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| Rank | Fighter | OVR | UFC | Last 3 Fights | Next Fight | ||
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| 1 |  |  | Aljamain Sterling | 20-3 | 12-3 | W-Petr Yan (DQ) W-Cory Sandhagen (SUB) W-Pedro Munhoz (DEC) | |
| 2 |  |  | Petr Yan | 15-2 | 7-1 | L-Aljamain Sterling (DQ) W-Jose Aldo (TKO) W-Urijah Faber (KO) | |
| 3 |  | | T.J. Dillashaw | 17-4 | 13-4 | W-Cory Sandhagen (DEC) L-Henry Cejudo (TKO) W-Cody Garbrandt (KO) | |
| 4 |  | | Cory Sandhagen | 14-3 | 7-2 | L-T.J. Dillashaw (DEC) W-Frankie Edgar (KO) W-Marlon Moraes (TKO) | T.J. Dillashaw 07/24/2021 |
| 5 |  | | Rob Font | 19-4 | 9-3 | W-Cody Garbrandt (DEC) W-Marlon Moraes (TKO) W-Ricky Simon (DEC) | |
| 6 |  |  | Marlon Moraes | 23-8-1 | 5-4 | L-Rob Font (TKO) L-Cory Sandhagen (TKO) W-Jose Aldo (DEC) | Merab Dvalishvili 09/25/2021 |
| 7 |  | | Jose Aldo | 29-7 | 11-6 | W-Marlon Vera (DEC) L-Petr Yan (TKO) L-Marlon Moraes (DEC) | Pedro Munhoz 08/07/2021 |
| 8 |  | | Frankie Edgar | 24-9-1 | 19-9-1 | L-Cory Sandhagen (KO) W-Pedro Munhoz (DEC) L-Chan Sung Jung (TKO) | |
| 9 |  | | Pedro Munhoz | 19-5 | 9-5 | W-Jimmie Rivera (DEC) L-Frankie Edgar (DEC) L-Aljamain Sterling (DEC) | Jose Aldo 08/07/2021 |
| 10 |  | | Cody Garbrandt | 12-4 | 7-4 | L-Rob Font (DEC) W-Raphael Assuncao (KO) L-Pedro Munhoz (TKO) | |
| 11 |  | | Dominick Cruz | 23-3 | 6-2 | W-Casey Kenney (DEC) L-Henry Cejudo (TKO) L-Cody Garbrandt (DEC) | |
| 12 |  |  | Merab Dvalishvili | 13-4 | 6-2 | W-Cody Stamann (DEC) W-John Dodson (DEC) W-Gustavo Lopez (DEC) | Marlon Moraes 09/25/2021 |
| 13 |  | | Jimmie Rivera | 23-5 | 7-4 | L-Pedro Munhoz (DEC) W-Cody Stamman (DEC) L-Petr Yan (DEC) | |
| 14 |  |  | Marlon Vera | 17-7-1 | 11-6 | W-Davey Grant (DEC) L-Jose Aldo (DEC) W-Sean O'Malley (TKO) | |
| 15 |  | | Sean O'Malley | 14-1 | 6-1 | W-Kris Moutinho (TKO) W-Thomas Almeida (KO) L-Marlon Vera (TKO) | |
| 16 |  | | Ricky Simon | 18-3 | 6-2 | W-Brian Kelleher (DEC) W-Gaetano Pirrello (SUB) W-Ray Borg (DEC) | |
| 17 |  | | Cody Stamann | 19-4-1 | 5-3-1 | L-Merab Dvalishvili (DEC) L-Jimmie Rivera (DEC) W-Brian Kelleher (DEC) | |
| 18 |  |  | Yadong Song | 14-4-1 | 5-1-1 | L-Kyler Phillips (DEC) W-Marlon Vera (DEC) D-Cody Stamann (DEC) | Casey Kenney 08/07/2021 |
| 19 |  | | Casey Kenney | 16-3-1 | 5-2 | L-Dominick Cruz (DEC) W-Nathaniel Wood (DEC) W-Heili Alateng (DEC) | Yadong Song 08/07/2021 |
| 20 |  | | Raphael Assuncao | 27-8 | 11-5 | L-Cody Garbrandt (KO) L-Cory Sandhagen (DEC) L-Marlon Moraes (SUB) | |
| 21 |  | | Timur Valiev | 18-2 | 2-0 | W-Raoni Barcelos (DEC) W-Martin Day (DEC) NC-Trevin Jones (NC) | |
| 22 |  | | Raoni Barcelos | 16-2 | 5-1 | L-Timur Valiev (DEC) W-Khalid Taha (DEC) W-Said Nurmagomedov (DEC) | |
