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UFC Rankings, Jan 2, 2017

Historical snapshot, the official UFC rankings as they stood on Jan 2, 2017.

← Dec 19, 2016Jan 18, 2017 →Current rankings

Men's Pound-for-PoundBest overall, all divisions

  1. 1Demetrious JohnsonUnited States
  2. 2Conor McGregorIreland
  3. 3Daniel CormierUnited States▲1
  4. 4Jose AldoBrazil▲1
  5. 5Cody GarbrandtUnited StatesNEW
  6. 6Stipe MiocicUnited States
  7. 7Joanna JedrzejczykPoland
  8. 8Dominick CruzUnited States▼5
  9. 9Tyron WoodleyUnited States▼1
  10. 10Michael BispingUnited Kingdom▼1
  11. 11Amanda NunesBrazil
  12. 12Max HollowayUnited States▼2
  13. 13Khabib NurmagomedovRussia▼1
  14. 14TJ DillashawUnited States▼1
  15. 15Luke RockholdUnited States

Flyweight

Demetrious Johnson
Champion
Demetrious JohnsonUnited States
  1. 1Joseph BenavidezUnited States
  2. 2Henry CejudoUnited States
  3. 3Kyoji HoriguchiJapan
  4. 4Jussier FormigaBrazil
  5. 5Wilson ReisBrazil
  6. 6Ian McCallUnited States
  7. 7Ali BagautinovRussia
  8. 8John MoragaUnited States
  9. 9Dustin OrtizUnited States
  10. 10Ray BorgUnited States▲3
  11. 11Brandon MorenoMexico▼1
  12. 12Zach MakovskyUnited States▼1
  13. 13Louis SmolkaUnited States▼1
  14. 14Tim ElliottUnited States▲1
  15. 15Sergio PettisUnited States▼1

Bantamweight

Cody Garbrandt
Champion
Cody GarbrandtUnited States▲5
  1. 1Dominick CruzUnited States▼1
  2. 2TJ DillashawUnited States▼1
  3. 3John LinekerBrazil▼1
  4. 4Raphael AssuncaoBrazil▼1
  5. 5Bryan CarawayUnited States▲1
  6. 6Jimmie RiveraUnited States▼2
  7. 7Aljamain SterlingUnited States
  8. 8Michael McDonaldUnited States
  9. 9John DodsonUnited States
  10. 10Thomas AlmeidaBrazil
  11. 11Eddie WinelandUnited States▲1
  12. 12Johnny EduardoBrazil▼1
  13. 13Pedro MunhozBrazil
  14. 14Rani YahyaBrazil
  15. 15Erik PerezMexicoNEW

Featherweight

Jose Aldo
Champion
Jose AldoBrazil
  1. 1Max HollowayUnited States
  2. 2Frankie EdgarUnited States
  3. 3Ricardo LamasUnited States
  4. 4Cub SwansonUnited States
  5. 5Jeremy StephensUnited States
  6. 6Anthony PettisUnited States
  7. 7Charles OliveiraBrazil
  8. 8Dennis BermudezUnited States▼1
  9. 9Brian OrtegaUnited States
  10. 10Yair RodriguezMexico
  11. 11Dooho ChoiSouth Korea
  12. 12Darren ElkinsUnited States▲1
  13. 13Mirsad Bektic▼1
  14. 14Renan BaraoBrazil
  15. 15Andre FiliUnited States

Lightweight

Conor McGregor
Champion
Conor McGregorIreland
  1. 1Khabib NurmagomedovRussia
  2. 2Tony FergusonUnited States
  3. 3Eddie AlvarezUnited States
  4. 4Rafael Dos AnjosBrazil
  5. 5Edson BarbozaBrazil
  6. 6Nate DiazUnited States
  7. 7Michael JohnsonUnited States
  8. 8Michael ChiesaUnited States
  9. 9Beneil Dariush
  10. 10Dustin PoirierUnited States
  11. 11Donald CerroneUnited States
  12. 12Gilbert MelendezUnited States
  13. 13Francisco TrinaldoBrazil
  14. 14Evan DunhamUnited States
  15. 15Al IaquintaUnited States

