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

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Updated: November 20, 2025, 06:50 AM ET

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At UFC 322 in New York (November 15), Islam Makhachev defeated Jack Della Maddalena via unanimous decision to capture the UFC Welterweight title, making him a rare two-division champion in UFC history.
In the co-main event of UFC 322, Valentina Shevchenko defended her Women's Flyweight title with a clear unanimous decision victory over former Strawweight champion Zhang Weili.
The welterweight division experienced several high-profile changes beyond the title fight, including Carlos Prates' quick knockout of former champion Leon Edwards and Michael Morales' first-round finish of Sean Brady.

UFC Heavyweight Division - Champion: Tom Aspinall

FIGHTER	RANKING	RECORD
Ciryl Gane	1	13-2
Alexander Volkov	2	39-11
Sergei Pavlovich	3	20-3
Curtis Blaydes	4	19-5
Jailton Almeida	5	22-4
Waldo Cortes Acosta	6	15-2
Serghei Spivac	7	17-6
Derrick Lewis	8	29-12
Ante Delija	9	26-7
Marcin Tyubura	10	27-10

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Heavyweight:

Serghei Spivac vs. Shamil Gaziev - UFC Fight Night, November 22, 2025
Iwo Baraniewski vs. Ibo Aslan - UFC 323, December 6, 2025
Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Marcus Buchecha - UFC Fight Night, December 13, 2025

UFC Light Heavyweight Division - Champion: Alex Pereira

FIGHTER	RANKING	RECORD
Jiri Prochazka	1	32-5-1
Magomed Ankalaev	2	21-2-1
Carlos Ulberg	3	14-1
Khalil Rountree Jr.	4	15-7
Jan Blachowicz	5	29-11-1
Jamahal Hill	6	12-4
Azamat Murzakanov	7	16-0
Dominick Reyes	8	15-5
Volkan Oezdemir	9	20-8
Aleksandar Rakić	10	14-6

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Light Heavyweight:

Volkan Oezdemir vs. Alonzo Menifield - UFC Fight Night, November 22, 2025
Jan Błachowicz vs. Bogdan Guskov - UFC 323 on December 6, 2025

UFC Middleweight Division - Champion: Khamzat Chimaev

FIGHTER	RANKING	RECORD
Dricus du Plessis	1	23-3
Nassourdine Imavov	2	17-4
Sean Strickland	3	29-7
Anthony Hernandez	4	15-2
Brendan Allen	5	26-7
Israel Adesanya	6	24-5
Caio Borralho	7	17-2
Reinier de Ridder	8	21-3
Robert Whittaker	9	27-9
Jared Cannonier	10	18-9

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Middleweight:

Jack Hermansson vs. Myktybek Orolbai - UFC Fight Night, November 22, 2025
Marvin Vettori vs. Brunno Ferreira - UFC 323, December 6, 2025
Cesar Almeida vs. Cezary Oleksiejczuk - UFC Fight NIght, December 13, 2025

UFC Welterweight Division - Champion: Islam Makhachev

FIGHTER	RANKING	RECORD
Jack Della Maddalena	1	18-3
Belal Muhammad	2	24-4
Michael Morales	3	19-0
Shavkat Rakmonov	4	19-0
Carlos Prates	5	23-7
Ian Machado Garry	6	16-1
Sean Brady	7	18-2
Kamara Usman	8	21-4
Leon Edwards	9	22-6
Joaquin Buckley	10	21-7

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Welterweight:

Belal Muhammad vs. Ian Machado Garry - UFC Fight Night, November 22, 2025
Jack Hermansson vs. Myktybek Orolbai - UFC Fight Night, November 22, 2025

UFC Lightweight Division - Champion: Ilia Topuria

FIGHTER	RANKING	RECORD
Arman Tsarukyan	1	22-3
Charles Oliveira	2	36-11
Max Holloway	3	27-8
Justin Gaethje	4	27-5
Paddy Pimblett	5	23-3
Dan Hooker	6	24-12
Mateusz Gamrot	7	25-4
Benoît Saint Denis	8	16-3
Rafael Fiziev	9	13-4
Renato Moicano	10	20-7-1

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Lightweight:

Arman Tsarukyan vs. Dan Hooker - UFC Fight Night, November 22, 2025
Edson Barboza vs. Jalin Turner - UFC 323, December 6, 2025
Grant Dawson vs. Manuel Torres - UFC 323, December 6, 2025

UFC Featherweight Division - Champion: Alexander Volkanovski

FIGHTER	RANKING	RECORD
Movsar Evloev	1	19-0
Diego Lopes	2	27-7
Yair Rodríguez	3	20-5
Lerone Murphy	4	17-0-1
Aljamain Sterling	5	25-5
Arnold Allen	6	20-3
Youssef Zalal	7	18-5-1
Steve Garcia	8	19-5
Brian Ortega	9	16-5
Josh Emmett	10	19-6