| 23 |  | | Said Nurmagomedov | 14-2 | 3-1 | W-Mark Striegl (KO) L-Raoni Barcelos (DEC) W-Ricardo Ramos (TKO) | Jack Shore 09/04/2021 |
| 24 |  | | Raulian Paiva | 21-3 | 3-2 | W-Kyler Phillips (DEC) W-Zhalgas Zhumagulov (DEC) W-Mark De La Rosa (KO) | |
| 25 |  | | Kyler Phillips | 9-2 | 3-1 | L-Raulian Paiva (DEC) W-Yadong Song (DEC) W-Cameron Else (TKO) | |
| 26 |  |  | Jack Shore | 14-0 | 3-0 | W-Hunter Azure (DEC) W-Aaron Phillips (SUB) W-Nohelin Hernandez (SUB) | Said Nurmagomedov 09/04/2021 |
| 27 |  |  | Trevin Jones | 13-6 | 1-0 | W-Mario Bautista (TKO) NC-Timur Valiev (NC) W-Takafumi Otsuka (SUB) | Ronnie Lawrence 07/31/2021 |
| 28 |  | | Rani Yahya | 27-10-1 | 12-4-1 | W-Ray Rodriguez (SUB) D-Enrique Barzola (DEC) L-Ricky Simon (DEC) | Kyung Ho Kang 07/31/2021 |
| 29 |  |  | Nathaniel Wood | 17-5 | 4-2 | L-Casey Kenney (DEC) W-John Castaneda (DEC) L-John Dodson (TKO) | Jonathan Martinez 09/04/2021 |
| 30 |  | | Montel Jackson | 10-2 | 4-2 | W-Jesse Strader (TKO) L-Brett Johns (DEC) W-Felipe Colares (DEC) | Danaa Batgerel 09/18/2021 |
| 31 |  | | Brian Kelleher | 22-12 | 6-5 | L-Ricky Simon (DEC) W-Kevin Natividad (SUB) L-Cody Stamann (DEC) | Domingo Pilarte 08/21/2021 |
| 32 |  | | Julio Arce | 17-4 | 4-2 | W-Andre Ewell (TKO) L-Hakeem Dawodu (DEC) W-Julian Erosa (KO) | |
| 33 |  | | Chris Gutierrez | 16-4-2 | 4-1-1 | W-Andre Ewell (DEC) D-Cody Durden (DEC) W-Vince Morales (TKO) | Felipe Colares 10/09/2021 |
| 34 |  | | Andre Ewell | 17-8 | 4-4 | L-Julio Arce (TKO) L-Chris Gutierrez (DEC) W-Irwin Rivera (DEC) | |
| 34 |  | | Davey Grant | 12-5 | 4-4 | L-Marlon Vera (DEC) W-Jonathan Martinez (KO) W-Martin Day (KO) | |
| 36 |  | | Jonathan Martinez | 13-4 | 4-3 | L-Davey Grant (KO) W-Thomas Almeida (DEC) W-Frankie Saenz (TKO) | Nathaniel Wood 09/04/2021 |
| 37 |  | | Mario Bautista | 8-2 | 2-2 | L-Trevin Jones (TKO) W-Miles Johns (TKO) W-Jin Soo Son (DEC) | Guido Cannetti 08/28/2021 |
| 38 |  | | Miles Johns | 11-1 | 2-1 | W-Kevin Natividad (KO) L-Mario Bautista (TKO) W-Cole Smith (DEC) | Anderson dos Santos 08/07/2021 |
| 39 |  | | Adrian Yanez | 14-3 | 3-0 | W-Randy Costa (TKO) W-Gustavo Lopez (KO) W-Victor Rodriguez (KO) | |
| 40 |  | | Nathan Maness | 13-1 | 2-0 | W-Luke Sanders (SUB) W-Johnny Munoz (DEC) W-Kellen VanCamp (KO) | |
| 41 |  | | Umar Nurmagomedov | 13-0 | 1-0 | W-Sergey Morozov (SUB) W-Braian Gonzalez (SUB) W-Sidemar Honorio (DEC) | |
| 42 |  | | Tony Gravely | 21-6 | 2-1 | W-Anthony Birchak (TKO) W-Geraldo de Freitas (DEC) L-Brett Johns (SUB) | |
| 43 |  | | John Castaneda | 18-5 | 1-1 | W-Eddie Wineland (TKO) L-Nathaniel Wood (DEC) W-Marcelo Rojo (SUB) | |
| 44 |  | | Hunter Azure | 9-2 | 2-2 | L-Jack Shore (DEC) W-Cole Smith (DEC) L-Brian Kelleher (KO) | |
