The UFC rankings were introduced in February 2013 and are generated by a voting panel made up of several media members. To rank these fighters, the media members are asked to vote on who they feel are the top fighters per the UFC by weight class and pound-for-pound.
Contents
- UFC Men's Pound-for-Pound Rankings 2022
- UFC Women's Pound-for-Pound Rankings 2022
- UFC Flyweight Rankings 2022
- UFC Women's Flyweight Rankings 2022
- UFC Bantamweight Rankings 2022
- UFC Women's Bantamweight Rankings 2022
- UFC Featherweight Rankings 2022
- UFC Lightweight Rankings 2022
- UFC Welterweight Rankings 2022
- UFC Middleweight Rankings 2022
- UFC Light Heavyweight Rankings 2022
- UFC Heavyweight Rankings 2022
- UFC Women's Strawweight Rankings 2022
- UFC Women's Featherweight Rankings 2022
- 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 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 | Weight class |
1 | Alexander Volkanovski | 25–1 | 22 | Featherweight | |
2 | Islam Makhachev | 23–1 | 11 | Lightweight | |
3 | Leon Edwards | 20–3 (1 NC) | 2 | Welterweight | |
4 | Kamaru Usman | 20–2 | 0 | Welterweight | |
5 | Francis Ngannou | 17–3 | 6 | Heavyweight | |
6 | Israel Adesanya | 23–2 | 0 | Middleweight | |
7 | Charles Oliveira | 33–9 (1 NC) | 0 | Lightweight | |
8 | Alex Pereira | 7–1 | 7 | Middleweight | |
9 | Aljamain Sterling | 22–3 | 8 | Bantamweight | |
10 | Jiří Procházka | 29–3–1 | 13 | Light heavyweight | |
11 | Dustin Poirier | 29–7 (1 NC) | 1 | Lightweight | |
12 | Deiveson Figueiredo | 21–2–1 | 1 | Flyweight | |
13 | Jon Jones | 26–1 (1 NC) | 4 | Light heavyweight | |
14 | Max Holloway | 23–7 | 0 | Featherweight | |
15 | Brandon Moreno | 20–6–2 | 1 | Flyweight |
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UFC Women's Pound-for-Pound Rankings 2022
Rank | Fighter | Record | Win Streak | M | Weight class | Next fight | |
1 | Amanda Nunes | 22–5 | 1 | Bantamweight Featherweight | TBD | ||
2 | Valentina Shevchenko | 23–3 | 9 | Flyweight | TBD | ||
3 | Zhang Weili | 23–3 | 2 | Strawweight | TBD | ||
4 | Julianna Peña | 11–5 | 0 | Bantamweight | TBD | ||
5 | Rose Namajunas | 11–5 | 0 | Strawweight | TBD | ||
6 | Carla Esparza | 19–7 | 0 | Strawweight | TBD | ||
7 | Jéssica Andrade | 23–9 | 2 | Flyweight Strawweight | UFC 283 - Lauren Murphy | ||
8 | Marina Rodriguez | 16–2–2 | 0 | Strawweight | TBD | ||
9 | Amanda Lemos | 13–2–1 | 2 | Strawweight | TBD | ||
10 | Holly Holm | 14–6 | 0 | Bantamweight | UFC on ESPN 43 - Yana Kunitskaya | ||
11 | Ketlen Vieira | 13–2 | 2 | Bantamweight | UFC Fight Night 217 - Raquel Pennington | ||
12 | Taila Santos | 19–2 | 0 | Flyweight | UFC Fight Night 219 - Erin Blanchfield | ||
13 | Manon Fiorot | 10–1 | 10 | Flyweight | TBD | ||
14 | Katlyn Chookagian | 18–5 | 0 | Flyweight | TBD | ||
15 | Yan Xiaonan | 16–3 (1 NC) | 1 | Strawweight | 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 | UFC 283 - Brandon Moreno | |||
