Weight class Men's pound-for-pound Heavyweight Light Heavyweight Middleweight Welterweight Lightweight Featherweight Bantamweight Flyweight Women's pound-for-pound Women's Bantamweight Women's Flyweight Women's Strawweight
Men's pound-for-pound · Rankings of 22 Sept 2026
Men's pound-for-pound rankings # Fighter Nat. Record +/− 1 Islam Makhachev RUS 29–1 – 2 Alexander Volkanovski AUS 28–4 – 3 Justin Gaethje USA 28–5 ▲ 1 4 Petr Yan RUS 20–5 ▼ 1 5 Ilia Topuria GEO 17–1 – 6 Joshua Van MMR 18–2 ▲ 5 7 Sean Strickland USA 31–7 – 8 Tom Aspinall ENG 15–3 (1 NC) ▼ 2 9 Merab Dvalishvili GEO 21–5 ▼ 1 10 Alex Pereira BRA 13–4 ▼ 1 11 Ciryl Gane FRA 14–2 (1 NC) ▼ 1 12 Khamzat Chimaev UAE 15–1 – 13 Arman Tsarukyan ARM 24–3 ▲ 1 14 Alexandre Pantoja BRA 30–7 ▼ 1 15 Carlos Ulberg NZL 15–1 New
Heavyweight · 265 lb · Rankings of 22 Sept 2026
Champion Ciryl Gane FRA · 14–2 (1 NC)
Heavyweight rankings # Fighter Nat. Record +/− 1 Tom Aspinall ENG 15–3 (1 NC) ▼ 1 2 Alexander Volkov RUS 40–11 – 3 Sergei Pavlovich RUS 21–3 – 4 Josh Hokit USA 10–0 – 5 Curtis Blaydes USA 20–6 (1 NC) – 6 Waldo Cortes-Acosta DOM 17–4 – 7 Rizvan Kuniev RUS – 8 Vitor Petrino BRA 15–2 – 9 Serghei Spivac MDA 18–7 – 10 Ante Delija CRO 26–8 – 11 Valter Walker BRA 16–1 – 12 Tyrell Fortune USA 18–4 (2 NC) – 13 Derrick Lewis USA 29–14 (1 NC) – 14 Mario Pinto POR 13–0 – 15 Aleksandar Rakić AUT 15–6 –
Light Heavyweight · 205 lb · Rankings of 22 Sept 2026
Champion Carlos Ulberg NZL · 14–1
Light Heavyweight rankings # Fighter Nat. Record +/− 1 Magomed Ankalaev RUS 21–2–1 (1 NC) – 2 Jiří Procházka CZE 32–6–1 – 3 Alex Pereira BRA 13–4 – 4 Khalil Rountree Jr. USA 14–7 (1 NC) – 5 Navajo Stirling NZL 11–0 – 6 Paulo Costa BRA 16–4 – 7 Jamahal Hill USA 12–4 (1 NC) – 8 Azamat Murzakanov RUS 16–1 – 9 Jan Błachowicz POL – 10 Dominick Reyes USA 16–5 – 11 Bogdan Guskov UZB 18–4–1 – 12 Robert Whittaker AUS 27–9 – 13 Johnny Walker BRA 22–10 (1 NC) – 14 Alonzo Menifield USA 19–6–1 – 15 Nikita Krylov RUS 31–12 –
Middleweight · 185 lb · Rankings of 22 Sept 2026
Champion Sean Strickland USA · 31–7
Middleweight rankings # Fighter Nat. Record +/− 1 Khamzat Chimaev UAE 15–1 – 2 Dricus du Plessis ZAF 24–3 – 3 Nassourdine Imavov FRA 17–4 (1 NC) – 4 Brendan Allen USA 27–7 – 5 Caio Borralho BRA 18–2 (1 NC) – 6 Joe Pyfer USA 16–3 – 7 Gregory Rodrigues BRA 20–6 – 8 Anthony Hernandez USA 15–4 (1 NC) – 9 Israel Adesanya NGA 24–6 – 10 Christian Leroy Duncan ENG 15–2 – 11 Jared Cannonier USA 18–10 – 12 Abusupiyan Magomedov GER 29–7–1 – 13 Ikram Aliskerov RUS 18–2 – 14 Bo Nickal USA 9–1 – 15 Sharabutdin Magomedov RUS 18–1 –
