It has been a while since I've written up something sort of big here. Just some information of people in and around the featherweight division this past year. Not a perfect listing either. Just some useful information for those interested.
I will probably break it up into a few chunks.
Featherweights and Potential Featherweights Jan 2018
UFC Featherweights*:
Cris Cyborg Justino (18-1-0, 1NC) BR
Megan Anderson (7-2-0) AU
* Not counting Featherweight/Bantamweight crossovers. See below, far below for that.
RIZIN
Cindy Dandois (10-3-0) BE but wants in the UFC and wants to fight Cyborg.
Not going into King Reina Miura (8-1-0) JP for RIZIN reasons, aside from not having fought that low before although she probably could. Dandois is questionable as it is, even as she campaigns for a fight with Cyborg.
Invicta Signees:
Ediane Gomez (11-4-0) BR "I will not die without having fought Cyborg" or something similar.
Charmaine Tweet (9-6-0) CA
Pam Sorensen (7-2-0) US Could fight at 135lbs but she does not make the weight.
Felicia Spencer (3-0-0) US
Leah Letson (4-1-0) US Has been retweeting callouts on Cyborg for her. Out of the Military now and training.
Latoya Walker (5-1-0) US Looking to get into the UFC after her stint in the US Army.
Amy Coleman (2-2-0) US
Daria Ibragimova (9/12-2-0) RU (UA) She has fights not listed by Sherdog or Tapology. She is not as good as her record indicates - that is more a matter of weak opponents who have often been smaller then her.
Madison McElhaney (1-1-0) US
Helena Kolesnyk (5-1-0) UA Ought to be a bantamweight, in Invicta, to be honest, pretty green too despite the nice looking win column.
Bantamweight/Featherweights with Invicta:
Faith Van Duin (6-3-0) NZ is back in training, looking for fights at either bantamweight or featherweight.
Katharina Lerner (7-0) DE Can she actually, consistently, make weight at bantamweight? Or even make 135lbs on the nose for a title fight? I want her to make weight before she fights for the bantamweight title in Invicta she is campaigning for.
Pannie Kianzad (8-2-0) SE Does she makes weight against Kaufman? If not she ought to consider going back up to fight at featherweight. She'll have missed weight at bantamweight three times if she misses weight.
Unsigned Featherweights with decent records:
Martyna Czech (3-0-1) CZ
Jessy Miele (6-3-0) US
Liana Jojua (7-2-0) GE Age 22 5'4 (Fought at 145lbs a few times. I am listing her as she is set for yet another featherweight fight unless it has been cancelled. Fight seen below. Tapology informed and will update.)
Bantamweights/Featherweights, large none top bantamweights, outside of Invicta and not in Bellator:
Zarah Fairn dos Santos (6-2-0) FR She has a robbery lose to Sinead Kavanaugh. Zarah cuts a good deal of weight to get to 135lbs, so going back to 145lbs would be a good decision for her if she can't make 135lbs a healthy cut despite having done so several times successfully. Last missed weight by 5lbs (67kg vs 64.2kg).
Karolline Rosa (8-1-0) BR Age 22 5'6 (Has fought up to 145lbs before. Jumps around in weight classes) Best wins against Mariana Morais and Jessica Andrade. Loss to Gisele Moreira. She is better off at bantamweight in my opinion.
Marciea Allen (6-2-0) US Dealt with a hand injury in 2017, probably gotten over it.
Elizabeth Phillips (7-6-0) US Fought at 140lbs and 145lbs.
Rizlen Zouak (3-0-0) FR (and Morocco) Age 31 Been featherweight for her so far but losing weight since her pro debut. Olympic Judo player.
Zaria Dyshekova (4-2-0) RU Mostly fought around 137lbs to 140lbs.
Jan Finney (11-13-0) US fights between 135lbs and 155lbs, did fight Jones at 170lbs. Not a great pick up but if you are looking for warm bodies who can put on a decent fight she is there.
Duda Santanna (3-0-0) BR Could use an uptick in competition but she has beaten two people with middling records.