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

  • Brendan Allen up two spots in MW division with win over Paul Craig

  • Ribas and Pinheiro swap places in the womens’ strawweight rankings

  • The last two cards before UFC 296 both see co-main event changes

UFC Rankings 2023

UFC Heavyweight Division - Champion: Jon Jones

(Interim Champion: Tom Aspinall)

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
(IC) Tom Aspinall114-3
Ciryl Gane213-2
Sergei Pavlovich318-2
Stipe Miocic420-4
Curtis Blaydes517-4
Alexander Volkov637-10
Jailton Almeida 720-2
Serghei Spivac816-4
Tai Tuivasa915-6
Marcin Tybura1024-8

Notable recent & upcoming matchups at Heavyweight:

  • Aspinall def Pavlovich via TKO for INTERIM title @ UFC 295, November 11, 2023

  • Andre Arlovski vs Waldo Cortes-Acosta - UFC Fight Night, January 13, 2024

  • Jailton Almeida def Derrick Lewis via UD @ UFC Fight Night, November 4, 2023

UFC Light Heavyweight Division - Champion: Alex Pereira

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Jamahal Hill112-1
Jiri Prochazka229-4-1
Magomed Ankalaev318-1-1
Jan Blachowicz429-10-1
Aleksandar Rakic514-3
Nikita Krylov630-9
Johnny Walker721-7
Anthony Smith836-18
Volkan Oezdemir918-7
Ryan Spann1021-8

Notable recent & upcoming matchups at Light heavyweight:

  • Anthony Smith vs Khalil Rountree Jr. - UFC Fight Night, December 9, 2023

  • Magomed Ankalaev vs Johnny Walker 2 - UFC Fight Night, January 13, 2024

  • Jan Blachowicz vs Aleksandar Rakic - UFC 297, January 20, 2024

UFC Middleweight Division - Champion: Sean Strickland

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Israel Adesanya124-3
Dricus du Plessis220-2
Robert Whittaker325-7
Jared Cannonier417-6
Marvin Vettori519-7-1
Paulo Costa614-2
Roman Dolidze712-2
Brendan Allen ⇧2823-5
Khamzat Chimaev ⇩1913-0
Jack Hermansson ⇩11023-8

Notable recent & upcoming matchups at Middleweight:

  • Sean Strickland vs Dricus du Plessis for MW championship - UFC 297, Jan. 20, 2024

  • Brendan Allen def Paul Craig @ UFC Fight Night, November 18, 2023

  • Roman Dolidze vs Nassourdine Imavov - UFC Fight Night, February 3, 2024

UFC Welterweight Division - Champion: Leon Edwards

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Kamaru Usman120-3
Belal Muhammad223-3
Colby Covington317-3
Gilbert Burns422-6
Shavkat Rakhmonov517-0
Stephen Thompson617-6-1
Geoff Neal715-5
Vicente Luque921-9-1
Sean Brady815-1
Ian Machado Garry1013-0

Notable recent & upcoming matchups at Welterweight:

  • Leon Edwards vs Colby Covington for WW championship - UFC 296, December 16

  • Shavkat Rakhmonov vs Stephen Thompson - UFC 296, December 16, 2023

  • Sean Brady vs Kelvin Gastelum - UFC on ESPN, December 2, 2023

UFC Lightweight Division - Champion: Islam Makhachev

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Charles Oliveira134-9
Justin Gaethje226-4
Dustin Poirier329-8
Beneil Dariush422-5-1
Michael Chandler523-8
Mateusz Gamrot 623-2
Rafael Fiziev712-3
Arman Tsarukyan819-3
Dan Hooker 932-12
Grant Dawson 1020-1-1

Notable recent & upcoming matchups at Lightweight:

  • Beneil Dariush vs Arman Tsarukyan - UFC on ESPN, December 2, 2023

  • Jalin Turner vs Bobby Green - UFC on ESPN, December 2, 2023

  • Tony Ferguson vs Paddy Pimblett - UFC 296, December 16, 2023

UFC Featherweight Division - Champion: Alex Volkanovski

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Max Holloway125-7
Yair Rodriguez216-3
Brian Ortega315-3
Arnold Allen419-2
Ilia Topuria514-0
Josh Emmett618-4
Calvin Kattar723-7
Giga Chikadze815-3
Movsar Evloev917-0
Bryce Mitchell1016-2

Notable recent & upcoming matchups at Featherweight:

  • Alexander Volkanovski vs Ilia Topuria for FW championship - UFC 298, Feb. 17, 2024

