MMA Rankings Updated: December 12, 2016

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 Yoel Romero 

#4 Chris Weidman 

#5 Ronaldo Souza 

#6 Kelvin Gastelum +10

#7 Tim Kennedy +9 

#8 Anderson Silva -2

#9 Robert Whittaker -2

#10 Derek Brunson -2 

#11 Gegard Mousasi -2

#12 Uriah Hall -2 

#13 Vitor Belfort -2 

#14 Roan Carneiro -2

#15 Eric Spicely -2  

The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:

Chael Sonnen on 7/07/2013
Lyoto Machida on 6/27/2016 
Cung Le on 8/23/2015
Rich Franklin on 6/23/2013
Mark Munoz on 5/16/2016

Welterweight (170)

#1 Tyron Woodley  

#2 Stephen Thompson 

#3 Robbie Lawler 

#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 Douglas Lima 

#15 Andrey Koreshkov 

The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:

Georges St Pierre on 11/16/2014
Martin Kampmann on 8/28/2014 
Nick Diaz on 3/16/2014
Ben Askren on 4/24/2016

Lightweight (155) 

#1 Khabib Nurmagomedov 

#2 Conor McGregor 

#3 Eddie Alvarez 

#4 Tony Ferguson 

#5 Rafael Dos Anjos 

#6 Edson Barboza 

#7 Anthony Pettis 

#8 Donald Cerrone 

#9 Will Brooks 

#10 Michael Chandler 

#11 Ben Henderson   

#12 Gilbert Melendez 

#13 Michael Chiesa 

#14 Beneil Dariush 

#15 Nate Diaz 

(Oliveira beat Brooks at welterweight therefore not ranked)

The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:

Frankie Edgar on 8/11/2013 
TJ Grant on 5/25/2014 
Myles Jury on 1/03/2016 

Featherweight (145) 

#1 Jose Aldo +1 

#2 Frankie Edgar +1

#3 Max Holloway +2 

#4 Ricardo Lamas +2

#5 Cub Swanson +2

#6 Anthony Pettis +2

#7 Charles Oliveira +2 

#8 Jeremy Stephens +2 

#9 Yair Rodriguez +2

#10 Andre Fili +2

#11 Hacran Dias +2

#12 Darren Elkins +2

#13 Brian Ortega +2

#14 Diego Brandao +2

#15 Dennis Bermudez +1

The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:

Conor McGregor on 12/12/2016 
Chad Mendes on 12/11/2016 
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 Kyoji Horiguchi 

#4 Ali Bagautinov   

#5 Henry Cejudo +4

#6 Jussier Da Silva +4  

#7 Matheus Nicolau +4

#8 John Moraga +4

#9 Wilson Reis +4

#10 Dustin Ortiz +4

#11 Zach Makovsky -6 

#12 Tim Elliott -6 

#13 Louis Gaudinot -6   

#14 Adriano Moraes -6 

#15 Takumi Tamaru  

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 
Kairat Akhmetov on 11/21/2016 

Women's Bantamweight (135) 

#1 Amanda Nunes  

#2 Julianna Pena 

#3 Raquel Pennington 

#4 Miesha Tate 

#5 Valentina Shevchenko 

#6 Holly Holm 

#7 Cat Zingano 

#8 Sara McMann 

#9 Alexis Davis 

#10 Sarah Kaufman 

#11 Liz Carmouche 

#12 Bethe Correia 

#13 Jessica Eye 

#14 Leslie Smith 

#15 Ashlee Evans-Smith 

The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:

Jessica Rakoczy on 11/30/2014
Ronda Rousey on 11/15/2016 
Marloes Coenen on 7/30/2012

Kerry Vera on 11/20/2010

Women's Strawweight (115)

#1 Joanna Jedrzejczyk 

#2 Claudia Gadelha 

#3 Carla Esparza 

#4 Karolina Kowalkiewicz 

#5 Rose Namajunas 

#6 Jessica Andrade

#7 Jessica Penne 

#8 Viviane Pereira +8

#9 Valerie Letourneau +7

#10 Maryna Moroz -2 

#11 Joanne Calderwood -2  

#12 Justine Kish -2  

#13 Cortney Casey -2  

#14 Randa Markos -2  

#15 Tecia Torres -2  

(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