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.
- Francis Ngannou (1)
- Ciryl Gane (2)
- Tom Aspinall (3)
- Alexander Volkov (4)
- Josh Hokit (-)
- Curtis Blaydes (5)
- Sergei Pavlovich (6)
- Rizvan Kuniev (7)
- Jailton Almeida (8)
- Waldo Cortes-Acosta (9)
Dropped from the rankings: Serghei Spivac (10)
Josh Hokit kept his unbeaten career intact with a slobberknocker of a throwdown that ended with him taking a unanimous decision over fifth-ranked Curtis Blaydes at UFC 327. Hokit enters at the No. 5 spot, everyone below that moves down one spot, and Serghei Spivac falls back out of the rankings.
- Alex Pereira (1)
- Carlos Ulberg (5)
- Magomed Ankalaev (2)
- Jiří Procházka (3)
- Khalil Rountree Jr. (4)
- Paulo Costa (-)
- Azamat Murzakanov (6)
- Jamahal Hill (8)
- Corey Anderson (7)
- Jan Błachowicz (9)
Dropped from the rankings: Aleksandar Rakić (10)
Former middleweight Paulo Costa finally made the move up to light heavyweight at UFC 327 on Apr. 11, and he knocked out No. 6 Azamat Murzakanov in the third round with a head kick. That same evening, No. 5 Carlos Ulberg scored a first-round knockout of No. 3 Jiří Procházka in the main event for the vacant light heavyweight title. Ulberg moves to No. 2, Costa enters at No. 6, and Aleksandar Rakić falls out of the top 10.
- Khamzat Chimaev (1)
- Dricus du Plessis (2)
- Sean Strickland (3)
- Nassourdine Imavov (4)
- Joe Pyfer (5)
- Brendan Allen (6)
- Israel Adesanya (7)
- Anthony Hernandez (8)
- Caio Borralho (9)
- Reinier de Ridder (10)
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Islam Makhachev (1)
- Jack Della Maddalena (2)
- Shavkat Rakhmonov (3)
- Michael Morales (4)
- Ian Machado Garry (5)
- Sean Brady (6)
- Carlos Prates (7)
- Belal Muhammad (8)
- Joaquin Buckley (9)
- Ramazan Kuramagomedov (10)
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Islam Makhachev (1)
- Ilia Topuria (2)
- Arman Tsarukyan (3)
- Charles Oliveira (4)
- Justin Gaethje (5)
- Max Holloway (6)
- Paddy Pimblett (7)
- Benoît Saint Denis (8)
- Mateusz Gamrot (9)
- Dan Hooker (10)
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Alex Volkanovski (1)
- Diego Lopes (2)
- Yair Rodriguez (3)
- Aljamain Sterling (4)
- Movsar Evloev (5)
- Brian Ortega (6)
- Lerone Murphy (7)
- Jean Silva (8)
- Aaron Pico (-)
- David Onama (10)
Dropped from the rankings: Patricio “Pitbull” Freire (9)
At UFC 327 on Apr. 11, unranked Aaron Pico beat No. 9 Patrício “Pitbull” Freire by unanimous decision. Then, on Apr. 25, No. 4 Aljamain Sterling beat Youssef Zalal also by unanimous decision. Pico enters in the ninth position, replacing Pitbull.
- Petr Yan (1)
- Merab Dvalishvili (2)
- Sean O’Malley (3)
- Umar Nurmagomedov (4)
- Cory Sandhagen (5)
- Deiveson Figueiredo (6)
- Song Yadong (7)
- Aiemann Zahabi (8)
- Mario Bautista (9)
- David Martinez (10)
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Joshua Van (1)
- Alexandre Pantoja (2)
- Tatsuro Taira (3)
- Manel Kape (4)
- Kyoji Horiguchi (5)
- Lone’er Kavanagh (6)
- Amir Albazi (7)
- Muhammad Mokaev (8)
- Brandon Moreno (9)
- Brandon Royval (10)
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Islam Makhachev (1)
- Ilia Topuria (2)
- Alexander Volkanovksi (3)
- Charles Oliveira (4)
- Max Holloway (5)
- Jack Della Maddalena (6)
- Valentina Shevchenko (7)
- Alex Pereira (8)
- Justin Gaethje (9)
- Joshua Van (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.