Updated UFC rankings: Pannie Kianzad is closing in on the top 5!

Swedish bantamweight Pannie Kianzad is closing in on top 5 in the updated UFC rankings. Photo: USA Today Sports

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Men’s pound-for-pound

1. Alexander Volkanovski
2. Israel Adesanya
3. Charles Oliveira
4. Kamaru Usman
5. Francis Ngannou
6. Leon Edwards
7. Aljamain Sterling
8. Dustin Poirier
9. Deiveson Figueiredo
10. Jiří Procházka
11. Jon Jones
12. Max Holloway
13. Petr Yan
14. Brandon Moreno
15. Robert Whittaker *NEW

Flyweight

Champion: Deiveson Figueiredo

1. Brandon Moreno (Interim champion)
2. Alexandre Pantoja
3. Kai Kara France
4. Askar Askarov
5. Brandon Royval
6. Alex Perez
7. Matheus Nicolau
8. Matt Schnell
9. Amir Albazi
10. David Dvorak
11. Tim Elliott
12. Manel Kape
13. Sumudaerji
14. Jeffrey Molina
15. Tagir Ulanbekov

Bantamweight

Champion: Aljamain Sterling

1. Petr Yan
2. T.J. Dillashaw
3. Merab Dvalishvili
4. Cory Sandhagen
5. Marlon Vera
6. Rob Font
7. Dominick Cruz
8. Pedro Munhoz
9. Yadong Song
10. Ricky Simon
11. Frankie Edgar
12. Sean O’Malley
13. Umar Nurmagomedov
14. Adrian Yanez
15. Jack Shore

Featherweight

Champion: Alexander Volkanovski

1. Max Holloway
2. Yair Rodriguez
3. Brian Ortega
4. Josh Emmett
5. Calvin Kattar
6. Chan Sung Jung
6. Arnold Allen
8. Giga Chikadze
9. Bryce Mitchell
10. Movsar Evloev
11. Dan Ige
12. Sodiq Yusuff
13. Edson Barboza
14. Ilia Topuria
15. Alex Caceres

Lightweight

Champion: Vacant

1. Charles Oliveira
2. Dustin Poirier
3. Justin Gaethje
4. Islam Makhachev
5. Michael Chandler
6. Beneil Dariush
7. Rafael Fiziev
8. Rafael Dos Anjos
9. Mateusz Gamrot
10. Arman Tsarukyan
11. Damir Ismagulov +1
12. Conor McGregor -1
13. Jalin Turner
14. Dan Hooker
15. Tony Ferguson

Welterweight

Champion: Leon Edwards

1. Kamaru Usman
2. Colby Covington
3. Khamzat Chimaev
4. Gilbert Burns
5. Belal Muhammad
6. Geoff Neal
7. Stephen Thompson
8. Sean Brady
9. Vicente Luque +1
10. Shavkat Rakhmonov +1
11. Jorge Masvidal Rank -2
12. Michael Chiesa
13. Neil Magny
14. Daniel Rodriguez
15. Michel Pereira

Middleweight

Champion: Israel Adesanya

1. Robert Whittaker
2. Jared Cannonier
2. Marvin Vettori
4. Alex Pereira
5. Derek Brunson
6. Paulo Costa
7. Sean Strickland
8. Jack Hermansson
9. Darren Till
10. Andre Muniz
11. Kelvin Gastelum
12. Nassourdine Imavov
13. Dricus Du Plessis
14. Chris Curtis
15. Brad Tavares

Light heavyweight

Champion: Jiri Prochazka

1. Glover Teixeira
2. Jan Błachowicz
3. Magomed Ankalaev
4. Aleksandar Rakić
5. Anthony Smith
6. Jamahal Hill
7. Dominick Reyes
8. Volkan Oezdemir
9. Paul Craig
10. Nikita Krylov
11. Johnny Walker
12. Ryan Spann
13. Dustin Jacoby
14. Jimmy Crute
15. Azamat Murzakanov

Heavyweight

Champion: Francis Ngannou

1. Ciryl Gane
2. Stipe Miocic
3. Curtis Blaydes
4. Tai Tuivasa
5. Sergei Pavlovich
6. Tom Aspinall
7. Derrick Lewis
8. Alexander Volkov
9. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
10. Marcin Tybura
11. Chris Daukaus
12. Serghei Spivac
13. Alexandr Romanov
14. Blagoy Ivanov
15. Shamil Abdurakhimov

Women’s pound-for-pound

1. Amanda Nunes
2. Valentina Shevchenko
3. Julianna Peña
4. Rose Namajunas +1
4. Carla Esparza
6. Zhang Weili
7. Jessica Andrade
8. Marina Rodriguez
9. Holly Holm
10. Katlyn Chookagian
11. Ketlen Vieira
12. Xiaonan Yan +2
13. Taila Santos -1
14. Irene Aldana +1
15. Lauren Murphy

Women’s strawweight

Champion: Carla Esparza

1. Rose Namajunas
2. Zhang Weili
3. Marina Rodriguez
4. Jessica Andrade
5. Xiaonan Yan +1
6. Mackenzie Dern -1
7. Amanda Lemos +1
7. Tecia Torres
9. Amanda Ribas
10. Virna Jandiroba
11. Michelle Waterson-Gomez
12. Angela Hill
13. Emily Ducote
14. Luana Pinheiro
15. Jessica Penne

Women’s flyweight

Champion: Valentina Shevchenko

1. Katlyn Chookagian
2. Taila Santos
3. Lauren Murphy
4. Jessica Andrade
5. Alexa Grasso
6. Viviane Araujo
7. Manon Fiorot
8. Jennifer Maia
9. Andrea Lee
10. Casey O’Neill
11. Maycee Barber
12. Erin Blanchfield
13. Tracy Cortez
14. Cynthia Calvillo
15. Molly McCann

Women’s bantamweight

Champion: Amanda Nunes

1. Julianna Peña
2. Ketlen Vieira
3. Holly Holm
4. Irene Aldana
5. Raquel Pennington
6. Yana Kunitskaya
7. Pannie Kianzad +2
8. Macy Chiasson +2
9. Karol Rosa +2
10. Miesha Tate +1
11. Julia Avila +3
12. Lina Lansberg +1
13. Norma Dumont +2
14. Mayra Bueno Silva *NEW
15. Josiane Nunes *NEW

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