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UFC Rankings — Dec 6, 2021

Historical snapshot — the official UFC rankings as they stood on Dec 6, 2021.

← Nov 23, 2021Dec 13, 2021 →Current rankings

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

  1. 1Kamaru UsmanUnited States
  2. 2Alexander VolkanovskiAustralia
  3. 3Israel AdesanyaNigeria
  4. 4Francis NgannouCameroon
  5. 5Dustin PoirierUnited States
  6. 6Jon JonesUnited States
  7. 7Max HollowayUnited States
  8. 8Charles OliveiraBrazil
  9. 9Stipe MiocicUnited States
  10. 10Brandon MorenoMexico
  11. 11Petr YanRussia
  12. 12Glover TeixeiraBrazil
  13. 13Robert WhittakerAustralia
  14. 14Jan BlachowiczPoland
  15. 15Ciryl GaneFrance

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

  1. 1Amanda NunesBrazil
  2. 2Valentina ShevchenkoKyrgyzstan
  3. 3Rose NamajunasUnited States
  4. 4Zhang WeiliChina
  5. 5Jessica AndradeBrazil
  6. 6Holly HolmUnited States
  7. 7Carla EsparzaUnited States
  8. 8Katlyn CerminaraUnited States
  9. 9Marina RodriguezBrazil
  10. 10Yan XiaonanChina
  11. 11Julianna PenaUnited States
  12. 12Irene AldanaMexico▲3
  13. 13Mackenzie DernUnited States
  14. 14Lauren MurphyUnited States▼2
  15. 15Aspen LaddUnited States▼1

Flyweight

Brandon Moreno
Champion
Brandon MorenoMexico
  1. 1Deiveson FigueiredoBrazil
  2. 2Askar AskarovRussia
  3. 3Alexandre PantojaBrazil
  4. 4Alex PerezUnited States
  5. 5Brandon RoyvalUnited States
  6. 6Kai Kara-FranceNew Zealand
  7. 7Rogerio BontorinBrazil
  8. 8Matheus NicolauBrazil
  9. 9Matt SchnellUnited States
  10. 10David DvorakCzechia
  11. 11Tim ElliottUnited States
  12. 12Amir AlbaziIraq▲1
  13. 13SumudaerjiChina▼1
  14. 14Manel KapeAngolaNEW
  15. 15Tagir Ulanbekov▼1

Bantamweight

Aljamain Sterling
Champion
Aljamain SterlingUnited States
  1. 1Petr YanRussia
  2. 2TJ DillashawUnited States
  3. 3Jose AldoBrazil▲2
  4. 4Cory SandhagenUnited States▼1
  5. 5Rob FontUnited States▼1
  6. 6Merab DvalishviliGeorgia
  7. 7Cody GarbrandtUnited States
  8. 8Pedro MunhozBrazil
  9. 9Dominick CruzUnited States▲1
  10. 10Marlon MoraesBrazil▼1
  11. 11Marlon VeraEcuador
  12. 12Raphael AssuncaoBrazil
  13. 13Frankie EdgarUnited States
  14. 14Song YadongChina
  15. 15Cody StamannUnited States

Featherweight

Alexander Volkanovski
Champion
Alexander VolkanovskiAustralia
  1. 1Max HollowayUnited States
  2. 2Brian OrtegaUnited States
  3. 3Yair RodriguezMexico
  4. 4Chan Sung JungSouth Korea
  5. 5Calvin KattarUnited States
  6. 6Arnold AllenEngland
  7. 7Giga ChikadzeGeorgia▲1
  8. 7Josh EmmettUnited States
  9. 9Dan IgeUnited States
  10. 10Edson BarbozaBrazil
  11. 11Bryce MitchellUnited States
  12. 12Sodiq YusuffNigeria
  13. 13Movsar EvloevRussia
  14. 14Shane BurgosUnited States
  15. 15Alex CaceresUnited States

