Ultimate Fighting Championship rankings

The Ultimate Fighting Championship rankings, which was introduced in February 2013, is generated by a voting panel made up of media members. These media members are asked to vote for whom they feel are the top fighters in the UFC by weight class and pound-for-pound. A fighter is only eligible to be voted on if they are of active status in the UFC. A fighter can appear in more than one weight division at a time. The champion and interim champion are considered to be in the top positions of their respective divisions and therefore are not eligible for voting by weight class. However, the champions can be voted on for the pound-for-pound rankings.

Overview

• Last update (current ranking): March 29, 2021
• Previous update (prior ranking): March 23, 2021

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Men’s pound-for-pound

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Weight class	Status	Next fight
1	Jon Jones	26–1 (1 NC)		Light heavyweight (2008–2020)
2	Kamaru Usman	18–1		Welterweight	Welterweight Champion	Jorge Masvidal (UFC 261 – April 24, 2021)
3	Alexander Volkanovski	22–1	1	Welterweight (2012–2013) Lightweight (2014; 2016) Featherweight (2014–present)	Featherweight Champion
4	Israel Adesanya	20–1	1	Middleweight	Middleweight Champion
5	Francis Ngannou	16–3	8	Heavyweight	Heavyweight Champion
6	Dustin Poirier	27–6 (1 NC)		Lightweight (2009–2010, 2015–present) Featherweight (2011–2014)	#1 in lightweight rankings	Conor McGregor (UFC 264 – July 10, 2021)
7	Stipe Miocic	20–4	4	Heavyweight	#1 in heavyweight rankings
8	Jan Błachowicz	28–8	1	Light heavyweight	Light Heavyweight Champion
9	Max Holloway	22–6	1	Lightweight (2010–2011; 2019) Featherweight (2012–present)	#1 in featherweight rankings
10	Deiveson Figueiredo	20–1–1	1	Flyweight	Flyweight Champion	Brandon Moreno (UFC 263 – June 12, 2021)
11	Justin Gaethje	22–3	1	Lightweight	#2 in lightweight rankings
12	Petr Yan	15–2		Bantamweight	#1 in bantamweight rankings
13	Robert Whittaker	22–5	2	Welterweight (2009–2014) Middleweight (2014–present)	#1 in middleweight rankings	Kelvin Gastelum (UFC on ESPN 22 – April 17, 2021)
14	Aljamain Sterling	20–3		Bantamweight (2010–present) Featherweight (2011)	Bantamweight Champion
15	Conor McGregor	22–5		Featherweight (2008–2015) Lightweight (2008–2012, 2016–2018, 2021–present) Welterweight (2016, 2020)	#6 in lightweight rankings	Dustin Poirier (UFC 264 – July 10, 2021)