  • Josh Emmett vs Giga Chikadze - UFC 296, December 16, 2023

  • Arnold Allen vs Movsar Evloev - UFC 297, January 20, 2024

UFC Bantamweight division - Champion: Sean O’Malley

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Aljamain Sterling123-4
Merab Dvalishvili216-4
Henry Cejudo316-3
Cory Sandhagen417-4
Petr Yan516-5
Marlon Vera620-8-1
Song Yadong ⇧1720-7-1
Rob Font ⇩1820-7
Dominick Cruz924-4
Pedro Munhoz1020-7

Notable recent & upcoming matchups at Bantamweight:

  • Sean O’Malley vs Marlon Vera for BW championship - UFC 299, March 9, 2024

  • Rob Font vs Deiveson Figueiredo - UFC Fight Night, December 2, 2023

  • Song Yadong vs Chris Gutierrez - UFC Fight Night, December 9, 2023

UFC Flyweight Division - Champion: Alexandre Pantoja

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Brandon Moreno 121-7-2
Deiveson Figueiredo221-3-1
Amir Albazi325-10
Brandon Royval415-6
Kai Kara-France519-5-1
Matheus Nicolau619-4-1
Alex Perez724-7-0
Manel Kape818-6
Matt Schnell916-7
Muhammad Mokaev1011-0

Notable recent & upcoming matchups at Flyweight:

  • Alex Pantoja vs Brandon Royval for FW championship - UFC 296, December 16, 2023

  • Matt Schnell vs Steve Erceg - UFC 295, November 11, 2023

  • Matheus Nicolau vs Manel Kape - UFC Fight Night, January 13, 2024

UFC Women’s Bantamweight Division - Champion: VACANT

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Julianna Pena112-5
Raquel Pennington215-9
Marya Bueno Silva311-2-1
Ketlen Vieira413-3
Irene Aldana514-7
Holly Holm615-7
Pannie Kinzad717-7
Yana Santos814-8
Karol Rosa917-5
Macy Chiasson109-3

Notable recent & upcoming matchups at Women’s Bantamweight:

  • Raquel Pennington vs Mayra Bueno Silva for BW championship - UFC 297, Jan. 20, 2024

  • Meisha Tate vs Julia Avila - UFC Fight Night, December 2, 2023

  • Irene Aldana vs Karol Rosa - UFC 296, December 16, 2023

UFC Women’s Flyweight Division - Champion: Alexa Grasso

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Valentina Shevchenko123-4
Erin Blanchfield212-1
Manon Fiorot311-1
Katlyn Chookagian418-5
Jessica Andrade524-12
Lauren Murphy616-6
Maycee Barber713-2
Viviane Araujo811-5
Amanda Ribas912-4
Tracy Cortez1011-1

Notable recent & upcoming matchups at Women’s Flyweight:

  • Casey O’Neill vs Ariane Lipski - UFC 296, December 16, 2023

  • Viviane Araujo def Jennifer Maia via UD UFC Fight Night, October 14, 2023

  • Alexa Grasso vs Valentina Shevchenko DRAW @ UFC Fight Night, September 16, 2023

UFC Strawweight Division - Champion: Zhang Weili

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Carla Esparza120-7
Yan Xiaonan217-3
Tatiana Suarez311-0
Amanda Lemos413-3-1
Jessica Andrade524-12
Virna Jandiroba619-3
Marina Rodriguez ⇧1717-3-2
Mackenzie Dern ⇩1813-4
Amanda Ribas ⇧1913-4
Luana Pinheiro ⇩11011-1

Notable recent & upcoming matchups at Women’s Strawweight:

  • Mackenzie Dern vs Jessica Andrade - UFC 295, November 11, 2023

  • Tabatha Ricci vs Loopy Godinez - UFC 295, November 11, 2023

  • Amanda Ribas def Luana Pinheiro @ UFC Fight Night, November 18, 2023

UFC Men’s Pound-for-Pound Rankings

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Islam Makhachev125-1
Jon Jones227-1
Alexander Volkanovski 325-3
Leon Edwards421-3
Alex Pereira59-2
Charles Oliveira634-9
Sean O’Malley717-1
Sean Strickland828-5
Israel Adesanya 924-3
Alexandre Pantoja1026-5

UFC Women’s Pound-for-Pound Rankings

FIGHTERRANKINGRECORD
Alexa Grasso 116-3-1
Zhang Weili 224-3
Valentina Shevchenko 323-4-1
Julianna Pena 412-5
Erin Blanchfield 512-1
Manon Fiorot611-1
Rose Namajunas ⇧1812-6
Carla Esparza ⇩1720-7
Yan Xioanan917-3
Tatiana Suarez1011-0
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