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| Rank | Fighter | OVR | UFC | Last 3 Fights | Next Fight | ||
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| 1 |  |  | Israel Adesanya | 22-1 | 11-1 | W-Robert Whittaker (DEC) W-Marvin Vettori (DEC) L-Jan Blachowicz (DEC) | Jared Cannonier 07/02/2022 |
| 2 |  |  | Robert Whittaker | 23-6 | 14-4 | L-Israel Adesanya (DEC) W-Kelvin Gastelum (DEC) W-Jared Cannonier (DEC) | |
| 3 |  |  | Jared Cannonier | 15-5 | 8-5 | W-Derek Brunson (KO) W-Kelvin Gastelum (DEC) L-Robert Whittaker (DEC) | Israel Adesanya 07/02/2022 |
| 4 |  |  | Marvin Vettori | 18-5-1 | 8-3-1 | W-Paulo Costa (DEC) L-Israel Adesanya (DEC) W-Kevin Holland (DEC) | |
| 5 |  | | Sean Strickland | 25-3 | 12-3 | W-Jack Hermansson (DEC) W-Uriah Hall (DEC) W-Krzysztof Jotko (DEC) | Alex Pereira 07/02/2022 |
| 6 |  | | Derek Brunson | 23-8 | 14-6 | L-Jared Cannonier (KO) W-Darren Till (SUB) W-Kevin Holland (DEC) | |
| 7 |  |  | Jack Hermansson| 22-7 | 9-5 | L-Sean Strickland (DEC) | W-Edmen Shahbazyan (DEC) L-Marvin Vettori (DEC) Darren Till |
07/23/2022 |
| 8 |  |  | Darren Till | 18-4-1 | 6-4-1 | L-Derek Brunson (SUB) L-Robert Whittaker (DEC) W-Kelvin Gastelum (DEC) | Jack Hermansson 07/23/2022 |
| 9 |  | | Kelvin Gastelum | 16-8 | 11-8 | L-Jared Cannonier (DEC) L-Robert Whittaker (DEC) W-Ian Heinish (DEC) | |
| 10 |  | | Uriah Hall | 17-10 | 9-8 | L-Sean Strickland (DEC) W-Chris Weidman (TKO) W-Anderson Silva (TKO) | Andre Muniz 07/02/2022 |
| 11 |  |  | Nassourdine Imavov | 11-3 | 3-1 | W-Edmen Shahbazyan (TKO) W-Ian Heinisch (TKO) L-Phil Hawes (DEC) | |
| 12 |  |  | Andre Muniz | 22-4 | 4-0 | W-Eryk Anders (SUB) W-Ronaldo Souza (SUB) W-Bartosz Fabinski (SUB) | Uriah Hall 07/02/2022 |
| 13 |  | | Brad Tavares | 19-6 | 14-6 | W-Omari Akhmedov (DEC) W-Antonio Carlos Jr. (DEC) L-Edmen Shahbazyan (KO) | Dricus Du Plessis 07/02/2022 |
| 14 |  | | Chris Weidman | 15-6 | 10-6 | L-Uriah Hall (TKO) W-Omari Akhmedov (DEC) L-Dominick Reyes (KO) | |
| 15 |  | | Chris Curtis | 28-8 | 2-0 | W-Brendan Allen (TKO) W-Phil Hawes (KO) W-Kenny Robertson (DEC) | Rodolfo Vieira 06/25/2022 |
| 16 |  | | Brendan Allen | 18-5 | 6-2 | W-Sam Alvey (SUB) L-Chris Curtis (TKO) W-Puna Soriano (DEC) | Jacob Malkoun 06/11/2022 |
| 17 |  | | Alex Pereira | 5-1 | 2-0 | W-Bruno Silva (DEC) W-Andreas Michailidis (TKO) W-Thomas Powell (KO) | Sean Strickland 07/02/2022 |
| 18 |  |  | Krzysztof Jotko | 24-5 | 11-5 | W-Gerald Meerschaert (DEC) W-Misha Cirkunov (DEC) L-Sean Strickland (DEC) | |
| 19 |  | | Bruno Silva | 22-7 | 3-1 | L-Alex Pereira (DEC) W-Jordan Wright (TKO) W-Andrew Sanchez (TKO) | |
