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 Francis Ngannou
#9 Andrei Arlovski
#10 Derrick Lewis
#11 Travis Browne
#12 Brock Lesnar
#13 Mark Hunt
#14 Frank Mir
#15 Roy Nelson
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 Liam McGeary
#10 Tito Ortiz
#11 Chael Sonnen
#12 Jimi Manuwa
#13 Volkan Oezdemir
#14 Ovince St Preux
#15 Mauricio Rua
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
Kelly Anundson on 9/12/2015
Middleweight (185)
#1 Michael Bisping
#2 Luke Rockhold
#3 Yoel Romero
#4 Chris Weidman
#5 Ronaldo Souza
#6 Kelvin Gastelum
#7 Tim Kennedy
#8 Anderson Silva
#9 Robert Whittaker
#10 Derek Brunson
#11 Gegard Mousasi
#12 Uriah Hall
#13 Vitor Belfort
#14 Eric Spicely +1
#15 Thiago Santos +1
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
Roan Carneiro on 2/21/2017
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 Douglas Lima
#12 Andrey Koreshkov
#13 Ben Henderson
#14 Jorge Masvidal
#15 Donald Cerrone
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 Will Brooks
#9 Michael Chandler
#10 Ben Henderson
#11 Gilbert Melendez
#12 Michael Chiesa
#13 Beneil Dariush
#14 Michael Johnson
#15 Dustin Poirier
(Oliveira beat Brooks at welterweight therefore not ranked)
The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:
Donald Cerrone on 12/19/2016
Frankie Edgar on 8/11/2013
TJ Grant on 5/25/2014
Myles Jury on 1/03/2016
Nate Diaz on 12/19/2016
Featherweight (145)
#1 Jose Aldo
#2 Frankie Edgar
#4 Ricardo Lamas
#5 Cub Swanson
#6 Anthony Pettis
#7 Charles Oliveira
#8 Jeremy Stephens
#9 Yair Rodriguez
#10 Andre Fili
#11 Hacran Dias
#12 Darren Elkins
#13 Chan Sung Jung
#14 Brian Ortega
#15 Dennis Bermudez
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
Dustin Poirier on 9/27/2015
Diego Brandao on 1/02/2017
Bantamweight (135)
#1 Cody Garbrandt
#2 Dominick Cruz
#3 TJ Dillashaw
#4 Raphael Assuncao
#5 Jimmie Rivera
#6 Urijah Faber
#7 Bryan Caraway
#8 Aljamain Sterling
#9 Johnny Eduardo
#10 John Lineker
#11 Michael McDonald
#12 Eddie Wineland
#13 Takeya Mizugaki
#14 Thomas Almeida
#15 Augusto Mendes
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
#6 Jussier Da Silva
#7 Matheus Nicolau
#8 Sergio Pettis
#9 John Moraga
#10 Wilson Reis
#11 Dustin Ortiz
#12 Zach Makovsky
#13 Tim Elliott
#14 Louis Gaudinot
#15 Adriano Moraes
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 Valentina Shevchenko
#4 Raquel Pennington
#5 Miesha Tate
#6 Holly Holm
#7 Ronda Rousey
#8 Cat Zingano
#9 Sara McMann
#10 Alexis Davis
#8 Cat Zingano
#9 Sara McMann
#10 Alexis Davis
#11 Liz Carmouche
#12 Bethe Correia
#13 Jessica Eye
#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
Marloes Coenen on 7/30/2012
Sarah Kaufman on 12/19/2016
Kerry Vera on 11/20/2010
Women's Strawweight (115)
#1 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
#2 Claudia Gadelha
#3 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
#4 Justine Kish
#6 Carla Esparza
#7 Rose Namajunas
#4 Justine Kish
#5 Randa Markos
#6 Carla Esparza
#7 Rose Namajunas
#8 Jessica Andrade
#9 Jessica Penne
#9 Jessica Penne
#10 Viviane Pereira
#11 Valerie Letourneau
#12 Maryna Moroz
#11 Valerie Letourneau
#12 Maryna Moroz
#13 Joanne Calderwood
#14 Cortney Casey
#14 Cortney Casey
#15 Tecia Torres
(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
