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 (5)
- Curtis Blaydes (6)
- Sergei Pavlovich (7)
- Rizvan Kuniev (8)
- Jailton Almeida (9)
- Waldo Cortes-Acosta (10)
Two top-five heavyweights scored stoppage victories at UFC Freedom 250 on June 14. Second-ranked Ciryl Gane stopped former light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira in the second round to capture the interim UFC heavyweight championship. Fifth-ranked Josh Hokit remained undefeated with a second-round TKO of Derrick Lewis. Pereira will not be entered into the haevyweight rankings at this point, so the rankings remain unchanged
- Alex Pereira (1)
- Carlos Ulberg (2)
- Magomed Ankalaev (3)
- Jiří Procházka (4)
- Khalil Rountree Jr. (5)
- Paulo Costa (6)
- Azamat Murzakanov (7)
- Jamahal Hill (8)
- Corey Anderson (9)
- Jan Błachowicz (10)
Top-ranked Alex Pereira made his heavyweight debut at UFC Freedom 250 on June 14, where he suffered a second-round TKO loss to Ciryl Gane in a bout for the interim UFC heavyweight championship. Under the Combat Press rankings rules, Pereira remains eligible at light heavyweight until he has competed twice in his new division. The rankings remain unchanged.
- Sean Strickland (1)
- Khamzat Chimaev (2)
- Dricus du Plessis (3)
- Nassourdine Imavov (4)
- Joe Pyfer (5)
- Brendan Allen (6)
- Israel Adesanya (7)
- Anthony Hernandez (8)
- Caio Borralho (9)
- Reinier de Ridder (10)
Brendan Allen was the only top-10 middleweight in action during June. Allen defeated Edmen Shahbazyan by unanimous decision at UFC Vegas 118 on June 6, extending his winning streak and defending his position in the rankings. The rankings remain unchanged.
- Islam Makhachev (1)
- Carlos Prates (2)
- Jack Della Maddalena (3)
- Shavkat Rakhmonov (4)
- Michael Morales (5)
- Ian Machado Garry (6)
- Sean Brady (7)
- Gabriel Bonfim (-)
- Joaquin Buckley (9)
- Belal Muhammad (8)
Dropped from the rankings: Ramazan Kuramagomedov (10)
Belal Muhammad was the only top-10 welterweight in action during June. Muhammad suffered a lopsided unanimous-decision loss to Gabriel Bonfim in the UFC Vegas 118 main event on June 6. Bonfim swept every round on all three judges’ scorecards. Muhammad drops to No. 10, Gonfim enters at No. 8, and Ramazan Kuramagomedov falls out of the top 10. As a side note, Kuramagomedov vacated his PFL title, and he retired for MMA, so he may be gone from the rankings permanently.
- Justin Gaethje (5)
- Ilia Topuria (2)
- Arman Tsarukyan (3)
- Charles Oliveira (4)
- Paddy Pimblett (7)
- Max Holloway (6)
- Benoît Saint Denis (8)
- Mateusz Gamrot (9)
- Dan Hooker (10)
- Mauricio Ruffy (-)
Dropped from the rankings: Islam Makhachev (1)
The lightweight division underwent a major shake-up at UFC Freedom 250 on June 14. Fifth-ranked Justin Gaethje handed second-ranked Ilia Topuria his first professional loss, winning by corner stoppage at the end of the fourth round to unify the UFC lightweight championship. It was absolute domination, and Gaethje was crowned the UFC lightweight champ. With Islam Makhachev seemingly staying at welterweight, he will be removed from the Combat Press lightweight rankings.
Gaethje claims the top spot, those below him move up one notch, and Mauricio Ruffy enters at No. 10.
- 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 (9)
- David Onama (10)
Second-ranked Diego Lopes was the only top-10 featherweight in action during June. Lopes scored a second-round knockout of Steve Garcia at UFC Freedom 250 on June 14, rebounding from his February title loss to Alexander Volkanovski. The rankings remain unchanged.
- Petr Yan (1)
- Merab Dvalishvili (2)
- Sean O’Malley (3)
- Umar Nurmagomedov (4)
- Cory Sandhagen (5)
- Song Yadong (6)
- Deiveson Figueiredo (7)
- Aiemann Zahabi (8)
- Mario Bautista (9)
- David Martinez (10)
Two top-10 bantamweights met at UFC Freedom 250 on June 14. Third-ranked Sean O’Malley ended eighth-ranked Aiemann Zahabi’s seven-fight winning streak with a walk-off knockout late in the second round. The victory kept O’Malley near the top of the division while halting Zahabi’s recent climb. 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)
Three top-10 flyweights competed during June. Eighth-ranked Muhammad Mokaev stopped Jorge Calvo in just 42 seconds at WOW 31 in Madrid on June 6. Two weeks later, fourth-ranked Manel Kape avenged a 2017 loss to fifth-ranked Kyoji Horiguchi, stopping the Japanese veteran in the third round of the UFC Vegas 119 main event. The rankings remain unchanged.
- Islam Makhachev (1)
- Justin Gaethje (8)
- Ilia Topuria (2)
- Alexander Volkanovksi (3)
- Charles Oliveira (4)
- Max Holloway (5)
- Valentina Shevchenko (6)
- Joshua Van (9)
- Sean Strickland (10)
- Ciryl Gane (-)/li>
Dropped from the rankings: Alex Pereira (7)
Three pound-for-pound-ranked fighters competed at UFC Freedom 250 on June 14. Justin Gaethje stopped second-ranked Ilia Topuria at the end of the fourth round to claim the undisputed UFC lightweight championship, after a brutal beatdown. Eighth-ranked Alex Pereira suffered a second-round TKO loss to Ciryl Gane in his heavyweight debut. Gaethje jumps to No. 2, the rankings shift down from there, and Pereira is odd man out, as Gane captures the No. 10 spot.
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.