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 | ||
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| 1 |  |  | Belal Muhammad |  | 24-3 | W-Leon Edwards (DEC) W-Gilbert Burns (DEC) W-Sean Brady (TKO) | |
| 2 |  |  | Leon Edwards | | 22-4 | L-Belal Muhammad (DEC) W-Colby Covington (DEC) W-Kamaru Usman (DEC) | |
| 3 |  | | Kamaru Usman | | 20-4 | L-Khamzat Chimaev (DEC) L-Leon Edwards (DEC) L-Leon Edwards (KO) | |
| 4 |  | | Colby Covington | | 17-4 | L-Leon Edwards (DEC) W-Jorge Masvidal (DEC) L-Kamaru Usman (DEC) | |
| 5 |  |  | Shavkat Rakhmonov | | 18-0 | W-Stephen Thompson (SUB) W-Geoff Neal (SUB) W-Neil Magny (SUB) | |
| 6 |  | | Sean Brady | | 17-1 | W-Gilbert Burns (DEC) W-Kelvin Gastelum (SUB) L-Belal Muhammad (TKO) | |
| 7 |  |  | Jack Maddalena | | 17-2 | W-Gilbert Burns (KO) W-Kevin Holland (DEC) W-Bassel Hafez (DEC) | |
| 8 |  |  | Ian Garry | | 15-0 | W-Michael Page (DEC) W-Geoff Neal (DEC) W-Neil Magny (DEC) | |
| 9 |  | | Joaquin Buckley | | 20-6 | W-Stephen Thompson (KO) W-Nursulton Ruziboev (DEC) W-Vicente Luque (TKO) | |
| 10 |  |  | Gilbert Burns | | 22-8 | L-Sean Brady (DEC) L-Jack Maddalena (KO) L-Belal Muhammad (DEC) | |
| 11 |  | Ramazan Kuramagomedov |  | 13-0 | W-Jason Jackson (DEC) W-Randall Wallace (SUB) W-Jaleel Willis (KO) | ||
| 12 |  |  | Jason Jackson | | 18-4 | L-Ramazan Kuramagomedov (DEC) W-Ray Cooper (DEC) W-Yaroslav Amosov (KO) | |
| 13 |  |  | Yaroslav Amosov | | 27-1 | L-Jason Jackson (KO) W-Logan Storley (DEC) W-Douglas Lima (DEC) | |
| 14 |  | | Geoff Neal | | 16-6 | W-Rafael dos Anjos (TKO) L-Ian Garry (DEC) L-Shavkat Rakhmonov (SUB) | |
| 15 |  | | Vicente Luque | | 22-10-1 | L-Joaquin Buckley (TKO) W-Rafael dos Anjos (DEC) L-Geoff Neal (KO) | |
| 16 |  | | Stephen Thompson | | 17-8-1 | L-Joaquin Buckley (KO) L-Shavkat Rakhmonov (SUB) W-Kevin Holland (TKO) | |
| 17 |  | | Shamil Musaev |  | 17-0-1 | W-Murad Ramaznov (DEC) W-Murad Ramaznov (TKO) W-Logan Storley (KO) | |
| 18 |  | | Logan Storley | | 16-3 | W-Luca Poclit (DEC) L-Shamil Musaev (KO) W-Brennan Ward (TKO) | |
| 19 |  | | Michael Page | | 22-3 | L-Ian Garry (DEC) W-Kevin Holland (DEC) W-Goiti Yamauchi (TKO) | |
| 20 |  | | Kevin Holland | | 26-11 | W-Michal Oleksiejczuk (SUB) L-Michael Page (DEC) L-Jack Maddalena (DEC) | |
| 21 |  |  | Michael Morales | | 17-0 | W-Neil Magny (TKO) W-Jake Matthews (DEC) W-Max Griffin (DEC) | |
| 22 |  | | Carlos Prates | | 21-6 | W-Neil Magny (KO) W-Li Jingliang (KO) W-Charlie Radtke (KO) | |
| 23 |  | | Kelvin Gastelum | | 18-9 | W-Daniel Rodriguez (DEC) L-Sean Brady (SUB) W-Chris Curtis (DEC) | |
| 24 |  | | Randy Brown | | 19-5 | W-Elizeu Zaleski (DEC) W-Muslim Salikhov (KO) W-Wellington Turman (DEC) | |
| 25 |  | | Rafael dos Anjos | | 32-17 | L-Geoff Neal (TKO) L-Mateusz Gamrot (DEC) L-Vicente Luque (DEC) | |
| Ineligible for Rankings * Suspension * Inactivity>15 months * Moving Divisions | |||||||
 | | Nate Diaz | Free Agent | 21-13 | W-Tony Ferguson (SUB) L-Leon Edwards (DEC) L-Jorge Masvidal (TKO) | ||
| MMA World Rankings FAQ | ||||
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Chiesa can’t be above masvidal and why is khamzat above Belal. Honestly agree with where Colby is right now though.
