MMA Rankings Updated: July 23, 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 Tai Tuivasa 

#11 Andrei Arlovski 

#12 Alexey Oleinik 

#13 Junior Albini 

#14 Timothy Johnson  

#15 Mark Hunt 



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 
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 Linton Vassell +3 

#6 Abdul Kerim Edilov +3 

#7 Jiri Prochazka +3 

#8 Karl Albrektsson +3 

#9 Vadim Nemkov +3 

#10 Liam McGeary +3 

#11 Volkan Oezdemir +3  

#12 Jan Blachowicz +3    

#13 Jimi Manuwa NEW 

#14 Corey Anderson NEW  

#15 Glover Teixeira -10     


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 
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 Derek Brunson +1 

#10 Lyoto Machida +1

#11 Paulo Costa +1  

#12 Uriah Hall +1  

#13 Vitor Belfort +1

#14 Antonio Carlos Junior +1 

#15 Gerald Meerschaert NEW    

(Romero missed weight therefore still ranked below Rockhold) 

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

Chris Weidman on 7/22/2018 
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 Rafael Dos Anjos 

#5 Robbie Lawler 

#5 Rory MacDonald 

#7 Ben Askren 

#8 Douglas Lima 

#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 

#10 Nik Lentz 

#11 Will Brooks 

#12 Michael Chandler  

#13 Patricky Freire  

#14 Ben Henderson  

#15 Al Iaquinta  

(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 
Brent Primus on 6/24/2018 
Frankie Edgar on 8/11/2013
TJ Grant on 5/25/2014 
Gilbert Melendez on 7/23/2017 
Myles Jury on 1/03/2016

Featherweight (145) 

#1 Max Holloway 

#2 Jose Aldo 

#3 Brian Ortega 

#4 Frankie Edgar 

#5 Chad Mendes  

#6 Mirsad Bektic 

#7 Ricardo Lamas 

#8 Cub Swanson  

#9 Renato Carneiro  

#10 Jeremy Stephens  

#11 Calvin Kattar  

#12 Andre Fili  

#13 Alex Volkanovski  

#14 Darren Elkins  

#15 Myles Jury  

(Emmett missed therefore not ranked) 

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

Conor McGregor on 12/12/2016 

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 

#15 Timur Valiev 

(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