |
5:00 |
Shooto: Wanna Shooto 2002 |
2002 Apr 14 |
Tokyo, Japan |
Yoko Takahashi |
TKO |
Punches |
1 |
2:30 |
Smackgirl: World ReMix 2004 |
2004 Dec 19 |
Tokyo, Japan |
2004 Erin “Steel” Toughill (USA)
Opponent |
Result |
Method |
Round |
Time |
Event |
Date |
Location |
Marloes Coenen |
KO |
Punch |
1 |
5:00 |
Smackgirl: World ReMix 2004 |
2004 Dec 19 |
Tokyo, Japan |
2004-2005 Megumi Yabashita (Japan)
Opponent |
Result |
Method |
Round |
Time |
Event |
Date |
Location |
Erin Toughill |
DQ |
Illegal elbows |
1 |
2:39 |
Smackgirl: World ReMix 2004 |
2004 Dec 19 |
Tokyo, Japan |
2005-2010 Tara LaRosa (USA)
Opponent |
Result |
Method |
Round |
Time |
Event |
Date |
Location |
Megumi Yabushita |
Decision |
Majority |
2 |
5:00 |
G-Shooto: G-Shooto 02 |
2005 Mar 12 |
Tokyo, Japan |
Kumiko Maekawa |
Decision |
Unanimous |
2 |
5:00 |
Smackgirl: Lightweight Anniversary |
2005 Nov 29 |
Tokyo, Japan |
Roxanne Modafferi |
Decision |
Unanimous |
3 |
5:00 |
Mix Fight Championship: Boardwalk Blitz |
2006 Mar 4 |
Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Hitomi Akano |
Decision |
Unanimous |
3 |
5:00 |
Mix Fight Championship: USA vs Russia 3 |
2006 Jun3 |
Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Julie Kedzie |
Decision |
Unanimous |
3 |
5:00 |
Ultimate Cage Wars |
2006 Jul 8 |
Chelan, Washington |
Amanda Buckner |
Submission |
Rear-naked choke |
3 |
4:31 |
BodogFight: To The Brink Of War |
2006 Aug 22 |
Tambor, Costa Rica |
Julia Berezikova |
Submission |
Armbar |
2 |
1:28 |
BodogFight: USA vs Russia |
2006 Dec 2 |
Vancouver, British Columbia |
Shayna Baszler |
TKO |
Punches |
2 |
3:15 |
BodogFight: Costa Rica |
2007 Feb 18 |
Tambor, Costa Rica |
Kelly Kubold |
Submission |
Armbar |
4 |
2:50 |
BodogFight: Alvarez vs Lee |
2007 Jul 14 |
Trenton, New Jersey |
Cody Welchlin |
Submission |
Triangle armbar |
2 |
2:57 |
HOOKnSHOOT: BodogFight 2007 Women’s Grand Prix |
2007 Nov 24 |
Evansville Indiana |
Alexis Davis |
TKO |
Doctor stoppage |
3 |
4:23 |
Extreme Challenge: The War at the Shore |
2009 Jan 23 |
Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Sally Krumdiack |
Submission |
Kimura |
3 |
1:45 |
Extreme Challenge: Mayhem At The Marina |
2009 Mar 28 |
Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Valerie Coolbaugh |
Submission |
Rear-naked choke |
1 |
3:58 |
Extreme Challenge: Locked in the Cage 1 |
2009 Nov 20 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
2010 Roxanne “The Happy Warrior” Modafferi (USA)
Opponent |
Result |
Method |
Round |
Time |
Event |
Date |
Location |
Tara LaRosa |
Decision |
Split |
3 |
5:00 |
Moosin: God of Martial Arts |
2010 May 21 |
Worcester, Massachusetts |
2010 Sarah Kaufman (Canada)
Opponent |
Result |
Method |
Round |
Time |
Event |
Date |
Location |
Roxanne Modafferi |
KO |
Slam |
3 |
4:45 |
Strikeforce Challengers: de Rosario vs Mahe |
2010 Jul 23 |
Everett, Washington |
2010-2011 Marloes Coenen (2) (Netherlands)
Opponent |
Result |
Method |
Round |
Time |
Event |
Date |
Location |
Sarah Kaufman |
Submission |
Armbar |
3 |
1:59 |
Strikeforce: San Jose |
2010 Oct 9 |
San Jose, California |
Liz Carmouche |
Submission |
Triangle choke |
4 |
1:29 |
Strikeforce: Feijao vs Henderson |
2011 Mar 5 |
Columbus, Ohio |
2011-2012 Miesha “Cupcake” Tate (USA)
Opponent |
Result |
Method |
Round |
Time |
Event |
Date |
Location |
Marloes Coenen |
Submission |
Arm-triangle choke |
4 |
3:03 |