Conor should not be ranked above douglas lima prove me wrong
Definitely debatable and glad to see another fan realize fighters from other organizations deserve their due as well.
Nate Diaz and Anthony Pettis are way to high in my opinion. They should be below RDA because they both lost to him and both struggle to get some wins together recently.
Appreciate the feedback, the main reason for them both being ranked above RDA is Pettis’ win over Stephen Thompson. RDA is 1-4 in his last 5, so although Diaz’s only relevant win is over Pettis, it still carries a lot of weight since Pettis was coming off the dominant win over Thompson. If there were all still fighting at 155, then I 100% could see your case for RDA being ranked higher.
Michael Page has 17 wins
Fixed, thank you.
Wonderboy is to low look here is the TRUTH he needs to be switched with Diaz, Diaz got his ass whooped by Masvidal his last welterweight fight, he beat pettis by dec and got whooped by Conor and dropped 3 times in a dec loss so he is coming off a loss and is 1-2 in his last 3 now for Wonderboy he lost to Pettis no doubt but that was a freak one off if they fought 10 times id think Wonderboy wins 8 or 9 of em BUT he lost i know he also had a draw(which should of been a win) with Woodly, he lost a split decision to Till (that everyone knows he won) ok i got those outta the way now he won his last fight against Luque and he before that was robbed by judges against Till his only true loss after his 2 title shots (he was robbed against woodley in the 1st fight) was pettis he should be 3-1 since then but he is 2-2 against higher overall competition a close title shot loss, then he BEAT MASVIDAL the current #1 contender and a man who embarrassed Diaz, a split decision loss against till who was #1 contender at time then a big upset against Pettis yes but rebounded nicely in his last fight against Luque bottom line of my rant is no way Diaz is a higher ranked welterweight a higher level welterweight or a better fighter at welterweight than wonderboy who has WW wins against Robert whittaker, johhny Hendricks, rory Macdonald, jorge Masvidal,and Vincent Luque and a title fight “draw” against tyron woodley. Diaz best ww wins are 2 pettis, McGregor two 145 pounders lol he was owned by rory Macdonald and Masvidal could you imagine what Woodley would do to diaz, or even Wonderboy i predict if wonderboy fought diaz would be diaz 2nd ever true KO loss by a Kick just like his 1st KO loss
Appreciate the feedback. The common opponent with Diaz is what has Diaz has ranked higher than Thompson. They have both fought Anthony Pettis within the last 3 years and in ranking fighters, a lot has to do with competition level and how they performed. Lot of MMA Math ranking here as well where Pettis beat Thompson convicingly, moving ahead of him in the rankings, and then Diaz beat Pettis, resulting in Diaz being ranked above Pettis & Thompson. The loss to Masvidal doesn’t move Diaz down much since Masvidal was ranked ahead of Diaz at the time they fought.
This is so funny. Askren retires after a long career and is removed. Then he comes back to more difficult competition and a bad hip after having like 3 years off and its totally evident to the posts here from 2018, and you idiots are still talking shit.
Where is Soldić?
It’s time for you guys to give Geoff Neal some love on this list.
Ponzinibbio 17 in welter??? really???
It’s time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where is Ben Askren in this so called world’s best of WW ranking? Two time WW champion in two promotions, and undefeated (18-0 record). Are you kidding me? Have you not seen his fights with your own eyes? This list is not “world” (more like world according to UFC).
Hi Egan,
We removed Ben Askren from the world rankings due to him announcing his retirement back in November of 2017.
Here is just of many links indicating his retirement: https://www.forbes.com/sites/trentreinsmith/2017/11/24/one-championship-results-ben-askren-retires-undefeated-after-tko-win/#b90fe4337a1c
As soon as he announces his return, he will enter back into the rankings.
Thank you for your comment!!
DC
shut ur face Ben ball sniffer Asskream is a Joke. he’s always been a joke with his crotch face
This did not age well