IC | Brandon Moreno | 20–6–2 | 1 | Win | UFC 277 - Kai Kara-France | UFC 283 | Deiveson Figueiredo | ||
2 | Alexandre Pantoja | 25–5 | 3 | Win | UFC 277 - Alex Perez | TBD | |||
3 | Kai Kara-France | 24–10 (1 NC) | 0 | Loss | UFC 277 - Brandon Moreno | TBD | |||
4 | Brandon Royval | 14–6 | 2 | Win | UFC 274 - Matt Schnell | TBD | |||
5 | Matheus Nicolau | 19–2–1 | 6 | Win | UFC on ESPN 42 - Matt Schnell | TBD | |||
6 | Alex Perez | 24–7 | 0 | Loss | UFC 277 - Alexandre Pantoja | UFC on ESPN 43 - Manel Kape | |||
7 | Amir Albazi | 16–1 | 1 | 5 | Win | UFC Fight Night 216 - Alessandro Costa | TBD | ||
8 | Matt Schnell | 16–7 (1 NC) | −1 | 0 | Loss | UFC on ESPN 42 - Matheus Nicolau | TBD | ||
9 | Manel Kape | 18–6 | 3 | 3 | Win | UFC Fight Night - 216 David Dvořák | UFC on ESPN 43 Alex Perez | ||
10 | David Dvořák | 20–5 | −1 | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 216 - Manel Kape | TBD | ||
11 | Tim Elliott | 18–12–1 | −1 | 1 | Win | UFC 272 - Tagir Ulanbekov | TBD | ||
12 | Su Mudaerji | 14–5 | −1 | 0 | Loss | UFC on ABC 3 - Matt Schnell | TBD | ||
13 | Jeff Molina | 11–2 | 10 | Win | UFC Fight Night 207 - Zhalgas Zhumagulov | TBD | |||
14 | Muhammad Mokaev | 9–0 (1 NC) | 4 | Win | UFC 280 - Malcolm Gordon | TBD | |||
15 | Tagir Ulanbekov | 14–2 | 1 | Win | UFC Fight Night 214 - Nate Maness | TBD |
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 ended 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 won by the current champion Deiveson Figueiredo who defeated Joseph Benavidez in July 2020.
Deiveson Figueiredo defended 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 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 [23–3]
Rank | Fighter | Record | M | Win Streak | Result | Last fight | Next fight | ||
C | Valentina Shevchenko | 23–3 | 9 (7 def) | Win | UFC 275 - Taila Santos | TBD | |||
1 | Manon Fiorot | 10–1 | 10 | Win | UFC 280 - Katlyn Chookagian | TBD | |||
2 | Taila Santos | 19–2 | 0 | Loss | UFC 275 - Valentina Shevchenko | UFC Fight Night 219 - Erin Blanchfield | |||
3 | Katlyn Chookagian | 18–5 | 0 | Loss | UFC 280 - Manon Fiorot | TBD | |||
4 | Lauren Murphy | 16–5 | 1 | Win | UFC on ABC 3 - Miesha Tate | UFC 283 - Jéssica Andrade | |||
5 | Alexa Grasso | 15–3 | 4 | Win | UFC Fight Night 212 - Viviane Araújo | TBD | |||
6 | Jéssica Andrade | 23–9 | 2 | Win | UFC Fight Night 205 - Amanda Lemos | UFC 283 - Lauren Murphy | |||
7 | Viviane Araújo | 11–4 | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 212 - Alexa Grasso | UFC 285 - Amanda Ribas | |||
8 | Jennifer Maia | 20–9–1 | 1 | Win | UFC Fight Night 215 - Maryna Moroz | TBD | |||
9 | Andrea Lee | 13–6 | 0 | Loss | UFC on ESPN 36 - Viviane Araújo | UFC on ESPN 43 - Maycee Barber | |||
10 | Erin Blanchfield | 10–1 | 7 | Win | UFC 281 - Molly McCann | UFC Fight Night 219 - Taila Santos | |||
11 | Casey O'Neill | 9–0 | 9 | Win | UFC 271 - Roxanne Modafferi | TBD | |||