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Featherweight:

Muhammad Naimov vs. Mairon Santos - UFC 323, December 6
Giga Chikadze vs. Kevin Vallejos - UFC Fight Night, December 13, 2025.
Joanderson Brito vs. Melik Baghdasaryan - UFC Fight Night, December 13, 2025

UFC Bantamweight Division - Champion: Merab Dvalishvili

FIGHTER	RANKING	RECORD
Umar Nurmagomedov	1	19-1
Sean O’Malley	2	18-3
Petr Yan	3	19-5
Cory Sandhagen	4	18-6
Song Yadong	5	22-7-1
Deiveson Figueiredo	6	25-5-1
Aiemann Zahabi	7	14-2
Marlon Vera	8	23-11-1
Mario Bautista	9	16-3
Henry Cejudo	10	16-5

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Bantamweight:

Bekzat Almakhan vs. Aleksandre Topuria - UFC Fight Night, November 22, 2025
Merab Dvalishvili (C) vs. Petr Yan 2 - UFC 323, December 6, 2025
Henry Cejudo vs. Payton Talbott - UFC 323, December 6, 2025

UFC Flyweight Division - Champion: Alexandre Pantoja

FIGHTER	RANKING	RECORD
Joshua Van	1	15-2
Brandon Moreno	2	23-8-2
Brandon Royval	3	17-8
Amir Albazi	4	17-2
Tatsuro Taira	5	17-1
Manel Kape	6	21-7
Alex Perez	7	25-9
Asu Almabayev	8	22-3
Tim Elliott	9	21-13-1
Steve Erceg	10	13-4

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Flyweight:

Alex Perez vs. Asu Almabayev - UFC Fight Night, November 22, 2025
Alexandre Pantoja (C) vs. Joshua Van - UFC 323, December 6, 2025
Brandon Moreno vs. Tatsuro Taira - UFC 323, December 6, 2025

UFC Women’s Bantamweight Division - Champion: Kayla Harrison

FIGHTER	RANKING	RECORD
Julianna Peña	1	12-6
Raquel Pennington	2	16-9
Norma Dumont	3	13-2
Ketlen Vieira	4	15-5
Yana Santos	5	17-8
Irene Aldana	6	15-8
Macy Chiasson	7	11-5
Ailin Perez	8	12-2
Karol Rosa	9	19-7
Jacqueline Cavalcanti	10	10-1

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Women’s Bantamweight:

Melissa Croden vs. Luana Santos - UFC Fight Night, December 13, 2025

UFC Women’s Flyweight Division - Champion: Valentina Shevchenko

FIGHTER	RANKING	RECORD
Manon Fiorot	1	13-2
Natalia Silva	2	19-5-1
Alexa Grasso	3	16-5-1
Erin Blanchfield	4	14-2
Maycee Barber	5	14-2
Rosa Namajunas	6	15-7
Jasmine Jasudavicius	7	14-4
Tracy Cortez	8	12-3
Karine Silva	9	19-5
Miranda Maverick	10	15-6

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Women’s Flyweight:

Maycee Barber vs. Karine Silva - UFC 323, December 6, 2025
Jamey-Lyn Horth vs. Tereza Bleda - UFC Fight Night, December 13, 2025

UFC Strawweight Division - Champion: Mackenzie Dern

FIGHTER	RANKING	RECORD
Tatiana Suarez	1	12-1
Zhang Weili	2	26-4
Virna Jandiroba	3	22-4
Yan Xiaonan	4	18-5
Amanda Lemos	5	15-4-1
Loopy Godinez	6	14-5
Iasmin Lucindo	7	18-6
Tabatha Ricci	8	12-3
Jéssica Andrade	9	26-15
Gillian Robertson	10	16-8

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Women’s Strawweight:

Amanda Lemos vs. Gillian Robertson - UFC Fight Night, December 13, 2025

UFC Men’s Pound-for-Pound Rankings

FIGHTER	RANKING	RECORD
Islam Makhachev	1	28-1
Ilia Topuria	2	17-0
Merab Dvalishvili	3	21-4
Khamzat Chimaev	4	15-0
Alexandre Pantoja	5	30-5
Alex Pereira	6	13-3
Alexander Volkanovski	7	27-4
Tom Aspinall	8	15-3
Jack Della Maddalena	9	18-2
Dricus Du Plessis	10	23-3

UFC Women’s Pound-for-Pound Rankings

FIGHTER	RANKING	RECORD
Valentina Shevchenko	1	26-4-1
Kayla Harrison	2	19-1
Zhang Weili	3	26-4
Natalia Silva	4	19-5-1
Mackenzie Dern	5	16-5
Manon Fiorot	6	13-2
Erin Blanchfield	7	14-2
Alexa Grasso	8	16-5-1
Julianna Peña	9	12-6
Virna Jandiroba	10	22-4

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