Welterweight · 170 lb · Rankings of 22 Sept 2026
Champion Islam Makhachev RUS · 29–1
Welterweight rankings # Fighter Nat. Record +/− 1 Ian Machado Garry IRL 17–2 – 2 Carlos Prates BRA 24–7 – 3 Michael Morales ECU 19–0 – 4 Jack Della Maddalena AUS 18–4 – 5 Gabriel Bonfim BRA 20–1 – 6 Sean Brady USA 19–2 – 7 Belal Muhammad USA 24–6 (1 NC) – 8 Leon Edwards ENG 22–6 (1 NC) – 9 Kamaru Usman NGA 21–5 – 10 Joaquin Buckley USA 21–8 – 11 Yaroslav Amosov UKR 30–1 – 12 Uroš Medić SER 14–3 – 13 Mike Malott CAN 14–2–1 – 14 Daniel Rodriguez USA 20–6 – 15 Neil Magny USA 32–14 –
Lightweight · 155 lb · Rankings of 22 Sept 2026
Champion Justin Gaethje USA · 28–5
Lightweight rankings # Fighter Nat. Record +/− 1 Ilia Topuria GEO 17–1 – 2 Arman Tsarukyan ARM 24–3 – 3 Charles Oliveira BRA 37–11 (1 NC) – 4 Max Holloway USA 28–9 – 5 Paddy Pimblett ENG 24–4 – 6 Benoît Saint Denis FRA 17–4 (1 NC) – 7 Quillan Salkilld AUS 13–1 ▲ 1 8 Maurício Ruffy BRA 14–3 ▼ 1 9 Salahdine Parnasse FRA 24–2 – 10 Mateusz Gamrot POL 26–5 (1 NC) ▲ 1 11 T Rafael Fiziev AZE 14–5 ▼ 1 11 T Renato Moicano BRA 21–7–1 – 13 Dan Hooker NZL 24–15 – 14 Tom Nolan AUS 11–1 – 15 Beneil Dariush USA 23–8–1 –
Featherweight · 145 lb · Rankings of 22 Sept 2026
Champion Alexander Volkanovski AUS · 28–4
Featherweight rankings # Fighter Nat. Record +/− 1 Movsar Evloev RUS 20–0 – 2 Diego Lopes BRA 28–8 – 3 Lerone Murphy ENG 17–1–1 – 4 Aljamain Sterling USA 26–5 – 5 Jean Silva BRA 18–3 – 6 Yair Rodríguez MEX 20–5 (1 NC) – 7 Arnold Allen ENG 21–4 – 8 Youssef Zalal MAR 18–6–1 – 9 Kevin Vallejos ARG 18–1 – 10 Steve Garcia USA 19–6 – 11 Aaron Pico USA 14–5 ▲ 1 12 Melquizael Costa BRA 26–8 ▲ 1 13 Brian Ortega USA 16–5 (1 NC) ▼ 2 14 Patrício Pitbull BRA 38–9 ▲ 1 15 David Onama UGA 14–3 ▼ 1
Bantamweight · 135 lb · Rankings of 22 Sept 2026
Champion Petr Yan RUS · 20–5
Bantamweight rankings # Fighter Nat. Record +/− 1 Merab Dvalishvili GEO 21–5 – 2 Sean O'Malley USA 20–3 (1 NC) – 3 Song Yadong CHN 24–9–1 (1 NC) – 4 Umar Nurmagomedov RUS 20–2 – 5 Mario Bautista USA 18–3 – 6 Cory Sandhagen USA 18–7 – 7 Aiemann Zahabi CAN 14–3 – 8 David Martínez MEX 15–1 – 9 Deiveson Figueiredo BRA 25–7–1 – 10 Marlon Vera ECU – 11 Payton Talbott USA 11–1 – 12 Raul Rosas Jr. MEX 12–1 – 13 Raoni Barcelos BRA 22–5 – 14 Farid Basharat ENG 16–0 – 15 Marcus McGhee USA 11–2 –
Flyweight · 125 lb · Rankings of 22 Sept 2026
Champion Joshua Van MMR · 18–2
