Here are the latest UFC rankings in every division, plus the pound-for-pound lists. A roundup of the biggest moves posts on the first Tuesday of each month.

Updated Nov. 11, 8:15 p.m. PT. The UFC started moving from its media-panel rankings to the Meta UFC Rankings, a math-based (Elo) system built with Meta, on June 20, 2026. Both are below. C is the champion.

Meta UFC Rankings: men

Heavyweight

RankFighterRecordNext fight
CCiryl Gane14-2 (1 NC)UFC 334 vs. Josh Hokit
1Tom Aspinall15-3 (1 NC)
2Alexander Volkov41-11
3Alex Pereira13-4UFC 335 vs. Sergei Pavlovich
4Sergei Pavlovich21-3UFC 335 vs. Alex Pereira
5Josh Hokit10-0UFC 334 vs. Ciryl Gane
6Rizvan Kuniev14-4-1 (1 NC)
7Curtis Blaydes20-6 (1 NC)
8Johnny Walker24-10 (1 NC)
9Vitor Petrino15-2
10Mario Pinto13-0UFC Fight Night 295 vs. Serghei Spivac
11Valter Walker16-1
12Waldo Cortes-Acosta17-5
13Brando Peričić7-1
14Serghei Spivac18-7UFC Fight Night 295 vs. Mario Pinto
15Anthony Wint9-0

Light Heavyweight

RankFighterRecordNext fight
CCarlos Ulberg14-1
1Alex Pereira13-4UFC 335 vs. Sergei Pavlovich
2Magomed Ankalaev21-2-1 (1 NC)
3Jiří Procházka32-6-1UFC Fight Night 294 vs. Navajo Stirling
4Dominick Reyes17-5
5Paulo Costa16-4
6Khalil Rountree Jr.14-7 (1 NC)
7Navajo Stirling11-0UFC Fight Night 294 vs. Jiří Procházka
8Reinier de Ridder22-4
9Alonzo Menifield19-6-1
10Bogdan Guskov18-4-1UFC Fight Night 298 vs. Robert Whittaker
11Robert Whittaker27-9UFC Fight Night 298 vs. Bogdan Guskov
12Muhammad Saidov10-0
13Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev11-0
14Azamat Murzakanov16-2
15Modestas Bukauskas21-7

Middleweight

RankFighterRecordNext fight
CSean Strickland31-7
1Khamzat Chimaev15-1
2Dricus du Plessis24-3
3Nassourdine Imavov17-4 (1 NC)
4Brendan Allen28-7
5Joe Pyfer16-3UFC Fight Night 298 vs. Bo Nickal
6Caio Borralho18-2 (1 NC)UFC 334 vs. Yousri Belgaroui
7Gregory Rodrigues20-6
8Anthony Hernandez15-4 (1 NC)
9Abusupiyan Magomedov30-7-1
10Israel Adesanya24-6UFC Fight Night 295 vs. Sharabutdin Magomedov
11Ikram Aliskerov18-2UFC Fight Night 294 vs. Jared Cannonier
12Christian Leroy Duncan15-3
13Bo Nickal9-1UFC Fight Night 298 vs. Joe Pyfer
14Roman Kopylov16-5
15Edmen Shahbazyan17-6

Welterweight

RankFighterRecordNext fight
CIslam Makhachev29-1
1Carlos Prates24-7UFC 336 vs. Michael Morales
2Ian Machado Garry17-2UFC 335 vs. Yaroslav Amosov
3Michael Morales19-0UFC 336 vs. Carlos Prates
4Jack Della Maddalena18-4
5Sean Brady19-2
6Gabriel Bonfim20-1
7Belal Muhammad24-6 (1 NC)
8Mike Malott15-2-1
9Uroš Medić14-3UFC 334 vs. Kevin Holland
10Leon Edwards22-6 (1 NC)
11Kamaru Usman21-5
12Joaquin Buckley21-9
13Yaroslav Amosov30-1UFC 335 vs. Ian Machado Garry
14Jacobe Smith14-0
15Kevin Holland29-15 (1 NC)UFC 334 vs. Uroš Medić

