MMA Rankings Updated: December 31, 2018

Heavyweight (265) 

#1 Daniel Cormier 

#2 Stipe Miocic 

#3 Derrick Lewis 

#4 Francis Ngannou 

#5 Curtis Blaydes 

#6 Alistair Overeem  

#7 Alexander Volkov  

#8 Fabricio Werdum  

#9 Junior Dos Santos   

#10 Tai Tuivasa  

#11 Shamil Abdurakhimov  

#12 Walt Harris NEW 

#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:

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

Light Heavyweight (205) 

#1 Jon Jones NEW 

#2 Daniel Cormier -1 

#3 Jiri Prochazka -1 

#4 Karl Albrektsson -1 

#5 Vadim Nemkov -1 

#6 Phil Davis -1 

#7 Alexander Gustafsson NEW 

#8 Linton Vassell -2 

#9 Liam McGeary -2 

#10 Anthony Smith -2 

#11 Volkan Oezdemir -2 

#12 Jan Blachowicz -2  

#13 Thiago Santos -2   

#14 Jimi Manuwa -2  

#15 Corey Anderson -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 
Ryan Bader on 11/03/2018 
Abdul Kerim Edilov on 9/02/2018 
Lyoto Machida on 8/03/2014
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  

(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  

#7 Douglas Lima   

#8 Demian Maia  

#9 Jon Fitch  

#10 Paul Daley  

#11 Lorenz Larkin   

#12 Andre Koreshkov   

#13 Darren Till  

#14 Claudio Silva     

#15 Leon Edwards  

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 Nathan Schulte NEW 

#13 Rashid Magomedov -1   

#14 Michael Chandler -1 

#15 Brent Primus -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 Alex Volkanovski +10

#6 Chad Mendes -1 

#7 Mirsad Bektic -1

#8 Ricardo Lamas -1

#9 Renato Carneiro -1

#10 Cub Swanson -1

#11 Jeremy Stephens -1 

#12 Yair Rodriguez -1

#13 Calvin Kattar -1

#14 Michael Johnson -1

#15 Andre Fili -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

Bantamweight (135) 

#1 TJ Dillashaw 

#2 Cody Garbrandt 

#3 Raphael Assuncao 

#4 John Lineker 

#5 Ricky Simon NEW  

#6 Montel Jackson NEW 

#7 Brian Kelleher -2 

#8 Patrick Mix -2   

#9 Marlon Moraes +6 

#10 Aljamain Sterling +1 

#11 Cody Stamann -1  

#12 Rustam Kerimov NEW 

#13 Tom Duquesnoy NEW 

#14 Petr Yan NEW 

#15 Magomed Magomedov NEW 

(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 

Timur Valiev on 11/02/2018 

Decky Dalton on 02/27/2017

Mike Cutting on 02/27/2017 

Shay Walsh on 07/07/2018