| 20 |  | | Ian Heinisch | 14-5 | 3-4 | L-Nassourdine Imavov (TKO) L-Kelvin Gastelum (DEC) W-Gerald Meerschaert (TKO) | |
| 21 |  | | Edmen Shahbazyan | 11-3 | 4-3 | L-Nassourdine Imavov (TKO) L-Jack Hermansson (DEC) L-Derek Brunson (TKO) | |
| 22 |  |  | Dricus Du Plessis | 16-2 | 2-0 | W-Trevin Giles (KO) W-Markus Perez (KO) W-Brendan Lesar (SUB) | Brad Tavares 07/02/2022 |
| 23 |  | | Eryk Anders | 14-6 | 6-6 | L-Andre Muniz (SUB) W-Darren Stewart (DEC) NC-Darren Stewart (NC) | Jun Yong Park 05/21/2022 |
| 24 |  | | Gerald Meerschaert | 34-15 | 9-7 | L-Krzysztof Jotko (DEC) W-Dustin Stoltzfus (SUB) W-Makhmud Muradov (SUB) | |
| 25 |  |  | Makhmud Muradov | 25-7 | 3-1 | L-Gerald Meerschaert (SUB) W-Andrew Sanchez (TKO) W-Trevor Smith (KO) | |
| 26 |  |  | Albert Duraev | 15-3 | 1-0 | W-Roman Kopylov (DEC) W-Caio Bittencourt (SUB) W-Piotr Strus (DEC) | Joaquin Buckley 06/18/2022 |
| 27 |  | | Julian Marquez | 9-2 | 3-1 | W-Sam Alvey (SUB) W-Maki Pitolo (SUB) L-Alessio di Chirico (DEC) | Gregory Rodrigues 06/18/2022 |
| 28 |  | | Phil Hawes | 11-3 | 3-1 | L-Chris Curtis (KO) W-Kyle Daukaus (DEC) W-Nassourdine Imavov (DEC) | Deron Winn 06/18/2022 |
| 29 |  | | Anthony Hernandez | 10-2 | 3-2 | W-Josh Fremd (DEC) W-Rodolfo Vieira (SUB) L-Kevin Holland (TKO) | |
| 30 |  | | Nick Maximov | 8-0 | 2-0 | W-Puna Soriano (DEC) W-Cody Brundage (DEC) W-Oscar Cota (DEC) | Andre Petroski 05/14/2022 |
| 31 |  | | Kyle Daukaus | 11-2 | 2-2 | W-Jamie Pickett (SUB) NC-Kevin Holland (NC) L-Phil Hawes (DEC) | Roman Dolidze 06/18/2022 |
| 32 |  | | Joaquin Buckley | 14-4 | 4-2 | W-Abdul Razak Alhassan (DEC) W-Antonio Arroyo (KO) L-Alessio di Chirico (KO) | Albert Duraev 06/18/2022 |
| 33 |  | | Jacob Malkoun | 6-1 | 2-1 | W-A.J. Dobson (DEC) W-Abdul Razak Alhassan (DEC) L-Phil Hawes (KO) | Brendan Allen 06/11/2022 |
| 34 |  |  | Abdul Razak Alhassan | 11-5 | 5-5 | L-Joaquin Buckley (DEC) W-Alessio Di Chirico (KO) L-Jacob Malkoun (DEC) | Jamie Pickett 07/09/2022 |
| 35 |  | | Alessio di Chirico | 13-6 | 4-6 | L-Abdul Razak Alhassan (KO) W-Joaquin Buckley (KO) L-Zak Cummings (DEC) | |
| 36 | | Chidi Njokuani | 21-7 | 1-0 | W-Marc-Andre Barriault (KO) W-Mario Sousa (TKO) W-Cristhian Torres (TKO) | Dusko Todorovic 05/21/2022 |
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| 37 |  | | Wellington Turman | 18-5 | 3-3 | W-Misha Cirkunov (SUB) W-Sam Alvey (DEC) L-Bruno Silva (KO) | |
| 38 |  |  | Roman Dolidze | 9-1 | 3-1 | W-Laureano Staropoli (DEC) L-Trevin Giles (DEC) W-John Allan Arte (DEC) | Kyle Daukaus 06/18/2022 |
| 39 |  | | Rodolfo Vieira | 8-1 | 3-1 | W-Dustin Stoltzfus (SUB) L-Anthony Hernandez (SUB) W-Saparbek Safarov (SUB) | Chris Curtis 06/25/2022 |
