Below I have listed the UFC Rankings on the left side, and our MMABetz Rankings on the right side. Of course, TJ Dillashaw will not be in the bantamweight, or pound-for-pound rankings, and I also discluded anyone that’s changing weight classes: Luke Rockhold, Daniel Cormier, Kevin Lee etc. Louis Smolka spent his last two fights at bantamweight rather than flyweight, however I was forced to keep him in the flyweight rankings considering there’s only 16 flyweights signed to the UFC.
I didn’t realize how shallow the UFC made the 125 lb division, guys like Dustin Ortiz, John Moraga, Justin Scoggins, Jose Torres, Matheus Nicolau, Brandon Moreno, Jarred Brooks, Ben Nguyen, Ulka Sasaki, and Demetrious Johnson were released, let alone other top guys like Louis Smolka, Ray Borg, Sergio Pettis, and others moved up to 135 lbs. The flyweight division hasn’t been weak in quite awhile, and there are still some great fighters there, but was releasing all of them really the best idea? I don’t think it was, and I hated the idea from the start. Oh well I guess, I don’t make the choices for the UFC. Continue reading below to see the top 16 of each weight class:
Men’s
UFC MMABetz
Flyweight
(C) – Henry Cejudo (C) – Henry Cejudo
#1 – Jussier Formiga #1 – Joseph Benavidez
#2 – Joseph Benavidez #2 – Jussier Formiga
#3 – Deiveson Figueiredo #3 – Deiveson Figueiredo
#4 – Wilson Reis #4 – Alexandre Pantoja
#5 – Alexandre Pantoja #5 – Tim Elliott
#6 – Tim Elliott #6 – Wilson Reis
#7 – Rogerio Bontorin #7 – Magomed Bibulatov
#8 – Magomed Bibulatov #8 – Rogerio Bontorin
#9 – Ryan Benoit #9 – Ryan Benoit
#10 – Jordan Espinosa #10 – Kai Kara France
#11 – Kai Kara France #11 – Jordan Espinosa
#12 – Eric Shelton #12 – Eric Shelton
#13 – Louis Smolka #13 – Louis Smolka
#14 – Raulian Paiva #14 – Raulian Paiva
#15 – Joseph Morales #15 – Joseph Morales
Bantamweight
(C) – N/A (C) – N/A
#1 – Marlon Moraes #1 – Marlon Moraes
#2 – Raphael Assuncao #2 – Dominick Cruz
#3 – Aljamain Sterling #3 – Pedro Munhoz
#4 – Pedro Munhoz #4 – Raphael Assuncao
#5 – Dominick Cruz #5 – Aljamain Sterling
#6 – Cody Garbrandt #6 – Cody Garbrandt
#7 – Jimmie Rivera #7 – Jimmie Rivera
#8 – John Lineker #8 – John Lineker
#9 – Petr Yan #9 – Petr Yan
#10 – Cody Stamann #10 – Rob Font
#11 – Rob Font #11 – Cody Stamann
#12 – John Dodson #12 – Marlon Vera
#13 – Alejandro Perez #13 – Bryan Caraway
#14 – Thomas Almeida #14 – Brett Johns
#15 – Ricky Simon #15 – Ricky Simon
Featherweight
(C) – Max Holloway (C) – Max Holloway
#1 – Jose Aldo #1 – Jose Aldo
#2 – Brian Ortega #2 – Brian Ortega
#3 – Frankie Edgar #3 – Frankie Edgar
#4 – Alexander Volkanovski #4 – Alexander Volkanovski
#5 – Renato Moicano #5 – Renato Moicano
#6 – Zabit Magomedsharipov #6 – Zabit Magomedsharipov
#7 – Jeremy Stephens #7 – Mirsad Bektic
#8 – Josh Emmett #8 – Jeremy Stephens
#9 – Mirsad Bektic #9 – Josh Emmett
#10 – Cub Swanson #10 – Ricardo Lamas
#11 – Ricardo Lamas #11 – Cub Swanson
#12 – Yair Rodriguez #12 – Yair Rodriguez
#13 – Chan Sung Jung #13 – Chan Sung Jung
#14 – Darren Elkins #14 – Calvin Kattar