Women’s pound-for-pound

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Weight class	Status	Next fight
1	Amanda Nunes	21–4		Bantamweight (2011–present) Featherweight (2008–2011, 2018–present)	Women’s Bantamweight Champion Women’s Featherweight Champion
2	Valentina Shevchenko	20–3		Bantamweight (2003–2005, 2010–2017) Flyweight (2006, 2018–present)	Women’s Flyweight Champion	Jéssica Andrade (UFC 261 – April 24, 2021)
3	Zhang Weili	21–1		Strawweight	Women’s Strawweight Champion	Rose Namajunas (UFC 261 – April 24, 2021)
4	Rose Namajunas	9–4		Strawweight	#1 in strawweight rankings	Zhang Weili (UFC 261 – April 24, 2021)
5	Jéssica Andrade	21–8		Bantamweight (2011–2015) Flyweight (2020–present) Strawweight (2016–2020)	#1 in flyweight rankings	Valentina Shevchenko (UFC 261 – April 24, 2021)
6	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	16–4		Flyweight (2012–2014, 2018–present) Strawweight (2014–2018, 2019–present)	#2 in strawweight rankings
7	Germaine de Randamie	10–4		Featherweight (2011–2012, 2017) Bantamweight (2008–2011, 2013–2016, 2018–present)	#1 in bantamweight rankings
8	Holly Holm	14–5		Featherweight (2017–2019) Bantamweight (2011–present)	#2 in bantamweight rankings
9	Aspen Ladd	9–1		Bantamweight (2016–present) Flyweight (2015)	#3 in bantamweight rankings	Macy Chiasson (UFC Fight Night 193 – July 24, 2021)
10	Katlyn Chookagian	15–4		Bantamweight (2016–2017) Flyweight (2014–2016, 2018–present) Strawweight (2014)	#2 in flyweight rankings	Viviane Araújo (UFC 262 – May 15, 2021)
11	Yan Xiaonan	13–1 (1 NC)		Strawweight	#3 in strawweight rankings	Carla Esparza – (UFC Fight Night 188 – May 22, 2021)
12	Nina Ansaroff	10–6		Flyweight (2012) Strawweight (2008–present)	#5 in strawweight rankings	Mackenzie Dern – (UFC on ABC 2 – April 10, 2021)
13	Carla Esparza	17–6		Strawweight	#4 in strawweight rankings	Yan Xiaonan – (UFC Fight Night 188 – May 22, 2021)
14	Cynthia Calvillo	9–2–1		Flyweight (2012, 2020–present) Strawweight (2008–2019)	#5 in flyweight rankings
15	Cláudia Gadelha	18–5		Flyweight (2013) Strawweight (2010–present)	#7 in strawweight rankings

Heavyweight

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Last fight	Next fight
C	Francis Ngannou	16–3	1	Defeated Stipe Miocic	TBD
1	Stipe Miocic	20–4	1	Lost to Francis Ngannou	TBD
2	Derrick Lewis	25–7 (1 NC)		Defeated Curtis Blaydes	TBD
3	Curtis Blaydes	14–3 (1 NC)		Lost to Derrick Lewis	TBD
4	Ciryl Gane	8–0		Defeated Jairzinho Rozenstruik	vs. Alexander Volkov (UFC Fight Night 191)
5	Alexander Volkov	33–8		Defeated Alistair Overeem	vs. Ciryl Gane (UFC Fight Night 191)
6	Jairzinho Rozenstruik	11–2		Lost to Ciryl Gane	TBD
7	Shamil Abdurakhimov	20–5		Lost to Curtis Blaydes	vs. Augusto Sakai (UFC on ESPN 23)
8	Walt Harris	13–9 (1 NC)		Lost to Alexander Volkov	vs. Marcin Tybura (UFC Fight Night 189)
9	Augusto Sakai	15–2–1		Lost to Alistair Overeem	vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov (UFC on ESPN 23)
10	Chris Daukaus	11–3		Defeated Aleksei Oleinik	TBD
11	Marcin Tybura	21–6		Defeated Greg Hardy	vs. Walt Harris (UFC Fight Night 189)
12	Blagoy Ivanov	18–4 (1 NC)		Lost to Augusto Sakai	TBD
13	Tom Aspinall	10–2		Defeated Andrei Arlovski	TBD
14	Sergei Pavlovich	14–1		Defeated Maurice Greene	TBD
15	Aleksei Oleinik	59–15–1		Lost to Chris Daukaus	TBD

Light heavyweight

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Last fight	Next fight
C	Jan Błachowicz	28–8		Defeated Israel Adesanya	TBD
1	Glover Teixeira	32–7		Defeated Thiago Santos	TBD
2	Aleksandar Rakić	14–2		Defeated Thiago Santos	TBD
3	Dominick Reyes	12–2		Lost to Jan Błachowicz	vs. Jiří Procházka (UFC on ESPN 23)
4	Thiago Santos	21–9		Lost to Aleksandar Rakić	TBD
5	Jiří Procházka	27–3–1		Defeated Volkan Oezdemir	vs. Dominick Reyes (UFC on ESPN 23)
6	Anthony Smith	34–16		Defeated Devin Clark	vs. Jimmy Crute (UFC 261)
7	Magomed Ankalaev	15–1		Defeated Nikita Krylov	TBD
8	Volkan Oezdemir	17–5		Lost to Jiří Procházka	TBD
9	Nikita Krylov	26–8		Lost to Magomed Ankalaev	TBD
10	Johnny Walker	18–5		Defeated Ryan Spann	TBD
11	Ryan Spann	19–6		Defeated Misha Cirkunov	TBD
12	Misha Cirkunov	15–6		Lost to Ryan Spann	TBD
13	Jimmy Crute	12–1		Defeated Modestas Bukauskas	vs. Anthony Smith (UFC 261)
14	Paul Craig	14–4–1		Defeated Maurício Rua	vs. Jamahal Hill (UFC 263)
15	Jamahal Hill	8–0 (1 NC)		Defeated Ovince Saint Preux	vs. Paul Craig (UFC 263)

