UFC Rankings 2022

The UFC rankings were introduced in February of 2013 and are generated by a voting panel made up of several media members. In order to rank these fighters, the media members are asked to vote on who they feel are the top fighters as per the UFC by weight class and pound-for-pound.

Table of Contents

1. UFC Men's Pound-for-Pound Rankings 2022
2. UFC Women's Pound-for-Pound Rankings 2022
3. UFC Flyweight Rankings 2022
4. UFC Women's Flyweight Rankings 2022
5. UFC Bantamweight Rankings 2022
6. UFC Women's Bantamweight Rankings 2022
7. UFC Featherweight Rankings 2022
8. UFC Lightweight Rankings 2022
9. UFC Welterweight Rankings 2022
10. UFC Middleweight Rankings 2022
11. UFC Light Heavyweight Rankings 2022
12. UFC Heavyweight Rankings 2022
13. UFC Women's Strawweight Rankings 2022
14. UFC Women's Featherweight Rankings 2022
15. FAQs on UFC Rankings

UFC Men's Pound-for-Pound Rankings 2022

Pound for pound is a ranking division used in combat sports for boxing, wrestling, and mixed martial arts in order to decide who is the better fighter in relation to their weight (i.e., adjusted to compensate for weight class).

Rank	Fighter	Record	Win Streak	M	Next Fight
1	Kamaru Usman	20–1	19	-	TBD
2	Alexander Volkanovski	24–1	21	-	UFC 276 Max Holloway
3	Israel Adesanya	22-1	2	-	UFC 276 Jared Cannoiner
4	Charles Oliveira	33–8 (1 NC)	11	1	TBD
5	Francis Ngannou	17–3	6	−1	TBD
6	Max Holloway	23–6	2	-	UFC 276 Alexander Volkanovski
7	Dustin Poirier	28–7 (1 NC)	0	-	TBD
8	Glover Teixeira	33–7	6	-	UFC 275 Jiří Procházka
9 (T)	Jon Jones	26–1 (1 NC)	4	-	TBD
9 (T)	Aljamain Sterling	21–3	7	1	TBD
11	Deiveson Figueiredo	21–2–1	1	-	TBD
12	Stipe Miocic	20–4	0	-	TBD
13	Petr Yan	16–3	0	-	TBD
14	Robert Whittaker	23–6	0	1	TBD
15	Brandon Moreno	19–6–2	0	−1	UFC 277

UFC Women's Pound-for-Pound Rankings 2022

Rank	Fighter	Record	Win Streak	M	Next Fight
1	Valentina Shevchenko	22–3	8	-	UFC 275 Talia Santos
2	Amanda Nunes	21–5	0	-	TBD
3	Julianna Peña	11–4	2	1	TBD
4	Rose Namajunas	11–5	0	−1	TBD
5	Zhang Weili	21–3	0	-	UFC 275 Joanna Jędrzejczyk
6	Carla Esparza	19–6	6	2	TBD
7	Jéssica Andrade	23–9	2	−1	TBD
8	Holly Holm	14–5	2	−1	UFC Fight Night 206 Ketlen Vieira
9	Marina Rodriguez	16–1–2	4	-	TBD
10	Katlyn Chookagian	18–4	4	-	TBD
11	Yan Xiaonan	13–3 (1 NC)	0	-	TBD
12	Mackenzie Dern	12–2	1	1	TBD
13	Irene Aldana	13–6	1	−1	TBD
14	Lauren Murphy	15–5	0	-	UFC 276 Miesha Tate
15	Raquel Pennington	14–8	4	-	TBD

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UFC Flyweight Rankings 2022

116 to 125 lb (53 to 57 kg)

Current UFC Flyweight Champion: Deiveson Figueiredo [21-2-1]

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Win Streak	Result	Last fight	Next fight
C	Deiveson Figueiredo	21–2–1	-	1 (0 def)	Win	UFC 270 Brandon Moreno	TBD
1	Brandon Moreno	19–6–2	-	0	Loss	UFC 270 Deiveson Figueiredo	TBD
2	Kai Kara-France	24–9 (1 NC)	-	3	Win	UFC on ESPN 33 Askar Askarov	TBD
3	Askar Askarov	14–1–1	-	0	Loss	UFC on ESPN 33 Kai Kara-France	UFC Fight Night 211 Alex Perez
4	Alexandre Pantoja	24–5	-	2	Win	UFC on ESPN 29 Brandon Royval	TBD
5	Alex Perez	24–6	-	0	Loss	UFC 255 Deiveson Figueiredo	UFC Fight Night 211 Askar Askarov
6	Brandon Royval	14–6	-	2	Win	UFC 274 Matt Schnell	TBD
7	Matheus Nicolau	18–2–1	-	5	Win	UFC on ESPN 33 David Dvořák	TBD
8	Rogério Bontorin	16–4 (2 NC)	-	0	Loss	UFC on ESPN 32 Brandon Royval	TBD
9	Matt Schnell	15–5 (1 NC)	-	0	No Contest	UFC 262 Rogério Bontorin	UFC 274 Brandon Royval
10	David Dvořák	20–4	-	0	Loss	UFC on ESPN 33 Matheus Nicolau	TBD
11	Tim Elliott	18–12–1	-	1	Win	UFC 272 Tagir Ulanbekov	UFC Fight Night 209 Amir Albazi
12	Su Mudaerji	14–4	-	3	Win	UFC on ESPN 20 Zarrukh Adashev	TBD
13	Amir Albazi	14–1	-	3	Win	UFC 257 Zhalgas Zhumagulov	UFC Fight Night 209 Tim Elliott
14	Manel Kape	17–6	-	2	Win	UFC on ESPN 31 Zhalgas Zhumagulov	TBD
15	Tagir Ulanbekov	13–2	-	0	Loss	UFC 272 Tim Elliott	UFC Fight Night 209 Tyson Nam

