Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) updated its official rankings in the wake of the UFC Paris mixed martial arts (MMA) event, which took place last weekend at Accor Arena in France. Safe to say it wasn’t a good weekend for the “Fighting Nerds” following high-profile losses for Mauricio Ruffy, who was submitted by Benoit Saint Denis, and Caio Borralho, who went down on points to Nassourdine Imavov
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Ruffy was already unranked at 155 pounds but Borralho dropped one spot to No. 8 in the middleweight class.
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. Khamzat Chimaev
5. Alexandre Pantoja
6. Alexander Volkanovski
7. Magomed Ankalaev
8. Jack Della Maddalena
9. Tom Aspinall
10. Alex Pereira
11. Dricus Du Plessis
12. Max Holloway
13. Belal Muhammad
14. Arman Tsarukyan
15. Shavkat Rakhmonov
FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Alexandre Pantoja
1. Joshua Van
2. Brandon Moreno
3. Brandon Royval
4. Amir Albazi
5. Tatsuro Taira
6. Kai Kara France
7. Manel Kape
8. Alex Perez
9. Asu Almabayev
10. Tim Elliott
11. Steve Erceg
12. Tagir Ulanbekov
13. Charles Johnson
14. Ramazan Temirov
15. Bruno Silva
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
10. Aiemann Zahabi
11. Henry Cejudo
12. Vinicius Oliveira
13. Marcus McGhee
14. Kyler Phillips
15. Montel Jackson
FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Alexander Volkanovski
1. Movsar Evloev
2. Diego Lopes
3. Yair Rodriguez
4. Lerone Murphy
5. Aljamain Sterling
6. Arnold Allen
7. Brian Ortega
8. Josh Emmett
9. Youssef Zalal
10. Jean Silva
11. Patricio Pitbull
12. Steve Garcia
13. David Onama
14. Dan Ige
15. Giga Chikadze
LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Ilia Topuria
1. Islam Makhachev
2. Arman Tsarukyan
3. Charles Oliveira
4. Max Holloway
5. Justin Gaethje
6. Dan Hooker
7. Paddy Pimblett
8. Mateusz Gamrot
9. Beneil Dariush
10. Rafael Fiziev
11. Renato Moicano
12. Michael Chandler
13. Benoit Saint Denis
14. Grant Dawson
15. Joel Alvarez
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. Carlos Prates
10. Colby Covington
11. Gilbert Burns
12. Geoff Neal
13. Gabriel Bonfim
14. Daniel Rodriguez
15. Kevin Holland
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Khamzat Chimaev
1. Dricus Du Plessis
2. Nassourdine Imavov
3. Sean Strickland
4. Reinier De Ridder
5. Israel Adesanya
6. Anthony Hernandez
7. Robert Whittaker +1
8. Caio Borralho -1
9. Michael Page +1
10. Jared Cannonier +1
11. (T) Roman Dolidze +1
11. (T) Brendan Allen -2
13. Paulo Costa
14. Marvin Vettori
15. Roman Kopylov
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Magomed Ankalaev
1. Alex Pereira
2. Jiri Prochazka
3. Carlos Ulberg
4. Khalil Rountree
5. Jan Blachowicz
6. Jamahal Hill
7. Dominick Reyes +1
8. Aleksandar Rakic -1
9. Volkan Oezdemir
10. Azamat Murzakanov +1
11. Bogdan Guskov -1
12. Johnny Walker
13. Nikita Krylov
14. Alonzo Menifield
15. Zhang Mingyang
HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Tom Aspinall
1. Ciryl Gane
2. Alexander Volkov
3. Sergei Pavlovich
4. Curtis Blaydes
5. Jailton Almeida
6. Waldo Cortes Acosta
7. Serghei Spivac +1
8. Derrick Lewis +1
9. Ante Delija *NR
10. Marcin Tybura -3
11. Tai Tuivasa -1
12. Shamil Gaziev -1
13. Mick Parkin -1
14. Tallison Teixeira -1
15. Valter Walker -1
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. Mackenzie Dern
6. Loopy Godinez
7. Iasmin Lucindo
8. Tabatha Ricci
9. Jessica Andrade
10. Gillian Robertson
11. Amanda Ribas
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. Maycee Barber +1
6. Jasmine Jasudavicius -1
7. Rose Namajunas
8. Tracy Cortez
9. Karine Silva +1
10. Miranda Maverick +1
11. Casey O’Neill +1
12. Wang Cong +1
13. Eduarda Moura +2
14. JJ Aldrich
15. Luana Carolina *NR
Note: Jessica Andrade removed from flyweight rankings
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. Karol Rosa
10. Yana Santos
11. Jacqueline Cavalcanti
12. Nora Cornolle
13. Miesha Tate
14. Joselyne Edwards
You can expect these rankings to change around this time next week, particularly in the featherweight division, following the UFC Noche 3: “Lopes vs. Silva” MMA event on ESPN+, scheduled for Sat., Sept. 13, 2025 at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas.
For much more on that upcoming fight card click here.