12 | Maycee Barber | 11–2 | 3 | Win | UFC 276 - Jessica Eye | UFC on ESPN 43 - Andrea Lee | |||
13 | Tracy Cortez | 10–1 | 10 | Win | UFC 274 - Melissa Gatto | TBD | |||
14 | Cynthia Calvillo | 9–5–1 | 0 | Loss | UFC on ESPN 41 - Nina Nunes | TBD | |||
15 | Amanda Ribas | 11–3 | 0 | Loss | UFC on ESPN 36 - Katlyn Chookagian | UFC 285 - Viviane Araújo |
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, 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. 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 [22-3]
Rank | Fighter | Record | M | Win Streak | Result | Event | Last fight | Next fight | |
C | Aljamain Sterling | 22–3 | 8 (2 def) | Win | UFC 280 - T.J. Dillashaw | TBD | |||
1 | Sean O'Malley | 16–1 (1 NC) | 1 | Win | UFC 280 - Petr Yan | TBD | |||
2 | Merab Dvalishvili | 15–4 | 8 | Win | UFC 278 | José Aldo | TBD | ||
3 | Petr Yan | 16–4 | 0 | Loss | UFC 280 - Sean O'Malley | TBD | |||
4 | Marlon Vera | 20–7–1 | 4 | Win | UFC on ESPN 41 - Dominick Cruz | TBD | |||
5 | Cory Sandhagen | 15–4 | 1 | 1 | Win | UFC Fight Night 210 - Song Yadong | TBD | ||
6 | Rob Font | 19–6 | 1 | 0 | Loss | UFC on ESPN 35 - Marlon Vera | TBD | ||
7 | Dominick Cruz | 24–4 | 1 | 0 | Loss | UFC on ESPN 41 - Marlon Vera | TBD | ||
8 | Song Yadong | 19–6–1 (1 NC) | 1 | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 210 - Cory Sandhagen | TBD | ||
9 | Pedro Munhoz | 19–7 (2 NC) | 1 | 0 | NC | UFC 276 - Sean O'Malley | TBD | ||
10 | Ricky Simón | 20–3 | 1 | 5 | Win | UFC on ABC 3 - Jack Shore | TBD | ||
11 | Umar Nurmagomedov | 15–0 | 1 | 15 | Win | UFC on ESPN 38 - Nate Maness | UFC Fight Night 217 - Raoni Barcelos | ||
12 | Chris Gutiérrez | 19–4–2 | 1 | 4 | Win | UFC 281 | Frankie Edgar | TBD | |
13 | Adrian Yanez | 16–3 | 1 | 9 | Win | UFC on ESPN 37 - Tony Kelley | TBD | ||
14 | Jack Shore | 16–1 | 1 | 0 | Loss | UFC on ABC 3 - Ricky Simón | TBD | ||
15 | Said Nurmagomedov | 16–2 | 3 | Win | UFC on ESPN 39 - Douglas Silva de Andrade | UFC Fight Night 216 - Saidyokub Kakhramonov |
Before 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 other 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: Amanda Nunes [22-5]
Rank | Fighter | Record | M | Win Streak | Result | Last fight | Next fight | ||
C | Amanda Nunes | 22–5 | 1 (0 def) | Win | UFC 277 - Julianna Peña | TBD | |||
1 | Julianna Peña | 11–5 | 0 | Loss | UFC 277 - Amanda Nunes | TBD | |||
2 | Ketlen Vieira | 13–2 | 2 | Win | UFC Fight Night 206 - Holly Holm | TBD | |||
3 | Holly Holm | 14–6 | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 206 - Ketlen Vieira | TBD | |||
4 | Irene Aldana | 14–6 | 2 | Win | UFC 279 - Macy Chiasson | TBD | |||
5 | Raquel Pennington | 14–8 | 4 | Win | UFC 273 - Aspen Ladd | TBD | |||
6 | Yana Kunitskaya | 14–6 (1 NC) | 0 | Loss | UFC 264 - Irene Aldana | TBD | |||
7 | Pannie Kianzad | 16–6 | 2 | 1 | Win | UFC on ESPN 34 - Lina Länsberg | TBD | ||
8 | Macy Chiasson | 8–3 | 2 | 0 | Loss | UFC 279 - Irene Aldana | TBD | ||