Demetrious Johnson defeated Joseph Benavidez in 2012, at UFC 152 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the finale of a 4-man tournament for the inaugural UFC Flyweight Title. The 6-year run as the Flyweight Champion came to an end for Johnson after Henry Cejudo defeated him via split decision at UFC 227.

Cejudo went on to vacate the title in December 2019, which was later on won by the current champion Deiveson Figueiredo who defeated Joseph Benavidez in July 2020.

Deiveson Figueiredo went on to defend his title in 2020 against Alex Perez and Brandon Moreno at UFC 255 and UFC 256 respectively.

At UFC 263 Figueiredo lost the title to Moreno. However, at their UFC 270, rematch Figueiredo successfully reclaimed the Flyweight title after defeating Moreno via unanimous decision.

UFC Women's Flyweight Rankings 2022

116 to 125 lb (53 to 57 kg)

Current UFC Women's Flyweight Champion: Valentina Shevchenko [22–3]

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Win Streak	Result	Last Fight	Next Fight
C	Valentina Shevchenko	22–3	-	8 (6 def)	Win	UFC 266Lauren Murphy	UFC 275Taila Santos
1	Katlyn Chookagian	17–4	1	3	Win	UFC on ESPN 32Jennifer Maia	UFC on ESPN 36Amanda Ribas
2	Lauren Murphy	15–5	1	0	Loss	UFC 266Valentina Shevchenko	UFC 276Miesha Tate
3	Jéssica Andrade	23–9	−2	2	Win	UFC Fight Night 205Amanda Lemos	TBD
4	Taila Santos	19–1	-	4	Win	UFC Fight Night 198Joanne Wood	UFC 275Valentina Shevchenko
5	Alexa Grasso	14–3	-	3	Win	UFC on ESPN 33Joanne Wood	TBD
6	Manon Fiorot	9–1	-	9	Win	UFC on ESPN 33Jennifer Maia	TBD
7	Jennifer Maia	19–9–1	-	0	Loss	UFC on ESPN 33Manon Fiorot	TBD
8	Viviane Araújo	10–3	-	0	Loss	UFC 266Katlyn Chookagian	UFC on ESPN 36Andrea Lee
9	Andrea Lee	13–5	-	2	Win	UFC Fight Night 197Cynthia Calvillo	UFC on ESPN 36Viviane Araújo
10	Joanne Wood	15–8	-	0	Loss	UFC on ESPN 33Alexa Grasso	TBD
11	Cynthia Calvillo	9–4–1	-	0	Loss	UFC Fight Night 197Andrea Lee	UFC Fight Night 210Nina Nunes
12	Jessica Eye	15–10 (1 NC)	-	0	Loss	UFC 264Jennifer Maia	UFC 276Maycee Barber
13	Casey O'Neill	9–0	-	9	Win	UFC 271Roxanne Modafferi	TBD
14	Maycee Barber	10–2	-	2	Win	UFC Fight Night 205Montana De La Rosa	UFC 276Jessica Eye
15	Erin Blanchfield	8–1	-	5	Win	UFC 269Miranda Maverick	UFC Fight Night 207JJ Aldrich

The inaugural UFC Women’s Flyweight Title fight was contested in December in Las Vegas, Nevada at The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale. The inaugural title fight was between two fighters who appeared on the 26th season of The Ultimate Fighter, as Nicco

Montano defeated Roxanne Modafferi to win become the inaugural champion. Montano's withdrawal from UFC 228 due to weight cut issues led to her being stripped of the title in 2018 and thus Valentina Shevchenko won the vacant title after defeating Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 231. Shevchenko has since defended her title four times, with a title reign of 732 days and counting.

