MMA Rankings Updated: December 17, 2018

Heavyweight (265) 

#1 Daniel Cormier 

#2 Stipe Miocic 

#3 Derrick Lewis 

#4 Francis Ngannou 

#5 Curtis Blaydes 

#6 Alistair Overeem  

#7 Alexander Volkov +1

#8 Fabricio Werdum +1

#9 Junior Dos Santos +1  

#10 Tai Tuivasa +1

#11 Shamil Abdurakhimov +1

#12 Andrei Arlovski +1 

#13 Alexey Oleinik +1

#14 Junior Albini +1

#15 Justin Willis NEW  


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

Vitaly Minakov on 12/16/2018 
Cain Velasquez on 7/09/2017 
Anthony Johnson on 3/23/2014
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 Daniel Cormier

#2 Jiri Prochazka 

#3 Karl Albrektsson 

#4 Vadim Nemkov 

#5 Phil Davis 

#6 Linton Vassell 

#7 Liam McGeary 

#8 Anthony Smith 

#9 Volkan Oezdemir 

#10 Jan Blachowicz  

#11 Thiago Santos   

#12 Jimi Manuwa  

#13 Corey Anderson  

#14 Glover Teixeira  

#15 Rashad Evans  

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

Jon Jones on 7/30/2018 
Vitor Belfort on 11/09/2014
Anthony Johnson on 4/08/2018 
Ryan Bader on 11/03/2018 
Abdul Kerim Edilov on 9/02/2018 
Lyoto Machida on 8/03/2014
Alexander Gustafsson on 5/28/2018 
Kelly Anundson on 9/12/2015  

Middleweight (185)

#1 Kelvin Gastelum 

#2 Luke Rockhold 

#3 Robert Whittaker 

#4 Yoel Romero 

#5 Ronaldo Souza 

#6 Gegard Mousasi 

#7 Chris Weidman 

#8 Israel Adesanya 

#9 Derek Brunson 

#10 Lyoto Machida 

#11 Paulo Costa 

#12 Uriah Hall 

#13 Vitor Belfort 

#14 Antonio Carlos Junior 

#15 Jack Hermansson NEW  

(Romero missed weight therefore still ranked below Rockhold) 

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

Georges St. Pierre on 11/04/2018 
Michael Bisping on 11/25/2018 
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 

#4 Kamaru Usman  

#5 Rafael Dos Anjos  

#6 Rory MacDonald +1 

#7 Douglas Lima +1 

#8 Demian Maia +1 

#9 Jon Fitch +1 

#10 Paul Daley +1

#11 Lorenz Larkin +1 

#12 Andre Koreshkov +1 

#13 Darren Till +1 

#14 Claudio Silva +1   

#15 Leon Edwards NEW 

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

Georges St Pierre on 11/16/2014
Robbie Lawler on 12/16/2018
Ben Askren on 11/27/2018 
Kazuo Misaki on 3/03/2013 
Ben Henderson on 4/22/2017 
Jorge Masvidal on 11/04/2018 

Lightweight (155) 

#1 Khabib Nurmagomedov 

#2 Conor McGregor   

#3 Dustin Poirier  

#4 Eddie Alvarez  

#5 Tony Ferguson  

#6 Edson Barboza  

#7 Anthony Pettis  

#8 Charles Oliveira  

#9 David Teymur  

#10 Nik Lentz  

#11 Will Brooks  

#12 Rashid Magomedov  

#13 Michael Chandler 

#14 Brent Primus NEW 

#15 Patricky Freire -1   

(Alex Oliveira beat Brooks at welterweight therefore not ranked)

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

Rafael Dos Anjos on 11/04/2017 
Donald Cerrone on 12/19/2016 
Paul Felder on 12/02/2018 

Featherweight (145) 

#1 Max Holloway  

#2 Jose Aldo   

#3 Brian Ortega  

#4 Frankie Edgar 

#5 Chad Mendes  

#6 Mirsad Bektic  

#7 Ricardo Lamas 

#8 Renato Carneiro  

#9 Cub Swanson  

#10 Jeremy Stephens   

#11 Yair Rodriguez  

#12 Calvin Kattar  

#13 Michael Johnson  

#14 Andre Fili 

#15 Alex Volkanovski 

(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
Hacran Dias on 10/01/2017 

Bantamweight (135) 

#1 TJ Dillashaw 

#2 Cody Garbrandt 

#3 Raphael Assuncao 

#4 John Lineker 

#5 Brian Kelleher 

#6 Patrick Mix  

#7 Andre Ewell  

#8 Renan Barao 

#9 Jimmie Rivera 

#10 Cody Stamann  

#11 Aljamain Sterling 

#12 John Dodson  

#13 Pedro Munhoz  

#14 Bryan Caraway  

#15 Marlon Moraes  

(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