#15 – Calvin Kattar #15 – Andre Fili
Lightweight
(C) – Khabib Nurmagomedov (C) – Khabib Nurmagomedov
#1 – Tony Ferguson #1 – Tony Ferguson
#2 – Conor McGregor #2 – Conor McGregor
#3 – Dustin Poirier #3 – Dustin Poirier
#4 – Al Iaquinta #4 – Justin Gaethje
#5 – Justin Gaethje #5 – Al Iaquinta
#6 – Kevin Lee #6 – Donald Cerrone
#7 – Donald Cerrone #7 – Edson Barboza
#8 – Edson Barboza #8 – Gregor Gillespie
#9 – Paul Felder #9 – Paul Felder
#10 – Gregor Gillespie #10 – Dan Hooker
#11 – Alexander Hernandez #11 – Islam Makhachev
#12 – Charles Oliveira #12 – Alexander Hernandez
#13 – James Vick #13 – Charles Oliveira
#14 – Nate Diaz #14 – Gilbert Burns
#15 – Francisco Trinaldo #15 – Mairbek Taisumov
Welterweight
(C) – Kamaru Usman (C) – Kamaru Usman
#1 – Tyron Woodley #1 – Colby Covington
#2 – Colby Covington #2 – Tyron Woodley
#3 – Rafael dos Anjos #3 – Ben Askren
#4 – Jorge Masvidal #4 – Jorge Masvidal
#5 – Ben Askren #5 – Rafael dos Anjos
#6 – Darren Till #6 – Anthony Pettis
#7 – Stephen Thompson #7 – Darren Till
#8 – Anthony Pettis #8 – Stephen Thompson
#9 – Santiago Ponzinibbio #9 – Santiago Ponzinibbio
#10 – Robbie Lawler #10 – Robbie Lawler
#11 – Leon Edwards #11 – Leon Edwards
#12 – Demain Maia #12 – Demian Maia
#13 – Neil Magny #13 – Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
#14 – Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos #14 – Vicente Luque
#15 – Vicente Luque #15 – Alexey Kunchenko
Middleweight
(C) – Robert Whittaker (C) – Robert Whittaker
#1 – Yoel Romero #1 – Yoel Romero
#2 – Luke Rockhold #2 – Ronaldo Jacare Souza
#3 – Ronaldo Jacare Souza #3 – Kelvin Gastelum
#4 – Kelvin Gastelum #4 – Israel Adesanya
#5 – Israel Adesanya #5 – Chris Weidman
#6 – Chris Weidman #6 – Paulo Costa
#7 – Paulo Costa #7 – Anderson Silva
#8 – Derek Brunson #8 – Derek Brunson
#9 – Jared Cannonier #9 – Jared Cannonier
#10 – Jack Hermansson #10 – Jack Hermansson
#11 – Brad Tavares #11 – Antonio Carlos Junior
#12 – Antonio Carlos Junior #12 – Uriah Hall
#13 – Uriah Hall #13 – David Branch
#14 – Elias Theodorou #14 – Tom Breese
#15 – Anderson Silva #15 – Brad Tavares
Light Heavyweight
(C) – Jon Jones (C) – Jon Jones
#1 – Daniel Cormier #1 – Alexander Gustafsson
#2 – Alexander Gustafsson #2 – Thiago Santos
#3 – Thiago Santos #3 – Anthony Smith
#4 – Anthony Smith #4 – Jan Blachowicz
#5 – Dominick Reyes #5 – Dominick Reyes
#6 – Jan Blachowicz #6 – Volkan Oezdemir
#7 – Volkan Oezdemir #7 – Corey Anderson
#8 – Corey Anderson #8 – Ilir Latifi
#9 – Ilir Latifi #9 – Glover Teixeira
#10 – Jimi Manuwa #10 – Johnny Walker
#11 – Glover Teixeira #11 – Jimi Manuwa
#12 – Ovince Saint Preux #12 – Ovince Saint Preux
#13 – Johnny Walker #13 – Jimmy Crute
#14 – Mauricio Rua #14 – Ion Cutelaba
#15 – Misha Cirkunov #15 – Nikita Krylov
Heavyweight
(C) – Daniel Cormier (C) – Daniel Cormier
#1 – Stipe Miocic #1 – Stipe Miocic
#2 – Francis Ngannou #2 – Francis Ngannou
#3 – Junior dos Santos #3 – Junior dos Santos
#4 – Curtis Blaydes #4 – Curtis Blaydes
#5 – Derrick Lewis #5 – Derrick Lewis
