UFC
Pannie Kianzad climbs the rankings, closes in on the top 5!
Updated UFC rankings. Photo: USA Today Sports
After this past Saturday’s UFC 297 in Toronto, the rankings went through some major changes.
With two new champions, middleweight champ Dricus du Plessis and women’s bantamweight champ Raquel Pennington, and a bunch of other fighters climbing the ranks, it’s time to check out the updated UFC rankings!
Men’s pound-for-pound rankings
Islam Makhachev. Photo via Twitter (UFC)
1 Islam Makhachev
2 Jon Jones
3 Alexander Volkanovski
4 Leon Edwards
5 Alex Pereira
6 Charles Oliveira
7 Sean O’Malley
8 Dricus Du Plessis *NEW
9 Alexandre Pantoja +1
10 Israel Adesanya -1
11 Sean Strickland -3
12 Aljamain Sterling -1
13 Tom Aspinall -1
14 Max Holloway -1
15 Kamaru Usman -1
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 Aljamain Sterling
2 Merab Dvalishvili
3 Henry Cejudo
4 Cory Sandhagen
5 Petr Yan
6 Marlon Vera
7 Song Yadong
8 Deiveson Figueiredo
9 Rob Font
10 Dominick Cruz
11 Pedro Munhoz
12 Jonathan Martinez
13 Umar Nurmagomedov
14 Mario Bautista
15 Ricky Simon
Featherweight
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Champion: Alexander Volkanovski
1 Max Holloway
2 Yair Rodriguez
3 Ilia Topuria +2
4 Brian Ortega +1
5 Movsar Evloev +4
6 Arnold Allen -2
7 Josh Emmett -1
8 Calvin Kattar -1
9 Giga Chikadze -1
10 Bryce Mitchell
11 Edson Barboza
12 Sodiq Yusuff
13 Dan Ige
14 Lerone Murphy
14 Alex Caceres
Lightweight
Foto: Per Haljestam-USA TODAY Sports
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
11 Benoît Saint Denis
13 Renato Moicano
14 Bobby Green
15 Drew Dober
Welterweight
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Champion: Leon Edwards
1 Kamaru Usman
2 Belal Muhammad
3 Shavkat Rakhmonov
4 Gilbert Burns
5 Colby Covington
6 Sean Brady
6 Stephen Thompson
8 Geoff Neal
9 Vicente Luque
10 Ian Machado Garry
11 Jack Della Maddalena
12 Neil Magny +1
13 Kevin Holland -1
14 Michael Chiesa
15 Rinat Fakhretdinov
Middleweight
Dricus Du Plessis. Photo via Instagram (@dricusduplessis)
Champion: Dricus du Plessis
1 Sean Strickland -1
2 Israel Adesanya -1
3 Robert Whittaker
4 Jared Cannonier
5 Marvin Vettori
6 Paulo Costa
7 Brendan Allen
8 Roman Dolidze
9 Khamzat Chimaev
10 Jack Hermansson
11 Nassourdine Imavov
12 Paul Craig
13 Chris Curtis +1
14 Anthony Hernandez -1
15 Caio Borralho
Light heavyweight
Photo via Instagram (@alexpoatanpereira)
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
1 Tom Aspinall I(Interim Champion)
2 Ciryl Gane
3 Sergei Pavlovich
4 Stipe Miocic
5 Curtis Blaydes
6 Alexander Volkov
7 Jailton Almeida
8 Tai Tuivasa
9 Serghei Spivac
10 Derrick Lewis
11 Marcin Tybura
12 Jairzinho Rozenstruik
13 Alexandr Romanov
14 Rodrigo Nascimento
15 Marcos Rogerio De Lima
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 +1
5 Julianna Pena -1
6 Manon Fiorot
7 Raquel Pennington +5
8 Rose Namajunas
9 Tatiana Suarez +1
10 Yan Xiaonan -1
11 Jéssica Andrade
12 Amanda Lemos +1
13 Ketlen Vieira +1
14 Irene Aldana +1
15 Mayra Bueno Silva *NEW
Strawweight
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1 Yan Xiaonan +1
2 Tatiana Suarez +1
3 Amanda Lemos +1
4 Jéssica Andrade +1
5 Virna Jandiroba +1
6 Marina Rodriguez +1
7 Mackenzie Dern +1
8 Amanda Ribas +1
9 Luana Pinheiro +1
11 Loopy Godinez +1
11 Tabatha Ricci +1
12 Angela Hill +1
13 Karolina Kowalkiewicz +1
14 Michelle Waterson-Gomez +1
15 Gillian Robertson *NEW
Flyweight
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1 Valentina Shevchenko
2 Erin Blanchfield
3 Manon Fiorot
4 Katlyn Chookagian
5 Jessica Andrade
6 Maycee Barber
7 Viviane Araujo
8 Amanda Ribas
9 Natalia Silva
10 Tracy Cortez
11 Ariane Lipski
12 Karine Silva
13 Casey O’Neill
14 Andrea Lee
15 Jasmine Jasudavicius *NEW
Bantamweight
Raquel Pennington. Photo via YouTube
Champion: Raquel Pennington
1 Julianna Pena
2 Mayra Bueno Silva +1
3 Ketlen Vieira +1
4 Irene Aldana +1
5 Holly Holm +1
6 Pannie Kianzad +1
7 Yana Santos +1
8 Miesha Tate +3
9 Karol Rosa
10 Macy Chiasson -1
11 Norma Dumont +1
12 Julia Avila +1
13 Josiane Nunes +1
14 Chelsea Chandler +1
15 Melissa Dixon *NEW
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