Middleweight

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Last fight	Next fight
C	Israel Adesanya	20–1		Lost to Jan Błachowicz	TBD
1	Robert Whittaker	22–5		Defeated Jared Cannonier	vs. Kelvin Gastelum (UFC on ESPN 22)
2	Paulo Costa	13–1		Lost to Israel Adesanya	TBD
3	Jared Cannonier	13–5		Lost to Robert Whittaker	TBD
4	Derek Brunson	22–7		Defeated Kevin Holland	TBD
5	Darren Till	18–3–1		Lost to Robert Whittaker	TBD
6	Marvin Vettori	16–4–1		Defeated Jack Hermansson	vs. Kevin Holland (UFC on ABC 2)
7	Jack Hermansson	21–6		Lost to Marvin Vettori	vs. Edmen Shahbazyan (UFC 262)
8	Kelvin Gastelum	16–6 (1 NC)		Defeated Ian Heinisch	vs. Robert Whittaker (UFC on ESPN 22)
9	Uriah Hall	16–9		Defeated Anderson Silva	vs. Chris Weidman (UFC 261)
10	Kevin Holland	21–6		Lost to Derek Brunson	vs. Marvin Vettori (UFC on ABC 2)
11	Chris Weidman	15–5		Defeated Omari Akhmedov	vs. Uriah Hall (UFC 261)
12	Edmen Shahbazyan	11–1		Lost to Derek Brunson	vs. Jack Hermansson (UFC 262)
13	Omari Akhmedov	21–5–1		Defeated Tom Breese	vs. Brad Tavares (UFC 264)
14	Brad Tavares	18–6		Defeated Antônio Carlos Júnior	vs. Omari Akhmedov (UFC 264)
15	Sean Strickland	22–3		Defeated Brendan Allen	vs. Krzysztof Jotko (UFC on ESPN 23)

Welterweight

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Last fight	Next fight
C	Kamaru Usman	18–1		Defeated Gilbert Burns	vs. Jorge Masvidal (UFC 261)
1	Colby Covington	16–2		Defeated Tyron Woodley	TBD
2	Gilbert Burns	19–4		Lost to Kamaru Usman	vs. Stephen Thompson (UFC 264)
3	Leon Edwards	18–3 (1 NC)		No Contest w. Belal Muhammad	vs. Nate Diaz (UFC 262)
4	Jorge Masvidal	35–14		Lost to Kamaru Usman	vs. Kamaru Usman (UFC 261)
5	Stephen Thompson	16–4–1		Defeated Geoff Neal	vs. Gilbert Burns (UFC 264)
6	Vicente Luque	20–7–1	4	Defeated Tyron Woodley	TBD
7	Michael Chiesa	18–4	1	Defeated Neil Magny	TBD
8	Demian Maia	28–10		Lost to Gilbert Burns	vs. Belal Muhammad (UFC 263)
9	Neil Magny	24–8		Lost to Michael Chiesa	vs. Geoff Neal (UFC on ESPN 24)
10	Tyron Woodley	19–7–1	3	Lost to Vicente Luque	TBD
11	Geoff Neal	13–3		Lost to Stephen Thompson	vs. Neil Magny (UFC on ESPN 24)
12	Li Jingliang	18–6		Defeated Santiago Ponzinibbio	TBD
13	Belal Muhammad	18–3 (1 NC)		No Contest w. Leon Edwards	vs. Demian Maia (UFC 263)
14	Sean Brady	14–0		Defeated Jake Matthews	TBD
15	Robbie Lawler	28–15 (1 NC)		Lost to Neil Magny	TBD

