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. Tai Tuivasa
  10. Sergey Spivak
  11. Walt Harris
  12. Augusto Sakai
  13. Alexei Oleinik
  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
  15. Jimmy Crute

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. Nassourdine Imavov
  13. Brendan Allen
  14. Edmen Shahbazyan
  15. Andre Muniz

Welterweight Division       

Champion: Kamaru Usman                           

  1. Colby Covington                
  2. Gilbert Burns
  3. Leon Edwards
  4. Vincente Luque (5) +1
  5. Belal Muhammad (9) +4
  6. Stephen Thompson (4) -2
  7. Jorge Masvidal (6) -1
  8. Sean Brady (7) -1
  9. Michael Chiesa (8) -1
  10. Neil Magny                         
  11. Geoff Neal
  12. Khamzat Chimaev
  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
  12. Mateusz Gamrot (NR) +4
  13. Arman Tsarukyan
  14. Brad Riddell
  15. Joel Alvarez

Diego Ferreira (12) to NR

Featherweight Division     

Champion: Alexander Volkanovski

  1. Max Holloway
  2. Brian Ortega
  3. Chan Sung Jung
  4. Josh Emmett
  5. Yair Rodriguez
  6. Calvin Kattar
  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
  3. Cory Sandhagen
  4. Rob Font
  5. Merab Dvalishvili
  6. Dominick Cruz
  7. Marlon Vera
  8. Pedro Munhoz
  9. Marlon Moraes
  10. Frankie Edgar
  11. Sean O’Malley
  12. Song Yadong
  13. Cody Stamann
  14. Adrian Yanez

Flyweight Division            

Champion: Brandon Moreno

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

Women’s Bantamweight Division      

Champion: Julianna Pena

  1. Amanda Nunes
  2. Germaine de Randamie
  3. Holly Holm
  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. Erin Blanchfield
  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. Mackenzie Dern (8) +1
  8. Amanda Ribas (9) +1
  9. Michelle Waterson (10) +1
  10. Tecia Torres (12) +2
  11. Amanda Lemos (13) +2
  12. Nina Nunes (11) -1
  13. Angela Hill (14) +1
  14. Virna Jandiroba (15) +1 
  15. Jessica Penne (NR) +1

Claudia Gadelha (7) to NR

Pound-for-Pound Rankings

  1. Kamaru Usman
  2. Jon Jones
  3. Alexander Volkanovski
  4. Francis Ngannou
  5. Israel Adesanya
  6. Charles Oliveira
  7. Glover Teixeira
  8. Dustin Poirier
  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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