| 45 |  | | Thomas Almeida | 22-5 | 5-5 | L-Sean O'Malley (KO) L-Jonathan Martinez (DEC) L-Rob Font (TKO) | |
| 46 |  | | Eddie Wineland | 24-15-1 | 6-9 | L-John Castaneda (TKO) L-Sean O'Malley (KO) W-Grigory Popov (KO) | |
| 47 |  | | Louis Smolka | 17-7 | 8-7 | W-Jose Quinonez (TKO) L-Casey Kenney (SUB) W-Ryan McDonald (TKO) | |
| 48 |  | | Felipe Corales | 10-2 | 2-2 | W-Luke Sanders (DEC) L-Montel Jackson (DEC) W-Domingo Pilarte (DEC) | Chris Gutierrez 10/09/2021 |
| 49 |  | | Randy Costa | 6-2 | 2-2 | L-Adrian Yanez (TKO) W-Journey Newson (KO) W-Boston Salmon (TKO) | |
| 50 |  | | Frankie Saenz | 13-7 | 5-5 | L-Jonathan Martinez (TKO) L-Marlon Vera (TKO) W-Henry Briones (DEC) | |
| 51 |  | | Vince Morales | 9-5 | 1-3 | L-Chris Gutierrez (TKO) L-Benito Lopez (DEC) W-Aiemann Zahabi (DEC) | Drako Rodriguez 08/07/2021 |
| 52 |  |  | Aiemann Zahabi | 8-2 | 2-2 | W-Drako Rodriguez (KO) L-Vince Morales (DEC) L-Ricardo Ramos (KO) | |
| 53 |  |  | Sergey Morozov | 17-5 | 1-1 | W-Khalid Taha (DEC) L-Umar Nurmagomedov (SUB) W-Josh Rettinghouse (DEC) | |
| 54 |  |  | Khalid Taha | 14-4 | 2-3 | L-Sergey Morozov (DEC) L-Raoni Barcelos (DEC) W-Bruno Silva (SUB) | |
| 55 |  | | Gustavo Lopez | 12-6 | 1-2 | L-Adrian Yanez (KO) W-Anthony Birchak (SUB) L-Merab Dvalishvili (DEC) | |
| 56 |  | | Anderson dos Santos | 20-8 | 1-2 | W-Martin Day (SUB) L-Andre Ewell (DEC) L-Nad Narimani (DEC) | Miles Johns 08/07/2021 |
| 57 |  | | Ode Osbourne | 9-3 | 1-1 | W-Jerome Rivera (KO) L-Brian Kelleher (SUB) W-Armando Villarreal (SUB) | Manel Kape 08/07/2021 |
| 58 |  | | Heili Alateng | 14-8-1 | 2-1 | L-Casey Kenney (DEC) W-Ryan Benoit (DEC) W-Danaa Batgerel (DEC) | |
| 59 |  |  | Danaa Batgerel | 8-2 | 2-1 | W-Kevin Natividad (TKO) W-Guido Cannetti (KO) L-Heili Alateng (DEC) | Montel Jackson 09/18/2021 |
| 60 |  | | Ronnie Lawrence | 7-1 | 1-0 | W-Vince Cachero (TKO) W-Jose Johnson (DEC) W-Garrett Armfield (DEC) | |
| 61 |  | | Journey Newson | 8-3 | 1-2 | L-Randy Costa (KO) W-Domingo Pilarte (TKO) L-Ricardo Ramos (DEC) | |
| 62 |  | | Tony Kelley | 6-2 | 1-1 | W-Ali Alqaisi (DEC) L-Kai Kamaka (DEC) W-Andy Brossett (SUB) | |
| 63 | | Kris Moutinho | 9-5 | 0-1 | L-Sean O'Malley (TKO) W-Andrew Salas (SUB) W-Ashiek Ajim (TKO) | ||
| 64 |  | | Johnny Munoz | 10-1 | 0-1 | L-Nathan Maness (DEC) W-Ian King (SUB) W-Rentsen Otgontulga (DEC) | Jamey Simmons 08/07/2022 |
| 65 |  | | Cameron Else | 10-5 | 0-1 | L-Kyler Phillips (TKO) W-Brad Evans (SUB) W-Mark Stevens (TKO) | |
| 66 |  | | Kevin Natividad | 9-3 | 0-2 | L-Danaa Batgerel (TKO) L-Miles Johns (KO) W-Kyle Estrada (KO) | |
| 67 |  |  | Mark Striegl | 18-3 | 0-1 | L-Said Nurmagomedov (KO) NC-Shunichi Shimizu (NC) W-Do Gyum Lee (SUB) | |
| 68 |  | | Drako Rodriguez | 7-2 | 0-1 | L-Aiemann Zahabi (KO) W-Leomana Martinez (SUB) W-Fard Muhammad (DEC) | Vince Morales 08/07/2021 |
