Heavyweight (265)
#1 Stipe Miocic#2 Francis Ngannou
#5 Junior Dos Santos
#6 Vitaly Minakov
#8 Andrei Arlovski
#10 Timothy Johnson
#11 Marcin Tybura
#12 Mark Hunt
#13 Derrick Lewis
#14 Curtis Blaydes
#15 Alexey Oleinik
Cain Velasquez on 7/09/2017
Anthony Johnson on 3/23/2014
Daniel Cormier on 10/19/2014
Ben Rothwell on 4/10/2017
Josh Barnett on 9/03/2017
Stephen Puetz on 5/02/2016
Brock Lesnar on 7/09/2017
Frank Mir on 3/20/2017
Light Heavyweight (205)
#1 Jon Jones
#2 Daniel Cormier
#3 Anthony Johnson
#4 Ryan Bader
#5 Phil Davis
#6 Alexander Gustafsson
#7 Glover Teixeira
#8 Linton Vassell
#9 Liam McGeary
#10 Tito Ortiz
#11 Chael Sonnen
#12 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
Rashad Evans on 4/16/2017
Dan Henderson on 5/24/2015
Kelly Anundson on 9/12/2015
Middleweight (185)
#1 Georges St. Pierre
#2 Kelvin Gastelum
#4 Luke Rockhold
#5 Robert Whittaker
#7 Ronaldo Souza
#8 Gegard Mousasi
#9 Chris Weidman
#10 Anderson Silva +1
#11 Derek Brunson +1
#12 Lyoto Machida +1
#13 Uriah Hall +1
#14 Vitor Belfort +1
#15 Antonio Carlos Junior +1
The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:
Tim Kennedy on 12/10/2017
Chael Sonnen on 7/07/2013
Cung Le on 8/23/2015
Rich Franklin 12/11/2013
Roan Carneiro 2/21/2017
Mark Munoz 5/16/2016
Welterweight (170)
#1 Tyron Woodley
#2 Stephen Thompson
#3 Robbie Lawler
#4 Rory MacDonald
#5 Ben Askren
#6 Douglas Lima
#8 Lorenz Larkin
#9 Rafael Dos Anjos
#10 Neil Magny
#11 Johny Hendricks
#12 Colby Covington
#13 Demian Maia
#14 Andrey Koreshkov
#15 Jorge Masvidal
The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:
Georges St Pierre on 11/16/2014
Kazuo Misaki on 3/03/2013
Kelvin Gastelum on 7/09/2017
Carlos Condit on 8/27/2017
Martin Kampmann on 8/28/2014
Nick Diaz on 3/16/2014
Ben Henderson on 4/22/2017
Lightweight (155)
#1 Eddie Alvarez
#2 Tony Ferguson
#3 Edson Barboza
#4 Dustin Poirier
#5 Anthony Pettis
#6 Paul Felder
#7 Charles Oliveira
#8 Nik Lentz
#9 Will Brooks
#10 Brent Primus
#11 Michael Chandler
#12 Patricky Freire
#13 Ben Henderson
#14 Al Iaquinta
#15 Kevin Lee
(Alex Oliveira beat Brooks at welterweight therefore not ranked)
The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:
Khabib Nurmagomedov on 11/13/2017
Conor McGregor on 11/13/2017
Rafael Dos Anjos on 11/04/2017
Donald Cerrone on 12/19/2016
Frankie Edgar on 8/11/2013
TJ Grant on 5/25/2014
Gilbert Melendez on 7/23/2017
Myles Jury on 1/03/2016
Leonardo Santos on 10/08/2017
Featherweight (145)
#1 Max Holloway
#2 Jose Aldo
#3 Frankie Edgar
#5 Brian Ortega +1
#6 Cub Swanson -1
#7 Renato Carneiro
#8 Jeremy Stephens
#9 Yair Rodriguez
#10 Calvin Kattar
#11 Andre Fili
#12 Darren Elkins
#13 Chan Sung Jung
#14 Diego Brandao
#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
Anthony Pettis 8/27/2017
Charles Oliveira on 8/27/2017
Nik Lentz on 5/30/2016
Hacran Dias on 10/01/2017
Iuri Alcantara on 6/23/2013
Kenny Florian on 8/08/2012
Dustin Poirier on 9/27/2015
Bantamweight (135)
#1 TJ Dillashaw
#2 Cody Garbrandt
#3 Dominick Cruz
#4 Raphael Assuncao
#5 Jimmie Rivera
#6 Urijah Faber
#7 Marlon Moraes +4
#9 Matthew Lopez -1
#10 Johnny Eduardo -1
#11 John Lineker -1
#12 John Dodson
#13 Eddie Wineland
#14 Rustam Kerimov
#15 Takeya Mizugaki
(Sterling beat Barao at featherweight therefore no movement occured and Barao is still inactive)
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
Bryan Caraway on 5/29/2017
Michael McDonald on 7/13/2017
Chris Cariaso on 2/25/2013
Flyweight (125)
#1 Demetrious Johnson
#2 Kyoji Horiguchi
#3 Tyson Nam
#4 Yoni Sherbatov
#5 Ali Bagautinov
#6 Henry Cejudo
#7 Ray Borg
#8 Jussier Da Silva
#9 Sergio Pettis
#10 John Moraga
#11 Wilson Reis
#12 Brandon Moreno
#13 Dustin Ortiz
#14 Zach Makovsky
#15 Ben Nguyen
The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:
Joseph Benavidez on 12/3/2017
Ian McCall on 1/31/2016
John Dodson on 9/05/2016
Matheus Nicolau on 7/08/2017
Women's Bantamweight (135)
#1 Amanda Nunes
#2 Valentina Shevchenko
#4 Holly Holm
#5 Ronda Rousey
#6 Ketlen Vieira
#7 Sara McMann
#8 Alexis Davis
#6 Ketlen Vieira
#8 Alexis Davis
#9 Sarah Kaufman
#10 Sarah Moras
#11 Ashlee Evans-Smith
#10 Sarah Moras
#11 Ashlee Evans-Smith
#12 Marion Reneau
#13 Bethe Correa
#14 Leslie Smith
The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:
Jessica Rakoczy on 11/30/2014
Raquel Pennington on 11/20/2017
Miesha Tate on 11/20/2017
Cat Zingano on 7/09/2017
Marloes Coenen on 7/30/2012
Liz Carmouche 11/12/2017
Kerry Vera on 11/20/2010
Jessica Eye on 9/10/2017
Jessica Andrade on 9/05/2016
Women's Strawweight (115)
#1 Rose Namajunas
#2 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
#2 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
#3 Jessica Andrade
#4 Claudia Gadelha
#5 Tatiana Suarez
#6 Viviane Pereira
#7 Carla Esparza +1
#8 Maryna Moroz +1
#9 Cynthia Calvillo +1
#10 Joanne Calderwood +1
#11 Felice Herrig +1
#12 Cortney Casey +1
#13 Jessica Aguilar +1
#4 Claudia Gadelha
#5 Tatiana Suarez
#6 Viviane Pereira
#7 Carla Esparza +1
#9 Cynthia Calvillo +1
#10 Joanne Calderwood +1
#11 Felice Herrig +1
#13 Jessica Aguilar +1
#14 Karolina Kowalkiewicz +1
#15 Justine Kish +1
(Calderwood beat Letourneau at Flyweight therefore no movement occurred)
The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:
Valerie Letourneau on 12/10/2017
The following fighters were removed from this division's rankings due to inactivity:
Valerie Letourneau on 12/10/2017