Ultimate Fighting Championship rankings

The Ultimate Fighting Championship rankings, which were introduced in February 2013, are generated by a voting panel made up of media members. The media members are asked to vote for who they feel are the top fighters in the UFC by weight class and pound-for-pound. A fighter is only eligible to be voted on if they are in active status in the UFC. A fighter can appear in more than one weight division at a time. The champion and interim champion are considered to be in the top positions of their respective divisions and therefore are not eligible for voting by weight class. However, the champions can be voted on for the pound-for-pound rankings.^[1]

Overview

• Last Update (current ranking): October 8, 2018
• Previous Update (prior ranking): September 24, 2018

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Pound-for-Pound rankings

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Weight class	Title(s)
1	Daniel Cormier	21–1 (1)		Light Heavyweight (2014–present) Heavyweight (2009–2013, 2018–present)	Light Heavyweight Champion Heavyweight Champion
2	Khabib Nurmagomedov	27–0	6	Lightweight	Lightweight Champion
3	T.J. Dillashaw	16–3		Bantamweight	Bantamweight Champion
4	Max Holloway	19–3		Featherweight (2012–present) Lightweight (2010–2011)	Featherweight Champion
5	Georges St-Pierre	26–2		Welterweight (2002–2013) Middleweight (2017)
6	Tyron Woodley	19–3–1		Welterweight	Welterweight Champion
7	Demetrious Johnson	27–3–1		Flyweight (2012–present) Bantamweight (2010–2012)
8	Conor McGregor	21–4	6	Lightweight (2016–present) Featherweight (2013–2015)
9	Stipe Miocic	18–3		Heavyweight
9	Henry Cejudo	13–2	2	Flyweight	Flyweight Champion
11	Cris Cyborg	20–1 (1)	1	Featherweight	Women's Featherweight Champion
12	Robert Whittaker	20–4		Middleweight (2014–present) Welterweight (2009–2014)	Middleweight Champion
13	Tony Ferguson	24–3		Lightweight
14	Amanda Nunes	16–4		Bantamweight (2011–present) Featherweight (2008–2011)	Women's Bantamweight Champion
15	Rose Namajunas	8–3		Strawweight	Women's Strawweight Champion

Weight class rankings

Heavyweight

Champion: Daniel Cormier [21–1 (1)]

Rank	Fighter	Record	M
1	Stipe Miocic	18–3
2	Derrick Lewis	21–5 (1)
3	Curtis Blaydes	10–1 (1)
4	Francis Ngannou	11–3
5	Alexander Volkov	30–7
6	Alistair Overeem	43–17 (1)
7	Junior dos Santos	19–5
8	Oleksiy Oliynyk	57–11–1
9	Marcin Tybura	17–4
10	Mark Hunt	13–13–1 (1)
11	Tai Tuivasa	8–0
12	Shamil Abdurakhimov	19–4
13	Andrei Arlovski	27–17 (1)
14	Stefan Struve	28–11
15	Justin Willis	7–1

Light Heavyweight

Champion: Daniel Cormier [21–1 (1)]

Rank	Fighter	Record	M
1	Alexander Gustafsson	18–4
2	Volkan Oezdemir	15–2
3	Jan Błachowicz	23–7
4	Ilir Latifi	14–5 (1)
5	Jimi Manuwa	17–4
6	Dominick Reyes	10–0	6
7	Corey Anderson	11–4	1
8	Glover Teixeira	27–7
9	Ovince Saint Preux	23–12	2
10	Anthony Smith	30–13	1
11	Misha Cirkunov	13–4	1
12	Maurício Rua	25–11	1
13	Nikita Krylov	24–6
14	Patrick Cummins	10–4	1
15	Tyson Pedro	7–2

Middleweight

Champion: Robert Whittaker [20–4]

Rank	Fighter	Record	M
1	Yoel Romero	13–3
2	Luke Rockhold	16–4
3	Chris Weidman	14–3
4	Kelvin Gastelum	15–3 (1)
5	Jacaré Souza	25–6 (1)
6	Derek Brunson	18–6
7	David Branch	21–4
8	Paulo Costa	12–0
9	Israel Adesanya	14–0
10	Brad Tavares	17–5
11	Antônio Carlos Júnior	10–2 (1)
12	Uriah Hall	13–9
13	Elias Theodorou	15–2
14	Krzysztof Jotko	19–4
15	Thiago Santos	19–6	*NR

Welterweight

Champion: Tyron Woodley [19–3–1]

Rank	Fighter	Record	M
1	Colby Covington	14–1
2	Darren Till	17–1–1
3	Rafael dos Anjos	28–10
4	Stephen Thompson	14–3–1
5	Robbie Lawler	28–12 (1)
6	Kamaru Usman	13–1
7	Demian Maia	25–9
8	Neil Magny	21–6
9	Jorge Masvidal	32–13
10	Santiago Ponzinibbio	26–3
11	Leon Edwards	16–3
12	Donald Cerrone	33–11 (1)
13	Alex Oliveira	19–5–1 (2)
14	Gunnar Nelson	16–3–1
15	Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos	20–5