9 | Karol Rosa | 15–4 | 2 | 0 | Loss | UFC on ESPN 33 - Sara McMann | UFC 280 - Lina Länsberg | ||
10 | Miesha Tate | 19–9 | 1 | 0 | Loss | UFC on ABC 3 - Lauren Murphy | TBD | ||
11 | Julia Avila | 9–2 | 3 | 1 | Win | UFC on ESPN 21 - Julija Stoliarenko | TBD | ||
12 | Lina Länsberg | 10–6 | 1 | 0 | Loss | UFC on ESPN 34 - Pannie Kianzad | UFC 280 - Karol Rosa | ||
13 | Norma Dumont | 8–2 | 2 | 1 | Win | UFC 279 - Danyelle Wolf | TBD | ||
14 | Mayra Bueno Silva | 9–2–1 | 2 | Win | UFC on ESPN 40 - Stephanie Egger | TBD | |||
15 | Josiane Nunes | 9–1 | 8 | Win | UFC Fight Night 202 - Ramona Pascual | UFC 283 - Zarah Fairn Dos Santos |
Before it's 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 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 [25–1]
Rank | Fighter | Record | M | Win Streak | Result | Last fight | Next fight | ||
C | Alexander Volkanovski | 25–1 | 22 (4 def) | Win | UFC 276 - Max Holloway | UFC 284 - Islam Makhachev | |||
1 | Max Holloway | 23–7 | 0 | Loss | UFC 276 - Alexander Volkanovski | TBD | |||
2 | Yair Rodríguez | 14–3 (1 NC) | 1 | Win | UFC on ABC 3 - Brian Ortega | UFC 284 - Josh Emmett | |||
3 | Brian Ortega | 15–3 (1 NC) | 0 | Loss | UFC on ABC 3 - Yair Rodríguez | TBD | |||
4 | Arnold Allen | 19–1 | 12 | Win | UFC Fight Night 213 - Calvin Kattar | TBD | |||
5 | Josh Emmett | 18–2 | 5 | Win | UFC on ESPN 37 - Calvin Kattar | UFC 284 - Yair Rodríguez | |||
6 | Jung Chan-sung | 17–7 | 0 | Loss | UFC 273 - Alexander Volkanovski | TBD | |||
7 | Calvin Kattar | 23–7 | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 213 - Arnold Allen | TBD | |||
8 | Giga Chikadze | 14–3 | 0 | Loss | UFC on ESPN 32 - Calvin Kattar | TBD | |||
9 | Ilia Topuria | 13–0 | 13 | Win | UFC 282 - Bryce Mitchell | TBD | |||
10 | Movsar Evloev | 16–0 | 16 | Win | UFC Fight Night 207 - Dan Ige | TBD | |||
11 | Bryce Mitchell | 15–1 | 0 | Loss | UFC 282 - Ilia Topuria | TBD | |||
12 | Sodiq Yusuff | 13–2 | 2 | Win | UFC Fight Night 211 - Don Shainis | TBD | |||
13 | Dan Ige | 15–6 | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 207 - Movsar Evloev | UFC Fight Night 217 - Damon Jackson | |||
14 | Edson Barboza | 22–11 | 0 | Loss | UFC 272 - Bryce Mitchell | TBD | |||
15 | Alex Caceres | 20–13 (1 NC) | 1 | Win | UFC Fight Night 216 - Julian Erosa | 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 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
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Rank | Fighter | Record | M | Win Streak | Result | Last fight | Next Fight | ||
C | Islam Makhachev | 23–1 | 11 (0 def) | Win | UFC 280 - Charles Oliveira | UFC 284 - Alexander Volkanovski | |||
1 | Charles Oliveira | 33–9 (1 NC) | 0 | Loss | UFC 280 - Islam Makhachev | TBD | |||
2 | Dustin Poirier | 29–7 (1 NC) | 1 | Win | UFC 281 - Michael Chandler | TBD | |||
3 | Justin Gaethje | 23–4 | 0 | Loss | UFC 274 - Charles Oliveira | TBD | |||
