Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) made some major changes to its official rankings in the wake of the UFC 318 pay-per-view (PPV) event last weekend in New Orleans, which featured Dustin Poirier’s retirement (and unanimous decision loss) after battling “BMF” champ Max Holloway.
“The Diamond’s” departure shook things up at 155 pounds.
In addition, fellow Bellator MMA bruiser Patricio Pitbull made his featherweight rankings debut by defeating Dan Ige on the UFC 318 main card. Elsewhere in the “Big
Easy” lineup, the not-greasy Daniel Rodriguez edged out Kevin Holland to replace “Trailblazer” on the 170-pound leaderboard.
Here’s how the rankings are compiled, at least until AI takes over:
Rankings are generated by a voting panel made up of media members. The media members were asked to vote for who they feel are the top fighters in the UFC by weight-class and pound-for-pound. A fighter is only eligible to be voted on if they are in active status in the UFC. A fighter can appear in more than one weight division at a time. The champion and interim champion are considered to be in the top positions of their respective divisions and therefore are not eligible for voting by weight-class. However, the champions can be voted on for the pound-for-pound rankings.
Take a look at what the latest rankings field looks like courtesy of UFC.com. Note: (+/- = movement in rankings, T = tie, *NR = Not previously ranked).
MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND
1. Ilia Topuria
2. Islam Makhachev
3. Merab Dvalishvili
4. (T) Dricus Du Plessis
4. (T) Alexandre Pantoja
6. Alexander Volkanovski
7. Magomed Ankalaev
8. Jack Della Maddalena
9. Tom Aspinall
10. Alex Pereira
11. Max Holloway
12. Belal Muhammad
13. Arman Tsarukyan
14. Khamzat Chimaev
15. Charles Oliveira
FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Alexandre Pantoja
1. Joshua Van
2. Brandon Moreno
3. Brandon Royval
4. Amir Albazi
5. Kai Kara France
6. Tatsuro Taira
7. Manel Kape
8. Alex Perez
9. Asu Almabayev
10. Steve Erceg
11. Tim Elliott
12. Tagir Ulanbekov
13. Ramazan Temirov
14. Bruno Silva
15. Kai Asakura
BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Merab Dvalishvili
1. Sean O’Malley
2. Umar Nurmagomedov
3. Petr Yan
4. Cory Sandhagen
5. Song Yadong
6. Deiveson Figueiredo
7. Marlon Vera
8. Mario Bautista
9. Rob Font -1
10. Henry Cejudo
11. Aiemann Zahabi
12. Marcus McGhee +1
13. Vinicius Oliveira +2
14. Kyler Phillips -2
15. Montel Jackson -1
FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Alexander Volkanovski
1. Movsar Evloev
2. Diego Lopes
3. Yair Rodriguez
4. (T) Arnold Allen
4. (T) Brian Ortega
6. Lerone Murphy
7. Aljamain Sterling
8. Josh Emmett
9. Youssef Zalal
10. Jean Silva
11. Patricio Pitbull *NR
12. Steve Garcia -1
13. David Onama
14. Dan Ige -3
15. Giga Chikadze -1
LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Ilia Topuria
1. Islam Makhachev
2. Arman Tsarukyan
3. Charles Oliveira
4. Max Holloway +1
5. Justin Gaethje -1
6. Dan Hooker +1
7. Mateusz Gamrot +1
8. Beneil Dariush +1
9. Paddy Pimblett +1
10. Rafael Fiziev +1
11. Renato Moicano +1
12. Michael Chandler +1
13. Benoit Saint Denis +1
14. Grant Dawson +1
15. Joel Alvarez *NR
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Jack Della Maddalena
1. Belal Muhammed
2. Sean Brady
3. Shavkat Rakhmonov
4. Leon Edwards
5. Kamaru Usman
6. Ian Machado Garry
7. Michael Morales
8. Joaquin Buckley
9. Colby Covington
10. Geoff Neal +1
11. Gilbert Burns -1
12. Carlos Prates
13. Gabriel Bonfim +1
14. Daniel Rodriguez *NR
15. Michael Page
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Dricus Du Plessis
1. Nassourdine Imavov
2. Sean Strickland
3. Khamzat Chimaev
4. Israel Adesanya
5. Robert Whittaker
6. Caio Borralho
7. Jared Cannonier
8. Roman Dolidze
9. Anthony Hernandez
10. Brendan Allen +1
11. (T) Marvin Vettori -1
11. (T) Paulo Costa +2
13. Reinier De Ridder -1
14. Abus Magomedov +1
15. Roman Kopylov -1
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Magomed Ankalaev
1. Alex Pereira
2. Jiri Prochazka
3. Carlos Ulberg
4. Khalil Rountree
5. Jan Blachowicz
6. Jamahal Hill
7. Aleksandar Rakic
8. Dominick Reyes
9. Volkan Oezdemir
10. Nikita Krylov
11. Azamat Murzakanov
12. Johnny Walker
13. Bogdan Guskov
14. Zhang Mingyang
15. Alonzo Menifield
HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Tom Aspinall
1. Ciryl Gane
2. Alexander Volkov
3. Sergei Pavlovich
4. Curtis Blaydes
5. Jailton Almeida
6. Marcin Tybura
7. Waldo Cortes Acosta
8. Serghei Spivac
9. Derrick Lewis
10. Tai Tuivasa
11. Shamil Gaziev
12. Mick Parkin
13. Martin Buday
14. Tallison Teixeira
15. Rizvan Kuniev
WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND
1. Valentina Shevchenko
2. Zhang Weili
3. Kayla Harrison
4. Manon Fiorot
5. Julianna Pena
6. Natalia Silva
7. Alexa Grasso
8. Erin Blanchfield
9. Virna Jandiroba
10. Raquel Pennington
11. Tatiana Suarez
12. Rose Namajunas
13. Yan Xiaonan
14. Amanda Lemos
15. Maycee Barber
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Zhang Weili
1. Virna Jandiroba
2. Tatiana Suarez
3. Yan Xiaonan
4. Amanda Lemos
5. Jessica Andrade
6. Mackenzie Dern
7. Amanda Ribas
8. Iasmin Lucindo
9. Gillian Robertson
10. Tabatha Ricci
11. Loopy Godinez
12. Angela Hill
13. Tecia Pennington
14. Loma Lookboonmee
15. Denise Gomes
WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Valentina Shevchenko
1. Natalia Silva
2. Manon Fiorot
3. Alexa Grasso
4. Erin Blanchfield
5. Jasmine Jasudavicius
6. Maycee Barber
7. Rose Namajunas
8. Tracy Cortez
9. Jessica Andrade
10. Miranda Maverick
11. Karine Silva
12. Casey O’Neill
13. Wang Cong
14. JJ Aldrich
15. Eduarda Moura
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Kayla Harrison
1. Julianna Pena
2. Raquel Pennington
3. Ketlen Vieira
4. Norma Dumont
5. Macy Chiasson
6. Irene Aldana
7. Ailin Perez
8. Mayra Bueno Silva
9. Yana Santos
10. Karol Rosa
11. Jacqueline Cavalcanti
12. Nora Cornolle
13. Miesha Tate
14. Joselyne Edwards
15. Daria Zhelezniakova
You can expect these rankings to change around this time next week, particularly in the middleweight division, following the UFC Abu Dhabi: “Whittaker vs. De Ridder” mixed martial arts event on ESPN+, scheduled for Sat., July 26, 2025 at Etihad Arena on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
For much more on that upcoming fight card click here.
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