RANKINGS

Pound-for-pound and divisional rankings — updated October 21, 2026

This Week’s Movement

▲ 3Mike Malott#10 Welterweight▼ 2Joaquin Buckley#12 Welterweight▲ 2Jasmine Jasudavicius#4 Women's Flyweight▲ 1David Martinez#8 Bantamweight▼ 1Aiemann Zahabi#9 Bantamweight▲ 1Marcus McGhee#13 Bantamweight▲ 1Raoni Barcelos#14 Bantamweight▼ 1Erin Blanchfield#5 Women's Flyweight
Men's pound-for-pound
1Islam Makhachev
Islam Makhachev
29-1-0
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2Alexander Volkanovski
Alexander Volkanovski
28-4-0
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3Justin Gaethje
Justin Gaethje
28-5-0
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4Petr Yan
Petr Yan
20-5-0
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5Ilia Topuria
Ilia Topuria
17-1-0
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6Joshua Van
Joshua Van
18-2-0
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7Tom Aspinall
Tom Aspinall
15-3-0
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7Sean Strickland
Sean Strickland
31-7-0
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9Merab Dvalishvili
Merab Dvalishvili
21-5-0
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10Alex Pereira
Alex Pereira
13-4-0
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11Ciryl Gane
Ciryl Gane
14-2-0
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12Khamzat Chimaev
Khamzat Chimaev
15-1-0
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13Arman Tsarukyan
Arman Tsarukyan
24-3-0
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14Alexandre Pantoja
Alexandre Pantoja
30-7-0
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15Carlos Ulberg
Carlos Ulberg
15-1-0
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Women's pound-for-pound
1Valentina Shevchenko
Valentina Shevchenko
26-4-1
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2Kayla Harrison
Kayla Harrison
19-1-0
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3Zhang Weili
Zhang Weili
26-4-0
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4Natalia Silva
Natalia Silva
21-5-1
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5Mackenzie Dern
Mackenzie Dern
17-5-0
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6Alexa Grasso
Alexa Grasso
18-5-1
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7Manon Fiorot
Manon Fiorot
13-3-0
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8Tatiana Suarez
Tatiana Suarez
13-1-0
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9Erin Blanchfield
Erin Blanchfield
14-3-0
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10Julianna Peña
Julianna Peña
13-6-0
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11Virna Jandiroba
Virna Jandiroba
23-4-0
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12Jasmine Jasudavicius
Jasmine Jasudavicius
16-4-0
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13Rose Namajunas
Rose Namajunas
15-8-0
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14Raquel Pennington
Raquel Pennington
16-10-0
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15Denise Gomes
Denise Gomes
13-3-0
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