4 | Beneil Dariush | 22–4–1 | 8 | Win | UFC 280 - Mateusz Gamrot | TBD | |||
5 | Michael Chandler | 23–8 | 0 | Loss | UFC 281 - Dustin Poirier | TBD | |||
6 | Rafael Fiziev | 12–1 | 6 | Win | UFC on ESPN 39 - Rafael dos Anjos | TBD | |||
7 | Mateusz Gamrot | 21–2 (1 NC) | 0 | Loss | UFC 280 - Beneil Dariush | TBD | |||
8 | Rafael dos Anjos | 32–14 | 1 | Win | UFC on ESPN 42 - Bryan Barberena | TBD | |||
9 | Arman Tsarukyan | 19–3 | 1 | Win | UFC Fight Night 216 - Damir Ismagulov | TBD | |||
10 | Jalin Turner | 13–5 | 5 | Win | UFC 276 - Brad Riddell | TBD | |||
11 | Dan Hooker | 22–12 | 1 | Win | UFC 281 - Claudio Puelles | TBD | |||
12 | Damir Ismagulov | 24–2 | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 216 - Arman Tsarukyan | TBD | |||
13 | Renato Moicano | 17–5–1 | 1 | Win | UFC 281 - Brad Riddell | TBD | |||
14 | Drew Dober | 26–11 (1 NC) | 3 | Win | UFC Fight Night 216 - Bobby Green | TBD | |||
15 | Grant Dawson | 19–1–1 | −1 | 2 | Win | UFC Fight Night 214 - Mark Madsen | TBD |
Current UFC Lightweight Champion: Islam Makhachev
146 to 155 lbs (66 to 70 kg)
Before 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.
Islam Makhachev became the new lightweight champion after defeating Charles Oliveira at UFC 280.
UFC Welterweight Rankings 2022
156 to 170 lb (70 to 77 kg)
Current UFC Welterweight Champion: Leon Edwards [20–3]
Rank | Fighter | Record | M | Win Streak | Result | Last fight | Next fight | |
C | Leon Edwards | 20–3 (1 NC) | 2 (0 def) | Win | UFC 278 - Kamaru Usman | TBD | ||
1 | Kamaru Usman | 20–2 | 0 | Loss | UFC 278 - Leon Edwards | TBD | ||
2 | Colby Covington | 17–3 | 1 | Win | UFC 272 - Jorge Masvidal | TBD | ||
3 | Khamzat Chimaev | 12–0 | 12 | Win | UFC 279 - Kevin Holland | TBD | ||
4 | Belal Muhammad | 22-3 | 1 | 4 | Win | UFC 280 - Sean Brady | TBD | |
5 | Gilbert Burns | 20–5 | -1 | 0 | Loss | UFC 273 - Khamzat Chimaev | TBD | |
6 | Stephen Thompson | 16–6–1 | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 199 - Belal Muhammad | UFC on ESPN 42 - Kevin Holland | ||
7 | Geoff Neal | 15–4 | 2 | Win | UFC on ESPN 40 - Vicente Luque | UFC Fight Night 217 - Shavkat Rakhmonov | ||
8 | Sean Brady | 15–0 | 15 | Win | UFC 280 - Belal Muhammad | TBD | ||
9 | Vicente Luque | 21–9–1 | 1 | 0 | Loss | UFC on ESPN 40 - Geoff Neal | TBD | |
10 | Shavkat Rakhmonov | 16–0 | 1 | 16 | Win | UFC on ESPN 38 - Neil Magny | UFC Fight Night 217 - Geoff Neal | |
11 | Jorge Masvidal | 35–16 | −2 | 0 | Loss | UFC 272 - Colby Covington | TBD | |
12 | Neil Magny | 26–9 | 0 | Loss | UFC on ESPN 38 - Shavkat Rakhmonov | UFC Fight Night 214 - Daniel Rodriguez | ||
13 | Michael Chiesa | 18–6 | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 198 - Sean Brady | TBD | ||
14 | Michel Pereira | 28–11 (2 NC) | 5 | Win | UFC Fight Night 206 - Santiago Ponzinibbio | TBD | ||
15 | Li Jingliang | 19-8 | 0 | Loss | UFC 279 - Daniel Rodriguez | TBD |
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.