Lightweight

RankFighterRecordNext fight
CJustin Gaethje28-5
1Ilia Topuria17-1
2Arman Tsarukyan24-3
3Charles Oliveira37-11 (1 NC)UFC 335 vs. Diego Lopes
4Max Holloway28-9
5Paddy Pimblett24-4
6Quillan Salkilld13-1UFC Fight Night 298 vs. Benoît Saint Denis
7Tom Nolan12-1
8Benoît Saint Denis17-4 (1 NC)UFC Fight Night 298 vs. Quillan Salkilld
9Mateusz Gamrot26-5 (1 NC)
10Maurício Ruffy14-3
11Grant Dawson25-3-1
12Tofiq Musayev24-6
13Rafael Fiziev14-5
14Renato Moicano21-8-1
15Esteban Ribovics17-3

Featherweight

RankFighterRecordNext fight
CAlexander Volkanovski29-4
1Movsar Evloev20-1
2Diego Lopes28-8UFC 335 vs. Charles Oliveira
3Lerone Murphy17-1-1
4Aljamain Sterling26-5UFC Fight Night 294 vs. Kevin Vallejos
5Jean Silva18-3
6Arnold Allen21-4
7Pat Sabatini22-5UFC Fight Night 297 vs. Vinicius Oliveira
8Youssef Zalal18-6-1
9Aaron Pico15-5
10Kevin Vallejos18-1UFC Fight Night 294 vs. Aljamain Sterling
11Joanderson Brito20-5-1UFC Fight Night 298 vs. Kaan Ofli
12Melquizael Costa26-8UFC 334 vs. Jared Gordon
13Steve Garcia19-6UFC 335 vs. Yair Rodríguez
14Jamall Emmers23-8
15Patrício Pitbull38-9

Bantamweight

RankFighterRecordNext fight
CPetr Yan21-5
1Merab Dvalishvili21-6
2Song Yadong24-9-1 (1 NC)
3Sean O'Malley20-3 (1 NC)
4Mario Bautista18-3
5Umar Nurmagomedov20-2
6Cory Sandhagen18-7
7David Martínez15-1
8Raul Rosas Jr.13-1
9Marcus McGhee12-2
10Payton Talbott12-1
11Montel Jackson16-4
12Aiemann Zahabi14-3
13Bryce Mitchell19-3
14Marlon Vera24-12-1
15Raoni Barcelos22-6

Flyweight

RankFighterRecordNext fight
CJoshua Van18-2UFC 336 vs. Manel Kape
1Manel Kape23-7UFC 336 vs. Joshua Van
2Alexandre Pantoja30-7
3Brandon Royval18-9
4Tatsuro Taira18-2
5Lone'er Kavanagh11-2
6Asu Almabayev24-3UFC Fight Night 294 vs. Kyoji Horiguchi
7Kyoji Horiguchi36-6 (1 NC)UFC Fight Night 294 vs. Asu Almabayev
8Amir Albazi17-3UFC Fight Night 294 vs. Alessandro Costa
9Brandon Moreno24-10-2UFC 335 vs. Charles Johnson
10Ramazan Temirov20-4
11Su Mudaerji20-7 (1 NC)
12Mitch Raposo12-3
13Imanol Rodríguez8-0
14Rei Tsuruya12-1
15Charles Johnson20-9UFC 335 vs. Brandon Moreno

Meta UFC Rankings: women

Women's Bantamweight

RankFighterRecordNext fight
CKayla Harrison19-1UFC 334 vs. Amanda Nunes
1Joselyne Edwards18-6
2Ailín Pérez14-2
3Luana Santos12-2
4Norma Dumont13-4
5Julianna Peña12-6
6Jacqueline Cavalcanti10-2UFC 335 vs. Michelle Montague
7Michelle Montague8-0UFC 335 vs. Jacqueline Cavalcanti
8Yana Santos17-9 (1 NC)
9Chelsea Chandler8-4
10Karol Rosa19-8
11Beatriz Mesquita8-0UFC 334 vs. Macy Chiasson
12Alice Pereira8-1
13Nora Cornolle10-4
14Macy Chiasson11-6UFC 334 vs. Beatriz Mesquita
15Melissa Croden8-4