#6 – Alexander Volkov #6 – Alistair Overeem
#7 – Alistair Overeem #7 – Alexander Volkov
#8 – Cain Velasquez #8 – Cain Velasquez
#9 – Aleksei Oleinik #9 – Aleksei Oleinik
#10 – Marcin Tybura #10 – Blagoy Ivanov
#11 – Justin Willis #11 – Tai Tuivasa
#12 – Tai Tuivasa #12 – Ben Rothwell
#13 – Shamil Abdurakhimov #13 – Marcin Tybura
#14 – Blagoy Ivanov #14 – Shamil Abdurakhimov
#15 – Andrei Arlovski #15 – Justin Willis
Women’s
Strawweight
(C) – Rose Namajunas (C) – Rose Namajunas
#1 – Jessica Andrade #1 – Joanna Jedrzejczyk
#2 – Joanna Jedrzejczyk #2 – Jessica Andrade
#3 – Tatiana Suarez #3 – Tatiana Suarez
#4 – Nina Ansaroff #4 – Weili Zhang
#5 – Claudia Gadelha #5 – Nina Ansaroff
#6 – Weili Zhang #6 – Claudia Gadelha
#7 – Michelle Waterson #7 – Michelle Waterson
#8 – Tecia Torres #8 – Tecia Torres
#9 – Karolina Kowalkiewicz #9 – Karolina Kowalkiewicz
#10 – Carla Esparza #10 – Carla Esparza
#11 – Cynthia Calvillo #11 – Cynthia Calvillo
#12 – Felice Herrig #12 – Felice Herrig
#13 – Randa Markos #13 – Randa Markos
#13 – Alexa Grasso #14 – Alexa Grasso
#15 – Cortney Casey #15 – Livia Renata Souza
Flyweight
(C) – Valentina Shevchenko (C) – Valentina Shevchenko
#1 – Jessica Eye #1 – Jessica Eye
#2 – Sijara Eubanks #2 – Sijara Eubanks
#3 – Katlyn Chookagian #3 – Liz Carmouche
#4 – Liz Carmouche #4 – Katlyn Chookagian
#4 – Joanna Jedrzejczyk #5 – Joanne Calderwood
#6 – Joanne Calderwood #6 – Jennifer Maia
#7 – Alexis Davis #7 – Alexis Davis
#8 – Roxanne Modafferi #8 – Jessica-Rose Clark
#9 – Lauren Murphy #9 – Andrea Lee
#9 – Jennifer Maia #10 – Lauren Murphy
#11 – Jessica-Rose Clark #11 – Montana De La Rosa
#12 – Andrea Lee #12 – Paige VanZant
#13 – Montana De La Rosa #13 – Antonina Shevchenko
#14 – Mara Romero Borella #14 – Roxanne Modafferi
#15 – Antonina Shevchenko #15 – Maycee Barber
Bantamweight
(C) – Amanda Nunes (C) – Amanda Nunes
#1 – Germaine de Randamie #1 – Germaine de Randamie
#2 – Holly Holm #2 – Holly Holm
#3 – Ketlen Vieira #3 – Ketlen Vieira
#4 – Raquel Pennington #4 – Raquel Pennington
#5 – Cat Zingano #5 – Aspen Ladd
#6 – Aspen Ladd #6 – Cat Zingano
#7 – Yana Kunitskaya #7 – Yana Kunitskaya
#8 – Marion Reneau #8 – Marion Reneau
#9 – Sara McMann #9 – Sara McMann
#10 – Irene Aldana #10 – Irene Aldana
#11 – Tonya Evinger #11 – Macy Chiasson
#12 – Bethe Correia #12 – Tonya Evinger
#13 – Lina Lansberg #13 – Lina Lansberg
#14 – Macy Chiasson #14 – Talita Bernardo
#15 – Talita Bernardo #15 – Bethe Correia
Pound-for-Pound
#1 – Daniel Cormier #1 – Jon Jones
#2 – Jon Jones #2 – Daniel Cormier
#3 – Khabib Nurmagomedov #3 – Khabib Nurmagomedov
#4 – Max Holloway #4 – Max Holloway
#5 – Henry Cejudo #5 – Henry Cejudo
#6 – Amanda Nunes #6 – Amanda Nunes
#7 – Kamaru Usman #7 – Robert Whittaker
#8 – Conor McGregor #8 – Conor McGregor
#9 – Robert Whittaker #9 – Jose Aldo
#10 – Stipe Miocic #10 – Kamaru Usman
#11 – Tony Ferguson #11 – Stipe Miocic
#12 – Tyron Woodley #12 – Tony Ferguson
#13 – Rose Namajunas #13 – Valentina Shevchenko
#14 – Cris Cyborg #14 – Rose Namajunas
#15 – Valentina Shevchenko #15 – Tyron Woodley