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.
Leon Edwards is the current UFC Welterweight Champion after defeating Kamaru Usman at UFC 278.
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UFC Middleweight Rankings 2022
171 to 185 lb (77 to 84 kg)
Current UFC Middleweight Champion: Alex Pereira
Rank | Fighter | Record | M | Win Streak | Result | Last fight | Next fight | ||
C | Alex Pereira | 7–1 | 7 (0 def) | Win | UFC 281 - Israel Adesanya | TBD | |||
1 | Israel Adesanya | 23–2 | 0 | Loss | UFC 281 - Alex Pereira | TBD | |||
2 | Robert Whittaker | 24–6 | 1 | Win | UFC Fight Night 209 - Marvin Vettori | TBD | |||
3 | Jared Cannonier | 16–6 | 1 | Win | UFC Fight Night 216 - Sean Strickland | TBD | |||
4 | Marvin Vettori | 18–6–1 | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 209 - Robert Whittaker | UFC 286 - Roman Dolidze | |||
5 | Derek Brunson | 23–8 | 0 | Loss | UFC 271 - Jared Cannonier | UFC 285 - Dricus du Plessis | |||
6 | Paulo Costa | 14–2 | 1 | Win | UFC 278 - Luke Rockhold | TBD | |||
7 | Sean Strickland | 25–5 | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 216 - Jared Cannonier | TBD | |||
8 | Roman Dolidze | 12–1 | 4 | Win | UFC on ESPN 42 - Jack Hermansson | UFC 286 - Marvin Vettori | |||
9 | Jack Hermansson | 23–8 | 0 | Loss | UFC on ESPN 42 - Roman Dolidze | TBD | |||
10 | Dricus du Plessis | 18–2 | 6 | Win | UFC 282 - Darren Till | UFC 285 - Derek Brunson | |||
11 | André Muniz | 23–4 | 9 | Win | UFC 276 - Uriah Hall | UFC Fight Night 220 - Brendan Allen | |||
12 | Nassourdine Imavov | 12–3 | 3 | Win | UFC Fight Night 209 - Joaquin Buckley | UFC Fight Night 217 - Kelvin Gastelum | |||
13 | Kelvin Gastelum | 16–8 (1 NC) | 0 | Loss | UFC on ESPN 29 - Jared Cannonier | UFC Fight Night 217 - Nassourdine Imavov | |||
14 | Chris Curtis | 30–9 | 1 | Win | UFC 282 - Joaquin Buckley | TBD | |||
15 | Darren Till | 18–5–1 | 0 | Loss | UFC 282 - Dricus du Plessis | 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.
