Every month, Combat Press will provide MMA rankings for each weight class from heavyweight to flyweight, as well as the pound-for-pound rankings (including all genders).
Note: the numbers in parentheses represent the fighter’s ranking from the previous month.
- Francis Ngannou (2)
- Jon Jones (1)
- Ciryl Gane (3)
- Sergei Pavlovich (4)
- Curtis Blaydes (5)
- Tom Aspinall (6)
- Alexander Volkov (7)
- Jailton Almeida (-)
- Ryan Bader (9)
- Tai Tuivasa (8)
With a change in the Combat Press rankings panel, Francis Ngannou takes the number one spot from Jon Jones, who slides to second. Jailton Almeida makes his rankings debut after submitting Jairzinho Rozenstruik in the first round of their main event on May 13. Tai Tuivasa falls two spots, and Rozenstruik loses his spot in the rankings.
- Jiří Procházka (1)
- Jamahal Hill (2)
- Glover Teixeira (3)
- Jan Błachowicz (5)
- Vadim Nemkov (6)
- Magomed Ankalaev (4)
- Aleksandar Rakić (7)
- Corey Anderson (8)
- Phil Davis (-)
- Johnny Walker (-)
Dropped from the rankings: Anthony Smith (9), Thiago Santos (10)
Johnny Walker earned a unanimous decision win over Anthony Smith, which earns Walker the No. 10 position in the rankings. Phil Davis reenters the rankings at No. 9, due to the change in the rankings panel.
- Israel Adesanya (1)
- Alex Pereira (2)
- Robert Whittaker (3)
- Marvin Vettori (4)
- Jared Cannonier (6)
- Paulo Costa (7)
- Dricus du Plessis (5)
- Derek Brunson (10)
- Sean Strickland (9)
- Johnny Eblen (8)
The middleweight division saw a fair amount of movement this month, despite no top-ten fighters being in action. With the change in the rankings panel, Jared Cannonier moves from No. 6 to No. 5, Paulo Costa moves up to No. 6 and Dricus du Plessis falls to No. 7. Also, Derek Brunson and Johnny Eblen switch places at No. 8 and No.10.
- Leon Edwards (1)
- Kamaru Usman (2)
- Colby Covington (3)
- Khamzat Chimaev (4)
- Belal Muhammad (6)
- Gilbert Burns (5)
- Yaroslav Amosov (7)
- Shavkat Rakhmonov (8)
- Stephen Thompson (9)
- Sean Brady (10)
Belal Muhammad beat Gilbert Burns by unanimous decision over three rounds, and, therefore, the two fighters swap places at No. 5 and No. 6 in the rankings.
- Islam Makhachev (1)
- Charles Oliveira (2)
- Dustin Poirier (3)
- Justin Gaethje (4)
- Beneil Dariush (5)
- Michael Chandler (6)
- Rafael Fiziev (7)
- Mateusz Gamrot (8)
- Usman Nurmagomedov (9)
- Arman Tsarukyan (10)
No fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Alex Volkanovski (1)
- Yair Rodriguez (2)
- Max Holloway (3)
- Patricio “Pitbull” Freire (4)
- Brian Ortega (5)
- Josh Emmett (6)
- Arnold Allen (7)
- A.J. McKee (8)
- Chan Sung Jung (9)
- Calvin Kattar (10)
No fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Aljamain Sterling (1)
- Demetrious Johnson (2)
- Merab Dvalishvili (3)
- Sean O’Malley (4)
- Cory Sandhagen (5)
- Petr Yan (6)
- T.J. Dillashaw (7)
- Marlon Vera (8)
- Adriano Moraes (9)
- José Aldo (10)
Aljamain Sterling defeated Henry Cejudo by split decision to retain his title and hold onto the No. 1 spot in the rankings, as the returning Cejudo sits just outside the rankings. Demetrious Johnson took a unanimous decision victory in his trilogy with Adriano Moraes, and both men stay put in the rankings, with Johnson at No. 2 and Moraes in the No. 9 spot.
- Brandon Moreno (1)
- Deiveson Figueiredo (2)
- Kai Kara-France (3)
- Alexandre Pantoja (4)
- Askar Askarov (5)
- Alex Perez (6)
- Brandon Royval (7)
- Matheus Nicolau (8)
- Rogério Bontorin (9)
- Jarred Brooks (10)
No fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Islam Makhachev (1)
- Alexander Volkanovski (2)
- Jon Jones (3)
- Francis Ngannou (4)
- Leon Edwards (5)
- Charles Oliveira (6)
- Amanda Nunes (7)
- Dustin Poirier (8)
- Patricio “Pitbull” Freire (9)
- Aljamain Sterling (10)
No fighters were in action this month, 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 twice in their new division. Fighters who announce their retirement will remain ranked for a period of six months following their final bout.