| 40 |  | | Puna Soriano | 8-2 | 2-2 | L-Nick Maximov (DEC) L-Brendan Allen (DEC) W-Dusko Todorovic (TKO) | Dalcha Lungiambula 07/16/2022 |
| 41 |  | Armen Petrosyan | 7-1 | 1-0 | W-Gregory Rodrigues (DEC) W-Kaloyan Kolev (KO) W-Alexander Zemlyakov (TKO) | Caio Borralho 07/09/2022 |
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| 42 |  | | Gregory Rodrigues | 11-4 | 2-1 | L-Armen Petrosyan (DEC) W-Jun Yong Park (KO) W-Dusko Todorovic (DEC) | Julian Marquez 06/18/2022 |
| 43 |  |  | Jun Yong Park | 12-5 | 3-2 | L-Gregory Rodrigues (KO) W-Tafon Nchukwi (DEC) W-John Phillips (DEC) | Eryk Anders 05/21/2022 |
| 44 |  | | Nick Diaz | 26-10 | 7-7 | L-Robbie Lawler (TKO) NC-Anderson Silva (NC) L-Georges St.Pierre (DEC) | |
| 45 |  |  | Marc-Andre Barriault | 15-5 | 4-4 | W-Jordan Wright (SUB) L-Chidi Njokuani (KO) W-Dalcha Lungiambula (DEC) | |
| 46 |  | | Jordan Wright | 12-3 | 2-3 | L-Marc-Andre Barriault (SUB) L-Bruno Silva (TKO) W-Jamie Pickett (TKO) | |
| 47 |  | | Cody Brundage | 7-2 | 1-1 | W-Dalcha Lungiambula (SUB) L-Nick Maximov (DEC) W-Joseph Kropschot (SUB) | |
| 48 |  |  | Misha Cirkunov | 15-8 | 6-6 | L-Wellington Turman (SUB) L-Krzysztof Jotko (DEC) L-Ryan Spann (TKO) | |
| 49 |  | | Bryan Battle | 7-1 | 2-0 | W-Tresean Gore (DEC) W-Gilbert Urbina (SUB) W-Andre Petroski (SUB) | |
| 50 |  | | Dalcha Lungiambula | 11-4 | 2-3 | L-Cody Brundage (SUB) L-Marc-Andre Barriault (DEC) W-Markus Perez (DEC) | Puna Soriano 07/16/2022 |
| 51 |  |  | Dusko Todorovic | 11-2 | 2-2 | W-Maki Pitolo (TKO) L-Gregory Rodrigues (DEC) L-Puna Soriano (TKO) | Chidi Njokuani 05/21/2022 |
| 52 | | Tresean Gore | 3-1 | 0-1 | L-Bryan Battle (DEC) W-Gilbert Urbina (KO) W-Ryder Newman (DEC) | Josh Fremd 07/09/2022 |
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| 53 |  | | Aliaskhab Khizriev | 14-0 | 1-0 | W-Denis Tiuliulin (SUB) W-Henrique Shiguemoto (SUB) W-Rousimar Palhares (KO) | |
| 54 |  | | Sam Alvey | 33-17-1 | 10-12-1 | L-Brendan Allen (SUB) L-Wellington Turman (DEC) L-Julian Marquez (SUB) | |
| 55 |  | | Jamie Pickett | 13-7 | 2-3 | L-Kyle Daukaus (SUB) W-Joseph Holmes (DEC) W-Laureano Staropoli (DEC) | Abdul Razak Alhassan 07/09/2022 |
| 56 |  | | Deron Winn | 7-2 | 2-2 | W-Antonio Arroyo (DEC) L-Gerald Meerschaert (SUB) L-Darren Stewart (DEC) | Phil Hawes 06/18/2022 |
| 57 |  |  | Andreas Michailidis | 13-5 | 1-2 | L-Alex Pereira (TKO) W-KB Bhullar (DEC) L-Modestas Bukauskas (TKO) | Rinat Fakhretdinov 06/04/2022 |
| 58 |  | | Andre Petroski | 7-1 | 2-0 | W-Yaozong Hu (SUB W-Michael Gillmore (SUB) L-Bryan Battle (SUB) | Nick Maximov 05/14/2022 |
| 59 |  |  | Roman Kopylov | 8-2 | 0-2 | L-Albert Duraev (DEC) L-Karl Roberson (SUB) W-Yasubey Enomoto (KO) | |