Strikeforce: Fedor vs Henderson |
2011 Jul 30 |
Hoffman Estates, Illinois |
2012-2015 “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey (USA)
Opponent |
Result |
Method |
Round |
Time |
Event |
Date |
Location |
Miesha Tate |
Technical Submission |
Armbar |
1 |
4:27 |
Strikeforce: Tate vs Rousey |
2012 Mar 3 |
Columbus, Ohio |
Sarah Kaufman |
Submission |
Armbar |
1 |
0:54 |
Strikeforce: Rousey vs Kaufman |
2012 Aug 18 |
San Diego, California |
Liz Carmouche |
Submission |
Armbar |
1 |
4:49 |
UFC 157 |
2013 Feb 13 |
Anaheim, California |
Miesha Tate |
Submission |
Armbar |
3 |
0:58 |
UFC 168 |
2013 Dec 28 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
Sara McMann |
TKO |
Knee to the body |
1 |
1:06 |
UFC 170 |
2014 Feb 22 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
Alexis Davis |
KO |
Punches |
1 |
0:16 |
UFC 175 |
2014 Jul 5 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
Cat Zingano |
Submission |
Straight armbar |
1 |
0:14 |
UFC 184 |
2015 Feb 28 |
Los Angeles, California |
Bethe Correia |
KO |
Punch |
1 |
0:34 |
UFC 190 |
2015 Aug 1 |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
2015-2016 Holly Holm “The Preacher’s Daughter” (USA)
Opponent |
Result |
Method |
Round |
Time |
Event |
Date |
Location |
Ronda Rousey |
KO |
Head kick and punches |
2 |
0:59 |
UFC 193 |
2015 Nov 15 |
Melbourne, Australia |
2016 Miesha Tate (2) (USA)
Opponent |
Result |
Method |
Round |
Time |
Event |
Date |
Location |
Holly Holm |
Technical Submission |
Rear-naked choke |
5 |
3:30 |
UFC 196 |
2016 Mar 5 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
2016-2021 Amanda “The Lioness” Nunes (Brazil)
Opponent |
Result |
Method |
Round |
Time |
Event |
Date |
Location |
Miesha Tate |
Submission |
Rear-naked choke |
1 |
3:16 |
UFC 200 |
2016 Jul 9 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
Ronda Rousey |
TKO |
Punches |
1 |
0:48 |
UFC 207 |
2016 Dec 30 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
Valentina Shevchenko |
Decision |
Split |
5 |
5:00 |
UFC 215 |
2017 Sep 9 |
Edmonton, Alberta |
Raquel Pennington |
TKO |
Elbows and punches |
5 |
2:36 |
UFC 224 |
2018 May 12 |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Cris Cyborg |
KO |
Punch |
1 |
0:51 |
UFC 232 |
2018 Dec 29 |
Inglewood, California |
Holly Holm |
TKO |
Head kick and punches |
1 |
4:10 |
UFC 239 |
2019 Jul 6 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
Germaine de Randamie |
Decision |
Unanimous |
5 |
5:00 |
UFC 245 |
2019 Dec 14 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
Felicia Spencer |
Decision |
Unanimous |
5 |
5:00 |
UFC 250 |
2020 Jun 6 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
Megan Anderson |
Submission |
Reverse triangle armbar |
1 |
2:03 |
UFC 259 |
2021 Mar 6 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
2021-2022 Julianna “The Venezuelan Vixen” Peña (USA)
Opponent |
Result |
Method |
Round |
Time |
Event |
Date |
Location |
Amanda Nunes |
Submission |
Rear-naked choke |
2 |
3:26 |
UFC 269 |
2021 Dec 11 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
2022-curr Amanda Nunes (2) (Brazil)
Opponent |
Result |
Method |
Round |
Time |
Event |
Date |
Location |
Julianna Peña |
Decision |
Unanimous |
5 |
5:00 |
UFC 277 |
2022 Jul 30 |
Dallas, Texas |
Irene Aldana |
Decision |
Unanimous |
5 |
5:00 |
UFC 289 |
2023 Jun 10 |
Vancouver, British Columbia |
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