UFC Rankings In May 2022 – Every Weight Division

The UFC rankings are used to determine who the best MMA fighters are in each of the UFC’s weight divisions. The rankings are decided by a panel of MMA media members and not by UFC themselves.

There are a total of 12 divisions to rank fighters in, 8 of them are men’s & 4 of them are women’s. There are then 2 additional ranking lists to rank the best overall fighters across all weight divisions, for each sex; the men’s pound-for-pound rankings and the women’s pound-for-pound rankings.

Men’s Pound-For-Pound Rankings

Rank	Fighter Name	Rank Change
1	Kamaru Usman	0
2	Alexander Volkanovski	+1
3	Israel Adesanya	-1
4	Francis Ngannou	0
5	Charles Oliveira	0
6	Max Holloway	0
7	Jon Jones	0
8	Dustin Poirier	0
9	Glover Texeira	0
10	Deiveson Figueiredo	0
11	Stipe Miocic	0
12	Aljamain Sterlin	Not ranked
13	Petr Yan	-4
14	Brandon Moreno	-1
15	Robert Whittaker	-1

Women’s Pound-For-Pound Rankings

Rank	Fighter Name	Rank Change
1	Valentino Shevchenko	0
2	Amanda Nunes	0
3	Rose Namajunas	0
4	Juliana Pena	0
5	Zhang Weili	0
6	Jessica Andrade	0
7	Holly Holm	0
8	Carla Esparza	0
9	Marina Rodriguez	0
10	Katlyn Chookagian	0
11	Yan Xiaonan	0
12	Mackenzie Dern	+1
13	Irene Aldana	-1
14	Lauren Murphy	0
15	Raquel Pennington	Not Ranked

Men’s Heavyweight Rankings

Rank	Fighter Name	Rank Change
(C)	Francis Ngannou	0
1	Ciryl Gane	0
2	Stipe Miocic	0
3	Tai Tuivasa	0
4	Curtis Blaydes	0
5	Derrick Lewis	0
6	Tom Aspinall	0
7	Alexander Volkov	0
8	Jairzinho Rozenstruik	0
9	Marcin Tybura	+1
10	Chris Daukaus	0
11	Sergei Pavlovich	0
12	Shamil Abdurakhimov	0
13	Augusto Sakai	0
14	Walt Harris	0
15	Blagoy Ivanov	0

Men’s Light Heavyweight Rankings

Rank	Fighter Name	Rank Change
(C)	Glover Teixeira	0
1	Jan Blachowicz	0
2	Jiri Prochazka	0
3	Aleksandar Rakic	0
4	Magomed Ankalaev	0
5	Anthony Smith	0
6	Thiago Santos	0
7	Dominick Reyes	0
8	Paul Craig	0
9	Volkan Oezdemir	+1
10	Jamahal Hill	0
11	Nikita Krylov	0
12	Johnny Walker	0
13	Ryan Spann	0
14	Jimmy Crute	0
15	Dustin Jacoby	0

Men’s Middleweight Rankings

Rank	Fighter Name	Rank Change
(C)	Israel Adesanya	0
1	Robert Whittaker	0
2	Jared Cannonier	0
3	Marvin Vettori	0
4	Sean Strickland	0
5	Derek Brunson	0
6	Paulo Costa	0
7	Jack Hermansson	0
8	Darren Till	0
9	Uriah Hall	0
10	Kelvin Gastelum	0
11	Nassourdine Imavov	0
12	Brad Tavares	0
13	Andre Muniz	0
14	Chris Weidman	0
15	Edmen Shahhazyan	0

Men’s Welterweight Rankings

Rank	Fighter Name	Rank Change
(C)	Kamaru Usman	0
1	Colby Covington	0
2	Leon Edwards	+1
3	Khamzat Chimaev	+8
4	Gilbert Burns	-2
5	Vicente Luque	-1
6	Belal Muhammad	-1
7	Stephen Thompson	-1
8	Jorge Masvidal	-1
9	Sean Brady	-1
10	Neil Magny	-1
11	Michael Chiesa	-1
12	Geoff Neal	0
13	Li Jingliang	0
14	Santiago Ponzinibbio	0
15	Shavkat Rakhmonov	0

