Heavyweight (265)
#1 Stipe Miocic
#2 Fabricio Werdum
#3 Cain Velasquez
#4 Alistair Overeem
#5 Junior Dos Santos
#6 Ben Rothwell
#7 Josh Barnett
#8 Andrei Arlovski
#9 Travis Browne
#10 Brock Lesnar
#11 Mark Hunt
#12 Frank Mir
#13 Derrick Lewis
#14 Roy Nelson
#15 Stefan Struve
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
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 Jimi Manuwa
#10 Ovince St Preux
#11 Mauricio Rua
#12 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
#13 Anderson Silva
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 Robert Whittaker
#8 Derek Brunson
#9 Uriah Hall
#10 Gegard Mousasi
#11 Vitor Belfort
#12 Roan Carneiro
#13 Eric Spicely
#14 Thiago Santos
#15 Nate Marquardt
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 Tyron Woodley
#2 Robbie Lawler
#3 Stephen Thompson
#4 Rory MacDonald
#5 Lorenz Larkin
#6 Neil Magny
#7 Kelvin Gastelum
#8 Johny Hendricks
#9 Demian Maia
#10 Carlos Condit
#11 Donald Cerrone
#12 Rick Story
#13 Tarec Saffiedine
#14 Jake Ellenberger
#15 Hector Lombard
Georges St Pierre on 11/16/2014
Martin Kampmann on 8/28/2014
Nick Diaz on 3/16/2014
Lightweight (155)
#1 Eddie Alvarez
#2 Rafael Dos Anjos
#3 Edson Barboza
#4 Anthony Pettis
#5 Donald Cerrone
#6 Ben Henderson
#7 Gilbert Melendez
#8 Michael Chiesa
#9 Beneil Dariush
#10 Nate Diaz
#11 Michael Johnson
#12 Tony Ferguson
#13 Dustin Poirier
#14 Bobby Green
#15 Josh Thomson
(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
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
Featherweight (145)
#1 Conor McGregor
#2 Jose Aldo
#3 Frankie Edgar
#5 Max Holloway
#6 Ricardo Lamas
#7 Cub Swanson
#8 Anthony Pettis
#9 Charles Oliveira
#10 Jeremy Stephens
#11 Yair Rodriguez
#12 Andre Fili
#13 Hacran Dias
#14 Darren Elkins
#15 Brian Ortega
The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:
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
#4 Jimmie Rivera
#5 Urijah Faber
#6 Bryan Caraway
#7 Aljamain Sterling
#8 Johnny Eduardo
#9 John Lineker
#10 Michael McDonald
#11 Cody Garbrandt
#12 Takeya Mizugaki
#13 Eddie Wineland
#14 Thomas Almeida
#15 Frankie Saenz
The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:
Renan Barao on 7/25/2016
Joseph Benavidez on 8/14/2012
Chris Cariaso on 2/25/2013
Flyweight (125)
#1 Demetrious Johnson
#2 Joseph Benavidez
#3 Ali Bagautinov
#4 Zach Makovsky
#5 Tim Elliott
#6 Kyoji Horiguchi
#7 Louis Gaudinot
#8 Kairat Akhmetov
#9 Adriano Moraes
#10 Henry Cejudo
#11 Jussier Da Silva
#12 Matheus Nicolau
#13 John Moraga
#14 Wilson Reis
#15 Dustin Ortiz
The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:
Ian McCall on 1/31/2016
John Dodson on 9/05/2016
John Lineker on 7/16/2015
Yasuhiro Urushitani on 3/14/2015
Women's Bantamweight (135)
#1 Amanda Nunes
#2 Miesha Tate
#3 Valentina Shevchenko
#4 Holly Holm
#5 Ronda Rousey
#4 Holly Holm
#5 Ronda Rousey
#6 Julianna Pena
#7 Cat Zingano
#8 Sarah Kaufman
#8 Sarah Kaufman
#9 Sara McMann
#10 Bethe Correia
#11 Jessica Eye
#11 Jessica Eye
#12 Leslie Smith
#13 Raquel Pennington
#14 Ashlee Evans-Smith
#15 Marion Reneau
#13 Raquel Pennington
#14 Ashlee Evans-Smith
#15 Marion Reneau
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
Jessica Andrade on 9/05/2016
Jessica Andrade on 9/05/2016
Women's Strawweight (115)
#1 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
#2 Claudia Gadelha
#3 Carla Esparza
#4 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
#5 Rose Namajunas
#4 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
#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 Cortney Casey
#13 Randa Markos
#11 Justine Kish
#12 Cortney Casey
#13 Randa Markos
#15 Angela Hill
(Calderwood beat Letourneau at Flyweight therefore no movement occurred)
The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:
Jessica Aguilar on 8/01/2016