Flyweight rankings # Fighter Nat. Record +/− 1 Alexandre Pantoja BRA 30–7 – 2 Manel Kape PRT 23–7 – 3 Brandon Royval USA 18–9 – 4 Tatsuro Taira JAP 18–2 – 5 Kyoji Horiguchi JPN 36–6 (1 NC) – 6 Lone'er Kavanagh ENG 10–2 – 7 Asu Almabayev KAZ 24–3 – 8 Brandon Moreno MEX 24–10–2 – 9 Amir Albazi IRQ 17–3 – 10 Ramazan Temirov UZB 20–3 – 11 Tim Elliott USA – 12 Steve Erceg AUS 14–5 – 13 Su Mudaerji CHN 20–7 (1 NC) – 14 Tagir Ulanbekov RUS 17–3 – 15 Alex Perez USA 26–11 (1 NC) –
Women's pound-for-pound · Rankings of 22 Sept 2026
Women's pound-for-pound rankings # Fighter Nat. Record +/− 1 Valentina Shevchenko KGZ 26–4–1 – 2 Kayla Harrison USA 19–1 – 3 Zhang Weili CHN 26–4 – 4 Natália Silva BRA 20–5–1 – 5 Mackenzie Dern BRA 17–5 – 6 Alexa Grasso MEX 18–5–1 – 7 Manon Fiorot FRA 13–3 – 8 Erin Blanchfield USA 14–2 – 9 Tatiana Suarez USA 12–1 – 10 Julianna Peña USA 12–6 – 11 Virna Jandiroba BRA 23–4 – 12 T Raquel Pennington USA 16–9 – 12 T Rose Namajunas USA 14–8 – 14 Denise Gomes BRA 13–3 – 15 Maycee Barber USA 15–3 –
Women's Bantamweight · 135 lb · Rankings of 22 Sept 2026
Champion Kayla Harrison USA · 19–1
Women's Bantamweight rankings # Fighter Nat. Record +/− 1 Julianna Peña USA 12–6 – 2 Raquel Pennington USA 16–9 – 3 Joselyne Edwards PAN 18–6 – 4 Norma Dumont BRA 13–3 – 5 Ailín Pérez ARG 13–2 – 6 Yana Santos RUS 17–8 (1 NC) – 7 Luana Santos BRA 11–2 – 8 Macy Chiasson USA 11–6 – 9 Jacqueline Cavalcanti POR 10–2 – 10 Karol Rosa BRA 19–8 – 11 Beatriz Mesquita BRA 8–0 – 12 Michelle Montague NZL 8–0 – 13 Nora Cornolle FRA 10–4 – 14 Miesha Tate USA 20–10 – 15 Melissa Croden CAN 8–3 –
Women's Flyweight · 125 lb · Rankings of 22 Sept 2026
Champion Valentina Shevchenko KGZ ·
Women's Flyweight rankings # Fighter Nat. Record +/− 1 Natália Silva BRA 20–5–1 – 2 Alexa Grasso MEX 18–5–1 – 3 Manon Fiorot FRA 13–3 – 4 Erin Blanchfield USA 14–2 – 5 Rose Namajunas USA 14–8 – 6 Maycee Barber USA 15–3 – 7 Jasmine Jasudavicius CAN 15–4 – 8 Wang Cong CHN 10–1 – 9 Tracy Cortez USA 12–4 – 10 Miranda Maverick USA 15–6 – 11 Karine Silva BRA 19–7 – 12 Casey O'Neill AUS 12–2 – 13 Eduarda Moura BRA 12–3 – 14 Gabriella Fernandes BRA 11–4 – 15 Regina Tarin MEX 9–0 –
Women's Strawweight · 115 lb · Rankings of 22 Sept 2026
Champion Mackenzie Dern BRA · 17–5
Women's Strawweight rankings # Fighter Nat. Record +/− 1 Zhang Weili CHN 26–4 – 2 Tatiana Suarez USA 12–1 – 3 Virna Jandiroba BRA 23–4 – 4 Denise Gomes BRA 13–3 – 4 Gillian Robertson CAN 17–9 – 6 Yan Xiaonan CHN 18–6 (1 NC) – 7 Fatima Kline USA 10–1 – 8 Loopy Godinez MEX 14–6 – 9 Alexia Thainara BRA 15–1 – 10 Jéssica Andrade BRA 26–15 – 11 Tabatha Ricci BRA 12–5 – 12 Amanda Lemos BRA 15–7–1 – 13 Amanda Ribas BRA 13–7 – 14 Angela Hill USA 19–16 – 15 Mizuki Inoue JPN 16–6 –
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