As MMA continues to grow its presence with the UFC, Bellator MMA, WSOF and ONE FC, fighters are constantly jockeying for position in the eyes (and rankings) of the media.
Every week, Combat Press will rank each weight class from heavyweight to flyweight, as well as the pound-for-pound rankings.
Note: the numbers in parentheses represent the fighter’s ranking from last week
- Cain Velasquez (1)
- Fabricio Werdum (2)
- Junior dos Santos (3)
- Travis Browne (4)
- Josh Barnett (5)
- Stipe Miocic (6)
- Mark Hunt (7)
- Ben Rothwell (8)
- Andrei Arlovski (9)
- Roy Nelson (10)
No fighters in the top 10 were in action this week, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Jon Jones (1)
- Anthony “Rumble” Johnson (2)
- Alexander Gustafsson (3)
- Daniel Cormier (4)
- Rashad Evans (5)
- Ryan Bader (6)
- Phil Davis (7)
- Glover Teixeira (8)
- Vitor Belfort (9)
- Ovince Saint Preux (10)
No fighters in the top 10 were in action this week, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Chris Weidman (1)
- Vitor Belfort (2)
- Anderson Silva (3)
- Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza (4)
- Lyoto Machida (5)
- Luke Rockhold (6)
- Yoel Romero (7)
- Tim Kennedy (8)
- Gegard Mousasi (9)
- Michael Bisping (10)
No fighters in the top 10 were in action this week, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Robbie Lawler (1)
- Johny Hendricks (2)
- Georges St-Pierre (3)
- Ben Askren (4)
- Rory MacDonald (5)
- Hector Lombard (6)
- Matt Brown (7)
- Tyron Woodley (8)
- Carlos Condit (9)
- Rousimar Palhares (10)
No fighters in the top 10 were in action this week, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Anthony Pettis (1)
- Gilbert Melendez (2)
- Khabib Nurmagomedov (3)
- Rafael dos Anjos (4)
- Donald Cerrone (5)
- Benson Henderson (6)
- Eddie Alvarez (7)
- Will Brooks (8)
- Edson Barboza (9)
- Myles Jury (10)
Sixth-ranked Benson Henderson moved up to welterweight in the UFC Fight Night 60 main event and the former champion was able to outwork Brandon Thatch for a fourth-round submission win. While it had no impact on his ranking in the 155-pound division, the result could affect Henderson’s future plans. With two losses against current champion Anthony Pettis, Henderson could stay at 170 pounds.
- Jose Aldo (1)
- Chad Mendes (2)
- Frankie Edgar (3)
- Cub Swanson (4)
- Conor McGregor (5)
- Ricardo Lamas (6)
- Dennis Bermudez (7)
- Patricio “Pitbull” Freire (8)
- Dustin Poirier (9)
- Max Holloway (-)
Dropped from the ranking: Pat Curran (10)
It was a rough weekend for former Bellator MMA champion Pat Curran. The 27-year-old dropped his third fight in his last four outings as he lost a split decision against Daniel Weichel at Bellator 133. Curran’s loss, coupled with Max Holloway’s fifth straight win in the Octagon at UFC Fight Night 60, opened the door for the young Hawaiian to claim the No. 10 spot in rankings.
- T.J. Dillashaw (1)
- Renan Barão (2)
- Dominick Cruz (3)
- Urijah Faber (4)
- Bibiano Fernandes (5)
- Raphael Assuncao (6)
- Michael McDonald (7)
- Iuri Alcantara (8)
- Marlon Moraes (9)
- Joe Warren (10)
World Series of Fighting champion Marlon Moraes survived a tough first round against challenger Josh Hill at WSOF 18 on Thursday, but came back to cruise through the final four stanzas and retain his belt. The victory helped the Brazilian cement his No. 9 ranking.
- Demetrious Johnson (1)
- Joseph Benavidez (2)
- John Dodson (3)
- John Lineker (4)
- Ian McCall (5)
- Jussier “Formiga” da Silva (6)
- Zach Makovsky (7)
- Kyoji Horiguchi (8)
- John Moraga (9)
- Ali Bagautinov (10)
While former RFA and Bellator MMA title holder Zach Makovsky held onto his No. 7-ranking with a decision win over Tim Elliott at UFC Fight Night 60, it was another flyweight that may have made the biggest impression. Twenty-one-year-old Ray Borg scored his second Octagon win by submitting Chris Kelades and the New Mexico fighter finds himself just outside the top 10.
- Jose Aldo (1)
- Jon Jones (2)
- Demetrious Johnson (3)
- Ronda Rousey (4)
- Cain Velasquez (5)
- Chris Weidman (6)
- Anthony Pettis (7)
- T.J. Dillashaw (8)
- Anderson Silva (9)
- Robbie Lawler (10)
No fighters in the top 10 were in action this week, so the rankings remain unchanged.