Dave Menne and Rich Franklin have held the Middleweight Title, 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 ended when Luke Rockhold beat him 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: Vacant
Rank | Fighter | Record | M | Win streak | Result | Last fight | Next fight | ||
C | Vacant | ||||||||
1 | Jiří Procházka | 29–3–1 | −1 | 13 | Win | UFC 275 - Glover Teixeira | TBD | ||
2 | Glover Teixeira | 33–8 | −1 | 0 | Loss | UFC 275 - Jiří Procházka | TBD | ||
3 | Magomed Ankalaev | 18–1 | −1 | 9 | Win | UFC 277 - Anthony Smith | UFC 282 - Jan Błachowicz | ||
4 | Jan Błachowicz | 29–9 | −1 | 1 | Win | UFC on ESPN 36 - Aleksandar Rakić | UFC 282 - Magomed Ankalaev | ||
5 | Aleksandar Rakić | 14–3 | −1 | 0 | Loss | UFC on ESPN 36 - Jan Błachowicz | TBD | ||
6 | Anthony Smith | 36–17 | −1 | 0 | Loss | UFC 277 - Magomed Ankalaev | UFC Fight Night 222 - Jamahal Hill | ||
7 | Jamahal Hill | 11–1 (1 NC) | −1 | 3 | Win | UFC on ESPN 40 - Thiago Santos | UFC Fight Night 222 - Anthony Smith | ||
8 | Nikita Krylov | 29–9 | −1 | 2 | Win | UFC 280 - Volkan Oezdemir | UFC Fight Night 220 - Ryan Spann | ||
9 | Paul Craig | 16–5–1 | −1 | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 208 - Volkan Oezdemir | UFC 283 - Johnny Walker | ||
10 | Volkan Oezdemir | 18–7 | −1 | 0 | Loss | UFC 280 - Nikita Krylov | TBD | ||
11 | Ryan Spann | 21–7 | −1 | 2 | Win | UFC 281 - Dominick Reyes | UFC Fight Night 220 - Nikita Krylov | ||
12 | Johnny Walker | 19–7 | −1 | 1 | Win | UFC 279 - Ion Cuțelaba | UFC 283 - Paul Craig | ||
13 | Dominick Reyes | 12–4 | −1 | 0 | Loss | UFC 281 - Ryan Spann | TBD | ||
14 | Jimmy Crute | 12–3 | 0 | Loss | UFC on ESPN 31 - Jamahal Hill | UFC 284 - Alonzo Menifield | |||
15 | Khalil Rountree Jr. | 11–5 (1 NC) | −2 | 3 | Win | UFC Fight Night 213 - Dustin Jacoby | TBD |
The Light Heavyweight Title was known as the Middleweight Title before 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, 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 eight times before being stripped of it 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. He defended it with 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 | 11–1 | - | 1 | Win | UFC Fight Night 209 Tai Tuivasa | TBD |
2 | Stipe Miocic | 20–4 | - | 0 | Loss | UFC 260 Francis Ngannou | TBD |
3 | Sergei Pavlovich | 16–1 | - | 4 | Win | UFC 277 Derrick Lewis | TBD |
4 | Curtis Blaydes | 17–3 (1 NC) | - | 3 | Win | UFC Fight Night 208 Tom Aspinall | TBD |
5 | Tai Tuivasa | 14-4 | - | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 209 Ciryl Gane | TBD |
6 | Tom Aspinall | 12–3 | - | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 208 Curtis Blaydes | TBD |
7 | Derrick Lewis | 26–10 (1 NC) | - | 0 | Loss | UFC 277 Sergei Pavlovich | UFC Fight Night 215 Sergey Spivac |
8 | Alexander Volkov | 35–10 | - | 1 | Win | UFC Fight Night 207 Jairzinho Rozenstruik | TBD |
9 | Jairzinho Rozenstruik | 12–4 | - | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 207 Alexander Volkov | UFC 282 Chris Daukaus |
10 | Marcin Tybura | 23–7 | 1 | Win | UFC 278 Alexander Romanov | TBD | |
11 | Chris Daukaus | 12–5 | −1 | 0 | Loss | UFC on ESPN 33 Curtis Blaydes | UFC Fight Night 211 Jairzinho Rozenstruik |
12 | Sergey Spivac | 15–3 | - | 2 | Win | UFC on ESPN 40 Augusto Sakai | UFC Fight Night 215 Derrick Lewis |
13 | Alexander Romanov | 16–1 | - | 0 | Loss | UFC 278 Marcin Tybura | TBD |
14 | Blagoy Ivanov | 19-4(1 NC) | - | 1 | Win | UFC 274 Marco Rogerio Lima | TBD |
15 | Shamil Abdurakhimov | 20-7 | +1 | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 204 Sergei Pavlovich | UFC 280 Jailton Almeida |
In 1997, the UFC Super fight 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).
