UFC rankings: Ilia Topuria smashes into the pound-for-pound!

UFC rankings. Photo via Instagram (@iliatopuria)

After this past Saturday’s UFC 298 in Anaheim, the rankings went through some major changes.

With a new featherweight champion in Ilia Topuria, and top fights in bantamweight, welterweight and middleweight, a bunch of fighters climbed the ranks.

It’s time to check out the updated UFC rankings!

UFC Men’s pound-for-pound

UFC 294 Islam Makhachev. Photo via Twitter (UFC)

1 Islam Makhachev
2 Jon Jones
3 Leon Edwards +1
4 Alex Pereira +1
5 Ilia Topuria *NEW
6 Charles Oliveira
7 Alexander Volkanovski -4
8 Sean O’Malley -1
9 Dricus Du Plessis -1
10 Alexandre Pantoja -1
11 Israel Adesanya -1
12 Tom Aspinall
13 Sean Strickland -2
14 Max Holloway
15 Aljamain Sterling -3

Flyweight

Photo via Instagram (@pantoja_oficial)

Champion: Alexandre Pantoja

1 Brandon Moreno
2 Amir Albazi
3 Brandon Royval
4 Kai Kara-France
5 Matheus Nicolau
6 Manel Kape
7 Alex Perez
8 Muhammad Mokaev
9 Matt Schnell
10 Tim Elliott
11 Tagir Ulanbekov
12 Steve Erceg
13 Sumudaerji
14 David Dvorak
15 Tatsuro Taira

Bantamweight

Sean O’Malley. Photo via Twitter (UFC)

Champion: Sean O’Malley

1 Merab Dvalishvili +1
2 Aljamain Sterling +1
3 Cory Sandhagen +1
4 Petr Yan +1
5 Marlon Vera +1
6 Henry Cejudo -3
7 Song Yadong
8 Deiveson Figueiredo
9 Rob Font
10 Jonathan Martinez
11 Dominick Cruz
12 Pedro Munhoz
13 Umar Nurmagomedov
14 Mario Bautista
15 Ricky Simon

Featherweight

Ilia Topuria. Photo via Instagram (@iliatopuria)

Champion: Ilia Topuria

1 Alexander Volkanovski -1
2 Max Holloway -1
3 Yair Rodriguez -1
4 Brian Ortega
5 Movsar Evloev
6 Arnold Allen
7 Josh Emmett
8 Calvin Kattar
9 Giga Chikadze
10 Bryce Mitchell
11 Edson Barboza
12 Dan Ige
13 Sodiq Yusuff
14 Lerone Murphy
15 Alex Caceres

Lightweight

Islam Makhachev. Photo via Twitter (UFC)

Champion: Islam Makhachev

1 Charles Oliveira
2 Justin Gaethje
3 Dustin Poirier
4 Arman Tsarukyan
5 Michael Chandler
6 Mateusz Gamrot
7 Beneil Dariush
8 Rafael Fiziev
9 Jalin Turner
10 Dan Hooker
11 Rafael Dos Anjos
12 Benoit Saint Denis
13 Renato Moicano
14 Bobby Green
15 Drew Dober

Welterweight

Leon Edwards. Photo via UFC (YouTube)

Champion: Leon Edwards

1 Kamaru Usman
2 Belal Muhammad
3 Shavkat Rakhmonov
4 Gilbert Burns
5 Colby Covington
6 Ian Machado Garry +4
7 Sean Brady -1
8 Stephen Thompson -1
9 Geoff Neal -1
10 Vicente Luque -1
11 Jack Della Maddalena
12 Neil Magny
13 Kevin Holland
14 Michael Chiesa
15 Rinat Fakhretdinov

Middleweight

Dricus du Plessis. Photo via YouTube

Champion: Dricus du Plessis

1 Sean Strickland
2 Israel Adesanya
3 Robert Whittaker
4 Jared Cannonier
5 Marvin Vettori
6 Brendan Allen +1
7 Paulo Costa -1
8 Nassourdine Imavov
9 Roman Dolidze
9 Jack Hermansson +1
11 Khamzat Chimaev
12 Paul Craig
13 Anthony Hernandez +2
14 Chris Curtis -1
15 Caio Borralho -1

Light heavyweight

Photo via Instagram (@ufc)

Champion: Alex Pereira

1 Jamahal Hill
2 Jiri Prochazka
3 Magomed Ankalaev
4 Jan Błachowicz
5 Aleksandar Rakic
6 Nikita Krylov
7 Johnny Walker
8 Khalil Rountree Jr.
9 Volkan Oezdemir
10 Anthony Smith
11 Ryan Spann
12 Alonzo Menifield
13 Azamat Murzakanov
14 Dominick Reyes
15 Dustin Jacoby

Heavyweight

Jon Jones. Photo via YouTube

Champion: Jon Jones

1 Tom Aspinall (Interim)
2 Ciryl Gane
3 Sergei Pavlovich
4 Stipe Miocic
5 Curtis Blaydes
6 Alexander Volkov
7 Jailton Almeida
8 Serghei Spivac
9 Tai Tuivasa
10 Derrick Lewis
10 Marcin Tybura
12 Jairzinho Rozenstruik
13 Alexandr Romanov
14 Marcos Rogerio De Lima +1
15 Rodrigo Nascimento -1

UFC women’s pound-for-pound

UFC divisions in 2023. Photo via Instagram (@alexa_grasso)

1 Alexa Grasso
2 Zhang Weili
3 Valentina Shevchenko
4 Erin Blanchfield
5 Julianna Pena
6 Manon Fiorot
7 Raquel Pennington
8 Rose Namajunas
9 Tatiana Suarez
10 Yan Xiaonan
11 Jessica Andrade
12 Amanda Lemos
13 Ketlen Vieira
14 Irene Aldana
15 Mayra Bueno Silva

Women’s strawweight

UFC rankings. Photo via Instagram (@zhangweilimma)

Champion: Zhang Weili

1 Yan Xiaonan
2 Tatiana Suarez
3 Amanda Lemos
4 Jessica Andrade
5 Virna Jandiroba
6 Marina Rodriguez
7 Amanda Ribas +1
8 Mackenzie Dern -1
9 Luana Pinheiro
10 Loopy Godinez
11 Tabatha Ricci
12 Angela Hill
13 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
14 Michelle Waterson-Gomez
15 Gillian Robertson

Women’s flyweight

UFC rankings. Photo via Instagram (@alexa_grasso)

Champion: Alexa Grasso

1 Valentina Shevchenko
2 Erin Blanchfield
3 Manon Fiorot
4 Katlyn Cerminara
5 Jessica Andrade
6 Maycee Barber
7 Natalia Silva
8 Amanda Ribas
9 Viviane Araujo
10 Tracy Cortez
11 Ariane Lipski
12 Karine Silva
13 Casey O’Neill
14 Miranda Maverick *NEW
15 Jasmine Jasudavicius -1

Women’s bantamweight

Raquel Pennington. Photo via YouTube

Champion: Raquel Pennington

1 Julianna Pena
2 Mayra Bueno Silva
3 Ketlen Vieira
4 Irene Aldana
5 Holly Holm
6 Pannie Kianzad
7 Yana Santos
8 Miesha Tate
9 Karol Rosa
10 Macy Chiasson
11 Norma Dumont
12 Julia Avila
13 Josiane Nunes
14 Chelsea Chandler
15 Melissa Dixon

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