Lightweight

Champion: Khabib Nurmagomedov [27–0]

Rank	Fighter	Record	M
1	Tony Ferguson	24–3	1
2	Conor McGregor	21–4	1
3	Dustin Poirier	24–5 (1)
4	Eddie Alvarez	29–6 (1)
5	Kevin Lee	17–3
6	Edson Barboza	19–6
7	Justin Gaethje	19–2
8	Anthony Pettis	21–8
9	Al Iaquinta	13–4–1
10	Nate Diaz	19–11
11	Michael Chiesa	14–4
12	James Vick	13–2
13	Alexander Hernandez	10–1
14	Dan Hooker	17–7
15	Francisco Trinaldo	23–6

Featherweight

Champion: Max Holloway [19–3]

Rank	Fighter	Record	M
1	Brian Ortega	14–0 (1)
2	José Aldo	27–4
3	Frankie Edgar	23–6–1
4	Renato Moicano	13–1–1
5	Chad Mendes	18–4
6	Jeremy Stephens	28–15
7	Cub Swanson	25–10
8	Josh Emmett	13–2
8	Mirsad Bektić	13–1
10	Chan Sung Jung	14–4
11	Alexander Volkanovski	18–1
12	Ricardo Lamas	18–7
13	Darren Elkins	24–6
14	Zabit Magomedsharipov	16–1
15	Yair Rodríguez	10–2

Bantamweight

Champion: T.J. Dillashaw [16–3]

Rank	Fighter	Record	M
1	Cody Garbrandt	11–2
2	Dominick Cruz	22–2
3	Raphael Assunção	27–5
4	Marlon Moraes	21–5–1
5	Jimmie Rivera	22–2
6	John Lineker	31–8
7	Aljamain Sterling	16–3
8	John Dodson	20–10
9	Pedro Munhoz	16–3 (1)
10	Cody Stamann	17–2
11	Rob Font	15–4
12	Alejandro Pérez	21–6–1
13	Thomas Almeida	21–3
14	Douglas Silva de Andrade	25–2 (1)
15	Rani Yahya	26–9 (1)

Flyweight

Champion: Henry Cejudo [13–2]

Rank	Fighter	Record	M
1	Demetrious Johnson	27–3–1
2	Jussier Formiga	22–5	3
3	Sergio Pettis	17–4	1
4	Joseph Benavidez	25–5	1
5	Ray Borg	11–3	1
6	Deiveson Figueiredo	15–0
7	John Moraga	19–7
8	Wilson Reis	22–9
9	Dustin Ortiz	19–7
10	Alexandre Pantoja	19–3
11	Brandon Moreno	14–5
12	Ben Nguyen	18–7
13	Tim Elliott	15–8–1
14	Matheus Nicolau	13–2–1
15	Ulka Sasaki	21–5–2

Women's Bantamweight

Champion: Amanda Nunes [16–4]

Rank	Fighter	Record	M
1	Holly Holm	12–4
2	Ketlen Vieira	10–0
3	Julianna Peña	8–3
4	Raquel Pennington	9–6
5	Germaine de Randamie	7–3
6	Cat Zingano	10–3
7	Marion Reneau	9–4–1
7	Aspen Ladd	7–0	2
9	Sara McMann	11–5	1
10	Yana Kunitskaya	11–4 (1)	*NR
11	Bethe Correia	10–3–1	1
12	Irene Aldana	9–4	1
13	Lucie Pudilová	8–3
14	Lina Länsberg	8–4	2
15	Tonya Evinger	19–7 (1)	*NR

Women's Flyweight

Champion: Vacant

Rank	Fighter	Record	M
1	Valentina Shevchenko	15–3
2	Nicco Montaño	4–2
3	Katlyn Chookagian	11–1
4	Sijara Eubanks	3–2
5	Alexis Davis	19–8
6	Liz Carmouche	12–6
7	Roxanne Modafferi	22–14
8	Lauren Murphy	10–4
9	Jessica Eye	13–6 (1)
10	Jessica-Rose Clark	9–5 (1)
11	Ashlee Evans-Smith	6–3
12	Joanne Calderwood	12–3
13	Mara Romero Borella	12–5 (1)
14	Jennifer Maia	15–5–1
15	Andrea Lee	9–2

Women's Strawweight

Champion: Rose Namajunas [8–3]

Rank	Fighter	Record	M
1	Joanna Jedrzejczyk	15–2
2	Jéssica Andrade	19–6
3	Cláudia Gadelha	16–3
4	Tatiana Suarez	7–0
5	Karolina Kowalkiewicz	12–3
6	Tecia Torres	10–3
7	Michelle Waterson	16–6	1
8	Carla Esparza	13–6	1
9	Felice Herrig	14–8
10	Cortney Casey	8–6
11	Nina Ansaroff	9–5
12	Alexa Grasso	10–2
13	Randa Markos	8–6–1
14	Angela Hill	8–5
15	Mackenzie Dern	7–0

See also

• List of undefeated mixed martial artists
• List of UFC champions

References

External links

• Official website