Women’s MMA has grown tremendously thanks to fighters like Ronda Rousey and Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Who are some lesser known fighters that deserve recognition?

No one can deny that women’s MMA has seen humongous growth in the past five years. Women’s MMA, which at one point was not even accepted as a sport, has evolved so much that now women fights headline events and have produced some of the biggest gates.

This growth can be credited to many factors but one of the prime reason for the increase in popularity of the sport is the main stream media attention gained by the likes of Gina Carano, Ronda Rousey, Miesha Tate, Cris Cyborg and many more. This attention brought large-scale viewers to women MMA and helped in the overall growth of the sport.

This rapid growth however came at the expense of some talented fighters. Fighters who were brutally ignored by media which resulted in the majority of MMA fans not knowing anything about them.

Invicta FC has done a great deal of work pushing women’s MMA forward, including a deal that landed the women’s-only promotion on UFC Fight Pass. However, their great champions are anything but household names.

Women’s MMA has gone on to grab mainstream media attention but these great fighters remain overlooked. Let’s look at some of the most talented fighters and underappreciated fighters in women’s MMA today: