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
  2. Derrick Lewis
  3. Curtis Blaydes
  4. Alexander Volkov              
  5. Chris Daukaus
  6. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
  7. Marcin Tybura
  8. Tom Aspinall
  9. Sergey Spivak                    
  10. Walt Harris
  11. Augusto Sakai
  12. Alexei Oleinik
  13. Tai Tuivasa
  14. Alexandr Romanov

Light Heavyweight Division

Champion: Glover Teixeira

  1. Jan Blachowicz
  2. Jiří Procházka
  3. Aleksandar Rakić
  4. Thiago Santos
  5. Magomed Ankalaev
  6. Dominick Reyes
  7. Anthony Smith
  8. Volkan Oezdemir
  9. Nikita Krylov
  10. Johnny Walker
  11. Ryan Spann
  12. Paul Craig
  13. Misha Cirkunov
  14. Jahamal Hill (NR) +2
  15. Jimmy Crute (14) -1

Da Un Jung (15) to NR

Middleweight Division      

Champion: Israel Adesanya

  1. Robert Whittaker
  2. Jared Cannonier
  3. Derek Brunson
  4. Marvin Vettori
  5. Paulo Costa
  6. Jack Hermansson
  7. Sean Strickland
  8. Uriah Hall
  9. Darren Till
  10. Kelvin Gastelum
  11. Brad Tavares (12) +1
  12. Nassourdine Imavov (13) +1
  13. Brendan Allen (11) -2
  14. Edmen Shahbazyan
  15. Krsytof Jotko

Welterweight Division       

Champion: Kamaru Usman                           

  1. Colby Covington                
  2. Gilbert Burns
  3. Leon Edwards
  4. Stephen Thompson          
  5. Vincente Luque
  6. Jorge Masvidal
  7. Sean Brady
  8. Michael Chiesa
  9. Belal Muhammad
  10. Neil Magny                         
  11. Khamzat Chimaev
  12. Geoff Neal
  13. Muslim Salikhov
  14. Li Jingliang
  15. Daniel Rodriguez

Lightweight Division

Champion: Charles Oliveira

  1. Dustin Poirier
  2. Justin Gaethje
  3. Beneil Dariush
  4. Islam Makhachev
  5. Michael Chandler
  6. Dan Hooker
  7. Rafael dos Anjos
  8. Tony Ferguson
  9. Conor McGregor
  10. Gregor Gillespie
  11. Rafael Fiziev (15) +4
  12. Diego Ferreira                    
  13. Arman Tsarukyan (14) +1
  14. Brad Riddell (13) -1
  15. Joel Alvarez (NR) +1

Grant Dawson (11) to NR

Featherweight Division

Champion: Alexander Volkanovski

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

Bantamweight Division

Champion: Aljamain Sterling
Interim Champion: Petr Yan

  1. T.J. Dillashaw
  2. Jose Aldo (5) +2
  3. Cory Sandhagen
  4. Rob Font (3) -2
  5. Merab Dvalishvili
  6. Cody Garbrandt
  7. Marlon Vera
  8. Pedro Munhoz   
  9. Marlon Moraes                  
  10. Dominick Cruz                   
  11. Frankie Edgar
  12. Cody Stamann
  13. Song Yadong
  14. Adrian Yanez

Flyweight Division

Champion: Brandon Moreno

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

Women’s Bantamweight Division      

Champion: Amanda Nunes

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

Women’s Flyweight Division

Champion: Valentina Shevchenko

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

Women’s Strawweight Division

Champion: Rose Namajunas

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

Pound-for-Pound Rankings

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