MMA Rankings Updated: June 11, 2018

Heavyweight (265) 

#1 Stipe Miocic 

#2 Francis Ngannou 

#3 Curtis Blaydes +5 

#4 Alistair Overeem -1 

#5 Vitaly Minakov -1

#6 Alexander Volkov -1

#7 Fabricio Werdum -1

#8 Tai Tuivasa +8  

#9 Andrei Arlovski -2 

#10 Alexey Oleinik -1

#11 Junior Albini -1  

#12 Timothy Johnson -1

#13 Mark Hunt -1

#14 Derrick Lewis -1

#15 Marcin Tybura -1

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

Cain Velasquez on 7/09/2017 
Anthony Johnson on 3/23/2014
Junior Dos Santos on 5/13/2018 
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 

Light Heavyweight (205)

#1 Jon Jones 

#2 Daniel Cormier  

#3 Ryan Bader 

#4 Phil Davis 

#5 Glover Teixeira    

#6 Anthony Smith +10

#7 Rashad Evans +9

#8 Linton Vassell -2

#9 Abdul Kerim Edilov -2

#10 Jiri Prochazka -2

#11 Karl Albrektsson -2

#12 Vadim Nemkov -2

#13 Liam McGeary -2

#14 Chael Sonnen -2

#15 Volkan Oezdemir -2

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

Vitor Belfort on 11/09/2014
Anthony Johnson on 4/08/2018 
Lyoto Machida on 8/03/2014
Alexander Gustafsson on 5/28/2018 
Dan Henderson on 5/24/2015
Tito Ortiz on 1/22/2018 
Kelly Anundson on 9/12/2015

Middleweight (185)

#1 Georges St. Pierre 

#2 Kelvin Gastelum 

#3 Michael Bisping  

#4 Luke Rockhold   

#5 Robert Whittaker 

#6 Yoel Romero 

#7 Ronaldo Souza 

#8 Gegard Mousasi 

#9 Chris Weidman 

#10 Derek Brunson

#11 Lyoto Machida 

#12 Uriah Hall 

#13 Vitor Belfort 

#14 Antonio Carlos Junior 

#15 Gerald Meerschaert 

(Romero missed weight therefore still ranked below Rockhold) 

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

Tim Kennedy on 12/10/2017 
Anderson Silva on 2/11/2018
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 Colby Covington +5

#4 Rafael Dos Anjos -1

#5 Robbie Lawler -1

#6 Rory MacDonald -1

#7 Ben Askren -1

#8 Douglas Lima -1

#9 Kamaru Usman 

#10 Demian Maia  

#11 Jon Fitch 

#12 Paul Daley  

#13 Lorenz Larkin  

#14 Neil Magny 

#15 Andre Koreshkov  

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 
Johny Hendricks on 12/30/2017 

Lightweight (155) 

#1 Khabib Nurmagomedov 

#2 Eddie Alvarez 

#3 Tony Ferguson 

#4 Edson Barboza 

#5 Dustin Poirier 

#6 Anthony Pettis 

#7 Paul Felder 

#8 Charles Oliveira 

#9 David Teymur +7  

#10 Nik Lentz -1  

#11 Will Brooks -1

#12 Brent Primus -1

#13 Michael Chandler -1

#14 Patricky Freire -1

#15 Ben Henderson -1

(Alex Oliveira beat Brooks at welterweight therefore not ranked)

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

Conor McGregor on 11/13/2017
Rafael Dos Anjos on 11/04/2017 
Donald Cerrone on 12/19/2016 

Featherweight (145) 

#1 Max Holloway 

#2 Jose Aldo 

#3 Brian Ortega 

#4 Frankie Edgar 

#5 Mirsad Bektic +11

#6 Ricardo Lamas -1

#7 Cub Swanson -1

#8 Renato Carneiro -1

#9 Jeremy Stephens -1

#10 Calvin Kattar -1   

#11 Andre Fili -1  

#12 Darren Elkins -1  

#13 Dennis Bermudez -1  

#14 Doo Ho Choi -1 

#15 Thiago Tavares -1  

(Emmett missed therefore not ranked) 

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
Yair Rodriguez on 5/14/2018 
Hacran Dias on 10/01/2017 
Iuri Alcantara on 6/23/2013 
Kenny Florian on 8/08/2012 
Chan Sung Jung on 2/04/2018 
Dustin Poirier on 9/27/2015 
Diego Brandao on 5/27/2018 

Bantamweight (135) 

#1 TJ Dillashaw 

#2 Cody Garbrandt 

#3 Raphael Assuncao 

#4 John Lineker 

#5 Brian Kelleher 

#6 Renan Barao 

#7 Jimmie Rivera 

#8 Cody Stamann 

#9 Bryan Caraway 

#10 Marlon Moraes 

#11 Aljamain Sterling 

#12 Alejandro Perez 

#13 Matthew Lopez 

#14 Rustam Kerimov +2  

#15 Timur Valiev +1  

(Sterling beat Barao at featherweight therefore no movement occured) 

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

Dominick Cruz on 12/30/2017 
Urijah Faber on 12/17/2017 
Joseph Benavidez on 8/14/2012

Flyweight (125)

#1 Demetrious Johnson 

#2 Sergio Pettis +14

#3 Joseph Benavidez +13 

#4 Rijigala Amu -2

#5 Zhifa Shang -2

#6 Josiel Silva -2

#7 Kurban Gadzhiev -2

#8 Shyngys Kairanov -2

#9 Aleksander Doskalchuk -2

#10 Arman Ashimov -2

#11 Mikael Silander -2

#12 Vitali Branchuk -2

#13 Tagir Ulanbekov -2

#14 Vartan Asatryan -2

#15 Zhalgas Zhumagalov -2

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

Ian McCall on 1/31/2016 
Kyoji Horiguchi on 4/16/2018 
Asulan Toktarbaev on 7/31/2016 

Women's Bantamweight (135) 

#1 Amanda Nunes
  
#2 Valentina Shevchenko 

#3 Raquel Pennington 

#4 Holly Holm 

#5 Ketlen Vieira

#6 Cat Zingano 

#7 Lucie Pudilova

#8 Sarah Moras 

#9 Ashlee Evans-Smith 

#10 Marion Reneau 

#11 Bethe Correa 

#12 Sara McMann 

#13 Alexis Davis 

#14 Sarah Kaufman 

#15 Leslie Smith 

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

Julianna Pena on 01/28/2018 
Jessica Rakoczy on 11/30/2014
Miesha Tate on 11/20/2017
Ronda Rousey on 12/30/2017
Marloes Coenen on 7/30/2012
Liz Carmouche 11/12/2017
Kerry Vera on 11/20/2010
Jessica Eye on 9/10/2017

Women's Strawweight (115)

#1 Rose Namajunas  

#2 Joanna Jedrzejczyk 

#3 Jessica Andrade 

#4 Claudia Gadelha 

#5 Tatiana Suarez 

#6 Viviane Pereira 

#7 Carla Esparza 

#8 Karolina Kowalkiewicz

#9  Felice Herrig 

#10 Justine Kish 

#11 Ronda Markos 

#12 Tecia Torres 

#13 Nina Ansaroff 

#14 Angela Hill 

#15 Maryna Moroz

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

Valerie Letourneau on 12/10/2017