MMA Rankings Updated: October 8, 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 Shamil Abdurakhimov 

#12 Andrei Arlovski 

#13 Alexey Oleinik 

#14 Junior Albini 

#15 Timothy Johnson  


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

Light Heavyweight (205) 

#1 Daniel Cormier

#2 Ryan Bader 

#3 Phil Davis 

#4 Linton Vassell 

#5 Jiri Prochazka  

#6 Karl Albrektsson  

#7 Vadim Nemkov  

#8 Liam McGeary  

#9 Volkan Oezdemir  

#10 Jan Blachowicz     

#11 Jimi Manuwa  

#12 Corey Anderson   

#13 Glover Teixeira 

#14 Anthony Smith  

#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 
Lyoto Machida on 8/03/2014
Alexander Gustafsson on 5/28/2018 
Abdul Kerim Edilov on 9/02/2018 
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  

#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:

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 

#6 Rory MacDonald 

#7 Ben Askren  

#8 Douglas Lima  

#9 Kamaru Usman 

#10 Demian Maia

#11 Jon Fitch 

#12 Paul Daley 

#13 Neil Magny   

#14 Andre Koreshkov  

#15 Jorge Masvidal  

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 
Lorenz Larkin on 9/23/2018 
Kelvin Gastelum on 7/09/2017 
Johny Hendricks on 12/30/2017 
Ben Henderson on 4/22/2017 

Lightweight (155) 

#1 Khabib Nurmagomedov 

#2 Conor McGregor NEW 

#3 Dustin Poirier -1  

#4 Eddie Alvarez -1 

#5 Tony Ferguson -1 

#6 Edson Barboza -1 

#7 Anthony Pettis -1

#8 Paul Felder -1

#9 Charles Oliveira -1

#10 David Teymur -1

#11 Nik Lentz -1

#12 Will Brooks -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:

Rafael Dos Anjos on 11/04/2017 
Donald Cerrone on 12/19/2016 
Brent Primus on 6/24/2018 

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 Calvin Kattar  

#12 Michael Johnson  

#13 Andre Fili  

#14 Alex Volkanovski  

#15 Darren Elkins  

(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 Patrick Mix  

#7 Andre Ewell  

#8 Renan Barao 

#9 Jimmie Rivera 

#10 Cody Stamann  

#11 Aljamain Sterling 

#12 Bryan Caraway 

#13 Marlon Moraes  

#14 Alejandro Perez  

#15 Matthew Lopez  

(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