The newest UFC rankings have been up to date within the wake of final weekend’s UFC Vegas 101 blended martial arts (MMA) occasion, the primary such refresh of the promotion’s 2025 combat marketing campaign. Many of the classes remained the identical as they did on the shut of 2024, together with the strawweight division, since Mackenzie Dern was already ranked two spots above Amanda Ribas forward of as we speak’s replace. Dern avenged her loss to the Brazilian by the use of third-round submission.
That mentioned, the most recent UFC rankings could possibly be the final with Islam Makhachev atop the hotly-contested pound-for-pound chart. UFC CEO, Dana White, believes heavyweight champion Jon Jones, who additionally held gold at 205 kilos, deserves prime billing; nevertheless, the media continues to rank Makhachev within the No. 1 spot. Shedding his light-weight strap to Arman Tsarukyan at UFC 311 this weekend in Los Angeles will undoubtedly transfer “Bones” to the pinnacle of the category.
Right here’s how the rankings are compiled, no less than till AI takes over:
Rankings are generated by a voting panel made up of media members. The media members had been requested to vote for who they really feel are the highest fighters within the UFC by weight-class and pound-for-pound. A fighter is simply eligible to be voted on if they’re in energetic standing within the UFC. A fighter can seem in a couple of weight division at a time. The champion and interim champion are thought-about to be within the prime positions of their respective divisions and subsequently should not eligible for voting by weight-class. Nonetheless, the champions could be voted on for the pound-for-pound rankings.
Check out what the most recent rankings area seems like courtesy of UFC.com. Observe: (+/- = motion in rankings, T = tie, *NR = Not beforehand ranked).
MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND
1. Islam Makhachev2. Jon Jones3. Alex Pereira4. Ilia Topuria5. Belal Muhammad6. Dricus Du Plessis7. Merab Dvalishvili8. Tom Aspinall9. Alexandre Pantoja10. Leon Edwards -111. Alexander Volkanovski12. Max Holloway13. Sean O’Malley14. Sean Strickland15. Charles Oliveira
FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Alexandre Pantoja
1. Brandon Royval2. Brandon Moreno3. Amir Albazi4. Kai Kara France5. Tatsuro Taira6. Manel Kape7. Alex Perez8. Asu Almabayev9. Steve Erceg10. Tim Elliott11. Tagir Ulanbekov12. Charles Johnson13. Bruno Silva14. Kai Asakura15. Joshua Van
BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Merab Dvalishvili
1. Sean O’Malley2. Umar Nurmagomedov3. Petr Yan4. Cory Sandhagen5. Deiveson Figueiredo6. Marlon Vera7. Henry Cejudo8. Music Yadong9. Rob Font10. Mario Bautista11. Jose Aldo12. Kyler Phillips13. Aiemann Zahabi14. Marcus McGhee15. Montel Jackson
FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Ilia Topuria
1. Alexander Volkanovski2. Max Holloway3. Diego Lopes4. Movsar Evloev5. Yair Rodriguez6. Brian Ortega7. Arnold Allen8. Josh Emmett9. Aljamain Sterling10. Calvin Kattar11. Lerone Murphy12. Giga Chikadze13. Bryce Mitchell14. Dan Ige15. Edson Barboza
LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Islam Makhachev
1. Arman Tsarukyan2. Charles Oliveira3. Justin Gaethje4. Dustin Poirier5. Max Holloway6. Dan Hooker7. Michael Chandler8. Mateusz Gamrot9. Beneil Dariush10. Renato Moicano11. Rafael Fiziev12. Benoit Saint Denis13. Paddy Pimblett14. Jalin Turner15. Joel Alvarez
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Belal Muhammed
1. Leon Edwards2. Shavkat Rakhmonov3. Kamaru Usman4. Jack Della Maddalena6. Sean Brady6. Joaquin Buckley7. Ian Machado Garry8. Gilbert Burns9. Colby Covington10. Geoff Neal11. Stephen Thompson12. Michael Morales13. Carlos Prates14. Vicente Luque15. Michael Web page
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Dricus Du Plessis
1. Sean Strickland2. Israel Adesanya3. Khamzat Chimaev4. Robert Whittaker5. Nassourdine Imavov6. Caio Borralho7. Marvin Vettori8. Jared Cannonier9. Brendan Allen10. Roman Dolidze11. Paulo Costa12. Anthony Hernandez +113. Jack Hermansson -114. Shara Magomedov15. Michel Pereira
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Alex Pereira
1. Magomed Ankalaev2. Jiri Prochazka3. Jamahal Hill4. Jan Blachowicz 5. Aleksandar Rakic 6. Carlos Ulberg7. Khalil Rountree8. Nikita Krylov9. Volkan Oezdemir10. Johnny Walker11. Dominick Reyes12. Azamat Murzakanov13. Bogdan Guskov14. Anthony Smith15. Alonzo Menifield
HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Jon Jones
1. Tom Aspinall2. Ciryl Gane3. Alexander Volkov4. Sergei Pavlovich5. Curtis Blaydes6. Jailton Almeida7. Serghei Spivac8. Marcin Tybura9. Jairzinho Rozenstruik10. Derrick Lewis11. Tai Tuivasa12. Marcos Rogerio De Lima13. Waldo Cortes Acosta14. Shamil Gaziev15. Mick Parkin
WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND
1. Valentina Shevchenko2. Zhang Weili3. Alexa Grasso4. Julianna Pena5. Manon Fiorot6. Erin Blanchfield7. Kayla Harrison8. Rose Namajunas9. Raquel Pennington10. Tatiana Suarez11. Yan Xiaonan12. Virna Jandiroba13. Jessica Andrade14. Natalia Silva15. Maycee Barber
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Zhang Weili
1. Tatiana Suarez2. Yan Xiaonan3. Virna Jandiroba4. Jessica Andrade5. Amanda Lemos6. Mackenzie Dern7. Iasmin Lucindo8. Amanda Ribas9. Marina Rodriguez10. Tabatha Ricci11. Crazy Godinez12. Gillian Robertson13. Angela Hill14. Luana Pinheiro15. Tecia Pennington
WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Valentina Shevchenko
1. Alexa Grasso2. Manon Fiorot3. Erin Blanchfield4. Maycee Barber5. Natalia Silva6. Rose Namajunas7. Jessica Andrade +18. Katlyn Cerminara -19. Viviane Araújo10. Amanda Ribas11. Tracy Cortez12. Jasmine Jasudavicius13. Karine Silva14. Ariane Da Silva15. Miranda Maverick
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Julianna Pena
1. Raquel Pennington2. Kayla Harrison3. Ketlen Vieira4. (T) Macy Chiasson4. (T) Norma Dumont6. (T) Irene Aldana6. (T) Mayra Bueno Silva8. Holly Holm9. Karol Rosa10. Yana Santos11. Miesha Tate12. Julia Avila13. Ailin Perez14. Jacqueline Cavalcanti15. Chelsea Chandler
You may count on these rankings to vary round this time subsequent week, following the UFC 311: “Makhachev vs. Tsarukyan 2” pay-per-view (PPV) occasion on ESPN+, scheduled for Sat., Jan. 18, 2025 at Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, California.
For rather more on that upcoming combat card click on right here.
