#2 Fabricio Werdum
#3 Cain Velasquez
#4 Alistair Overeem
#5 Andrei Arlovski
#6 Travis Browne
#7 Junior Dos Santos
#8 Ben Rothwell
#9 Josh Barnett
#10 Mark Hunt
#11 Frank Mir
#12 Roy Nelson
#13 Jared Rosholt
#15 Antonio Silva
The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:
Anthony Johnson on 3/23/2014
Daniel Cormier on 10/19/2014
Oleksiy Oliynyk on 11/22/2015
Light Heavyweight (205)
#1 Jon Jones
#2 Daniel Cormier
#3 Anthony Johnson
#4 Ryan Bader
#5 Phil Davis
#6 Glover Teixeira
#7 Rashad Evans
#8 Alexander Gustafsson
#9 Ovince St Preux
#10 Mauricio Rua
#11 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
The following fighters were removed from this division's ranking due to inactivity:
Vitor Belfort on 11/09/2014
Lyoto Machida on 8/03/2014
Dan Henderson on 5/24/2015
Chael Sonnen on 11/16/2014
Quinton Jackson on 5/17/2015
Anderson Silva on 10/13/2013
Forrest Griffin on 7/07/2013
Middleweight (185)
#1 Michael Bisping +4
#2 Luke Rockhold -1
#3 Chris Weidman -1
#4 Yoel Romero -1
#5 Ronaldo Souza -1
#6 Anderson Silva
#7 Vitor Belfort
#8 Lyoto Machida
#9 Kelvin Gastelum
#10 Robert Whittaker
#11 Uriah Hall
#12 Gegard Mousasi
#13 Derek Brunson
#14 Roan Carneiro
#15 Thiago Santos
The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:
Tim Kennedy on 9/27/2015
Chael Sonnen on 7/07/2013
Cung Le on 8/23/2015
Rich Franklin on 6/23/2013
Mark Munoz on 5/16/2016
Welterweight (170)
#1 Robbie Lawler
#2 Stephen Thompson
#3 Johny Hendricks
#4 Rory MacDonald
#5 Carlos Condit
#6 Neil Magny
#7 Kelvin Gastelum
#8 Rick Story
#9 Tarec Saffiedine
#10 Jake Ellenberger
#11 Hector Lombard
#12 Emil Weber Week
#13 Rousimar Palhares
#14 Jake Shields
#15 Demian Maia
The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:
Georges St Pierre on 11/16/2014
Tyron Woodley on 1/31/2016
Martin Kampmann on 8/28/2014
Nick Diaz on 3/16/2014
Lightweight (155)
#1 Rafael Dos Anjos
#2 Eddie Alvarez
#3 Edson Barboza
#4 Anthony Pettis
#5 Donald Cerrone
#6 Gilbert Melendez
#7 Michael Chiesa
#8 Beneil Dariush
#9 Nate Diaz
#10 Michael Johnson
#11 Tony Ferguson
#12 Dustin Poirier +4
#13 Bobby Green +3
#14 Josh Thomson -2
#15 Diego Sanchez -2
(Nurmagomedov fought at welterweight therefore still inactive)The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:
Khabib Nurmagomedov on 4/19/2015
Ben Henderson on 1/18/2016
Frankie Edgar on 8/11/2013
TJ Grant on 5/25/2014
Shinya Aoki on 5/22/2016
Tatsuya Kawajiri on 7/26/2012
Myles Jury on 1/03/2016
BJ Penn on 8/28/2011
Featherweight (145)
#1 Conor McGregor
#2 Jose Aldo
#3 Frankie Edgar
#5 Max Holloway +1
#6 Ricardo Lamas -1
#7 Cub Swanson
#8 Charles Oliveira
#9 Jeremy Stephens
#10 Hacran Dias
#11 Darren Elkins
#12 Brian Ortega
#13 Diego Brandao
#14 Dennis Bermudez
#15 Thiago Tavares
Nik Lentz on 5/30/2016
Iuri Alcantara on 6/23/2013
Kenny Florian on 10/08/2012
Chan Sung Jung on 8/03/2014
Dustin Poirier on 9/27/2015
Bantamweight (135)
#1 Dominick Cruz
#2 TJ Dillashaw
#3 Renan Barao
#4 Urijah Faber
#5 Bryan Caraway
#6 Aljamain Sterling
#7 Johnny Eduardo
#8 Michael McDonald
#9 Takeya Mizugaki
#10 Eddie Wineland
#11 John Lineker
#12 Cody Garbrandt
#13 Thomas Almeida
#14 Brad Pickett
#15 Francisco Rivera
The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:
Raphael Assuncao on 10/04/2015
Joseph Benavidez on 8/14/2012
Chris Cariaso on 2/25/2013
Flyweight (125)
#1 Demetrious Johnson
#2 Joseph Benavidez
#3 Ali Bagautinov
#4 John Dodson
#5 Zach Makovsky
#6 Tim Elliott
#7 Kyoji Horiguchi
#8 Louis Gaudinot
#9 Kairat Akhmetov
#10 Adriano Moraes
#11 Henry Cejudo
#12 Jussier Da Silva
#13 Wilson Reis
#14 Dustin Ortiz
#15 Justin Scoggins
The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:
Ian McCall on 1/31/2016
John Lineker on 7/16/2015
Yasuhiro Urushitani on 3/14/2015
John Moraga on 5/23/2016
Women's Bantamweight (135)
#1 Miesha Tate
#2 Holly Holm
#3 Ronda Rousey
#4 Amanda Nunes
#5 Valentina Shevchenko
#6 Sarah Kaufman
#6 Sarah Kaufman
#7 Sara McMann
#8 Julianna Pena
#8 Julianna Pena
#9 Jessica Eye
#10 Leslie Smith
#11 Raquel Pennington
#12 Ashlee Evans-Smith
#13 Marion Reneau
#14 Jessica Andrade
#12 Ashlee Evans-Smith
#13 Marion Reneau
#14 Jessica Andrade
The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:
Cat Zingano on 2/28/2016
Marloes Coenen on 7/30/2012
Alexis Davis on 4/25/2016
Liz Carmouche on 4/04/2016
Marloes Coenen on 7/30/2012
Alexis Davis on 4/25/2016
Liz Carmouche on 4/04/2016
Kerry Vera on 11/20/2010
Jessica Rakoczy on 11/30/2014
Women's Strawweight (115)
#1 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
#2 Claudia Gadelha
#3 Jessica Aguilar
#4 Carla Esparza
#5 Rose Namajunas
#5 Rose Namajunas
#6 Jessica Andrade +10
#7 Jessica Penne -1
#7 Jessica Penne -1
#8 Valerie Letourneau -1
#9 Maryna Moroz -1
#10 Joanne Calderwood -1
#11 Justine Kish -1
#12 Karolina Kowalkiewicz -1
#13 Randa Markos -1
#12 Karolina Kowalkiewicz -1
#13 Randa Markos -1
#15 Angela Hill -1