UFC Bantamweight Rankings 2022

126 to 135 lb(57 to 61 kg)

Current UFC Bantamweight Champion: Aljamain Sterling [21-3]

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Win Streak	Result	Last Fight	Next Fight
C	Aljamain Sterling	21–3	-	7 (1 def)	Win	UFC 273 Petr Yan	TBD
1	Petr Yan	16–3	-	0	Loss	UFC 273 Aljamain Sterling	TBD
2	T.J. Dillashaw	17–4	-	1	Win	UFC on ESPN 27 Cory Sandhagen	TBD
3	José Aldo	31–7	-	3	Win	UFC on ESPN 31 Rob Font	TBD
4	Cory Sandhagen	14–4	-	0	Loss	UFC 267 Petr Yan	TBD
5	Rob Font	19–6	-	0	Loss	UFC on ESPN 35 Marlon Vera	TBD
6	Merab Dvalishvili	14–4	-	7	Win	UFC 266 Marlon Moraes	TBD
7	Dominick Cruz	24–3	-	2	Win	UFC 269 Pedro Munhoz	TBD
8	Marlon Vera	19–7–1	-	3	Win	UFC on ESPN 35 Rob Font	TBD
9 (T)	Pedro Munhoz	19–7 (1 NC)	-	0	Loss	UFC 269 Dominick Cruz	TBD
9 (T)	Song Yadong	19–5–1 (1 NC)	-	3	Win	UFC Fight Night 203 Marlon Moraes	TBD
11	Frankie Edgar	24–10–1	-	0	Loss	UFC 268 Marlon Vera	TBD
12	Ricky Simón	19–3	-	4	Win	UFC Fight Night 199 Raphael Assunção	TBD
13	Sean O'Malley	15–1	-	3	Win	UFC 269 Raulian Paiva	TBD
14	Marlon Moraes	23–10–1	-	0	Loss	UFC Fight Night 203 Song Yadong	TBD
15	Jack Shore	16–0	-	16	Win	UFC Fight Night 204 Timur Valiev	TBD

Prior to the UFC-WEC merger, Dominick Cruz was the WEC Bantamweight Champion. At WEC 53, Cruz defeated Scott Jorgensen to retain the WEC Bantamweight Championship and was simultaneously awarded the inaugural UFC Bantamweight Championship.

At UFC 173, T.J. Dillashaw defeated Renan Barao to win the UFC Bantamweight Championship. At UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs Cruz, Dominick Cruz became the first-ever two-time Bantamweight Champion. At UFC 207, Cruz lost the title to Cody Garbrandt, who eventually lost it to Dillashaw, making the latter a two-time division champion.

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Due to a failed drug test, Dillashaw vacated his title in March 2019. After winning the vacant title at UFC 238 and defending it at UFC 249, Cejudo became the fourth UFC fighter to hold titles in two different weight classes (Flyweight and Bantamweight) simultaneously, and the second to defend titles in two different weight divisions.

Petr Yan defeated Jose Aldo at UFC 251 and became the current UFC Bantamweight Champion.

In his first title defense, Yan faced #1 ranked Bantamweight Aljamain Sterling at UFC 259 on March 6, 2021, and lost the title by disqualification due to an intentional illegal knee landed by him in the fourth round to Sterling.

Sterling couldn't continue the fight any further due to a concussion and the doctor recommended stopping the fight thus making him the new UFC Bantamweight champion. This is the first-ever title change caused by disqualification in UFC history.

UFC Women's Bantamweight Rankings 2022

Current UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion: Julianna Peña [11–4]

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Win Streak	Result	Last fight	Next fight
C	Julianna Peña	11–4	-	2 (0 def)	Win	UFC 269 Amanda Nunes	TBD
1	Amanda Nunes	21–5	-	0	Loss	UFC 269 Julianna Peña	TBD
2	Holly Holm	14–5	-	2	Win	UFC on ESPN 16 Irene Aldana	UFC Fight Night 206 Ketlen Vieira
3	Irene Aldana	13–6	-	1	Win	UFC 264 Yana Kunitskaya	TBD
4	Raquel Pennington	14–8	-	4	Win	UFC 273 Aspen Ladd	TBD
5	Ketlen Vieira	12–2	-	1	Win	UFC Fight Night 198 Miesha Tate	UFC Fight Night 206 Holly Holm
6	Yana Kunitskaya	14–6 (1 NC)	-	0	Loss	UFC 264 Irene Aldana	TBD
7	Aspen Ladd	9–3	-	0	Loss	UFC 273 Raquel Pennington	TBD
8	Sara McMann	13–6	-	1	Win	UFC on ESPN 33 Karol Rosa	TBD
9	Miesha Tate	19–8	-	0	Loss	UFC Fight Night 198 Ketlen Vieira	UFC 276 Lauren Murphy
10	Pannie Kianzad	16–6	2	1	Win	UFC on ESPN 34 Lina Länsberg	TBD
11	Macy Chiasson	8–2	-	1	Win	UFC 274 Norma Dumont	TBD
12	Lina Länsberg	10–6	-1	0	Loss	UFC on ESPN 34 Pannie Kianzad	TBD
13	Karol Rosa	15–4	-	0	Loss	UFC on ESPN 33 Sara McMann	TBD
14	Julia Avila	9–2	-	1	Win	UFC on ESPN 21 Julija Stoliarenko	TBD
15	Norma Dumont	7–2	-1	3	Loss	UFC 274 Macy Chiasson

Prior to its folding and absorption by the UFC, Ronda Rousey was the Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion. Rousey was eventually awarded the inaugural UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship on December 6, 2012, at the UFC on Fox: Henderson vs Diaz pre-event press conference.

