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 (including both genders).
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)
- Alistair Overeem (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)
- Ben Askren (4)
- Rory MacDonald (5)
- Hector Lombard (6)
- Matt Brown (7)
- Tyron Woodley (8)
- Carlos Condit (9)
- Rousimar Palhares (10)
- Demian Maia (-)
Dropped from the rankings: Georges St-Pierre (3)
It wasn’t action in the cage that impacted the welterweight rankings this week, but rather a lack of it. Former UFC welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre has not competed in 18 months and is now ineligible to be ranked. Although the Canadian hasn’t officially ruled out a return to the Octagon, with each day that passes, it’s looking less and less likely.
- Rafael dos Anjos (1)
- Anthony Pettis (2)
- Khabib Nurmagomedov (3)
- Gilbert Melendez (4)
- Donald Cerrone (5)
- Benson Henderson (6)
- Eddie Alvarez (7)
- Will Brooks (8)
- Myles Jury (9)
- Michael Johnson (10)
No fighters in the top 10 were in action this week, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- 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 (10)
No fighters in the top 10 were in action this week, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- T.J. Dillashaw (1)
- Renan Barão (2)
- Dominick Cruz (3)
- Urijah Faber (4)
- Bibiano Fernandes (5)
- Raphael Assuncao (6)
- Michael McDonald (7)
- Marlon Moraes (8)
- Marcos Galvao (-)
- Eduardo Dantas (10)
Dropped from the rankings: Joe Warren (9)
The first time that Marcos Galvao and Joe Warren met inside the Bellator cage in 2011, controversy followed as Warren claimed a contentious decision win. When the pair met again at Bellator 135 with the bantamweight title on the line, Galvao made sure the judges wouldn’t be involved. The Brazilian executed a vicious kneebar just seconds into the second round, forcing Warren to scream out in pain and relinquish his belt.
- 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)
- Henry Cejudo (10)
No fighters in the top 10 were in action this week, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Jose Aldo (1)
- Jon Jones (2)
- Ronda Rousey (3)
- Demetrious Johnson (4)
- Cain Velasquez (5)
- Chris Weidman (6)
- T.J. Dillashaw (7)
- Robbie Lawler (8)
- Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino (9)
- Johny Hendricks (10)
No fighters in the top 10 were in action this week, so the rankings remain unchanged.
Editor’s Note: Fighters are eligible to be ranked if they have competed in the last 18 months. Any fighter that chooses to switch weight classes will be ranked in their previous weight class until they have competed in their new division.