| 60 | | Caio Borralho | 11-1 | 1-0 | W-Gadzhi Omargadzhiev (DEC) W-Jesse Murray (TKO) W-Aaron Jeffery (DEC) | Armen Petrosyan 07/09/2022 |
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| 61 | | Josh Fremd | 9-3 | 0-1 | L-Anthony Hernandez (DEC) W-Joel Bauman (SUB) W-Renato Alves (DEC) | Tresean Gore 07/09/2022 |
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| 62 | | Gadzhi Omargadzhiev | 13-1 | 0-1 | L-Caio Borralho (DEC) W-Jansey Silva (SUB) W-Vladimir Vasilyev (DEC) | ||
| 63 |  |  | Abu Azaitar | 14-3-1 | 1-1 | L-Marc-Andre Barriault (TKO) W-Vitor Miranda (DEC) W-Michael Arrant (DEC) | |
| 64 |  | | Dustin Stoltzfus | 13-4 | 0-3 | L-Gerald Meerschaert (SUB) L-Rodolfo Vieira (SUB) L-Kyle Daukaus (DEC) | |
| 65 |  | | Gilbert Urbina | 6-2 | 0-1 | L-Bryan Battle (SUB) L-Tresean Gore (KO) W-Michael Gillmore (SUB) | |
| 66 | | Joseph Holmes | 7-2 | 0-1 | L-Jamie Pickett (DEC) W-Jhonoven Pati (TKO) W-Shonte Barnes (SUB) | Alen Amedovski 05/21/2022 |
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| 67 | | A.J. Dobson | 6-1 | 0-1 | L-Jacob Malkoun (DEC) W-Hashem Arkhagha (SUB) W-Kailan Hill (KO) | ||
| 68 | | Denis Tiuliulin | 9-6 | 0-1 | L-Aliaskhab Khizriev (SUB) W-Juscelino Caetano (TKO) L-Ikram Aliskerov (SUB) | ||
| Ineligible for Rankings * Suspension * Inactivity>15 months * Moving Divisions * Yet to debut | |||||||
 | | Zak Cummings | 24-7 | 9-4 | W-Alessio Di Chirico (DEC) L-Omari Akhmedov (DEC) W-Trevin Giles (SUB) | ||
 |  | Alen Amedovski | 8-2 | 0-2 | L-John Phillips (KO) L-Krzysztof Jotko (DEC) W-Ibrahim Mane (KO) | Joseph Holmes 05/21/2022 |
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 |  | Jack Marshman | 23-10 | 3-5 | L-Sean Strickland (DEC) L-Edmen Shahbazyan (SUB) W-John Phillips (DEC) | ||
| Abusupiyan Magomedov | 24-4-1 | 0-0 | W-Cezary Kesik (SUB) W-Slavis Simeunovic (SUB) L-Louis Taylor (KO) | |||
 | | Rinat Fakhretdinov | 18-1 | 0-0 | W-Eric Spicely (KO) W-Jhonny Carlos (DEC) W-Alberto Pereira (SUB) | Andreas Michailidis 06/04/2022 |
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| Cameron VanCamp | 15-5-1 | 0-0 | W-Kenny Gaudreau (SUB) W-Hawraz Syan (SUB) W-Craig Eckelberg (SUB) | |||
| Jonny Parsons | 7-3 | 0-0 | W-Solomon Renfro (DEC) W-Ricardo Chavez (KO) W-Juan Medina (TKO) | |||
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Andre Petroski submitting Nick Maximov & Jun Yong Park getting the split decision win over Eryk Anders throws a HUGE wrench in the rankings lol. It’s tough deciding where to place everybody now. Because of the Gregory Rodriguez KO over Park, then Rodriguez losing to Petrosyan.
