Always Jessica: Unified Women's MMA Rankings – November 2012

*With her dominant victory over former top ranked Naho Sugiyama at Invicta FC 3, Jessica Penne takes over the top spot at Atomweight. Also on that same card, victories by Michelle Waterson and Stephanie Frausto help propel them up the rankings, coming in 3rd and 5th respectively. At Strawweight, Carla Esparza continues her climb towards the top by stop

ping Lynn Alvarez and Joanne Calderwood bursts into the top-10 with a devastating KO of Ashley Cummins. Barb Honchak continues to show why she is one of the top Flyweights in the world, defeating Aisling Daly for her sixth win in a row. Vanessa Porto makes her way into the 125-pounds rankings with an impressive victory over Tara LaRosa and Zoila Gurgel returns to the rankings with a hard fought win over Casey Noland. At Bantamweight, Shayna Baszler picks up another submission victory over Sarah D’Alelio and Cat Zingano claws her way into the rankings with her seventh victory to date. Marloes Coenen takes over the top spot at Featherweight as Ronda Rousey drops out due to inactivity within the division and impressive wins by Julia Budd and Ediene Gomes move them up the rankings as well. Also, Fiona Muxlow and Ashley Sanchez break into the top-10 as Rousey and Lauren Taylor fall out.