Men’s Divisions
Heavyweight (265) – Light Heavyweight (205) – Middleweight (185) – Welterweight (170) – Lightweight (155) – Featherweight (145) – Bantamweight (135) – Flyweight (125) – Pound-4-Pound
Women’s Divisions
W-Featherweight (145+) – W-Bantamweight (135) – W-Flyweight (125) – W-Strawweight (115) – Pound-4-Pound
| # | FIGHTER | ORG | OVR | LAST 3 | NEXT FIGHT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |  | Jon Jones |  | 28-1 | W-Stipe Miocic (TKO) W-Ciryl Gane (SUB) W-Dominick Reyes (DEC) | |
| 2 |  |  | Francis Ngannou |  | 18-3 | W-Renan Ferreira (KO W-Cyril Gane (DEC) W-Stipe Miocic (KO) | |
| 3 |  |  | Tom Aspinall | | 15-3 | W-Curtis Blaydes (KO) W-Sergey Pavlovich (KO) W-Alexander Volkov (SUB) | |
| 4 |  | | Ciryl Gane | | 12-2 | W-Sergey Spivak (TKO) L-Jon Jones (SUB) W-Tai Tuivasa (KO) | |
| 5 |  |  | Alexander Volkov | | 38-10 | W-Sergey Pavlovich (DEC) W-Tai Tuivasa (SUB) W-Alexander Romanov (TKO) | |
| 6 |  | | Sergey Pavlovich | | 18-3 | L-Alexander Volkov (DEC) L-Tom Aspinall (KO) W-Curtis Blaydes (TKO) | |
| 7 |  | | Curtis Blaydes | | 18-5 | L-Tom Aspinall (KO) W-Jailton Almeida (KO) L-Sergey Pavlovich (TKO) | |
| 8 |  |  | Jailton Almeida | | 20-3 | L-Curtis Blaydes (KO) W-Derrick Lewis (DEC) W-Jairzinho Rozenstruik (SUB) | |
| 9 |  | | Vadim Nedkov |  | 17-2 | W-Bruno Cappelozza (SUB) W-Yoel Romero (DEC) W-Corey Anderson (DEC) | |
| 10 |  |  | Jairzinho Rozenstruik | | 15-5 | W-Tai Tuivasa (DEC) W-Shamil Gaziev (TKO) L-Jailton Almeida (SUB) | |
| 11 |  |  | Sergey Spivak | | 17-4 | W-Marcin Tybura (SUB) L-Cyril Gane (TKO) W-Derrick Lewis (SUB) | |
| 12 |  |  | Marcin Tybura | | 26-9 | W-Jhonata Diniz (TKO) L-Sergey Spivak (SUB) W-Tai Tuivasa (SUB) | . |
| 13 |  |  | Tai Tuivasa | | 14-8 | L-Jairzinho Rozenstruik (DEC) L-Marcin Tybura (SUB) L-Alexander Volkov (SUB) | |
| 14 |  | | Derrick Lewis | | 28-12 | W-Rodrigo Nascimento (TKO) L-Jailton Almeida (DEC) W-Marcos Lima (TKO) | |
| 15 |  | | Renan Ferreira | | 13-3 | W-Ryan Bader (TKO) W-Denis Goltsov (TKO) W-Maurice Greene (KO) | |
| 16 |  | | Denis Goltsov | | 35-8 | W-Tim Johnson (TKO) W-Thiago Santos (TKO) W-Linton Vassell (TKO) | |
| 17 |  | | Ryan Bader | | 31-8 | L-Renan Ferreira (TKO) W-Fedor Emelianenko (TKO) W-Cheick Kongo (DEC) | |
| 18 | | Oleg Popov | | 19-1 | W-Linton Vassell (DEC) W-Davion Franklin (DEC) W-Steve Mowry (TKO) | ||
| 19 |  | | Linton Vassell | | 24-10 | L-Oleg Popov (DEC) W-Valentin Moldavsky (DEC) L-Denis Goltsov (TKO) | |
| 20 |  | | Valentin Moldavsky | | 13-4 | L-Linton Vassell (DEC) W-Ante Delija (TKO) W-Steve Mowry (DEC) | |
| 21 |  | | Alexander Romanov | Free Agent | 18-3 | W-Rodrigo Nascimento (DEC) L-Jailton Almeida (SUB) W-Blagoi Ivanov (DEC) | |
| 22 |  | | Philip De Fries | KSW | 25-6 | W-Augusto Sakai (DEC) W-Szymon Bajor (SUB) W-Todd Duffee (TKO) | |
| 23 |  |  | Shamil Gaziev | | 13-1 | W-Don'Tale Mayes (DEC) L-Jairzinho Rozenstruik (TKO) W-Martin Buday (TKO) | |
| 24 |  | | Junior dos Santos | Free Agent | 23-10 | W-Alan Belcher (TKO) W-Fabricio Werdum (DEC) L-Yorgan de Castro (TKO) | |
| 25 |  | | Marcos Lima | | 22-9-1 | W-Junior Tafa (TKO) L-Derrick Lewis (TKO) W-Waldo Cortes-Acosta (DEC) | |
| Ineligible for Rankings * Suspension * Inactivity>15 months * Moving Divisions | |||||||
 | | Cheick Kongo | | 31-12-2 | L-Ryan Bader (DEC) W-Sergei Kharitonov (SUB) L-Timothy Johnson (DEC) | ||
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francis and stipe should be way higher ranked
Ali Isaev is no longer ineligible. He fought to a draw on a recent Bellator event against Mowry
Disgusting,
so Fedor with a 39-6 ranking that is like 9-2 against UFC Champions and In his last 5 fights has wins over Chael Sonnen, Frank Mir, and Rampage Jackson is the 27th ranked hw in all of MMA…?
You guys have Overeem over him? Werdum??
Yes Werdum subbed Fedor but in their fight Fedor dropped him and just got reckless attacking. You cant make mistakes against a Jiu Jitsu master of that caliber so Werdum got the sub…but If they were to fight again Fedor would be favored and rightly so…
this is a terrible ranking…
Fedor is top 5, no less than top 10 .
You’re right the only fight Fedor didn’t do well in was the one against Bader but Bader has very good striking right now in bellator
Top prospects in and outta the UFC in each weightclass
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDCqNC65fe6_dRTYbEYwyndX7sRZS-hPq
I would
like to express my feelings on there being an open weight class in the UFC where
you can weigh whatever you want. Fighters take so much energy to cut weight and
end up not fighting at their optimum as a result, so why don’t we do away with
weight classes? Now I know a lot of you are going to say that this would be
unfair to smaller fighters, but isn’t the whole idea of martial arts to be able
to defeat your opponent no matter how big they are? What the smaller fighters
would lack in mass and strength, would make up for it with their speed and
cardio, do you really think Bigfoot Silva is going to beat Anderson Silva
because he is bigger? there is no way he is going to stop that level of
technique. How many of you out there would love to see a UFC open weight class?
And how many of you think there are UFC fighters in lower weight classes that
would destroy fighters in higher weight classes if it was an open weight class?
Size isn’t everything in a fight – I don’t think anyone could or would seriously argue that. That being said the weight advantage is something that you do need to factor into things when organizing a fight. The additional strength and power that comes with an extra 5-10-15kg weight on one’s side is not a trivial matter. It is much easier for the bigger guy to resist submission attempts and weather a storm of fists/kicks.
Don’t get me wrong I wouldn’t mind seeing some open weight class fights – but not where there is a 20kg difference between the fighters.