UFC rankings provide a comparative standing of the top active fights in each weight class as well as an overall pound-for-pound order. Rankings were introduced back in 2013 and are generated by a voting panel made up of media members. Only active fighters are eligible, according to the UFC rules, to be voted for in the rankings.
Found below is a list of UFC rankings for each weight class and pound-for-pound as of the end of January, 2023.
Pound-For-Pound
Pound for pound rankings are used in MMA to rank fighters irrespective of their weight class. Since these fighters do not compete directly, judging the best fighter pound for pound fighters can be more subjective, thus ratings can vary. The current top 10 men’s and women’s pound-for-pound fighters based on official UFC rankings are:
Men’s Pound-For-Pound
1. Alexander Volkanovski (25-1-0)
2. Islam Makhachev (23-1-0)
3. Leon Edwards (20-3-0)
3. Kamaru Usman (20-2-0)
5. Israel Adesanya (23-1-0)
6. Alex Pereira (7-1-0)
7. Charles Oliveira (33-9-1)
8. Aljamain Sterling (22-3-0)
9. Brandon Moreno (21-6-2)
10. Jiri Prochazka (29-3-1)
Women’s Pound-For-Pound
1. Amanda Nunes (22-5-0)
2. Valentina Shevchenko (23-3-0)
3. Zhang Weili (22-3-0)
4. Julianna Peña (12-5-0)
5. Rose Namajunas (11-5-0)
6. Carla Esparza (19-6-0)
7. Jessica Andrade (24-9-0
8. Marina Rodriguez (16-2-2)
9 Taila Santos (19-2-0)
10. Amanda Lemos (13-2-1)
Flyweight Men’s
Champion: Brandon Moreno (21-6-2)
1. Deiveson Figueiredo (23-3-1)
2. Alexandre Pantoja (25-5-0)
3. Kai Kara France (24-10-0)
4. Brandon Royval (12-5-0)
5. Matheus Nicolau (16-3-1)
6. Alex Perez (24-7-0)
7. Amir Albazi (16-1-0)
8. Matt Schnell (15-6-0)
9. Manel Kape (16-6-0)
10. David Dvorak (20-4-0).
Bantamweight Men’s
Champion: Aljamain Sterling (22-3-0)
1. Sean O’Malley (16-1-0)
2. Petr Yan (16-4-0)
3. Merab Dvalishvili (15-4-0)
4. Marlon Vera (20-7-1)
5. Cory Sandhagen (15-2-0)
6. Rob Font (19-6-0)
7. Dominick Cruz (24-4-0)
8. Song Yadong (19-6-1)
9. Pedro Munhoz (19-7-0)
10. Ricky Simon (20-3-0)
Featherweight Men’s
Champion: Alexander Volkanovski (25-1-0)
1. Max Holloway (23-6-0)
2. Yair Rodriguez (14-3-0)
3. Brian Ortega (15-3-0)
4. Arnold Allen (18-1-0)
5. Josh Emmett (18-2-0)
6. Chan Sung Jung (17-7-0)
7. Calvin Kattar (23-6-0)
8. Giga Chikadze (14-3-0)
9. Ilia Topuria (13-0-0)
10. Movsar Evloev (16-0-0)
Lightweight Men’s
Champion: Islam Makhachev (23-1-0)
1. Charles Oliveira (31-8-0)
2. Dustin Poirier (26-6-0)
3. Justin Gaethje (23-2-0)
4. Beneil Dariush (21-4-1)
5. Michael Chandler (22-6-0)
6. Rafael Fiziev (10-1-0)
7. Mateusz Gamrot (19-1-0)
8. Arman Tsarukyan (19-3-0)
9. Rafael Dos Anjos (29-13-0)
10. Jalin Turner (13-5-0)
Welterweight Men’s
Champion: Leon Edwards (20-3-0)
1. Kamaru Usman (20-2-0)
2. Colby Covington (15-2-0)
3. Khamzat Chimaev (12-0-0)
4. Belal Muhammad (19-3-0)
5. Gilbert Burns (21-5-0)
6. Stephen Thompson (16-5-1)
7. Geoff Neal (15-4-0)
8. Sean Brady (14-0-0)
9. Vicente Luque (21-9-1)
10. Shavkat Rakhmonov (15-0-0)
Middleweight Men’s
Champion: Alex Pereira (7-1-0)
1. Israel Adesanya (21-1-0)
2. Robert Whittaker (25-6-0)
3. Jared Cannonier (16-6-0)
4. Marvin Vettori (18-6-0)
5. Derek Brunson (22-7-0)
6. Paulo Costa (14-2-0)
7. Sean Strickland (26-5-0)
8. Roman Dolidze (11-1-0)
9. Jack Hermansson (22-6-0)
10. Dricus Du Plessis (18-2-0)
Light Heavyweight Men’s
Champion: Jamahal Hill (12-1-0)
1. Jiri Prochazka (29-3-1)
2. Magomed Ankalaev (18-1-1)
3. Jan Blachowicz (29-9-1)
4. Aleksandar Rakic (14-3-0)
5. Glover Teixeira (33-9-0)
6. Anthony Smith (36-17-0)
7. Nikita Krylov (29-9-0)
8. Johnny Walker (20-7-0)
9. Volkan Oezdemir (18-5-0)
10. Ryan Spann (20-6-0)
Heavyweight Men’s
Champion- Vacated
1. Ciryl Gane (11-1-0)
2. Stipe Miocic (20-4-0)
3. Sergei Pavlovich (16-1-0)
4. Curtis Blaydes (14-3-0)
5. Tai Tuivasa (15-4-0)
6. Tom Aspinall (10-2-0)
7. Derrick Lewis (26-10-0)
8. Alexander Volkov (35-10-0)
9. Jairzinho Rozenstruik (13-4-0)
10. Marcin Tybura (23-7-0)
