The bracketed number to the right of the fighter indicates the fighters prior ranking. These rankings are unofficial as North Star Sports is not affiliated with, sponsored, or endorsed by the UFC.

Heavyweight Division        

Champion: Stipe Miocic

  1. Francis Ngannou
  2. Derrick Lewis
  3. Curtis Blaydes
  4. Cyril Gane
  5. Alexander Volkov              
  6. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
  7. Walt Harris (8) +1
  8. Chris Daukaus (9) +1
  9. Alexei Oleinik (10) +1
  10. Augusto Sakai (12) +2
  11. Shamil Abdurakhimov (13) +2
  12. Marcin Tybura (14) +2
  13. Tom Aspinall (15) +2
  14. Blagoy Ivanov (NR) +2
  15. Sergey Spivak (NR) +1

(7) Alistair Overeem to UR (Released from the UFC)
(11) Junior dos Santos to UR (Released from the UFC)

Light Heavyweight Division

Champion: Jan Blachowicz

  1. Glover Teixeira
  2. Aleksandar Rakic (4) +2
  3. Dominick Reyes
  4. Thiago Santos (2) -2
  5. Jiri Prochazka     
  6. Volkan Oezdemir              
  7. Anthony Smith
  8. Magomed Ankalaev
  9. Nikita Krylov
  10. Johnny Walker
  11. Misha Cirkunov
  12. Jimmy Crute
  13. Ryan Spann
  14. Paul Craig
  15. Mauricio Rua

Middleweight Division

Champion: Israel Adesanya

  1. Robert Whittaker
  2. Jared Cannonier
  3. Paulo Costa
  4. Marvin Vettori
  5. Derek Brunson
  6. Jack Hermansson
  7. Darren Till
  8. Kelvin Gastelum
  9. Uriah Hall
  10. Chris Weidman
  11. Omari Akhmedov
  12. Edmen Shahbazyan
  13. Kevin Holland
  14. Khamzat Chimaev
  15. Ian Heinisch

Welterweight Division               

Champion: Kamaru Usman                           

  1. Colby Covington                
  2. Gilbert Burns     
  3. Leon Edwards                    
  4. Jorge Masvidal                  
  5. Stephen Thompson
  6. Michael Chiesa
  7. Demian Maia
  8. Tyron Woodley
  9. Nate Diaz                                            
  10. Vincent Luque                    
  11. Neil Magny
  12. Belal Muhammad
  13. Geoff Neal
  14. Muslim Salikhov
  15. Sean Brady (NR) +1

(15) Jake Matthews to NR

Lightweight Division 

Champion: Khabib Nurmagomedov

  1. Dustin Poirier
  2. Justin Gaethje
  3. Charles Oliveira
  4. Michael Chandler
  5. Tony Ferguson
  6. Conor McGregor
  7. Dan Hooker
  8. Rafael Dos Anjos
  9. Paul Felder
  10. Al Iaquinta
  11. Kevin Lee
  12. Beneil Dariush
  13. Islam Makhachev (14) +1
  14. Diego Ferreira (13) -1
  15. Gregor Gillespie

Featherweight Division        

Champion: Alexander Volkanovski

  1. Max Holloway
  2. Brian Ortega
  3. Zabit Magomedsharipov
  4. Chan Sung Jung
  5. Yair Rodriguez
  6. Calvin Kattar
  7. Josh Emmett
  8. Jeremy Stephens
  9. Shane Burgos
  10. Dan Ige
  11. Arnold Allen                       
  12. Ryan Hall
  13. Bryce Mitchell
  14. Sodiq Yusuff
  15. Edson Barboza

Bantamweight Division               

Champion: Aljamain Sterling (1) +1

  1. Petr Yan (C) -1
  2. Cory Sandhagen
  3. Cody Garbrandt
  4. Rob Font
  5. Jose Aldo
  6. Pedro Munhoz
  7. Frankie Edgar
  8. Marlon Moraes
  9. Jimmie Rivera
  10. Dominick Cruz (11) +1
  11. Cody Stamann (12) +1
  12. Kyler Phillips (NR) +4
  13. Merab Dvalishvili (13) +1
  14. Raphael Assuncao (10) -4
  15. Song Yadong (13) -2

(15) Casey Kenney to NR

Flyweight Division                       

Champion: Deiveson Figueiredo  

  1. Brandon Moreno
  2. Askar Askarov (3) +1
  3. Joseph Benavidez (2) -1
  4. Alexandre Pantoja
  5. Alex Perez
  6. Brandon Royval
  7. Kai Kara-France
  8. Matt Schnell (9) +1
  9. Rogerio Bonterin (8) -1
  10. Tim Elliott (12) +2
  11. David Dvorak (10) -1
  12. Raulian Paiva (11) -1
  13. Su Mudaerji
  14. Amir Albazi
  15. Tyson Nam

Women’s Featherweight Division                  

Champion: Amanda Nunes

  1. Felicia Spencer (2) +1
  2. Megan Anderson (1) -1
  3. Norma Dumont
  4. Zarah dos Santos

Women’s Bantamweight Division  

Champion: Amanda Nunes

  1. Germaine de Randamie
  2. Holly Holm
  3. Julianna Pena
  4. Aspen Ladd
  5. Raquel Pennington
  6. Irene Aldana                                      
  7. Yana Kunitskaya
  8. Ketlen Vieira
  9. Lina Lansberg                    
  10. Sara McMann
  11. Pannie Kianzad
  12. Macy Chiasson
  13. Marion Reneau
  14. Julia Avila
  15. Karol Rosa

Women’s Flyweight Division

Champion: Valentina Shevchenko

  1. Jessica Andrade                
  2. Katlyn Chookagian
  3. Lauren Murphy
  4. Jennifer Maia
  5. Cynthia Calvillo
  6. Joanne Calderwood
  7. Viviane Araujo
  8. Jessica Eye
  9. Alexa Grasso
  10. Roxanne Modafferi
  11. Maycee Barber
  12. Talia Santos
  13. Gillian Robertson
  14. Andrea Lee
  15. Antonina Shevchenko

Women’s Strawweight Division          

Champion: Weili Zhang

  1. Rose Namajunas
  2. Tatiana Suarez
  3. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
  4. Carla Esparza
  5. Yan Xiaonan
  6. Marina Rodriguez
  7. Nina Ansaroff
  8. Michelle Waterson
  9. Claudia Gadelha
  10. Amanda Ribas
  11. Mackenzie Dern
  12. Tecia Torres
  13. Angela Hill
  14. Amanda Lemos (NR) +2
  15. Virna Jandiroba (14) -1

(15) Livia Renata Souza to NR

Pound-for-Pound Rankings

  1. Khabib Nurmagomedov
  2. Jon Jones
  3. Kamaru Usman
  4. Stipe Miocic (5) +1
  5. Jan Blachowicz (10) +5
  6. Israel Adesanya (4) -2
  7. Alexander Volkanovski (6) -1
  8. Francis Ngannou (7) -1
  9. Dustin Poirier (11) +2
  10. Deiveson Figueiredo (9) -1
  11. Petr Yan (8) -3
  12. Justin Gaethje                    
  13. Colby Covington
  14. Robert Whittaker              
  15. Max Holloway
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