Athlete Rankings
Men's Pound-for-Pound Top Rank
1 | Islam Makhachev | |
2 | Jon Jones | |
3 | Alex Pereira | |
4 | Ilia Topuria | |
5 | Merab Dvalishvili | |
6 | Dricus Du Plessis | |
7 | Belal Muhammad | |
8 | Tom Aspinall | |
9 | Alexandre Pantoja | |
10 | Leon Edwards | |
11 | Alexander Volkanovski | |
12 | Max Holloway | |
13 | Sean O'Malley | |
14 | Charles Oliveira | |
15 | Sean Strickland |
Flyweight
1 | Brandon Royval | |
2 | Brandon Moreno | |
3 | Amir Albazi | |
4 | Kai Kara-France | |
5 | Tatsuro Taira | |
6 | Manel Kape | |
7 | Alex Perez | |
8 | Asu Almabayev | |
9 | Steve Erceg | |
10 | Tim Elliott | |
11 | Tagir Ulanbekov | |
12 | Charles Johnson | |
13 | Bruno Silva | |
14 | Kai Asakura | |
15 | Joshua Van |
Bantamweight
1 | Sean O'Malley | |
2 | Petr Yan | |
3 | Umar Nurmagomedov | |
4 | Cory Sandhagen | |
5 | Deiveson Figueiredo | |
6 | Marlon Vera | |
7 | Henry Cejudo | |
8 | Song Yadong | |
9 | Rob Font | |
10 | Mario Bautista | |
11 | José Aldo | |
12 | Kyler Phillips | |
13 | Marcus McGhee | Rank increased by 1 |
14 | Aiemann Zahabi | Rank decreased by 1 |
15 | Montel Jackson |
Featherweight
1 | Alexander Volkanovski | |
2 | Max Holloway | |
3 | Diego Lopes | |
4 | Movsar Evloev | |
5 | Yair Rodriguez | |
6 | Brian Ortega | |
7 | Arnold Allen | |
8 | Josh Emmett | |
9 | Aljamain Sterling | |
10 | Lerone Murphy | Rank increased by 1 |
11 | Giga Chikadze | Rank increased by 1 |
12 | Youssef Zalal | NR |
13 | Bryce Mitchell | |
14 | Calvin Kattar | Rank decreased by 4 |
15 | Dan Ige | Rank decreased by 1 |
Lightweight
1 | Arman Tsarukyan | |
2 | Charles Oliveira | |
3 | Justin Gaethje | |
4 | Dustin Poirier | |
5 | Max Holloway | |
6 | Dan Hooker | |
7 | Michael Chandler | |
8 | Mateusz Gamrot | |
9 | Beneil Dariush | |
10 | Renato Moicano | |
11 | Rafael Fiziev | |
12 | Paddy Pimblett | |
13 | Jalin Turner | |
14 | Grant Dawson | Rank increased by 1 |
15 | Benoît Saint Denis | Rank decreased by 1 |
Welterweight
Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
Heavyweight
1 | Tom Aspinall | interim |
2 | Ciryl Gane | |
3 | Alexander Volkov | |
4 | Sergei Pavlovich | |
5 | Curtis Blaydes | |
6 | Jailton Almeida | |
7 | Serghei Spivac | |
8 | Marcin Tybura | |
9 | Derrick Lewis | |
10 | Tai Tuivasa | |
11 | Shamil Gaziev | |
12 | Waldo Cortes Acosta | |
13 | Mick Parkin | |
14 | Kennedy Nzechukwu | |
15 | Tallison Teixeira | NR |
Women's Pound-for-Pound Top Rank
1 | Valentina Shevchenko | |
2 | Zhang Weili | |
3 | Alexa Grasso | |
4 | Julianna Peña | |
5 | Manon Fiorot | |
6 | Erin Blanchfield | |
7 | Kayla Harrison | |
8 | Raquel Pennington | |
9 | Rose Namajunas | |
10 | Yan Xiaonan | |
11 | Tatiana Suarez | |
12 | Virna Jandiroba | |
13 | Natalia Silva | |
14 | Jéssica Andrade | |
15 | Maycee Barber |
Women's Strawweight
Women's Flyweight
Women's Bantamweight
1 | Raquel Pennington | |
2 | Kayla Harrison | |
3 | Ketlen Vieira | |
4 | Norma Dumont | |
5 | Macy Chiasson | |
6 | Irene Aldana | |
7 | Mayra Bueno Silva | Rank increased by 1 |
8 | Ailin Perez | Rank decreased by 1 |
9 | Karol Rosa | |
10 | Yana Santos | |
11 | Jacqueline Cavalcanti | Rank increased by 2 |
12 | Miesha Tate | Rank decreased by 1 |
13 | Nora Cornolle | Rank increased by 2 |
14 | Chelsea Chandler | |
15 | Julia Avila | Rank decreased by 3 |
How are rankings determined?
Rankings were generated by a voting panel made up of media members. The media members were asked to vote for who they feel are the top fighters in the UFC by weight-class and pound-for-pound. A fighter is only eligible to be voted on if they are in active status in the UFC.
A fighter can appear in more than one weight division at a time. The champion and interim champion are considered to be in the top positions of their respective divisions and therefore are not eligible for voting by weight-class. However, the champions can be voted on for the pound-for-pound rankings.
Last updated: Tuesday, Feb. 18
NR - Not Previously Ranked
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