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

Heavyweight Division

Champion: Francis Ngannou

  1. Cyril Gane
  2. Stipe Miocic
  3. Curtis Blaydes (4) +1
  4. Tai Tuivasa (10) +6
  5. Derrick Lewis (3) -2
  6. Tom Aspinall (9) +3
  7. Alexander Volkov (5) -2
  8. Jairzinho Rozenstruik (7) -1
  9. Chris Daukaus (6) -3
  10. Marcin Tybura (8) -2
  11. Sergey Spivak
  12. Augusto Sakai (13) +1
  13. Sergey Pavlovich (NR) +3
  14. Alexandr Romanov (15) +1
  15. Alexei Oleinik (14) -1

Walt Harris (12) to NR

Light Heavyweight Division

Champion: Glover Teixeira

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

Misha Cirkunov (13) to NR
Jimmy Crute (15) to NR

Middleweight Division      

Champion: Israel Adesanya

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

Welterweight Division       

Champion: Kamaru Usman                           

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

Li Jingliang (14) to NR

Lightweight Division

Champion: Charles Oliveira

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

Featherweight Division

Champion: Alexander Volkanovski

  1. Max Holloway
  2. Brian Ortega
  3. Calvin Kattar (4) +1
  4. Chan Sung Jung (3) -1
  5. Josh Emmett
  6. Arnold Allen (7) +1
  7. Bryce Mitchell (12) +5
  8. Giga Chikadze
  9. Yair Rodriguez (6) -3
  10. Dan Ige (9) -1
  11. Edson Barboza (10) -1
  12. Movsar Evloev (11) -1
  13. Sodiq Yusuff (14) +1
  14. Shane Burgos (13) -1
  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. Song Yadong (13) +4
  9. Pedro Munhoz (9) -1
  10. Sean O’Malley (12) +1
  11. Ricky Simon (NR) +4
  12. Adrian Yanez (15) +2
  13. Marlon Moraes (10) -4
  14. Frankie Edgar (11 -4

Cody Stamann (14) to NR

Flyweight Division

Champion: Deiveson Figueiredo (1) +1

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

Cody Garbrandt (12) to NR

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. Sarah McMann (10) +1
  10. Lina Lansberg (9) -1
  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. Talia Santos
  5. Manon Fiorot (NR) +11
  6. Jennifer Maia (5) -1
  7. Alexa Grasso (11) +4
  8. Andrea Lee (6) -2
  9. Viviane Araujo (7) -2
  10. Joanne Wood (8) -2
  11. Cynthia Calvillo (9) -2
  12. Casey O’Neill (15) +3
  13. Maycee Barber                  
  14. Erin Blanchfield
  15. Jessica Eye (10) -5

Roxanne Modafferi (12) to NR

Women’s Strawweight Division  

Champion: Rose Namajunas

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

Tatiana Suarez (4) 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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