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.
- Jon Jones (1)
- Ciryl Gane (2)
- Tom Aspinall (3)
- Sergei Pavlovich (4)
- Curtis Blaydes (5)
- Alexander Volkov (6)
- Jailton Almeida (7)
- Marcin Tybura (8)
- Jairzinho Rozenstruik (9)
- Tai Tuivasa (10)
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Alex Pereira (1)
- Jiří Procházka (2)
- Jamahal Hill (3)
- Glover Teixeira (4)
- Magomed Ankalaev (5)
- Jan Błachowicz (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.
- Sean Strickland (1)
- Israel Adesanya (2)
- Dricus du Plessis (3)
- Robert Whittaker (4)
- Jared Cannonier (5)
- Marvin Vettori (6)
- Khamzat Chimaev (7)
- Paulo Costa (8)
- Johnny Eblen (9)
- Derek Brunson (10)
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Leon Edwards (1)
- Kamaru Usman (2)
- Shavkat Rakhmonov (3)
- Colby Covington (4)
- Belal Muhammad (5)
- Jack Della Maddalena (6)
- Gilbert Burns (7)
- Sean Brady (8)
- Jason Jackson (9)
- Ian Garry (10)
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Islam Makhachev (1)
- Arman Tsarukyan (2)
- Charles Oliveira (3)
- Justin Gaethje (4)
- Dustin Poirier (5)
- Michael Chandler (6)
- Mateusz Gamrot (7)
- Beneil Dariush (8)
- Rafael Fiziev (9)
- A.J. McKee (10)
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Ilia Topuria (1)
- Brian Ortega (2)
- Alex Volkanovski (3)
- Max Holloway (4)
- Yair Rodriguez (5)
- Patricio “Pitbull” Freire (6)
- Movsar Evloev (7)
- Chan Sung Jung (8)
- Josh Emmett (9)
- Aljamain Sterling (10)
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Sean O’Malley (1)
- Demetrious Johnson (2)
- Merab Dvalishvili (3)
- Cory Sandhagen (4)
- T.J. Dillashaw (5)
- Petr Yan (6)
- Henry Cejudo (7)
- Marlon Vera (8)
- Patchy Mix (9)
- Adriano Moraes (10)
On May 17 at Bellator Champions Series 2 in Paris, Patchy Mix defended his Bellator bantamweight title with a split decision win over Magomed Magomedov. He retains his No. 9 spot int he rankings.
- Alexandre Pantoja (1)
- Brandon Royval (2)
- Brandon Moreno (3)
- Deiveson Figueiredo (4)
- Amir Albazi (5)
- Askar Askarov (6)
- Kai Kara-France (7)
- Muhammad Mokaev (8)
- Alex Perez (9)
- Matheus Nicolau (10)
At UFC 310 on Mqy 4, UFC flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja picked up a unanimous decision victory over Steve Erceg, and he retains his top spot in the rankings.
- Islam Makhachev (1)
- Jon Jones (2)
- Max Holloway (3)
- Demetrious Johnson (4)
- Alex Pereira (5)
- Dustin Poirier (6)
- Leon Edwards (7)
- Amanda Nunes (8)
- Justin Gaethje (9)
- Ilia Topuria (10)
No top-10 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.