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

Ryan Bristlon
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Updated: Mar. 28, 2025, 11:55 AM ET
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UFC Rankings 2024

UFC Heavyweight Division - Champion: Jon Jones

(Interim Champion: Tom Aspinall)

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
(IC) Tom Aspinall115-3
Ciryl Gane213-2
Alexander Volkov338-11
Sergei Pavlovich419-3
Curtis Blaydes518-5
Jailton Almeida622-3
Serghey Spivak717-5
Marcin Tybura827-9
Derrick Lewis928-12
Tai Tuivasa1014-8

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Heavyweight:

  • Serghey Spivak vs Shamil Gaziev - UFC Fight Night, May 17, 2025

  • Curtis Blaydes vs Rizvan Kuniev - UFC Fight Night, June 21, 2025

UFC Light Heavyweight Division - Champion: Magomed Ankalaev

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Alex Pereira112-3
Jiri Prochazka231-5-1
Carlos Ulberg313-1
Jamahal Hill412-3
Jan Blachowicz529-11-1
Aleksandar Rakic614-5
Khalil Rountree Jr.714-6
Nikita Krylov830-9
Volkan Oezdemir920-8
Johnny Walker1021-9

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Light Heavyweight:

  • Nikita Krylov vs Dominick Reyes - UFC 314, April 12, 2025

  • Jamahal Hill vs Khalil Rountree Jr. - UFC on ESPN, April 26, 2025

  • Johnny Walker vs Azamat Murzakanov - UFC Fight Night, May 17, 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:

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UFC Welterweight Division - Champion: Belal Muhammad

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Sean Brady118-1
Shavkat Rakhmonov219-0
Leon Edwards322-5
Kamaru Usman420-4
Jack Della Maddalena517-2
Joaquin Buckley621-6
Ian Machado Garry715-1
Gilbert Burns822-8
Colby Covington917-5
Geoff Neal1016-6

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Welterweight:

  • Geoff Neal vs Carlos Prates - UFC 314, April 12, 2025

  • (C) Belal Muhammad vs Jack Della Maddalena - UFC 315, May 10, 2025

  • Gilbert Burns vs Michael Morales - UFC 315, May 10, 2025

UFC Lightweight Division - Champion: Islam Makhachev

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Arman Tsarukyan122-3
Charles Oliveira235-10
Justin Gaethje326-5
Max Holloway426-8
Dustin Poirier530-9
Dan Hooker624-12
Michael Chandler723-9
Mateusz Gamrot924-3
Beneil Dariush822-6-1
Renato Moicano1020-6-1

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Lightweight:

  • Michael Chandler vs Paddy Pimblett - UFC 314, April 12, 2025

UFC Featherweight Division - Champion: Ilia Topuria

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Alexander Volkanovski126-4
Max Holloway226-8
Diego Lopes326-6
Movsar Evloev419-0
Yair Rodriguez516-5
Brian Ortega616-4
Arnold Allen720-3
Josh Emmett819-4
Aljamain Sterling924-5
Lerone Murphy1015-0-1

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Featherweight:

  • Josh Emmett vs Lerone Murphy - UFC on ESPN, April 5, 2025

  • Alexander Volkanovski vs Diego Lopes - UFC 314, April 12, 2025

  • Yair Rodriguez vs Patricio Freire - UFC 314, April 12, 2025

UFC Bantamweight Division - Champion: Merab Dvalishvili

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Sean O’Malley118-2
Petr Yan318-5
Umar Nurmagomedov218-1
Cory Sandhagen417-5
Deiveson Figueiredo524-4-1
Song Yadong622-8-1
Marlon Vera723-10-1
Rob Font822-8
Henry Cejudo916-5
Mario Bautista1015-2

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Bantamweight:

  • Cory Sandhagen vs Deiveson Figueiredo - UFC Fight Night, May 3, 2025

  • Marlon Vera vs Mario Bautista - UFC 316, June 7, 2025

UFC Flyweight Division - Champion: Alexandre Pantoja

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Brandon Royval117-7
Brandon Moreno222-8-2
Amir Albazi317-2
Kai Kara-France425-11
Tatsuro Taira516-1
Manel Kape621-7
Alex Perez725-9
Steve Erceg812-3
Asu Almabayev921-3
Tagir Ulanbekov1016-2

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Flyweight:

  • Brandon Moreno vs Steve Erceg - UFC on ESPN, March 29, 2025

UFC Women’s Bantamweight Division - Champion: Julianna Pena

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Raquel Pennington116-10
Kayla Harrison218-1
Ketlen Vieira314-4
Norma Dumont412-2
Macy Chiasson511-3
Irene Aldana615-8
Marya Bueno Silva710-4-1
Ailin Perez812-2
Karol Rosa918-7
Yana Santos1015-8

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Women’s Bantamweight:

  • Yana Santos vs Meisha Tate - UFC Fight Night, May 3, 2025

  • (C) Julianna Pena vs Kayla Harrison - UFC 316, June 7, 2025

UFC Women’s Flyweight Division - Champion: Valentina Shevchenko

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Alexa Grasso116-4-1
Manon Fiorot212-1
Erin Blanchfield313-2
Maycee Barber 414-2
Natalia Silva518-5-1
Rose Namajunas614-7
Jessica Andrade726-13
Viviane Araujo813-6
Jasmine Jasudavicius913-3
Tracey Cortez1011-2

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Women’s Flyweight:

  • (C) Valentina Shevchenko vs Manon Fiorot - UFC 315, May 10, 2025

  • Jessica Andrade vs Jasmine Jasudavicius - UFC 315, May 10, 2025

  • Alexa Grasso vs Natalia Silva - UFC 315, May 10

UFC Strawweight Division - Champion: Zhang Weili

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Yan Xiaonan119-4
Tatiana Suarez211-1
Virna Jandiroba321-3
Jessica Andrade426-13
Amanda Lemos515-4-1
Mackenzie Dern615-5
Amanda Ribas712-6
Iasmin Lucindo817-6
Marina Rodriguez917-5-2
Tabatha Ricci1011-3

Notable Upcoming Matchups at Women’s Strawweight:

  • Yan Xioanan vs Virna Jandiroba - UFC 314, April 12, 2025

  • Marina Rodriguez vs Gillian Robertson - UFC Fight Night, May 3, 2025

UFC Men’s Pound-for-Pound Rankings

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Islam Makhachev127-1
Jon Jones228-1
Ilia Topuria316-0
Merab Dvalishvili419-4
Dricus Du Plessis523-2
Magomed Ankalaev621-1-1
Belal Muhammad724-3
Alex Pereira812-3
Alexandre Pantoja929-5
Tom Aspinall1015-3

UFC Women’s Pound-for-Pound Rankings

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Valentina Shevchenko 124-4-1
Zhang Weili226-3
Alexa Grasso316-4-1
Julianna Pena413-5
Manon Fiorot512-1
Erin Blanchfield613-2
Kayla Harrison718-1
Raquel Pennington816-10
Rose Namajunas914-7
Yan Xioanan1019-4

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