| 69 |  | | Aaron Phillips | 12-4 | 0-3 | L-Jack Shore (SUB) W-Ariston Franca (TKO) W-Devante Sewell (DEC) | |
| 70 |  |  | Gaetano Pirrello | 15-6-1 | 0-1 | L-Ricky Simon (SUB) W-Enzo Iezzi (TKO) W-Percy Herrera (TKO) | Douglas Andrade 10/02/2021 |
| 71 |  | | Jesse Strader | 5-2 | 0-1 | L-Montel Jackson (TKO) W-Isaiah Batin-Gonzalez (KO) W-Michael Jackson (TKO) | Mana Martinez 08/21/2021 |
| Ineligible for Rankings * Suspension * Inactivity>15 months * Moving Divisions * Yet to debut | |||||||
 | | Urijah Faber | 35-11 | 11-7 | L-Petr Yan (KO) W-Ricky Simon (TKO) W-Brad Pickett (DEC) | ||
 |  | Alejandro Perez | 21-8-1 | 7-3-1 | L-Yadong Song (KO) L-Cody Stamann (DEC) W-Eddie Wineland (DEC) | ||
 |  | Kyung Ho Kang | 17-8 | 6-2 | W-Pingyuan Liu (DEC) W-Brandon Davis (DEC) W-Teruto Ishihara (SUB) | Rani Yahya 07/31/2021 |
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 | | Benito Lopez | 10-1 | 2-1 | W-Vince Morales (DEC) L-Manny Bermudez (SUB) W-Albert Morales (DEC) | ||
 | | Johnny Eduardo | 28-12 | 3-4 | L-Nathaniel Wood (SUB) L-Matthew Lopez (TKO) W-Manny Gamburyan (TKO) | ||
 |  | Teruto Ishihara | 10-7-2 | 3-5-1 | L-Kyung Ho Kang (SUB) L-Petr Yan (TKO) L-Jose Quinonez (DEC) | ||
 | | Pingyuan Liu | 13-7 | 2-2 | L-Kyung Ho Kang (DEC) L-Jonathan Martinez (KO) W-Martin Day (DEC) | ||
 | | Mitch Gagnon | 12-5 | 4-4 | L-Cole Smith (DEC) L-Matthew Lopez (DEC) L-Renan Barao (SUB) | ||
 | | Domingo Pilarte | 8-3 | 0-2 | L-Journey Newson (TKO) L-Felipe Colares (DEC) W-Vince Morales (SUB) | Brian Kelleher 08/21/2021 |
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 | | Patrick Williams | 8-6 | 1-3 | L-Luke Sanders (DEC) L-Tom Duquesnoy (TKO) W-Alejandro Perez (SUB) | ||
 | | Kwan Ho Kwak | 9-2 | 0-2 | L-Russell Doane (TKO) L-Brett Johns (DEC) W-Alptekin Ozkilic (DEC) | ||
 |  | Guido Cannetti | 8-5 | 2-4 | L-Danaa Batgerel (KO) L-Marlon Vera (SUB) W-Diego Rivas (DEC) | Mario Bautista 08/28/2021 |
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 | | Wuljii Buren | 9-6 | 0-3 | L-Jonathan Martinez (DEC) L-Marlon Vera (KO) L-Rolando Dy (DEC) | ||
 |  | Denys Bondar | 14-1 | 0-0 | W-Kenan Jafarli (SUB) W-Lev Ambarcumian (SUB) W-Ghenadie Gitlan (TKO) | ||
 |  | Bharat Khandare | 5-3 | 0-1 | L-Yadong Song (SUB) L-Ahmed Fares (SUB) W-Sami Amin (SUB) | ||
| Mana Martinez | 8-2 | 0-0 | W-Jose Johnson (TKO) W-Casey Jones (TKO) L-Drako Rodriguez (SUB) | Jess Strader 08/21/2021 |
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The Raoni Barcelos & Timur Valiev fight was so close and probably could have been a draw with a better judging system. With that being said, Raoni can’t be at 14 after the loss to Valiev and Valiev can’t be that low, imo.
