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)
- Alexander Volkov (6)
- Curtis Blaydes (5)
- Sergei Pavlovich (4)
- Jailton Almeida (7)
- Marcin Tybura (8)
- Jairzinho Rozenstruik (9)
- Tai Tuivasa (10)
At UFC 302, No. 7 Jailton Almeida landed a rear-naked choke on Alexander Romanov in the first round. Three weeks later, No. 6 Alexander Volkov won a unanimous decision over No. 4 Sergei Pavlovich at UFC Saudi Arabia. Volkov and Pavlovich swap spots in the rankings.
- Alex Pereira (1)
- Jiří Procházka (2)
- Jamahal Hill (3)
- Magomed Ankalaev (5)
- Jan Błachowicz (6)
- Aleksandar Rakić (7)
- Corey Anderson (8)
- Phil Davis (9)
- Volkan Oezdemir (-)
- Bogdan Guskov (-)
Dropped from the rankings: Johnny Walker (10), Glover Teixeira (4)
On Jun. 22, unranked Volkan Oezdemir knocked out No. 10 Johnny Walker in the first round at UFC Saudi Arabia. A week later, light heavyweight titleholder Alex Pereira scored a TKO over No., 2 Jiří Procházka in their rematch against at UFC 303. Also, No. 4 Glover Teixeira retired in Jan. 2023, and was finally removed from the rankings after 18 months of inactivity. So, there was a shift up in the standings, Walker and Teixeira fell out, and Oezdemir and Guskov enter in the bottom two spots.
- Dricus du Plessis (1)
- Sean Strickland (2)
- Israel Adesanya (3)
- Robert Whittaker (4)
- Nassourdine Imavov (-)
- Marvin Vettori (6)
- Khamzat Chimaev (7)
- Paulo Costa (8)
- Jared Cannonier (5)
- Johnny Eblen (9)
Dropped from the rankings: Derek Brunson (10)
To kick off the month, No. 2 Sean Strickland defeated No. 8 Paulo Costa at UFC 302. A week later, at UFC Louisville, unranked Nassourdine Imavov won a TKO victory over No. 5 Jared Cannonier. Finally, two weeks after that, No. 4 middleweight Robert Whittaker scored a first-round TKO over Ikram Aliskerov at the UFC event in Saudi Arabia. Imavov enters at No. 5, Cannonier drops to No. 9, the rest of the bottom half adjusts accordingly, and Derek Brunson falls out of the rankings.
- Leon Edwards (1)
- Kamaru Usman (2)
- Shavkat Rakhmonov (3)
- Colby Covington (4)
- Belal Muhammad (5)
- Jack Della Maddalena (6)
- Sean Brady (8)
- Gilbert Burns (7)
- Ian Garry (10)
- Ramazan Kuramagomedov (-)
Dropped from the rankings: Jason Jackson (9)
On Jun. 22, at Bellator Champions Series 3, Ramazan Kuramagomedov won a unanimous decision over Jason Jackson to capture the welterweight title. A week later, at UFC 303, Ian Garry won a unanimous decision over Michael “Venom” Page. There was a small shake-up in the bottom of the rankings, and, ultimately, Kuramagomedov enters at No. 10, Jackson falls out, and a couple fighters moved around.
- 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)
To kick off the month, on Jun. 1, the No. 1 lightweight Islam Makhachev submitted No. 5 Dustin Porier with a brabo choke in Round 5 at UFC 302. 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)
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- 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)
- Tatsuro Taira (-)
- Alex Perez (9)
Dropped from the rankings: Matheus Nicolau (10)
At UFC Vegas 93 on Jun. 15, unranked Tatsuro Taira scored a TKO win No. 9 Alex Perez by TKO after Perez injured his knee. Taira enters at No. 9, Perez drops to the tenth spot, and Matheus Nicolau falls from 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)
With No. 1 Islam Makhachev and No. 5 Alex Pereira both picking up wins in June, 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.