After a reign of 1,074 days, Rousey lost the Bantamweight Championship to Holly Holm at UFC 193. Holm lost the title to Miesha Tate, who was defeated by the current champion Amanda Nunes for the title, at UFC 196. Nunes has defended her title against the likes of Ronda Rousey, Valentina Shevchenko, Raquel Pennington, Holly Holm, and Germaine De Randamie. Nunes has been the incumbent title holder for 1,614 days and counting, a record in UFC Women's Championship history.

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UFC Featherweight Rankings 2022

136 to 145 lbs (61 to 66 kg)

Current UFC Featherweight Champion: Alexander Volkanovski [24–1]

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Win Streak	Result	Last fight	Next fight
C	Alexander Volkanovski	24–1	-	21 (3 def)	Win	UFC 273 Jung Chan-sung	TBD
1	Max Holloway	23–6	-	2	Win	UFC Fight Night 197 Yair Rodríguez	TBD
2	Brian Ortega	15–2 (1 NC)	-	0	Loss	UFC 266 Alexander Volkanovski	TBD
3	Yair Rodríguez	13–3 (1 NC)	-	0	Loss	UFC Fight Night 197 Max Holloway	TBD
4	Calvin Kattar	23–5	1	1	Win	UFC on ESPN 32 Giga Chikadze	TBD
5	Jung Chan-sung	17–7	−1	0	Loss	UFC 273 Alexander Volkanovski	TBD
6	Arnold Allen	18–1	-	11	Win	UFC Fight Night 204 Dan Hooker	TBD
7	Josh Emmett	17–2	-	4	Win	UFC 269 Dan Ige	TBD
8	Giga Chikadze	14–3	-	0	Loss	UFC on ESPN 32 Calvin Kattar	TBD
9	Bryce Mitchell	15–0	-	15	Win	UFC 272 Edson Barboza	TBD
10	Dan Ige	15–5	-	0	Loss	UFC 269 Josh Emmett	UFC Fight Night 207 Movsar Evloev
11	Sodiq Yusuff	12–2	-	1	Win	UFC Fight Night 203 Alex Caceres	TBD
12	Edson Barboza	22–11	-	0	Loss	UFC 272 Bryce Mitchell	TBD
13	Movsar Evloev	15–0	-	15	Win	UFC 263 Hakeem Dawodu	UFC Fight Night 207 Dan Ige
14	Shane Burgos	14–3	-	1	Win	UFC 268 Billy Quarantillo	TBD
15	Ilia Topuria	12–0	-	12	Win	UFC Fight Night 204 Jai Herbert	TBD

At UFC 194, Conor McGregor won the Undisputed Featherweight Championship after beating Jose Aldo within 13 seconds. At UFC 212, Max Holloway won the Undisputed Featherweight Championship from Aldo. Holloway, who defended his title against the likes of Jose Aldo, Brian Ortega, and Frankie Edgar, lost his title to Alexander Volkanovski. Volkanovski is the current UFC Featherweight Champion and defended his title against Holloway via split decision in a rematch at UFC 251.

UFC Lightweight Rankings 2022

Current UFC Lightweight Champion: Vacant

146 to 155 lbs (66 to 70 kg)

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Win Streak	Result	Last fight	Next fight
1 (T)	Charles Oliveira	33–8 (1 NC)	-	11 (1 def)	Win	UFC 274 Justin Gaethje	TBD
1 (T)	Dustin Poirier	28–7 (1 NC)	1	0	Loss	UFC 269 Charles Oliveira	TBD
1 (T)	Justin Gaethje	23–4	-	0	Loss	UFC 274 Charles Oliveira	TBD
3	Islam Makhachev	22–1	-	10	Win	UFC Fight Night 202 Bobby Green	TBD
4	Beneil Dariush	21–4–1	-	7	Win	UFC 262 Tony Ferguson	TBD
5	Michael Chandler	23–7	-	0	Win	UFC 274 Tony Ferguson	TBD
6	Rafael dos Anjos	31–13	-	2	Win	UFC 272 Renato Moicano	TBD
7	Tony Ferguson	25–7	-	0	Loss	UFC 274 Michael Chandler	TBD
8	Gregor Gillespie	14–1	-	1	Win	UFC on ESPN 24 Carlos Diego Ferreira	TBD
9	Conor McGregor	22–6	-	0	Loss	UFC 264 Dustin Poirier	TBD
10	Rafael Fiziev	11–1	-	5	Win	UFC on ESPN 31 Brad Riddell	TBD
11	Arman Tsarukyan	18–2	-	5	Win	UFC Fight Night 202 Joel Álvarez	TBD
12	Mateusz Gamrot	20–1 (1 NC)	-	3	Win	UFC Fight Night 199 Carlos Diego Ferreira	TBD
13	Dan Hooker	21–12	-	0	Loss	UFC Fight Night 204 Arnold Allen	TBD
14	Brad Riddell	10–2	-	0	Loss	UFC on ESPN 31 Rafael Fiziev	TBD
15	Carlos Diego Ferreira	17–5	-	0	Loss	UFC Fight Night 199 Mateusz Gamrot	TBD

Prior to UFC 31 in 2001, the Lightweight Title was known as the Bantamweight Title. The Strikeforce Lightweight Title was seemingly unified with the UFC Lightweight Title on April 20, 2013, when Benson Henderson defeated Gilbert Melendez.