Women's Flyweight

RankFighterRecordNext fight
CNatália Silva21-5-1
1Valentina Shevchenko26-4-1
2Alexa Grasso18-5-1
3Jasmine Jasudavicius16-4
4Manon Fiorot13-3
5Erin Blanchfield14-3
6Zhang Weili26-4
7Rose Namajunas14-8
8Wang Cong10-2
9Maycee Barber15-3
10Tracy Cortez12-4
11Casey O'Neill12-2
12Karine Silva20-7
13Miranda Maverick15-6
14Regina Tarín9-0
15Carli Judice7-2UFC 335 vs. TBA

Women's Strawweight

RankFighterRecordNext fight
CMackenzie Dern17-5
1Tatiana Suarez13-1
2Zhang Weili26-4
3Virna Jandiroba23-5
4Denise Gomes13-3
5Gillian Robertson17-9
6Fatima Kline10-1
7Piera Rodríguez13-2
8Iasmin Lucindo19-6
9Alexia Thainara15-1
10Loopy Godínez15-6
11Yan Xiaonan18-6 (1 NC)
12Mizuki Inoue16-6
13Tabatha Ricci12-5
14Amanda Lemos15-7-1
15Sam Hughes11-7

Media panel rankings: men

Men's pound-for-pound

RankFighterRecordDivision
1Islam Makhachev29-1Welterweight
2Alexander Volkanovski29-4Featherweight
3Petr Yan21-5Bantamweight
4Justin Gaethje28-5Lightweight
5Ilia Topuria17-1Lightweight
6Joshua Van18-2Flyweight
7Sean Strickland31-7Middleweight
8Tom Aspinall15-3 (1 NC)Heavyweight
9Merab Dvalishvili21-6Bantamweight
10Alex Pereira13-4Heavyweight
11Khamzat Chimaev15-1Middleweight
12Ciryl Gane14-2 (1 NC)Heavyweight
13Arman Tsarukyan24-3Lightweight
14Alexandre Pantoja30-7Flyweight
15Carlos Ulberg15-1Light heavyweight
Heavyweight
RankFighterRecordNext fight
CCiryl Gane14-2 (1 NC)UFC 334 vs. Josh Hokit
1Tom Aspinall15-3 (1 NC)
2Alexander Volkov41-11
3Sergei Pavlovich21-3UFC 335 vs. Alex Pereira
4Josh Hokit10-0UFC 334 vs. Ciryl Gane
5Curtis Blaydes20-6 (1 NC)
6Rizvan Kuniev14-4-1 (1 NC)
7Johnny Walker24-10 (1 NC)
8Waldo Cortes-Acosta17-5
9Vitor Petrino15-2
10Serghei Spivac18-7UFC Fight Night 295 vs. Mario Pinto
11Ante Delija26-8
12Valter Walker16-1
13Tyrell Fortune18-4 (2 NC)
14Derrick Lewis29-14 (1 NC)
15Aleksandar Rakić15-6
Light Heavyweight
RankFighterRecordNext fight
CCarlos Ulberg14-1
1Magomed Ankalaev21-2-1 (1 NC)
2Jiří Procházka32-6-1UFC Fight Night 294 vs. Navajo Stirling
3Alex Pereira13-4UFC 335 vs. Sergei Pavlovich
4Khalil Rountree Jr.14-7 (1 NC)
5Navajo Stirling11-0UFC Fight Night 294 vs. Jiří Procházka
6Paulo Costa16-4
7Dominick Reyes17-5
8Bogdan Guskov18-4-1UFC Fight Night 298 vs. Robert Whittaker
9Azamat Murzakanov16-2
10Robert Whittaker27-9UFC Fight Night 298 vs. Bogdan Guskov
11Jan Błachowicz29-12-2
12Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev11-0
13Alonzo Menifield19-6-1
14Reinier de Ridder22-4
15Nikita Krylov31-13
Middleweight
RankFighterRecordNext fight
CSean Strickland31-7
1Khamzat Chimaev15-1
2Dricus du Plessis24-3
3Nassourdine Imavov17-4 (1 NC)
4Brendan Allen28-7
5Caio Borralho18-2 (1 NC)UFC 334 vs. Yousri Belgaroui
6Joe Pyfer16-3UFC Fight Night 298 vs. Bo Nickal
7Gregory Rodrigues20-6
8Anthony Hernandez15-4 (1 NC)
9Israel Adesanya24-6UFC Fight Night 295 vs. Sharabutdin Magomedov
10Christian Leroy Duncan15-3