In my personal rankings I have it:
30. Arman Petrosyan
Gregory Rodriguez
Jun Yong Park
Eryk Anders (Anders win over GM3 doesn’t hold weight anymore imo)
Roman Dolidze
Jacob Malkoun
Bryan Battle (I feel his win over Andre still holds weight)
Andre Petroski
Nick Maximov
39. Puna Soriano
But I struggled to making that one. I’m anxious to see how you do it. Good luck lol
Cameron VanCamp was released yesterday
https://www.bjpenn.com/mma-news/ufc/the-ufc-parts-ways-with-three-more-fighters-including-alex-oliveira/
Thank you, updated
Isi Fitikefu no longer listed on the UFC website among current or former fighters.
Tom Breese is no longer with the UFC. Has joined levels fight league.
Thank you, updated!
Costa still ranked as a middleweight? Goes entirely against your mantra on here…
Updated, enough recent interviews where 205 will be his new home.
Hi friend, Antonio Braga Neto was released this week
phil hawes should be ranked ahead of nassourdine and julian even tho he lost to julian because he was beating him the whole fight and has done better than julian in the big show
So, Nassourdine Imavov lost to Phil Hawes (not Dawes, change that) – yet is ranked 11 spots ahead of him?
Fixed on the last name, thank you! As for Nassourdine being ranked above Hawes despite a recent decision loss to him, their fight was razor-close and Nassourdine’s recent win over Heinisch is the highest ranked win for either fighter.
Ian Heinisch? The same guy that’s lost 4/5?
I understand the argument towards ranking Hawes higher. Heinisch may have lost 4 of 5, but all losses were against strong competition. Wins over Ferreira and Carlos Jr. keep Heinisch from dropping further down the ranks below fighters with more unproven records.
You have Imavov facing himself on November 6th. Do you just not proof read things before just clicking submit?
Sorry, updating over 500+ fighters weekly can lead to some manual errors. I don’t have a team of people like Sherdog or Tapology, just a 1-man show. I completely appreciate any errors users find so I can fix.
Omari Akhmedov was released today.
Yo, Trevor Smith is no longer an active UFC fighter – he was removed officially from the UFC website in March 2020
Huge fan of rankingmma, I literally look at these rankings every day. It’s the most accurate rankings without a doubt. When I done my rankings I basically copied rankingmma’s rankings at first and still to this day they are extremely close side by side.
With that being said, Brendan Allen lost to Sean Strickland not Ian Heinisch. I don’t know if that changed anything but on my rankings Allen is ahead of Ian. Thanks guys!
Thank you, results for that fight are updated. Very much appreciate the feedback and congrats on also creating your own rankings. Good to see another hardcore MMA fan.
Remove Trevor Smith- he’s off the UFC roster
Couple small changes my good sir:
– Saparbek Safarov was released today
– Carlos Ulberg is a light heavyweight, not a middleweight (his last victory at the DWCS was at LHW)
Hi friends! LOVE this site…small, small fix here:
On Brad Tavares’ recent fights, “Israel” is misspelled “Isreal”
Fixed, thank you!
Hi mate, under John Phillips, you show him losing to Dusko Todorovic by SUB when in reality he lost to Khamzat Chimaev by sub. Cheers!
Fixed, thank you!
Awesome to see you guys updated this! Keep up the hard work!
When are you going to update the site? Adesanya’s still not the Middleweight champ.
Love this site, but you got Spicely and Alvey mixed up … Alvey is the one on the four fight winning streak with a recent victory over the guy ranked ahead of him …
Went to Spicely’s record says he has lost 1 but if you scroll down it shows he lost to Alvey and sanchez..