Lightweight

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Last fight	Next fight
C	Vacant
1	Dustin Poirier	27–6 (1 NC)		Defeated Conor McGregor	vs. Conor McGregor (UFC 264)
2	Justin Gaethje	22–3		Lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov	TBD
3	Charles Oliveira	30–8 (1 NC)		Defeated Tony Ferguson	vs. Michael Chandler (UFC 262)
4	Michael Chandler	22–5		Defeated Dan Hooker	vs. Charles Oliveira (UFC 262)
5	Tony Ferguson	25–5		Lost to Charles Oliveira	vs. Beneil Dariush (UFC 262)
6	Conor McGregor	22–5		Lost to Dustin Poirier	vs. Dustin Poirier (UFC 264)
7	Rafael dos Anjos	30–13		Defeated Paul Felder	TBD
8	Dan Hooker	20–10		Lost to Michael Chandler	TBD
9	Beneil Dariush	20–4–1		Defeated Carlos Diego Ferreira	vs. Tony Ferguson (UFC 262)
10	Paul Felder	17–6		Lost to Rafael dos Anjos	TBD
11	Islam Makhachev	19–1		Defeated Drew Dober	TBD
12	Carlos Diego Ferreira	17–3		Lost to Beneil Dariush	TBD
13	Kevin Lee	18–6		Lost to Charles Oliveira	TBD
14	Al Iaquinta	14–6–1		Lost to Dan Hooker	TBD
15	Gregor Gillespie	13–1		Lost to Kevin Lee	TBD

Featherweight

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Last fight	Next fight
C	Alexander Volkanovski	22–1		Defeated Max Holloway	TBD
1	Max Holloway	22–6		Defeated Calvin Kattar	TBD
2	Brian Ortega	15–1 (1 NC)		Defeated Chan Sung Jung	TBD
3	Zabit Magomedsharipov	18–1		Defeated Calvin Kattar	TBD
4	Yair Rodríguez	13–2 (1 NC)		Defeated Jeremy Stephens	TBD
5	Chan Sung Jung	16–6		Lost to Brian Ortega	vs. Dan Ige (UFC Fight Night 190)
6	Calvin Kattar	22–5		Lost to Max Holloway	TBD
7	Josh Emmett	15–2		Defeated Shane Burgos	TBD
8	Dan Ige	15–3		Defeated Gavin Tucker	vs. Chan Sung Jung (UFC Fight Night 190)
9	Jeremy Stephens	28–18 (1 NC)		Lost to Calvin Kattar	vs. Drakkar Klose (UFC on ESPN 22)
10	Arnold Allen	16–1		Defeated Nik Lentz	vs. Sodiq Yusuff (UFC on ABC 2)
11	Sodiq Yusuff	11–1		Defeated Andre Fili	vs. Arnold Allen (UFC on ABC 2)
12	Shane Burgos	13–2		Lost to Josh Emmett	vs. Edson Barboza (UFC 262)
13	Bryce Mitchell	14–0		Defeated Andre Fili	TBD
14	Edson Barboza	21–9		Defeated Makwan Amirkhani	vs. Shane Burgos (UFC 262)
15	Movsar Evloev	14–0		Defeated Nik Lentz	vs. Hakeem Dawodu (UFC 263)

