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.
- Fabricio Werdum (1)
- Cain Velasquez (2)
- Stipe Miocic (4)
- Josh Barnett (3)
- Alistair Overeem (6)
- Junior dos Santos (7)
- Andrei Arlovski (5)
- Travis Browne (8)
- Mark Hunt (9)
- Ben Rothwell (10)
There’s a new No. 1 contender in the UFC’s heavyweight division. Stipe Miocic quickly dispatched of former champion Andrei Arlovski in just 54 seconds at UFC 195 and staked his claim to the next title shot.
- Jon Jones (1)
- Daniel Cormier (2)
- Anthony “Rumble” Johnson (3)
- Alexander Gustafsson (4)
- Ryan Bader (5)
- Phil Davis (6)
- Glover Teixeira (7)
- Ovince Saint Preux (8)
- Liam McGeary (9)
- Jimi Manuwa (10)
No fighters in the top 10 were in action this week, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Luke Rockhold (1)
- Chris Weidman (2)
- Yoel Romero (3)
- Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza (4)
- Anderson Silva (5)
- Vitor Belfort (6)
- Lyoto Machida (7)
- Tim Kennedy (8)
- Michael Bisping (9)
- David Branch (10)
No fighters in the top 10 were in action this week, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Robbie Lawler (1)
- Johny Hendricks (2)
- Carlos Condit (8)
- Ben Askren (3)
- Rory MacDonald (4)
- Matt Brown (5)
- Hector Lombard (6)
- Tyron Woodley (7)
- Demian Maia (9)
- Rousimar Palhares (10)
The UFC 195 main event between Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit may go down as one of the most entertaining title fights in UFC history. The back-and-forth affair was highlighted by both fighters dropping the other, Condit throwing more than 500 strikes and Lawler once again persevering and retaining his belt. Condit makes a huge leap in the rankings to the third spot, as many felt that the “Natural Born Killer” did enough to take the belt from Lawler.
- Rafael dos Anjos (1)
- Anthony Pettis (2)
- Khabib Nurmagomedov (3)
- Donald Cerrone (4)
- Eddie Alvarez (5)
- Gilbert Melendez (6)
- Will Brooks (7)
- Tony Ferguson (8)
- Nate Diaz (9)
- Justin Gaethje (10)
No fighters in the top 10 were in action this week, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Conor McGregor (1)
- José Aldo (2)
- Frankie Edgar (3)
- Chad Mendes (4)
- Max Holloway (5)
- Ricardo Lamas (6)
- Cub Swanson (7)
- Charles Oliveira (8)
- Daniel Straus (9)
- Patricio Freire (10)
No fighters in the top 10 were in action this week, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- T.J. Dillashaw (1)
- Dominick Cruz (2)
- Renan Barão (3)
- Urijah Faber (4)
- Bibiano Fernandes (5)
- Raphael Assuncao (6)
- Marlon Moraes (7)
- Marcos Galvao (8)
- Thomas Almeida (9)
- Aljamain Sterling (10)
No fighters in the top 10 were in action this week, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Demetrious Johnson (1)
- Joseph Benavidez (2)
- John Dodson (3)
- Ian McCall (4)
- Henry Cejudo (5)
- Jussier “Formiga” da Silva (6)
- Zach Makovsky (7)
- Kyoji Horiguchi (8)
- John Moraga (9)
- Ray Borg (10)
No fighters in the top 10 were in action this week, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Demetrious Johnson (1)
- Jon Jones (2)
- T.J. Dillashaw (3)
- Robbie Lawler (4)
- Daniel Cormier (5)
- Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino (6)
- Fabricio Werdum (7)
- Conor McGregor (8)
- Luke Rockhold (9)
- José Aldo (10)
Lawler may have narrowly held onto his belt at UFC 195, but he’s still one of the best fighters on the planet. He remains in the fourth spot in our pound-for-pound rankings.
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.