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UFC Women's Strawweight Rankings 2022
106 to 115 lb (48 to 52 kg)
Current UFC Women's Strawweight Champion: Zhang Weili
Rank | Fighter | Record | M | Win Streak | Result | Last fight | Next fight | ||
C | Zhang Weili | 23–3 | 2 | 2 (0 def) | Win | UFC 281 - Carla Esparza | TBD | ||
1 | Carla Esparza | 19–7 | −1 | 0 | Loss | UFC 281 - Zhang Weili | TBD | ||
2 | Rose Namajunas | 11–5 | −1 | 0 | Loss | UFC 274 - Carla Esparza | TBD | ||
3 | Amanda Lemos | 13–2–1 | 2 | Win | UFC Fight Night 214 - Marina Rodriguez | TBD | |||
4 | Jéssica Andrade | 23–9 | 2 | Win | UFC Fight Night 205 - Amanda Lemos | UFC 283 - Lauren Murphy | |||
5 | Marina Rodriguez | 16–2–2 | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 214 - Amanda Lemos | TBD | |||
6 | Yan Xiaonan | 16–3 (1 NC) | 1 | Win | UFC Fight Night 211 - Mackenzie Dern | TBD | |||
7 | Mackenzie Dern | 12–3 | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 211 - Yan Xiaonan | TBD | |||
8 | Tecia Torres | 13–6 | 0 | Loss | UFC 273 - Mackenzie Dern | TBD | |||
9 | Amanda Ribas | 11–3 | 0 | Loss | UFC on ESPN 36 - Katlyn Chookagian | UFC on ESPN 42 - Tracy Cortez | |||
10 | Virna Jandiroba | 18–3 | 1 | Win | UFC on ESPN 36 - Angela Hill | TBD | |||
11 | Michelle Waterson | 18–10 | 0 | Loss | UFC on ABC 3 - Amanda Lemos | TBD | |||
12 | Angela Hill | 14–12 | 1 | Win | UFC on ESPN 41 - Lupita Godinez | UFC on ESPN 42 - Emily Ducote | |||
13 | Luana Pinheiro | 10–1 | 8 | Win | UFC Fight Night 198 - Sam Hughes | TBD | |||
14 | Emily Ducote | 12–6 | 4 | Win | UFC on ABC 3 - Jessica Penne | UFC on ESPN 42 - Angela Hill | |||
15 | Jessica Penne | 14–6 | 0 | Loss | UFC on ABC 3 - Emily Ducote | TBD |
Jessica Andrade defeated Rose Namajunas at UFC 237 to win the title but lost 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 reclaimed 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 refused 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. She became the first woman to become a two-division UFC champion and the third fighter in UFC history to simultaneously hold titles in two weight classes. 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?
Alexander Volkanovski 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 soldier 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 winners 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 produced some of MMA's biggest stars.
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), Jiri Prochazka (Light Heavyweight), Israel Adesanya (Middleweight), Kamaru Usman (Welterweight), Vacant (Lightweight), Alexander Volkanovski (Featherweight), Aljamain Sterling (Bantamweight), Brandon Moreno (Flyweight), Julianna Peña (Women's Bantamweight) Amanda Nunes (Featherweight), Valentina Shevchenko (Women's Flyweight) and Carla Esparza (Women's Strawweight).
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* Last Updated: on January 5, 2023.