11Abusupiyan Magomedov30-7-1
12Jared Cannonier18-10UFC Fight Night 294 vs. Ikram Aliskerov
13Ikram Aliskerov18-2UFC Fight Night 294 vs. Jared Cannonier
14Bo Nickal9-1UFC Fight Night 298 vs. Joe Pyfer
15Sharabutdin Magomedov18-1UFC Fight Night 295 vs. Israel Adesanya
Welterweight
RankFighterRecordNext fight
CIslam Makhachev29-1
1Ian Machado Garry17-2UFC 335 vs. Yaroslav Amosov
2Carlos Prates24-7UFC 336 vs. Michael Morales
3Michael Morales19-0UFC 336 vs. Carlos Prates
4Jack Della Maddalena18-4
5Gabriel Bonfim20-1
6Sean Brady19-2
7Belal Muhammad24-6 (1 NC)
8Leon Edwards22-6 (1 NC)
9Mike Malott15-2-1
10Kamaru Usman21-5
11Uroš Medić14-3UFC 334 vs. Kevin Holland
12Yaroslav Amosov30-1UFC 335 vs. Ian Machado Garry
13Joaquin Buckley21-9
14Daniel Rodriguez20-6UFC Fight Night 296 vs. Roberto Soldić
15Kevin Holland29-15 (1 NC)UFC 334 vs. Uroš Medić
Lightweight
RankFighterRecordNext fight
CJustin Gaethje28-5
1Ilia Topuria17-1
2Arman Tsarukyan24-3
3Charles Oliveira37-11 (1 NC)UFC 335 vs. Diego Lopes
4Max Holloway28-9
5Paddy Pimblett24-4
6Benoît Saint Denis17-4 (1 NC)UFC Fight Night 298 vs. Quillan Salkilld
7Quillan Salkilld13-1UFC Fight Night 298 vs. Benoît Saint Denis
8Maurício Ruffy14-3
9Salahdine Parnasse24-2
10Mateusz Gamrot26-5 (1 NC)
11Rafael Fiziev14-5
12Tom Nolan12-1
12Renato Moicano21-8-1
14Dan Hooker24-15UFC Fight Night 294 vs. Brian Ortega
15Grant Dawson25-3-1
Featherweight
RankFighterRecordNext fight
CAlexander Volkanovski29-4
1Movsar Evloev20-1
2Diego Lopes28-8UFC 335 vs. Charles Oliveira
3Lerone Murphy17-1-1
4Aljamain Sterling26-5UFC Fight Night 294 vs. Kevin Vallejos
5Jean Silva18-3
6Arnold Allen21-4
7Yair Rodríguez20-5 (1 NC)UFC 335 vs. Steve Garcia
8Youssef Zalal18-6-1
9Kevin Vallejos18-1UFC Fight Night 294 vs. Aljamain Sterling
10Steve Garcia19-6UFC 335 vs. Yair Rodríguez
11Aaron Pico15-5
12Melquizael Costa26-8UFC 334 vs. Jared Gordon
13Brian Ortega16-5 (1 NC)UFC Fight Night 294 vs. Dan Hooker
14Patrício Pitbull38-9
15David Onama14-3
Bantamweight
RankFighterRecordNext fight
CPetr Yan21-5
1Merab Dvalishvili21-6
2Sean O'Malley20-3 (1 NC)
3Song Yadong24-9-1 (1 NC)
4Umar Nurmagomedov20-2
5Mario Bautista18-3
6Cory Sandhagen18-7
7Payton Talbott12-1
8David Martínez15-1
9Aiemann Zahabi14-3
10Raul Rosas Jr.13-1
11Marlon Vera24-12-1
12Deiveson Figueiredo25-8-1
13Marcus McGhee12-2
14Raoni Barcelos22-6
15Bryce Mitchell19-3
Flyweight
RankFighterRecordNext fight
CJoshua Van18-2UFC 336 vs. Manel Kape
1Alexandre Pantoja30-7
2Manel Kape23-7UFC 336 vs. Joshua Van
3Brandon Royval18-9
4Tatsuro Taira18-2
5Kyoji Horiguchi36-6 (1 NC)UFC Fight Night 294 vs. Asu Almabayev
6Lone'er Kavanagh11-2
7Asu Almabayev24-3UFC Fight Night 294 vs. Kyoji Horiguchi
8Brandon Moreno24-10-2UFC 335 vs. Charles Johnson
9Amir Albazi17-3UFC Fight Night 294 vs. Alessandro Costa
10Ramazan Temirov20-4
11Tim Elliott22-14-1
14Charles Johnson20-9UFC 335 vs. Brandon Moreno
15Tagir Ulanbekov17-3

