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 (1)
- Jon Jones (2)
- Ciryl Gane (3)
- Sergei Pavlovich (4)
- Curtis Blaydes (5)
- Tom Aspinall (6)
- Alexander Volkov (7)
- Jailton Almeida (8)
- Ryan Bader (9)
- Tai Tuivasa (10)
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Jiří Procházka (1)
- Jamahal Hill (2)
- Glover Teixeira (3)
- Jan Błachowicz (4)
- Vadim Nemkov (5)
- Magomed Ankalaev (6)
- Aleksandar Rakić (7)
- Corey Anderson (8)
- Phil Davis (9)
- Johnny Walker (10)
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Israel Adesanya (1)
- Alex Pereira (2)
- Robert Whittaker (3)
- Jared Cannonier (5)
- Marvin Vettori (4)
- Paulo Costa (6)
- Dricus du Plessis (7)
- Derek Brunson (8)
- Sean Strickland (9)
- Johnny Eblen (10)
The middleweight division saw some movement after June, after No. 4 Marvin Vettori faced No. 5 Jared Cannonier at UFC Vegas 75. In a lopsided five-round war, Cannonier cruised cruised to a unanimous decision win, and the two swapped spots in the rankings.
- Leon Edwards (1)
- Kamaru Usman (2)
- Colby Covington (3)
- Khamzat Chimaev (4)
- Belal Muhammad (5)
- Gilbert Burns (6)
- Yaroslav Amosov (7)
- Shavkat Rakhmonov (8)
- Stephen Thompson (9)
- Sean Brady (10)
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- 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)
Three ranked welterweights competed in June. At the co-main event of UFC 289, second-ranked Charles Oliveira faced No. 5 Beneil Dariush. It took just over four minutes for the Brazilian former champ to score a TKO victory. Also in action was No. 10 Arman Tsarukyan, who picked up a third-round TKO over Joaquim Silva at UFC Vegas 75. All three men keep their respective rankings positions.
- Alex Volkanovski (1)
- Yair Rodriguez (2)
- Max Holloway (3)
- Brian Ortega (5)
- Patricio “Pitbull” Freire (4)
- Ilia Topuria (-)
- A.J. McKee (8)
- Arnold Allen (7)
- Chan Sung Jung (9)
- Josh Emmett (6)
Dropped from the rankings: Calvin Kattar (10)
June saw a lot of movement in the featherweight division. Previously unranked Ilia Topuria made big waves when he absolutely dominated former interim title challenger, and sixth-ranked featherweight, Josh Emmett through five rounds to headline UFC Jacksonville. Topuria enters the rankings at No. 6, and Emmett falls to No. 10, knocking Calvin Kattar out of the rankings. Elsewhere, Patricio “Pitbull” Freire lost a bantamweight title challenge to Sergio Pettis at Bellator 287. While this doesn’t affect featherweight rankings, a shake-up in the rankings panel had him dropping to No. 5 with Brian Ortega moving up to No. 4. Also, A.J. McKee jumped from No. 8 to No. 7, as Arnold Allen dropped down a spot.
- 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)
No top-10 bantamweights were in action in June, so the rankings remain unchanged. However, to show just how stacked the UFC’s bantamweight division is, Bellator bantamweight champion Sergio Pettis defended his crown, after putting on five-round clinic against the organization’s reigning featherweight champ Patricio “Pitbull” Freire, but that still was not enough to crack the top 10.
- Brandon Moreno (1)
- Deiveson Figueiredo (2)
- Amir Albazi (-)
- Alexandre Pantoja (4)
- Askar Askarov (5)
- Kai Kara-France (3)
- Brandon Royval (7)
- Alex Perez (6)
- Matheus Nicolau (8)
- Rogério Bontorin (9)
Dropped from the rankings: Jarred Brooks (10)
Previously unranked Amir Albazi extended his winning streak to six, when he picked up a split decision over No. 3 Kai Kara-France in their headline affair at UFC Vegas 74. Albazi enters the rankings at No. 3, Kara-France drops to No. 6, and the rest of the field shifts down, knocking Jarred Brooks out of his No. 10 spot. It should be noted that Albazi’s only loss was to current Brave CF champion Jose “Shorty” Torres, who only has one loss of his own to Alex Perez. In addition, Brooks has only loss to Torres, when he knocked himself out on a botched slam, and to former champion Deiveson Figueiredo. When the UFC apparently was ending the flyweight division in 2008, they dumped Brooks, Torres, and Demetrious Johnson.
- Islam Makhachev (1)
- Alexander Volkanovski (2)
- Jon Jones (3)
- Francis Ngannou (4)
- Charles Oliveira (6)
- Dustin Poirier (8)
- Demetrious Johnson (-)
- Leon Edwards (5)
- Amanda Nunes (7)
- Sergio Pettis (-)
Dropped from the rankings: Patricio “Pitbull” Freire (9), Aljamain Sterling (10)
With Patricio “Pitbull” Freire losing to Sergio Pettis, and Charles Oliveira and Amanda Nunes both picking up wins, in addition to a rankings panel shake-up, there were some shifts in the pound-for-pound rankings. Pettis and Demetrious Johnson enter at the No. 10 and No. 7 spots, respectively, and No. 9 Pitbull and No. 10 Aljamain Sterling both fall out. Oliveira and Dustin Poirier move up, and Leon Edwards and Nunes move down, but still remain in the top 10.
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.