By LIM MAY LEE
alltherage@thestar.com.my

Here are a few other top female MMA fighters you should know.

Ronda Jean Rousey a.k.a. “Rowdy”

Ronda Rousey

She has won all nine matches in her professional MMA career so far, and is ranked as the top female bantamweight fighter, so yeah, Rousey definitely deserves a spot on this list.

Before she started her MMA career in 2011, she won an Olympic medal in Judo, only the second American woman to do so.

Most recently, she defeated another former Olympian, Sarah McMann, with a punishing knee to the liver at UFC 170 in February earlier this year.

Miesha Tate a,k.a. “Cupcake”

Miesha Tate (in white)

Rousey’s arch rival may have named herself after a sweet treat, but Tate is one tough cookie with an impressive professional MMA record of 13 wins and five losses.

Tate’s stint as a fellow coach with Rousey on reality series The Ultimate Fighter caused her rivalry with the latter to reach new heights, and culminated in a brutal match at UFC 168 which Rousey eventually won by submission.

Christiane Justino Vernancio a.k.a “Cyborg”
Vernancio isn’t called “Cyborg” for thing. She earned it because of the punishing pace she keeps all through her matches, breaking down her opponents through pure aggression and dominance.

She may have lost her debut match (her professional MMA record stands at 12 wins, one loss, zero draws) but it remains her only professional loss.

Vernancio went on a nine-win streak after that loss, battering other notable female MMA fighters like Hitomi Akano and Shayna Baszler.

Cathilee Zingano a.k.a “Alpha”
Zingano’s current professional MMA record reads eight wins and zero draws or losses. She’s currently ranked as the world’s number two female bantamweight.

Zingano burst onto the MMA scene back in 2008, beating Karina Taylor with a brutal arm bar.

She followed that win with another seven, bringing her winning streak to a total of eight. She is also the first mother to fight in the octagon, and was one of the first women to coach The Ultimate Fighter before a knee injury forced her to bow out. She was then replaced by Tate.