Media panel rankings: women

Women's pound-for-pound

RankFighterRecordDivision
1Valentina Shevchenko26-4-1Flyweight
2Kayla Harrison19-1Bantamweight
3Zhang Weili26-4Flyweight, Strawweight
4Natália Silva21-5-1Flyweight
5Mackenzie Dern17-5Strawweight
6Alexa Grasso18-5-1Flyweight
7Manon Fiorot13-3Flyweight
8Tatiana Suarez13-1Strawweight
9Jasmine Jasudavicius16-4Flyweight
10Erin Blanchfield14-3Flyweight
11Julianna Peña12-6Bantamweight
12Virna Jandiroba23-5Strawweight
13Rose Namajunas14-8Flyweight
14Denise Gomes13-3Strawweight
15Raquel Pennington16-9Bantamweight
Women's Bantamweight
RankFighterRecordNext fight
CKayla Harrison19-1UFC 334 vs. Amanda Nunes
3Ailín Pérez14-2
4Norma Dumont13-4
5Luana Santos12-2
6Yana Santos17-9 (1 NC)
7Raquel Pennington16-9
8Jacqueline Cavalcanti10-2UFC 335 vs. Michelle Montague
9Karol Rosa19-8
10Macy Chiasson11-6UFC 334 vs. Beatriz Mesquita
11Beatriz Mesquita8-0UFC 334 vs. Macy Chiasson
12Michelle Montague8-0UFC 335 vs. Jacqueline Cavalcanti
13Nora Cornolle10-4
14Alice Pereira8-1
15Chelsea Chandler8-4
Women's Flyweight
RankFighterRecordNext fight
CNatália Silva21-5-1
1Valentina Shevchenko26-4-1
2Alexa Grasso18-5-1
3Manon Fiorot13-3
4Jasmine Jasudavicius16-4
5Erin Blanchfield14-3
6Rose Namajunas14-8
7Maycee Barber15-3
8Wang Cong10-2
9Tracy Cortez12-4
10Miranda Maverick15-6
11Karine Silva20-7
12Casey O'Neill12-2
13Eduarda Moura12-3
14Regina Tarín9-0
15Gabriella Fernandes11-5
Women's Strawweight
RankFighterRecordNext fight
CMackenzie Dern17-5
1Zhang Weili26-4
2Tatiana Suarez13-1
3Virna Jandiroba23-5
4Denise Gomes13-3
5Gillian Robertson17-9
6Fatima Kline10-1
7Yan Xiaonan18-6 (1 NC)
8Loopy Godínez15-6
9Alexia Thainara15-1
10Tabatha Ricci12-5
11Amanda Lemos15-7-1
12Jéssica Andrade26-15
13Amanda Ribas13-7
14Piera Rodríguez13-2
15Angela Hill19-16UFC 335 vs. Shanelle Dyer

Source: Wikipedia.org (UFC rankings; adapted, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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