I hear you on Spicely vs. Alvey. Reminds me of when Brenneman defeated Rick Story. Yes, Alvey submitted Spicely, but after that Alvey lost a decision to Elias Theodorou. Elias was then soundly beaten by Thiago Santos. Then in a huge upset, Spicely submitted Santos.
Until a few things sort out, the timeline is…Spicely>Santos>Theodorou>Alvey. Many can argue that Alvey’s biggest win is Marquardt, but remember, Santos beat Marquardt and Spicely beat Santos afterwards.
I think your tuff 23 winner will rise in this chart after his next fight. He is your #31 but already beat your # 19. That kid is tough/tuff/tough! He seems to get better every fight.
Sanchez has looked real good. All he needs is a step up in competition to prove he belongs amongst the elite. He does have that win over Spicely, but that was prior to Spicely upsetting Thiago Santos. Thank you for your insight.
He killed by marshman
CM Punk is gonna die in the Octagon isn’t he?
I wanna see Francis Carmont x Ronaldo Souza
Thanks UFC!!!
Agreed, thanks to the UFC and all of the fighters that give up time with their families to entertain us.
Carmont entertains you?
Jake Shields has moved back to Welterweight:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1529891-jake-shields-returns-to-welterweight-targets-jake-ellenberger-or-carlos-condit
Thank you for the link and update. The change has been made.
Done!
I do count it as a loss, but look at what was happening before the illegal shots were landed. Cote was rocked by Sakara’s big elbows and would have likely been finished had Sakara landed some legal blows.
I want you to look back at Erick Silva vs. Carlo Prater before thinking I am crazy for the new rankings. Did you have Prater ranked above Silva after the DQ? I don’t think anyone did because Silva was surely going to win the fight had he not been disqualified. It is the same exact situation here with Cote-Sakara.
Shoulb be Bisping Vs Weidmen and winnner should get
title shot.
Vitor Belfort should be No2,right?
Well i was wrong about Stann and Bisping,Bisping fought smart and got the win.I agree with you putting him as No.1 contender,but i think there’s little chance of him points fighting his way to victory over Silva.As far as my rankings go,i’m moving Stann down rather than Bisping up.
It’s still tough ranking Bisping ahead of Weidman, but Weidman is lacking overall experience against the elite of the division. We know what we have with Bisping, a well-rounded fighter that has been able to hold his own against everyone not named Dan Henderson.
Stann’s ground game is still holding him back and likely always will. All of his recent losses (Bisping, Sonnen, Davis, Soszynski) were attributed to him being taken down to the ground. Stann hits like a truck, but he can’t do that from his back.
Anderson Silva vs. Bisping does not bode well for “The Count,” but he deserves his shot more so than some other former title challengers (Leites, Cote, Maia). Bisping has fought 17 times for the UFC since TUF 3. He has basically carried the flag for England’s MMA scene over the last 5 years. Plus, Silva vs. Bisping will create a lot more hype rather than Silva vs. Weidman. Sure, Weidman has the better chance of beating Silva, but Weidman is also just a few fights into his UFC career. This might be Bisping’s best and only shot at fighting for a title.
Bisping is no chance if were being honest. Weidman needs clear win over Tim Boetsch now to pressure Dana to put him ahead of Bisping.
Yes, you are correct on both points. I wouldn’t mind seeing Bisping vs. Franklin in the meantime. People are sleeping on Franklin due to his age and inactivity, but the guy has more than held his own at MW. Bisping/Franklin could probably headline a European fight card. Of course this is all dependent on Franklin beating Cung Le next month.
i have stann at 5 and bisping at 10,and stann wins,probably by knockout,but hey we’ll see. and has vitor really moved to LHW? or is his fight with jones just a one off? and i’m gunna wait till sonnen actually fights at LHW before i rank him as one.
I think Stann is a solid pick in this fight, but Bisping’s underrated wrestling may be the difference maker. As for Belfort, I agree with you, he is probably moving back to middleweight should he lose.