Men’s Lightweight Rankings

Rank	Fighter Name	Rank Change
(C)	Charles Oliveira	0
1	Dustin Poirier	0
2	Justin Gaethje	0
3	Islam Makhachev	0
4	Beneil Dariush	0
5	Michael Chandler	0
6	Rafael Dos Anjos	0
7	Tony Ferguson	0
8	Gregor Gillespie	0
9	Conor McGregor	0
10	Rafael Fiziev	0
11	Arman Tsarukyan	0
12	Mateusz Gamrot	0
13	Dan Hooker	0
14	Brad Riddell	0
15	Diego Ferreira	0

Men’s Featherweight Rankings

Rank	Fighter Name	Rank Change
(C)	Alexander Volkanovski	0
1	Max Holloway	0
2	Brian Ortega	0
3	Yair Rodriguez	0
4	Calvin Kattar	+1
5	Chan Sung Jung	-1
6	Arnold Allen	0
7	Josh Emmett	0
8	Giga Chikadze	0
9	Bryce Mitchell	0
10	Dan Ige	0
11	Sodiq Yusuff	0
12	Edson Barboza	0
13	Movsar Evloev	0
14	Shane Burgos	0
15	Ilia Topuria	0

Men’s Bantamweight Rankings

Rank	Fighter Name	Rank Change
(C)	Aljamain Sterling	0
1	Petr Yan	0
2	TJ Dillashaw	0
3	Jose Aldo	0
4	Cory Sandhagen	0
5	Rob Font	0
6	Merab Dvalishvili	0
7	Dominik Cruz	0
8	Marlon Vera	0
9	Song Yadong	0
10	Pedro Munhoz	0
11	Frankie Edgar	0
12	Ricky Simon	0
13	Sean O’Malley	0
14	Marlon Moraes	0
15	Raphael Assuncao	0

Men’s Flyweight Rankings

Rank	Fighter Name	Rank Change
(C)	Deiveson Figueiredo	0
1	Brandon Moreno	0
2	Kai Kara France	0
3	Askar Askarov	0
4	Alexandre Pantoja	0
5	Alex Perez	0
6	Brandon Royval	0
7	Matheus Nicolau	0
8	Rogerio Bontorin	0
9	Matt Schnell	0
10	David Dvorak	0
11	Tim Elliott	0
12	Sumudaerji	0
13	Amir Albazi	0
14	Manel Kape	0
15	Tagir Ulanbekov	0

Women’s Bantamweight Rankings

Rank	Fighter Name	Rank Change
(C)	Julianna Pena	0
1	Amanda Nunes	0
2	Holly Holm	0
3	Irene Aldana	0
4	Raquel Pennington	0
5	Ketlen Vieira	0
6	Yana Kunitskaya	0
7	Aspen Ladd	0
8	Sara McMann	0
9	Miesha Tate	0
10	Macy Chiasson	0
11	Lina Lansberg	0
12	Pannie Kianzad	0
13	Karol Rosa	0
14	Julia Avila	0
15	Norma Dumont	0

Women’s Flyweight Rankings

Rank	Fighter Name	Rank Change
(C)	Valentina Shevchenko	0
1	Jessica Andrade	0
2	Katlyn Chookagian	0
3	Lauren Murphy	0
4	Taila Santos	0
5	Alexa Grasso	0
6	Manon Fiorot	+1
7	Jennifer Maia	-1
8	Viviane Araujo	0
9	Andrea Lee	0
10	Joanne Wood	0
11	Cynthia Calvillo	0
12	Jessica Eye	0
13	Casey O’Neill	0
14	Maycee Barber	0
15	Erin Blanchfield	0

Women’s Strawweight Rankings

Rank	Fighter Name	Rank Change
(C)	Rose Namajunas	0
1	Zhang Weili	0
2	Carla Esparza	0
3	Marina Rodriguez	0
4	Mackenzie Dern	+1
5	Yan Xiaonan	-1
6	Nina Ansaroff	0
7	Tecia Torres	0
8	Amanda Ribas	+1
9	Michelle Waterson	-1
10	Amanda Lemos	0
11	Virna Jandiroba	0
12	Angela Hill	0
13	Jessica Penne	0
14	Brianna Fortino	0
15	Luana Pinheiro	0