Heavyweight (265)
#1 Stipe Miocic
#2 Fabricio Werdum
#3 Cain Velasquez
#4 Alistair Overeem
#5 Josh Barnett
#6 Francis Ngannou
#7 Andrei Arlovski
#8 Derrick Lewis
#9 Travis Browne
#10 Brock Lesnar
#11 Mark Hunt
#12 Vitaly Minakov
#13 Alexander Volkov
#14 Roy Nelson
#13 Alexander Volkov
#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
Junior Dos Santos 4/10/2017
Daniel Cormier on 10/19/2014
Ben Rothwell on 4/10/2017
Frank Mir on 3/19/2017
Light Heavyweight (205)
#1 Daniel Cormier +1
#2 Anthony Johnson +1
#3 Ryan Bader +1
#4 Phil Davis +1
#5 Glover Teixeira +1
#6 Alexander Gustafsson +1
#7 Liam McGeary +1
#8 Tito Ortiz +1
#9 Chael Sonnen +1
#10 Jimi Manuwa +1
#11 Volkan Oezdemir +1
#12 Ovince St Preux +1
#13 Mauricio Rua +1
#14 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira +1
#15 Anderson Silva +1
The following fighters were removed from this division's ranking due to inactivity:
Jon Jones on 4/23/2017
Vitor Belfort on 11/09/2014
Lyoto Machida on 8/03/2014
Rashad Evans on 4/16/2017
Dan Henderson on 5/24/2015
Kelly Anundson on 9/12/2015
Quinton Jackson on 5/17/2015
Middleweight (185)
#1 Michael Bisping
#2 Luke Rockhold
#3 Yoel Romero
#4 Robert Whittaker
#5 Ronaldo Souza
#6 Gegard Mousasi
#7 Chris Weidman
#8 Kelvin Gastelum
#9 Tim Kennedy
#10 Anderson Silva
#11 Derek Brunson
#12 Uriah Hall
#13 Vitor Belfort
#14 Eric Spicely
#15 Thiago Santos
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 Jorge Masvidal +1
#14 Donald Cerrone +1
#15 Rick Story +1
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
Ben Henderson on 4/22/2017
Lightweight (155)
#1 Khabib Nurmagomedov
#2 Conor McGregor
#3 Eddie Alvarez
#4 Tony Ferguson
#5 Rafael Dos Anjos
#6 Edson Barboza
#7 Charles Oliveira +1
#8 Will Brooks +1
#9 Michael Chandler +1
#10 Ben Henderson +1
#11 Gilbert Melendez +1
#12 Beneil Dariush +1
#13 Michael Johnson +1
#14 Dustin Poirier +1
#15 Joe Duffy +1
(Alex Oliveira beat Brooks at welterweight therefore not ranked)
The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:
Anthony Pettis on 4/23/2017
Donald Cerrone on 12/19/2016
Frankie Edgar on 8/11/2013
TJ Grant on 5/25/2014
Myles Jury on 1/03/2016
Mike Chiesa on 4/16/2017
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 Renato Carneiro
#9 Jeremy Stephens
#10 Yair Rodriguez
#11 Andre Fili
#12 Hacran Dias
#13 Darren Elkins
#14 Chan Sung Jung
#15 Brian Ortega
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
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 John Dodson +4
#13 Eddie Wineland -1
#14 Takeya Mizugaki -1
#15 Thomas Almeida -1
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 Ray Borg
#7 Jussier Da Silva
#8 Matheus Nicolau
#9 Sergio Pettis
#10 John Moraga
#11 Wilson Reis
#12 Brandon Moreno +4
#13 Dustin Ortiz -1
#14 Zach Makovsky -1
#15 Tim Elliott -1
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
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 Sarah Kaufman
#12 Liz Carmouche
#13 Ketlen Vieira
#14 Ashlee Evans-Smith
#12 Liz Carmouche
#13 Ketlen Vieira
#14 Ashlee Evans-Smith
#15 Marion Reneau
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
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 Viviane Pereira +1
#10 Valerie Letourneau +1
#11 Maryna Moroz +1
#12 Danielle Taylor +4
#13 Jessica Penne -4
#9 Viviane Pereira +1
#10 Valerie Letourneau +1
#11 Maryna Moroz +1
#12 Danielle Taylor +4
#13 Jessica Penne -4
#14 Joanne Calderwood -1
#15 Cortney Casey -1
#15 Cortney Casey -1
(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