The UFC Lightweight Title has been held by the likes of B.J.Penn, Frankie Edgar, Anthony Pettis, Rafael Dos Anjos, and Eddie Alvarez throughout the years. At UFC 205, Conor McGregor won the UFC Lightweight Championship after defeating Eddie Alvarez and became the first fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two divisions (Featherweight and Lightweight) simultaneously.

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After McGregor was stripped of the title due to inactivity, Khabib Nurmagomedov became the UFC Lightweight Champion after beating Al Iaquinta at UFC 223. At UFC 236, Dustin Poirier became the Interim UFC Lightweight Championship by beating Max Holloway. At UFC 242, Khabib Nurmagomedov defeated Dustin Poirier via submission to unify the UFC Lightweight Championship.

Justin Gaethje won the Interim UFC Lightweight Championship at UFC 249 by defeating Tony Ferguson but lost the championship unification bout against Khabib at UFC 254. Khabib Nurmagomedov has vacated the UFC Lightweight Championship after officially announcing his retirement.

Michael Chandler and Charles Oliveira will face each other for the vacant UFC Lightweight Championship.

UFC Welterweight Rankings 2022

156 to 170 lb (70 to 77 kg)

Current UFC Welterweight Champion: Kamaru Usman [20–1]

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Win Streak	Result	Last Fight	Next Fight
C	Kamaru Usman	20–1	-	19 (5 def)	Win	UFC 268 Colby Covington	TBD
1	Colby Covington	17–3	-	1	Win	UFC 272 Jorge Masvidal	TBD
2	Leon Edwards	19–3 (1 NC)	-	1	Win	UFC 263 Nate Diaz	TBD
3	Khamzat Chimaev	11–0	-	11	Win	UFC 273 Gilbert Burns	TBD
4	Gilbert Burns	20–5	-	0	Loss	UFC 273 Khamzat Chimaev	TBD
5	Belal Muhammad	21–3 (1 NC)	-	3	Win	UFC on ESPN 34 Vicente Luque	TBD
6	Vicente Luque	21–8–1	-	0	Loss	UFC on ESPN 34 Belal Muhammad	TBD
7	Stephen Thompson	16–6–1	-	0	Loss	UFC Fight Night 199 Belal Muhammad	TBD
8	Jorge Masvidal	35–16	-	0	Loss	UFC 272 Colby Covington	TBD
9	Sean Brady	15–0	-	15	Win	UFC Fight Night 198 Michael Chiesa	TBD
10	Neil Magny	26–8	-	2	Win	UFC on ESPN 33 Max Griffin	UFC Fight Night 209 Shavkat Rakhmonov
11	Michael Chiesa	18–6	-	0	Loss	UFC Fight Night 198 Sean Brady	TBD
12	Geoff Neal	14–4	-	1	Win	UFC 269 Santiago Ponzinibbio	TBD
13	Li Jingliang	18–7	-	0	Loss	UFC 267 Khamzat Chimaev	TBD
14	Santiago Ponzinibbio	28–5	-	0	Loss	UFC 269 Geoff Neal	UFC Fight Night 206 Michel Pereira
15	Shavkat Rakhmonov	15–0	-	15	Win	UFC Fight Night 200 Carlston Harris	UFC Fight Night 209 Neil Magny

The UFC Welterweight Title is considered one of the most prestigious titles in the UFC. The inaugural Welterweight Champion was crowned at UFC Brazil in 1998 when Pat Miletich won the belt. Throughout the years, the likes of Carlos Newton, Matt Hughes, B.J. Penn, Georges-St Pierre, Matt Serra, Johny Hendricks, and Robbie Lawler have all held the Welterweight Championship.

To date, GSP and Matt Hughes are the only two-time Welterweight Champions in UFC history. At UFC 201, Tyron Woodley defeated Robbie Lawler to win the Welterweight Championship. Woodley, who defended the title against Stephen Thompson(twice), Demian Maia, and Darren Till, was defeated by Kamaru Usman at UFC 235 via unanimous decision.

Kamaru Usman, who is the current UFC Welterweight Champion, has defended his title against Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal at UFC 245 and UFC 251, respectively.

In his first title defense of 2021, Usman faced Gilbert Burns and defended his title for the third time by defeating Burns via TKO in the third round at UFC 258.

