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UFC Rankings: Men, Women & Pound-for-Pound

Zack Lane
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Updated: July 3, 2025, 08:25 AM ET
5 min read

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UFC Rankings 2025

UFC Heavyweight Division - Champion: Tom Aspinall

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Ciryl Gane113-2
Alexander Volkov238-11
Sergei Pavlovich319-3
Curtis Blaydes419-5
Jailton Almeida522-3
Waldo Cortes Acosta614-1
Marcin Tybura727-9
Serghei Spivac817-6
Derrick Lewis928-12
Tai Tuivasa1015-8

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Heavyweight:

  • Derrick Lewis vs. Tallison Teixeira - UFC Fight Night, July 13, 2025

UFC Light Heavyweight Division - Champion: Magomed Ankalaev

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Alex Pereira112-3
Jiri Prochazka231-5-1
Carlos Ulberg313-1
Khalil Rountree Jr.415-6
Jan Blachowicz529-11-1
Jamahal Hill612-4
Aleksandar Rakić714-5
Dominick Reyes815-4
Volkan Oezdemir920-8
Johnny Walker1021-9

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Light Heavyweight:

  • Jimmy Crute vs. Marcin Prachnio - UFC 318, July 20, 2025

  • Nikita Krylov vs. Bogdan Guskov - UFC Fight Night, July 26, 2025

  • Johnny Walker vs. Zhang Mingyang - UFC Fight Night, August 23, 2025

UFC Middleweight Division - Champion: Dricus du Plessis

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Nassourdine Imavov116-4
Sean Strickland229-7
Khamzat Chimaev314-0
Israel Adesanya424-5
Robert Whittaker527-8
Caio Borralho617-1
Jared Cannonier718-8
Roman Dolidze815-3
Anthony Hernandez914-2
Marvin Vettori1019-8-1

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Middleweight:

  • Robert Whittaker vs. Reinier De Ridder - UFC Fight Night, July 26, 2025

  • Roman Dolidze vs. Anthony Hernandez - UFC Fight Night, August 10, 2025

  • Nassourdine Imavov vs. Caio Borralho - UFC Fight Night, September 6, 2025

UFC Welterweight Division - Champion: Jack Della Maddalena

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Belal Muhammad124-4
Sean Brady218-1
Shavkat Rakmonov319-0
Leon Edwards420-5
Kamara Usman521-4
Ian Machado Garry616-1
Michael Morales718-0
Joaquin Buckley821-7
Colby Covington917-5
Gilbert Burns1022-9

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Welterweight:

  • Stephen Thompson vs. Gabriel Bonfim - UFC Fight Night, July 13, 2025

  • Andreas Gustafsson vs. Rinat Fakhretdinov - UFC Fight Night, September 6, 2025

UFC Lightweight Division - Champion: Ilia Topuria

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Islam Makhachev127-1
Arman Tsarukyan222-3
Charles Oliveria335-11
Justin Gaethje427-5
Max Holloway526-8
Dustin Poirier630-9
Dan Hooker724-12
Mateusz Gamrot825-3
Beneil Dariush922-6-1
Paddy Pimblett1023-3

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Lightweight:

  • Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier - UFC 318, July 20, 2025

  • Bolaji Oki vs. Mason Jones - UFC Fight Night, September 6, 2025

UFC Featherweight Division - Champion: Alexander Volkanovski

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Max Holloway126-8
Movsar Evloev219-0
Diego Lopes326-7
Yair Rodriguez421-5
Arnold Allen520-3
Brian Ortega616-4
Lerone Murphy716-0-1
Aljamain Sterling824-5
Josh Emmett919-5
Jean Silva1016-2

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Featherweight:

  • Calvin Kattar vs. Steve Garcia - UFC Fight Night, July 13, 2025

  • Dan Ige vs. Patricio Pitbull - UFC 318, July 20, 2025

  • Diego Lopes vs. Jean Silva - UFC Fight Night, September 14, 2025

UFC Bantamweight Division - Champion: Merab Dvalishvili

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Sean O’Malley118-3
Umar Nurmagomedov218-1
Petr Yan318-5
Cory Sandhagen418-5
Song Yadong522-8-1
Deiveson Figueiredo624-5-1
Marlon Vera723-10-1
Mario Bautista816-2
Rob Font922-8
Henry Cejudo1016-5

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Bantamweight:

  • Petr Yan vs. Marcus McGhee - UFC Fight Night, July 26, 2025

  • Rinya Nakamura vs. Nathan Fletcher - UFC Fight Night, August 4, 2025

UFC Flyweight Division - Champion: Alexandre Pantoja

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Joshua Van115-2
Brandon Moreno223-8-2
Brandon Royval317-8
Amir Albazi417-2
Kai Kara-France525-12
Tatsuro Taira616-1
Manel Kape721-7
Alex Perez825-9
Asu Almabayev921-3
Steve Erceg812-4

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Flyweight:

  • Amir Albazi vs. Tatsuro Taira - UFC Fight Night, August 4, 2025

  • Tim Elliot vs. Kai Asakura - UFC 319, August 17, 2025

UFC Women’s Bantamweight Division - Champion: Kayla Harrison

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Julianna Peña113-6
Raquel Pennington216-10
Ketlen Vieira315-4
Norma Dumont412-2
Macy Chiasson511-3
Irene Aldana615-8
Ailin Perez712-2
Mayra Bueno Silva810-5-1
Yana Santos916-8
Karlos Rosa1018-7

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Women’s Bantamweight:

  • Karlos Rosa vs. Nora Cornolle- UFC Fight Night, August 2, 2025

UFC Women’s Flyweight Division - Champion: Valentina Shevchenko

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Natalia Silva119-5-1
Manon Fiorot212-2
Alexa Grasso316-5-1
Erin Blanchfield413-2
Jasmine Jasudavicius514-3
Maycee Barber614-2
Rosa Namajunas715-7
Tracy Cortez812-2
Jéssica Andrade926-14
Viviane Araújo1013-7

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Women’s Flyweight:

  • Piera Rodriguez vs. Ketlen Souza - UFC Fight Night, August 2, 2025

  • Karine Silva vs. JJ Aldrich - UFC 319, August 17, 2025

UFC Strawweight Division - Champion: Zhang Weili

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Virna Jandiroba122-3
Tatiana Suarez211-1
Yan Xiaonan319-5
Amanda Lemos415-4-1
Jéssica Andrade526-14
Mackenzie Dern615-5
Amanda Ribas712-6
Iasmin Lucindo817-6
Gillian Robertson916-8
Tabatha Ricci1011-3

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Women’s Strawweight:

  • Fatima Kline vs. Melissa Martinez - UFC Fight Night, July 13, 2025

  • Jéssica Andrade vs. Loppy Godinez - UFC 319, August 17, 2025

UFC Men’s Pound-for-Pound Rankings

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Ilia Topuria117-0
Islam Makhachev227-1
Merab Dvalishvili320-4
Dricus Du Plessis423-2
Alexandre Pantoja530-5
Alexander Volkanovski627-4
Magomed Ankalaev721-1-1
Jack Della Maddalena818-2
Tom Aspinall915-3
Alex Pereira1012-3

UFC Women’s Pound-for-Pound Rankings

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Valentina Shevchenko 125-4-1
Zhang Weili226-3
Kayla Harrison319-1
Manon Fiorot412-2
Julianna Peña513-6
Natalia Silva619-5-1
Alexa Grasso716-5-1
Erin Blanchfield813-2
Virna Jandiroba922-3
Raquel Pennington1016-10

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