Bantamweight

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Last fight	Next fight
C	Aljamain Sterling	20–3		Defeated Petr Yan	TBD
1	Petr Yan	15–2		Lost to Aljamain Sterling	TBD
2	Cory Sandhagen	14–2		Defeated Frankie Edgar	vs. T.J. Dillashaw (UFC on ESPN 24)
3	Rob Font	18–4		Defeated Marlon Moraes	vs. Cody Garbrandt (UFC Fight Night 188)
4	Cody Garbrandt	12–3		Defeated Raphael Assunção	vs. Rob Font (UFC Fight Night 188)
5	José Aldo	29–7		Defeated Marlon Vera	TBD
6	Marlon Moraes	23–8–1		Lost to Rob Font	TBD
7	Frankie Edgar	24–9–1		Lost to Cory Sandhagen	TBD
8	Pedro Munhoz	19–5 (1 NC)		Defeated Jimmie Rivera	TBD
9	Dominick Cruz	23–3		Defeated Casey Kenney	TBD
10	Raphael Assunção	27–8		Lost to Cody Garbrandt	TBD
11	Jimmie Rivera	23–5		Lost to Pedro Munhoz	TBD
12	Merab Dvalishvili	12–4		Defeated John Dodson	vs. Cody Stamann (UFC on ESPN 23)
13	Cody Stamann	18–3–1		Lost to Jimmie Rivera	vs. Merab Dvalishvili (UFC on ESPN 23)
14	Kyler Phillips	9–1		Defeated Song Yadong	TBD
15	Marlon Vera	16–7–1		Lost to José Aldo	TBD

Flyweight

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Last fight	Next fight
C	Deiveson Figueiredo	20–1–1		Drew against Brandon Moreno	vs. Brandon Moreno (UFC 263)
1	Brandon Moreno	18–5–2		Drew against Deiveson Figueiredo	vs. Deiveson Figueiredo (UFC 263)
2	Askar Askarov	13–0–1		Defeated Joseph Benavidez	TBD
3	Alexandre Pantoja	23–5		Defeated Manel Kape	TBD
4	Alex Perez	24–6		Lost to Deiveson Figueiredo	vs. Matt Schnell (UFC 262)
5	Joseph Benavidez	28–8		Lost to Askar Askarov	TBD
6	Brandon Royval	12–5		Lost to Brandon Moreno	TBD
7	Kai Kara-France	22–9 (1 NC)		Defeated Rogério Bontorin	TBD
8	Matt Schnell	15–5		Defeated Tyson Nam	vs. Alex Perez (UFC 262)
9	Rogério Bontorin	16–3 (1 NC)		Lost to Kai Kara-France	TBD
10	Tim Elliott	17–11–1		Defeated Jordan Espinosa	vs. Su Mudaerji (UFC Fight Night 191)
11	David Dvořák	19–3		Defeated Jordan Espinosa	vs. Raulian Paiva (UFC Fight Night 188)
12	Raulian Paiva	20–3		Defeated Zhalgas Zhumagulov	vs. David Dvořák (UFC Fight Night 188)
13	Su Mudaerji	14–4		Defeated Zarrukh Adashev	vs. Tim Elliott (UFC Fight Night 191)
14	Matheus Nicolau	16–2–1		Defeated Manel Kape	TBD
15	Amir Albazi	14–1		Defeated Zhalgas Zhumagulov	vs. Ode Osbourne (UFC Fight Night 192)

Women’s featherweight

Champion:  Amanda Nunes (21–4)
No rankings available for this division.

Women’s bantamweight

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Last fight	Next Fight
C	Amanda Nunes	21–4		Defeated Megan Anderson	TBD
1	Germaine de Randamie	10–4		Defeated Julianna Peña	TBD
2	Holly Holm	14–5		Defeated Irene Aldana	TBD
3	Aspen Ladd	9–1		Defeated Yana Kunitskaya	vs. Macy Chiasson (UFC Fight Night 193)
4	Irene Aldana	12–6		Lost to Holly Holm	TBD
5	Yana Kunitskaya	14–5 (1 NC)		Defeated Ketlen Vieira	TBD
6	Julianna Peña	10–4		Defeated Sara McMann	TBD
7	Ketlen Vieira	11–2		Lost to Yana Kunitskaya	TBD
8	Sara McMann	12–6		Lost to Julianna Peña	TBD
9	Macy Chiasson	7–1		Defeated Marion Reneau	vs. Aspen Ladd (UFC Fight Night 193)
10	Lina Länsberg	10–5		Lost to Sara McMann	TBD
11	Pannie Kianzad	14–5		Defeated Sijara Eubanks	TBD
12	Marion Reneau	9–7–1		Lost to Macy Chiasson	vs. Miesha Tate (UFC Fight Night 192)
13	Sijara Eubanks	6–6		Lost to Pannie Kianzad	vs. Karol Rosa (UFC 263)
14	Karol Rosa	14–3		Defeated Joselyne Edwards	vs. Sijara Eubanks (UFC 263)
15	Julia Avila	8–2		Lost to Sijara Eubanks	TBD