Welterweight

Tyron Woodley
Champion
Tyron WoodleyUnited States
  1. 1Stephen ThompsonUnited States
  2. 2Robbie LawlerUnited States
  3. 3Demian MaiaBrazil
  4. 4Carlos ConditUnited States
  5. 5Donald CerroneUnited States
  6. 6Lorenz LarkinUnited States▲1
  7. 7Dong Hyun KimSouth Korea▲2
  8. 8Neil MagnyUnited States
  9. 9Rick StoryUnited States▲1
  10. 10Gunnar NelsonIceland▲1
  11. 11Johny HendricksUnited States▼5
  12. 12Jorge MasvidalUnited States▲1
  13. 13Tarec SaffiedineBelgium▼1
  14. 14Matt BrownUnited States▲1
  15. 15Jake EllenbergerUnited States▼1

Middleweight

Michael Bisping
Champion
Michael BispingUnited Kingdom
  1. 1Yoel RomeroCuba
  2. 2Luke RockholdUnited States
  3. 3Ronaldo SouzaBrazil
  4. 4Chris WeidmanUnited States
  5. 5Gegard MousasiNetherlands
  6. 6Robert WhittakerAustralia
  7. 7Anderson SilvaBrazil
  8. 8Derek BrunsonUnited States
  9. 9Vitor BelfortBrazil▼1
  10. 10Kelvin GastelumUnited States
  11. 11Tim KennedyUnited States▲1
  12. 12Krzysztof JotkoPoland▼1
  13. 13Uriah HallUnited States
  14. 14Tim BoetschUnited States▲1
  15. 15Thales LeitesBrazil▼1

Light Heavyweight

Daniel Cormier
Champion
Daniel CormierUnited States
  1. 1Anthony JohnsonUnited States
  2. 2Alexander GustafssonSweden
  3. 3Glover TeixeiraBrazil
  4. 4Ryan BaderUnited States
  5. 5Jimi ManuwaUnited Kingdom
  6. 6Ovince Saint PreuxUnited States
  7. 7Mauricio RuaBrazil
  8. 8Misha CirkunovLatvia
  9. 9Corey AndersonUnited States
  10. 10Nikita KrylovUkraine
  11. 11Ilir LatifiSweden
  12. 12Antonio Rogerio NogueiraBrazil
  13. 13Gian VillanteUnited States▲1
  14. 14Patrick CumminsUnited States▼1
  15. 15Jan BlachowiczPoland

Heavyweight

Stipe Miocic
Champion
Stipe MiocicUnited States
  1. 1Fabricio WerdumBrazil
  2. 2Cain VelasquezUnited States
  3. 3Alistair OvereemNetherlands
  4. 4Junior dos SantosBrazil
  5. 5Ben RothwellUnited States
  6. 6Mark HuntNew Zealand▲1
  7. 7Andrei ArlovskiUnited States▲1
  8. 8Derrick LewisUnited States▲1
  9. 9Travis BrowneUnited States▲1
  10. 10Stefan StruveNetherlands▲1
  11. 11Francis NgannouCameroon
  12. 12Alexander VolkovRussia▲1
  13. 13Daniel OmielanczukPoland▲1
  14. 14Tim JohnsonUnited States▲1
  15. 15Luis Henrique BarbosaBrazilNEW

Women's Strawweight

Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Champion
Joanna JedrzejczykPoland
  1. 1Claudia GadelhaBrazil
  2. 2Karolina KowalkiewiczPoland
  3. 3Carla EsparzaUnited States
  4. 4Rose NamajunasUnited States
  5. 5Jessica AndradeBrazil
  6. 6Tecia PenningtonUnited States
  7. 7Michelle Waterson-GomezUnited States
  8. 8Joanne WoodScotland
  9. 9Maryna MorozUkraine
  10. 10Paige VanZantUnited States▼1
  11. 11Jessica AguilarUnited States
  12. 12Alexa GrassoMexico▲2
  13. 13Jessica PenneUnited States▼1
  14. 14Juliana LimaBrazil▲1
  15. 15Valerie LetourneauCanada▼2

Women's Bantamweight

Amanda Nunes
Champion
Amanda NunesBrazil
  1. 1Valentina ShevchenkoKyrgyzstan▲1
  2. 2Julianna PenaUnited States▲1
  3. 3Holly HolmUnited States▲1
  4. 4Ronda RouseyUnited States▼3
  5. 5Raquel PenningtonUnited States
  6. 6Cat ZinganoUnited States
  7. 7Sara McMannUnited States
  8. 8Liz CarmoucheUnited States
  9. 9Bethe CorreiaBrazil
  10. 10Germaine de RandamieNetherlands
  11. 11Ashlee Evans-SmithUnited States
  12. 12Alexis DavisCanada▲1
  13. 13Marion ReneauUnited States▼1
  14. 14Jessica EyeUnited States
  15. 15Leslie SmithUnited States