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UFC Middleweight Rankings 2022

171 to 185 lb (77 to 84 kg)

Current UFC Middleweight Champion: Israel Adesanya [22–1]

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Win Streak	Result	Last Fight	Next Fight
C	Israel Adesanya	22–1	-	2 (4 def)	Win	UFC 271 Robert Whittaker	TBD
1	Robert Whittaker	23–6	-	0	Loss	UFC 271 Israel Adesanya	TBD
2	Jared Cannonier	15–5	-	2	Win	UFC 271 Derek Brunson	TBD
3	Marvin Vettori	18–5–1	-	1	Win	UFC Fight Night 196 Paulo Costa	UFC 275 TBA
4 (T)	Derek Brunson	23–8	-	0	Loss	UFC 271 Jared Cannonier	TBD
4 (T)	Sean Strickland	25–3	-	6	Win	UFC Fight Night 200 Jack Hermansson	UFC 277 Alex Pereira
4 (T)	Paulo Costa	13–2	-	0	Loss	UFC Fight Night 196 Marvin Vettori	TBD
7	Jack Hermansson	22–7	-	0	Loss	UFC Fight Night 200 Sean Strickland	TBD
8	Darren Till	18–4–1	-	0	Loss	UFC Fight Night 191 Derek Brunson	TBD
9	Uriah Hall	17–10	-	0	Loss	UFC on ESPN 28 Sean Strickland	UFC 276 André Muniz
10	Kelvin Gastelum	16–8 (1 NC)	-	0	Loss	UFC on ESPN 29 Jared Cannonier	TBD
11	Nassourdine Imavov	11–3	-	2	Win	UFC 268 Edmen Shahbazyan	TBD
12	Brad Tavares	19–6	-	2	Win	UFC 264 Omari Akhmedov	UFC 276 Dricus Du Plessis
13	André Muniz	22–4	-	8	Win	UFC 269 Eryk Anders	UFC 276 Uriah Hall
14	Chris Weidman	15–6	-	0	Loss	UFC 261 Uriah Hall	TBD
15	Edmen Shahbazyan	11–3	-	0	Loss	UFC 268 Nassourdine Imavov	TBD

On March 1, 2008, the Pride World Welterweight Championship was unified with the UFC Middleweight Title on March 1, 2008, when Anderson Silva defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 82.

The Middleweight Title has been held by the likes of Dave Menne and Rich Franklin, and at UFC 64, Anderson Silva won the title. Silva defended his title against the likes of Nate Marquardt, Rich Franklin, Dan Henderson, Patrick Cote, Thales Leites, Demian Maia, Chael Sonnen, Vitor Belfort, and Yushin Okami while holding onto the belt for a total of 2,457 days, a record for the longest title reign in UFC history.

At UFC 162, Chris Weidman defeated Silva to win the Middleweight Title. Weidman's reign came to an end when he was beaten by Luke Rockhold at UFC 194. At UFC 199, Michael Bisping won the Middleweight Title and eventually lost it to the returning GSP at UFC 217.

As GSP vacated the title due to complications with ulcerative colitis, on December 7, 2017, Robert Whittaker was promoted as the Middleweight Champion, having won the Interim Title at UFC 213.

At UFC 243, the interim Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya defeated Robert Whittaker to win the undisputed UFC Middleweight Championship. The current champion Adesanya defended his title against Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa at UFC 248 and UFC 253 respectively.

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UFC Light Heavyweight Rankings 2022

186 to 205 lb (84 to 93 kg)

Current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion: Glover Teixeira [33–7]

Rank	Fighters	Record	M	Win Streak	Result	Last Fight	Next Fight
C	Glover Teixeira	33–7	-	6 (0 def)	Win	UFC 267 Jan Błachowicz	UFC 275 Jiří Procházka
1	Jan Błachowicz	28–9	-	0	Loss	UFC 267 Glover Teixeira	UFC on ESPN 36 Aleksandar Rakić
2	Jiří Procházka	28–3–1	-	12	Win	UFC on ESPN 23 Dominick Reyes	UFC 275 Glover Teixeira
3	Aleksandar Rakić	14–2	-	2	Win	UFC 259 Thiago Santos	UFC on ESPN 36 Jan Błachowicz
4	Magomed Ankalaev	17–1	-	8	Win	UFC Fight Night 203 Thiago Santos	TBD
5	Anthony Smith	36–16	-	3	Win	UFC Fight Night 192 Ryan Spann	TBD
6	Thiago Santos	22–10	-	0	Loss	UFC Fight Night 203 Magomed Ankalaev	TBD
7	Dominick Reyes	12–3	-	0	Loss	UFC on ESPN 23 Jiří Procházka	TBD
8	Paul Craig	16–4–1	-	4	Win	UFC Fight Night 204 Nikita Krylov	TBD
9	Volkan Oezdemir	17–6	-	0	Loss	UFC 267 Magomed Ankalaev	TBD
10	Jamahal Hill	10–1 (1 NC)	-	2	Win	UFC Fight Night 201 Johnny Walker	TBD
11	Nikita Krylov	26–9	-	0	Loss	UFC Fight Night 204 Paul Craig	UFC Fight Night 212 Alexander Gustafsson
12	Johnny Walker	18–7	-	0	Loss	UFC Fight Night 201 Jamahal Hill	TBD
13	Ryan Spann	19–7	-	0	Loss	UFC Fight Night 192 Anthony Smith	UFC on ESPN 36 Ion Cuțelaba
14	Jimmy Crute	12–3	-	0	Loss	UFC on ESPN 33 Jamahal Hill	TBD
15	Dustin Jacoby	17–5–1	-	3	Win	UFC 272 Michał Oleksiejczuk	UFC Fight Night 211 Da Un Jung

The Light Heavyweight Title was known as the Middleweight Title prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). In 2007, the Pride World Middleweight Championship was unified with the UFC Light Heavyweight Title when Quinton Jackson defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 75.