Women’s flyweight

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Last fight	Next fight
C	Valentina Shevchenko	20–3		Defeated Jennifer Maia	vs. Jéssica Andrade (UFC 261)
1	Jéssica Andrade	21–8		Defeated Katlyn Chookagian	vs. Valentina Shevchenko (UFC 261)
2	Katlyn Chookagian	15–4		Defeated Cynthia Calvillo	vs. Viviane Araújo (UFC 262)
3	Lauren Murphy	14–4		Defeated Liliya Shakirova	vs. Joanne Calderwood (UFC 263)
4	Jennifer Maia	18–7–1		Lost to Valentina Shevchenko	vs. Jessica Eye (UFC 264)
5	Cynthia Calvillo	9–2–1		Lost to Katlyn Chookagian	TBD
6	Joanne Calderwood	15–5		Defeated Jessica Eye	vs. Lauren Murphy (UFC 263)
7	Viviane Araújo	10–2		Defeated Roxanne Modafferi	vs. Katlyn Chookagian (UFC 262)
8	Jessica Eye	15–9 (1 NC)		Lost to Joanne Calderwood	vs. Jennifer Maia (UFC 264)
9	Roxanne Modafferi	25–18		Lost to Viviane Araújo	TBD
10	Alexa Grasso	13–3		Defeated Maycee Barber	TBD
11	Andrea Lee	11–5		Lost to Roxanne Modafferi	vs. Antonina Shevchenko (UFC 262)
12	Antonina Shevchenko	9–2		Defeated Ariane Lipski	vs. Andrea Lee (UFC 262)
13	Taila Santos	17–1		Defeated Gillian Robertson	TBD
14	Maycee Barber	8–2		Lost to Alexa Grasso	vs. Miranda Maverick (UFC Fight Night 193)
15	Miranda Maverick	9–2	NR	Defeated Gillian Robertson	vs. Maycee Barber (UFC Fight Night 193)

Women’s strawweight

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Last fight	Next fight
C	Zhang Weili	21–1		Defeated Joanna Jędrzejczyk	vs. Rose Namajunas (UFC 261)
1	Rose Namajunas	9–4		Defeated Jéssica Andrade	vs. Zhang Weili (UFC 261)
2	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	16–4		Lost to Zhang Weili	TBD
3	Yan Xiaonan	13–1 (1 NC)		Defeated Cláudia Gadelha	vs. Carla Esparza (UFC Fight Night 188)
4	Carla Esparza	17–6		Defeated Marina Rodriguez	vs. Yan Xiaonan (UFC Fight Night 188)
5	Nina Ansaroff	10–6		Lost to Tatiana Suarez	vs. Mackenzie Dern (UFC on ABC 2)
6	Marina Rodriguez	13–1–2		Defeated Amanda Ribas	TBD
7	Cláudia Gadelha	18–5		Lost to Yan Xiaonan	TBD
8	Michelle Waterson	18–8		Defeated Angela Hill	TBD
9	Tecia Torres	12–5		Defeated Sam Hughes	TBD
10	Amanda Ribas	10–2		Lost to Marina Rodriguez	vs. Angela Hill (UFC on ESPN 24)
11	Mackenzie Dern	10–1		Defeated Virna Jandiroba	vs. Nina Ansaroff (UFC on ABC 2)
12	Angela Hill	13–9		Defeated Ashley Yoder	vs. Amanda Ribas (UFC on ESPN 24)
13	Virna Jandiroba	16–2		Lost to Mackenzie Dern	vs. Kanako Murata (UFC Fight Night 190)
14	Amanda Lemos	9–1–1		Defeated Lívia Renata Souza	TBD
15	Felice Herrig	14–9		Lost to Virna Jandiroba	TBD