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: Francis Ngannou
Interim Champion: Cyril Gane

  1. Stipe Miocic (-1)
  2. Derrick Lewis (-1)
  3. Curtis Blaydes
  4. Alexander Volkov              
  5. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
  6. Marcin Tybura
  7. Chris Daukaus
  8. Walt Harris
  9. Sergey Spivak
  10. Augusto Sakai                   
  11. Alexei Oleinik
  12. Shamil Abdurakhimov
  13. Tom Aspinall
  14. Tai Tuivasa

Light Heavyweight Division                 

Champion: Jan Błachowicz

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

Middleweight Division

Champion: Israel Adesanya

  1. Robert Whittaker
  2. Jared Cannonier
  3. Paulo Costa
  4. Marvin Vettori
  5. Jack Hermansson
  6. Derek Brunson
  7. Sean Strickland
  8. Darren Till
  9. Uriah Hall
  10. Kelvin Gastelum                
  11. Chris Weidman
  12. Brad Tavares
  13. Edmen Shahbazyan
  14. Kevin Holland
  15. Brendan Allen

Welterweight Division                

Champion: Kamaru Usman                           

  1. Colby Covington                
  2. Gilbert Burns
  3. Leon Edwards
  4. Stephen Thompson          
  5. Vincente Luque (7) +2
  6. Jorge Masvidal (5) -1
  7. Michael Chiesa (6) -1
  8. Belal Muhammad
  9. Demian Maia
  10. Neil Magny
  11. Sean Brady
  12. Geoff Neal
  13. Li Jingliang
  14. Muslim Salikhov
  15. Santiago Ponzinibbio

Lightweight Division

Champion: Charles Oliveira

  1. Dustin Poirier
  2. Justin Gaethje
  3. Michael Chandler
  4. Beneil Dariush
  5. Dan Hooker
  6. Rafael dos Anjos
  7. Islam Makhachev
  8. Tony Ferguson
  9. Kevin Lee
  10. Conor McGregor
  11. Gregor Gillespie
  12. Grant Dawson
  13. Diego Ferreira
  14. Brad Riddell
  15. Drew Dober

Featherweight Division

Champion: Alexander Volkanovski

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

Bantamweight Division     

Champion: Aljamain Sterling

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

Flyweight Division

Champion: Brandon Moreno

  1. Deiveson Figueiredo
  2. Askar Askarov
  3. Joseph Benavidez
  4. Alexandre Pantoja
  5. Alex Perez
  6. Brandon Royval
  7. Kai Kara-France
  8. Rogerio Bontorin
  9. Matt Schnell
  10. Tim Elliott
  11. David Dvorak
  12. Su Mudaerji
  13. Amir Albazi
  14. Bruno Silva
  15. Manel Kape (+1)

Zhalgas Zhumagulov (15) to NR

Women’s Bantamweight Division      

Champion: Amanda Nunes

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

Women’s Flyweight Division

Champion: Valentina Shevchenko

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

Women’s Strawweight Division

Champion: Rose Namajunas

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

Pound-for-Pound Rankings

  1. Jon Jones
  2. Kamaru Usman
  3. Francis Ngannou
  4. Jan Blachowicz
  5. Israel Adesanya
  6. Stipe Miocic
  7. Alexander Volkanovski
  8. Dustin Poirier
  9. Charles Oliveira
  10. Brandon Moreno
  11. Petr Yan
  12. Robert Whittaker
  13. Colby Covington
  14. Justin Gaethje
  15. Aljamain Sterling
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