The UFC Light Heavyweight Title has been held by the likes of Frank Shamrock, Tito Ortiz, Randy Couture, Vitor Belfort, Chuck Liddell, Quinton Jackson, and Forest Griffin, Rashad Evans, Lyoto Machida, and Mauricio Rua.

At UFC 128, Jon Jones won the Light Heavyweight Title for the first time in his career after defeating Mauricio Rua. Jones held the title for 1501 days and defended it 8 times before being stripped of the title due to a hit and run issue. Daniel Cormier won the vacant belt by beating Anthony Johnson at UFC 187.

Cormier, who became the second fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two weight classes simultaneously and is the first to defend them in two divisions, vacated his Light Heavyweight Championship 174 days after winning the Heavyweight title. Jon Jones won the vacant belt for the second time in his career after defeating Alexander Gustafsson and defended it by Anthony Smith, Thiago Santos, and Dominick Reyes before vacating it to move up to the Heavyweight division.

Jan Blachowicz became the current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion after defeating Dominick Reyes at UFC 253.

UFC Heavyweight Rankings 2022

206 to 265 lb (93 to 120 kg)

Current UFC Heavyweight Champion: Francis Ngannou [17–3]

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Win Streak	Result	Last Fight	Next Fight
C	Francis Ngannou	17–3	-	6 (1 def)	Win	UFC 270 Ciryl Gane	TBD
1	Ciryl Gane	10–1	-	0	Loss	UFC 270 Francis Ngannou	TBD
2	Stipe Miocic	20–4	-	0	Loss	UFC 260 Francis Ngannou	TBD
3	Tai Tuivasa	14–3	-	5	Win	UFC 271 Derrick Lewis	TBD
4	Curtis Blaydes	16–3 (1 NC)	-	2	Win	UFC on ESPN 33 Chris Daukaus	TBD
5	Derrick Lewis	26–9 (1 NC)	-	0	Loss	UFC 271 Tai Tuivasa	UFC 277 Sergei Pavlovich
6	Tom Aspinall	12–2	-	8	Win	UFC Fight Night 204 Alexander Volkov	TBD
7	Alexander Volkov	34–10	-	0	Loss	UFC Fight Night 204 Tom Aspinall	UFC Fight Night 207 Jairzinho Rozenstruik
8	Jairzinho Rozenstruik	12–3	-	0	Loss	UFC 266 Curtis Blaydes	UFC Fight Night 207 Alexander Volkov
9 (T)	Marcin Tybura	22–7	-	0	Loss	UFC 267 Alexander Volkov	TBD
9 (T)	Chris Daukaus	12–5	-	0	Loss	UFC on ESPN 33 Curtis Blaydes	TBD
11	Sergei Pavlovich	15–1	-	3	Win	UFC Fight Night 204 Shamil Abdurakhimov	UFC 277 Derrick Lewis
12	Shamil Abdurakhimov	20–7	-	0	Loss	UFC Fight Night 204 Sergei Pavlovich	TBD
13	Augusto Sakai	15–4–1	-	0	Loss	UFC 269 Tai Tuivasa	TBD
14	Walt Harris	13–10 (1 NC)	-	0	Loss	UFC Fight Night 189 Marcin Tybura	TBD
15	Blagoy Ivanov	18–4 (1 NC)	-	0	Loss	UFC on ESPN 9 Augusto Sakai	UFC 274 Marcos Rogério de Lima

In 1997, the UFC Superfight Championship was unified with the UFC Tournament Championship to determine the UFC Heavyweight Champion, as Mark Coleman defeated Dan Severn at UFC 12. Notable names such as Randy Couture, Josh Barnett, Frank Mir, Andre Arlovski, Brock Lesnar, Cain Velasquez, Junior Dos Santos, and Fabricio Werdum have all won the UFC Heavyweight Championship. Randy Couture won the UFC Heavyweight Championship thrice in his career, while Tim Sylvia, Cain Velasquez, and Stipe Miocic have won the title twice.

Stipe Miocic won the title at UFC 198 by defeating Fabricio Werdum via a KO and went on to defend his title thrice, a record in UFC Heavyweight history, before being defeated by Daniel Cormier at UFC 226. In their rematch at UFC 241, Stipe won the title for the second time after defeating Cormier by a TKO. In their trilogy fight, Miocic defended his title against Cormier at UFC 252.

Francis Ngannou is the current UFC Heavyweight Champion after he knocked out Stipe Miocic at UFC 260. Ngannou is the third African-born champion in the UFC after Kamaru Usman (Welterweight) and Israel Adesanya (Middleweight).

Read here: What is Francis Ngannou's Net Worth?

