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 Fights | Next Fight | ||
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| 1 |  |  | Jon Jones |  | 28-1 | W-Stipe Miocic (TKO) W-Ciryl Gane (SUB) W-Dominick Reyes (DEC) | |
| 2 |  |  | Islam Makhachev | | 26-1 | W-Dustin Poirier (SUB) W-Alex Volkanovski (KO) W-Alex Volkanovski (DEC) | |
| 3 |  |  | Ilia Topuria | | 16-0 | W-Max Holloway (KO) W-Alex Volkanovski (KO) W-Josh Emmett (DEC) | |
| 4 |  |  | Alex Pereira | | 12-2 | W-Khalil Rountree (TKO) W-Jiri Prochazka (TKO) W-Jamahal Hill (KO) | |
| 5 |  |  | Francis Ngannou |  | 17-3 | W-Cyril Gane (DEC) W-Stipe Miocic (KO) W-Jairzinho Rozenstruik (KO) | |
| 6 |  |  | Alex Volkanovski | | 26-4 | L-Ilia Topuria (KO) L-Islam Makhachev (KO) W-Yair Rodriguez (TKO) | |
| 7 |  |  | Dricus Du Plessis | | 22-2 | W-Israel Adesanya (SUB) W-Sean Strickland (DEC) W-Robert Whittaker (TKO) | |
| 8 |  | | Belal Muhammad | | 24-3 | W-Leon Edwards (DEC) W-Gilbert Burns (DEC) W-Sean Brady (TKO) | |
| 9 |  |  | Leon Edwards | | 22-4 | L-Belal Muhammad (DEC) W-Colby Covington (DEC) W-Kamaru Usman (DEC) | |
| 10 |  |  | Khamzat Chimaev | | 14-0 | W-Robert Whittaker (SUB) W-Kamaru Usman (DEC) W-Kevin Holland (SUB) | |
| 11 |  | | Max Holloway | | 26-8 | L-Ilia Topuria (KO) W-Justin Gaethje (KO) W-Chan Sung Jung (KO) | |
| 12 |  |  | Merab Dvalishvili | | 18-4 | W-Sean O'Malley (DEC) W-Henry Cejudo (DEC) W-Petr Yan (DEC) | |
| 13 |  | | Sean O'Malley | | 18-2 | L-Merab Dvalishvili (DEC) W-Marlon Vera (DEC) W-Aljamain Sterling (TKO) | |
| 14 |  | | Sean Strickland | | 29-6 | W-Paulo Costa (DEC) L-Dricus Du Plessis (DEC) W-Israel Adesanya (DEC) | |
| 15 |  |  | Israel Adesanya | | 24-4 | L-Dricus Du Plessis (SUB) L-Sean Strickland (DEC) W-Alex Pereira (KO) | |
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There should be a seperate P4P list for Women.
How can Nunes be the 3rd best p4p fighter on the planet. How many 135/145 men in the UFC can she beat? O
Where is Dustin Poirier ??
Should definitely be above Tony Fergusson imo
Jose Aldo should be 3rd, not Weidman.
Aldo have defended his title many times and Weidman just conquered it recently.
I definitely agree. The only reason I have Weidman ranked higher is because I don’t want to rank Anderson Silva any lower.
I think vitor is the p4p best non-champ but thats just my opninion, and why isnt ronda rousey top10? shes the champ yet non-champs are placed above her.
Vitor is definitely working his way back up the P4P rankings. Rousey isn’t Top 10 because the ufc.com/rankings doesn’t rank here there. I am sure once she defends her title a couple more times, she will be Top 10.
How can you have DC over Overeem?!? I have just lost all faith in your ranking system,
Overeem has a lot to prove still. Werdum was a solid test for Overeem, and though he did win, he struggled to let his hands go. DC just took out Josh Barnett and Antonio Silva. It’s close, but factoring in Overeem’s recent inactivity, DC gets the nod.
Jones is the goat hands down. Best pound for pound. Khabib fought LW (soft divison) the fact he is even on the list with 3 title defenses is sad.
Fought 10 nobodies out of his 13 ufc fights.
Usman would eat khabib alive if they were the same weight.
Dudes a great LW thats it.
The fact that you called it soft division is evidence enough of your stupidity hahah. LW is currently the most stacked division according to anyone who knows UFC. Khabib made the likes of Barboza, MJ, Porrier, AL, Greggor and Gaethji look levels below him. Just look at the desperation in their faces in the fights. Not only did Khabib win but he pretty much won every round and he never bled or even got hurt in the octagon.