Raoni has that win over Said Nurmagomedov, so I think you put Valiev & Raoni above Said Nurmagomedov. These rankings have always been the most accurate rankings I can find.I know how confusing they can be at times though so thanks for the hard work!
Thank you, rankings are now updated.
You’re the real mvp!
Mate, you have it that John Castaneda beat Nathaniel Wood…but he did not. Wood won by DEC.
Fixed, thank you!
Merab is 5-2 and Cruz is also 5-2.
Frankie Saenz, Jonathan Martinez, Chris Gutierrez & Cody Durden need to be updated after their fights on 8/1/20
Ricardo Ramos vs Eduardo Garagorri and Douglas Silva de Andrade vs Renan Barao were fought at featherweight. Will you be putting them in the featherweight rankings?
Legacy FC champ, Thomas de Almeida signed to the UFC
When will the bantamweight and featherweight fights from UFC on ESPN +31 be updated on the rankings?
Hugo Vianna will be the future champion. You bet.
Cody BamBam Bollinger 14-3 made his debut at 135s march 24th He has a win over cameron Dollar at 155s ,Top Prospect for TUF 18 should be in the mix
Bollinger is a solid fighter. I had him in my Top 25 prospects prior to him signing with Bellator. His fight with Shamhalaev was surprisingly one-sided, but the move down to 135 lbs. should be a good career move for him.
Since Bollinger participated in a Bellator tournament he is no longer eligible to be ranked in the “Prospects” section. With a couple of wins though he should be able to make some noise at bantamweight.
Ok,your rankings are more about who’s next in line for a title shot,that’s ok i don’t do it that way i think bowles has seniority until mcdonald beats him or someone ranked ahead of him. and jorgensen above pickett? going back to his WEC victory.
Pickett above Jorgensen is something that I looked closely at. Wineland’s KO of Jorgensen definitely shuffled the rankings up. I feel that Pickett deserves to be ranked above Wineland at this point, thus creating the current hierarchy of Pickett
McDonald shouldn’t be ahead of bowles, jorgensen, and pickett at this stage,you may be proved right,but rankings shouldn’t be done on potential.
McDonald’s win over Miguel Torres gave him just the boost to move up the rankings. Bowles, Jorgensen, and Pickett are all stuck in a slump against high-level competition. Meanwhile, McDonald is undefeated with a finish win over Torres.
i still think bowles is ahead of mcdonald,bowles took torres out when torres was at his peak did he not ? and has only lost to cruz and faber since. unless your ranking them on who’s closer to getting a title shot?
Bowles is still an elite bantamweight, but his recent loss to Urijah Faber was one-sided. Meanwhile, McDonald took a huge step up in competition against Torres and knocked him out in the 1st round. I was not a big believer in McDonald until that win. Bowles just needs to stay healthy and he should be right back in the title picture. Until he does though, he is ranked lower McDonald.
why is Miguel Torres above
Demetrious Johnson?
also is Cole Escovedo actually 6-2 in the ufc or is that an error?
Escovedo was 6-2 in the WEC, thank you for catching the error.
As for Torres above Johnson…they just fought at UFC 130 and Johnson escaped with a controversial decision. Many have argued that Clay Guida was just gifted a decision against Anthony Pettis because all he simply did was hold Pettis down and inflicted very little damage, while Pettis attempted relentless submissions. Though similar scenarios, the Johnson/Torres fight was much tighter and Torres was the one who was looking for the finish, and also delivered some punishment from the times he was on the bottom. Sherdog and MMAjunkie though Torres should have gotten the nod. Therefore, Torres won’t drop in the rankings based on questionable judging. Just like Evan Dunham’s loss to Sean Sherk, Tyson Griffin’s loss to Nik Lentz, Paul Taylor’s loss to Sam Stout, and countless other fights that have been judged to an unfavorable result.
All of our rankings take into consideration the actual fight’s action, rather than just the end result. Otherwise, we’d basically just go on Sherdog’s Fight Finder and go strictly off wins and losses, which wouldn’t be very accurate. We rely heavily on play-by-play details of events and the fighter’s actual performance to determine how a fighter will be ranked following an event, rather than being swayed by judges’ decisions.
What do you think? Would you rank #7 Johnson above #5 Torres and #6 Pickett(who Johnson lost to)?