UFC Women's Strawweight Rankings 2022

106 to 115 lb (48 to 52

kg)

Current UFC Women's Strawweight Champion: Carla Esparza [19-6]

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Win Streak	Result	Last Fight	Next fight
C	Carla Esparza	19–6	-	6 (0 def)	Win	UFC 274 Rose Namajunas	TBD
1	Rose Namajunas	11–5	−1	0	Loss	UFC 274 Carla Esparza	TBD
2	Zhang Weili	21–3	−1	0	Loss	UFC 268 Rose Namajunas	UFC 275 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
3	Marina Rodriguez	16–1–2	-	4	Win	UFC 272 Yan Xiaonan	TBD
4	Mackenzie Dern	12–2	-	1	Win	UFC 273 Tecia Torres	TBD
5	Jéssica Andrade	23–9	-	2	Win	UFC Fight Night 205 Amanda Lemos	TBD
6	Yan Xiaonan	13–3 (1 NC)	-	0	Loss	UFC 272 Marina Rodriguez	TBD
7	Nina Nunes	10–7	-	0	Loss	UFC on ABC 2 Mackenzie Dern	UFC Fight Night 209 Cynthia Calvillo
8	Tecia Torres	13–6	-	0	Loss	UFC 273 Mackenzie Dern	TBD
9	Amanda Ribas	11–2	-	1	Win	UFC 267 Virna Jandiroba	UFC on ESPN 36 Katlyn Chookagian
10	Michelle Waterson	18–9	-	0	Loss	UFC on ESPN 24 Marina Rodriguez	TBD
11	Amanda Lemos	11–2–1	-	0	Loss	UFC Fight Night 205 Jéssica Andrade	TBD
12	Virna Jandiroba	17–3	-	0	Loss	UFC 267 Amanda Ribas	UFC on ESPN 36 Angela Hill
13	Angela Hill	13–11	-	0	Loss	UFC Fight Night 199 Amanda Lemos	UFC on ESPN 36 Virna Jandiroba
14	Jessica Penne	14–5	-	2	Win	UFC 265 Karolina Kowalkiewicz	TBD
15	Brianna Fortino	7–3	-	0	Loss	UFC on ESPN 11 Tecia Torres	TBD

Jessica Andrade defeated Rose Namajunas at UFC 237 to win the title but lost it to Zhang Weili at UFC Fight Night : Shenzhen, China. Weili went on to face Joanna Jedrzejczyk in her first title defense and won via split decision at UFC 248. At UFC 261, Rose Namajunas went on to reclaim the strawweight title for the second time.

Namajunas defended her title against Weili during their rematch at UFC 268. In her second title defense, Namajunas lost the strawweight title to Carla Esparza at UFC 274. After seven years, Carla Esparza has begun her second reign as the UFC Women's Strawweight Champion.

UFC Women's Featherweight Rankings 2022

136 to 145 lb (62 to 66 kg)

Current UFC Women's Featherweight Champion: Amanda Nunes [21–5]

Rankings	Champion	Win/Loss Record	Last Fight	Next Fight
None	Amanda Nunes	21-5	Defeated Megan Anderson	TBD

The inaugural title was won by Germaine De Randamie, who defeated Holly Holm via unanimous decision, on February 11, 2017, in Brooklyn, New York, USA at UFC 208.

After De Randamie's refusal to defend the title against Cris Cyborg, she was stripped of it and Cyborg went on to win the vacant title by defeating Tonya Evinger at UFC 214. Amanda Nunes defeated Cyborg via KO for the title at UFC 232 and became the first woman to become a two-division UFC champion, and the third fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two weight classes simultaneously. She defended her title against Felicia Spencer at UFC 250 and became the first and only fighter in UFC history to defend two titles while actively holding them. Amanda Nunes remains the current UFC Women's Featherweight Champion.

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FAQs on UFC Rankings

Q. Who is the number 1 UFC fighter?

Kamaru Usman is the current #1 ranked pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC.

Q. How do rankings work in UFC?

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 inactive 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.

Q. Who are the top UFC fighters of all time?

UFC started almost 28 years ago and has produced some of the biggest stars in the sport of MMA.

Georges St. Pierre, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Jon Jones, Anderson Silva, Demetrious Johnson, Daniel Cormier, Amanda Nunes, Henry Cejudo, BJ Penn, and Frank Shamrock, in no particular order, are considered to be some of the top UFC fighters of all time.

Q. Who are the current UFC Champions in 2022?

The UFC champions of 2022 are Francis Ngannou (Heavyweight), Jan Blachowicz (Light Heavyweight), Israel Adesanya (Middleweight), Kamaru Usman (Welterweight), Charles Oliveira (Lightweight) Alexander Volkanovski (Featherweight), Aljamain Sterling (Bantamweight), Brandon Moreno (Flyweight), Julianna Peña (Women's Bantamweight) Amanda Nunes (Featherweight), Valentina Shevchenko (Women's Flyweight) and Rose Namajunas (Women's Strawweight).

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* Last Updated: May 14th, 2022