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 male and female athletes.
Note: the numbers in parentheses represent the fighter’s ranking from the previous month.
- Jon Jones (1)
- Francis Ngannou (2)
- Ciryl Gane (3)
- Tom Aspinall (4)
- Alexander Volkov (5)
- Curtis Blaydes (6)
- Sergei Pavlovich (7)
- Jailton Almeida (8)
- Serghei Spivac (9)
- Jairzinho Rozenstruik (10)
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Magomed Ankalaev (1)
- Alex Pereira (2)
- Jiří Procházka (3)
- Jamahal Hill (4)
- Carlos Ulberg (5)
- Aleksandar Rakić (6)
- Corey Anderson (7)
- Jan Błachowicz (8)
- Khalil Rountree Jr. (9)
- Volkan Oezdemir (10)
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Dricus du Plessis (1)
- Sean Strickland (2)
- Nassourdine Imavov (3)
- Khamzat Chimaev (4)
- Israel Adesanya (5)
- Robert Whittaker (6)
- Roman Dolidze (7)
- Caio Borralho (8)
- Paulo Costa (9)
- Johnny Eblen (10)
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Jack Della Maddalena (7)
- Belal Muhammad (1)
- Sean Brady (2)
- Kamaru Usman (4)
- Leon Edwards (3)
- Shavkat Rakhmonov (5)
- Joaquin Buckley (6)
- Colby Covington (8)
- Ramazan Kuramagomedov (9)
- Ian Machado Garry (10)
At UFC 315 on May 10, a new welterweight champion was crowned when seventh-ranked Jack Della Maddalena defeated titleholder Belal Muhammad by unanimous decision. JDM hits the top spot, and everyone previously above him moves down one notch.
- Islam Makhachev (1)
- Arman Tsarukyan (2)
- Charles Oliveira (3)
- Justin Gaethje (4)
- Dustin Poirier (5)
- Paddy Pimblett (6)
- Dan Hooker (7)
- Michael Chandler (8)
- Mateusz Gamrot (9)
- Beneil Dariush (10)
On May 31, at UFC Vegas 107, No. 9 Mateusz Gamrot picked up a unanimous decision over Ľudovít Klein to keep his spot in the rankings.
- Ilia Topuria (1)
- Alex Volkanovski (2)
- Diego Lopes (3)
- Max Holloway (4)
- Brian Ortega (5)
- Yair Rodriguez (6)
- Movsar Evloev (7)
- Jean Silva (8)
- Lerone Murphy (9)
- Aljamain Sterling (10)
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Merab Dvalishvili (1)
- Sean O’Malley (2)
- Umar Nurmagomedov (3)
- Cory Sandhagen (4)
- Petr Yan (5)
- Song Yadong (6)
- Patchy Mix (7)
- Deiveson Figueiredo (8)
- Marlon Vera (9)
- Mario Bautista (10)
At UFC Des Moines on May 3, fourth-ranked Cory Sandhagen scored a TKO victory over No. 8 Deiveson Figueiredo due to a knee injury. The rankings remain unchanged.
- Alexandre Pantoja (1)
- Brandon Royval (2)
- Brandon Moreno (3)
- Amir Albazi (4)
- Kai Kara-France (5)
- Muhammad Mokaev (6)
- Manel Kape (7)
- Tatsuro Taira (8)
- Alex Perez (9)
- Asu Almabayev (10)
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Islam Makhachev (1)
- Jon Jones (2)
- Ilia Topuria (3)
- Alexander Volkanovksi (4)
- Max Holloway (5)
- Jack Della Maddalena (-)
- Dustin Poirier (6)
- Belal Muhammad (7)
- Justin Gaethje (9)
- Magomed Ankalaev (8)
Dropped from the rankings: Alex Pereira (10)
After ripping the strap from Belal Muhammad at UFC 315, Jack Della Maddalena enters the pound-for-pound rankings at No. 6, pushing those below him down, which drops Alex Pereira from the 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 twice in their new division. Fighters who announce their retirement will remain ranked for a period of six months following their final bout.