Heavyweight (265)
#1 Stipe Miocic
#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 Brock Lesnar +6
#11 Mark Hunt -1
#12 Frank Mir -1
#13 Derrick Lewis +3
#14 Roy Nelson -2
#15 Jared Rosholt -2
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
#12 Anderson Silva +1
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
Forrest Griffin on 7/07/2013
Middleweight (185)
#1 Michael Bisping
#2 Luke Rockhold
#3 Chris Weidman
#4 Yoel Romero
#5 Ronaldo Souza
#6 Anderson Silva
#7 Vitor Belfort
#8 Robert Whittaker
#9 Uriah Hall
#10 Gegard Mousasi
#11 Derek Brunson
#12 Roan Carneiro
#13 Thiago Santos
#14 Nate Marquardt
#15 CB Dollaway
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
Lyoto Machida on 6/27/2016
Kelvin Gastelum on 6/13/2016
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 Rory MacDonald +1
#4 Neil Magny +2
#5 Kelvin Gastelum +2
#6 Johny Hendricks -3
#7 Carlos Condit -2
#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 Eddie Alvarez +1
#2 Rafael Dos Anjos -1
#3 Edson Barboza
#4 Anthony Pettis
#5 Donald Cerrone
#6 Michael Chiesa
#7 Beneil Dariush
#8 Nate Diaz
#9 Michael Johnson
#10 Tony Ferguson
#11 Dustin Poirier
#12 Bobby Green
#13 Josh Thomson
#14 Evan Dunham +1
#15 Gleison Tibau +1
(Nurmagomedov fought at welterweight therefore still inactive)#15 Gleison Tibau +1
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
Gilbert Melendez on 6/13/2016
Shinya Aoki on 5/22/2016
Tatsuya Kawajiri on 7/26/2012
Myles Jury on 1/03/2016
BJ Penn on 8/28/2011
Al Iaquinta on 4/04/2016
Sean Sherk on 9/25/2011
Featherweight (145)
#1 Conor McGregor
#2 Jose Aldo
#3 Frankie Edgar
#5 Max Holloway
#6 Ricardo Lamas
#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 Doo Ho Choi +1
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 Raphael Assuncao +13
#4 Renan Barao -1
#5 Urijah Faber -1
#6 Bryan Caraway -1
#7 Aljamain Sterling -1
#8 Johnny Eduardo -1
#9 Michael McDonald -1
#10 Takeya Mizugaki -1
#11 Eddie Wineland -1
#12 John Lineker -1
#13 Cody Garbrandt -1
#14 Thomas Almeida -1
#15 Brad Pickett -1
The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:
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 Matheus Nicolau +3
#14 John Moraga +2
#15 Wilson Reis -2
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
Women's Bantamweight (135)
#1 Amanda Nunes +3
#2 Miesha Tate -1
#3 Holly Holm -1
#4 Ronda Rousey -1
#5 Julianna Pena +3
#6 Cat Zingano +10
#7 Valentina Shevchenko -2
#8 Sarah Kaufman -2
#7 Valentina Shevchenko -2
#8 Sarah Kaufman -2
#9 Sara McMann -2
#10 Jessica Eye -1
#11 Leslie Smith -1
#12 Raquel Pennington -1
#13 Ashlee Evans-Smith -1
#14 Marion Reneau -1
#15 Jessica Andrade -1
#13 Ashlee Evans-Smith -1
#14 Marion Reneau -1
#15 Jessica Andrade -1
The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:
Marloes Coenen on 7/30/2012
Marloes Coenen on 7/30/2012
Alexis Davis on 4/25/2016
Liz Carmouche on 4/04/2016
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
#7 Jessica Penne
#7 Jessica Penne
#8 Valerie Letourneau
#9 Maryna Moroz
#10 Joanne Calderwood
#11 Justine Kish
#12 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
#13 Randa Markos
#12 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
#13 Randa Markos
#15 Angela Hill
(Calderwood beat Letourneau at Flyweight therefore no movement occurred)