MMA Rankings Updated: December 3, 2018

Heavyweight (265) 

#1 Daniel Cormier 

#2 Stipe Miocic 

#3 Derrick Lewis 

#4 Francis Ngannou 

#5 Curtis Blaydes 

#6 Alistair Overeem  

#7 Vitaly Minakov 

#8 Alexander Volkov 

#9 Fabricio Werdum 

#10 Junior Dos Santos NEW 

#11 Tai Tuivasa -1 

#12 Shamil Abdurakhimov -1 

#13 Andrei Arlovski -1 

#14 Alexey Oleinik -1 

#15 Junior Albini -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
Ben Rothwell on 4/10/2017
Josh Barnett on 9/03/2017 
Stephen Puetz on 5/02/2016

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 Jimi Manuwa 

#12 Corey Anderson 

#13 Glover Teixeira 

#14 Rashad Evans 

#15 Tito Ortiz  

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  
Dan Henderson on 5/24/2015  
Chael Sonnen on 6/24/2018 

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 Gerald Meerschaert  

(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 

#5 Rafael Dos Anjos -1 

#6 Robbie Lawler -1 

#7 Rory MacDonald -1 

#8 Douglas Lima  

#9 Demian Maia +1

#10 Jon Fitch +1 

#11 Paul Daley +1

#12 Lorenz Larkin +1

#13 Andre Koreshkov +1   

#14 Darren Till +1 

#15 Claudio Silva NEW    

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

Georges St Pierre on 11/16/2014
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 +1 

#9 David Teymur +1 

#10 Nik Lentz +1

#11 Will Brooks +1

#12 Rashid Magomedov +1   

#13 Michael Chandler +1 

#14 Patricky Freire +1

#15 Ben Henderson NEW  

(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 
Brent Primus on 6/24/2018 

Featherweight (145) 

#1 Jose Aldo +1

#2 Brian Ortega +1

#3 Frankie Edgar +1

#4 Chad Mendes +1 

#5 Mirsad Bektic +1 

#6 Ricardo Lamas +1 

#7 Renato Carneiro +1 

#8 Cub Swanson +1 

#9 Jeremy Stephens +1 

#10 Yair Rodriguez +1

#12 Calvin Kattar +1

#12 Michael Johnson +1  

#13 Andre Fili +1 

#14 Alex Volkanovski +1 

#15 Darren Elkins NEW 

(Emmett missed therefore not ranked) 

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

Conor McGregor on 12/12/2016 
Max Holloway on 12/02/2018 
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 10/08/2012

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 NEW 

#13 Pedro Munhoz NEW 

#14 Bryan Caraway -2 

#15 Marlon Moraes -2 

(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