Lightweight

Charles Oliveira
Champion
Charles OliveiraBrazil
  1. 1Dustin PoirierUnited States
  2. 2Justin GaethjeUnited States
  3. 3Beneil Dariush
  4. 4Islam MakhachevRussia
  5. 5Michael ChandlerUnited States
  6. 6Rafael Dos AnjosBrazil
  7. 7Tony FergusonUnited States
  8. 8Dan HookerNew Zealand
  9. 9Conor McGregorIreland
  10. 10Gregor Gillespie
  11. 11Rafael FizievKyrgyzstan▲3
  12. 12Diego FerreiraBrazil▼1
  13. 13Arman TsarukyanArmenia
  14. 14Brad RiddellNew Zealand▼2
  15. 15Joel AlvarezSpain

Welterweight

Kamaru Usman
Champion
Kamaru UsmanUnited States
  1. 1Colby CovingtonUnited States
  2. 2Gilbert BurnsBrazil
  3. 3Leon EdwardsUnited Kingdom
  4. 4Vicente LuqueBrazil
  5. 5Stephen ThompsonUnited States
  6. 6Jorge MasvidalUnited States
  7. 7Neil MagnyUnited States
  8. 8Sean BradyUnited States
  9. 9Michael ChiesaUnited States
  10. 10Belal MuhammadUnited States
  11. 11Khamzat ChimaevUnited Arab Emirates
  12. 12Geoff NealUnited States
  13. 13Li JingliangChina
  14. 14Santiago PonzinibbioArgentina
  15. 15Muslim SalikhovRussia

Middleweight

Israel Adesanya
Champion
Israel AdesanyaNigeria
  1. 1Robert WhittakerAustralia
  2. 2Marvin VettoriItaly
  3. 3Jared CannonierUnited States
  4. 4Derek BrunsonUnited States
  5. 5Paulo CostaBrazil
  6. 6Jack HermanssonSweden
  7. 7Sean StricklandUnited States
  8. 8Darren TillEngland
  9. 9Uriah HallUnited States
  10. 10Kelvin GastelumUnited States
  11. 11Brad TavaresUnited States
  12. 12Nassourdine Imavov
  13. 13Chris WeidmanUnited States▲1
  14. 14Kevin HollandUnited States▼2
  15. 15Edmen ShahbazyanUnited States

Light Heavyweight

Glover Teixeira
Champion
Glover TeixeiraBrazil
  1. 1Jan BlachowiczPoland
  2. 2Jiri ProchazkaCzechia
  3. 3Aleksandar RakicSerbia
  4. 4Anthony SmithUnited States
  5. 5Thiago SantosBrazil
  6. 6Magomed AnkalaevRussia
  7. 7Dominick ReyesUnited States
  8. 8Volkan OezdemirSwitzerland
  9. 9Nikita KrylovUkraine
  10. 10Johnny WalkerBrazil
  11. 11Paul CraigScotland
  12. 12Jamahal HillUnited States▲2
  13. 13Ryan SpannUnited States▼1
  14. 14Jimmy Crute▼1
  15. 15Ion CutelabaMoldova

Heavyweight

Francis Ngannou
Champion
Francis NgannouCameroon
  1. 1Ciryl GaneFrance
  2. 2Stipe MiocicUnited States
  3. 3Derrick LewisUnited States
  4. 4Curtis BlaydesUnited States
  5. 5Alexander VolkovRussia
  6. 6Jairzinho RozenstruikSuriname
  7. 7Chris DaukausUnited States
  8. 8Shamil Abdurakhimov
  9. 9Marcin TyburaPoland
  10. 10Tom AspinallEngland
  11. 11Augusto SakaiBrazil
  12. 12Blagoy IvanovBulgaria
  13. 13Walt HarrisUnited States
  14. 14Sergei PavlovichRussia
  15. 15Serghei SpivacMoldova

Women's Strawweight

Rose Namajunas
Champion
Rose NamajunasUnited States
  1. 1Zhang WeiliChina
  2. 2Carla EsparzaUnited States
  3. 3Marina RodriguezBrazil
  4. 4Yan XiaonanChina
  5. 5Mackenzie DernUnited States
  6. 6Nina NunesUnited States
  7. 7Claudia GadelhaBrazil
  8. 8Tecia PenningtonUnited States
  9. 9Michelle Waterson-GomezUnited States
  10. 10Amanda RibasBrazil
  11. 11Amanda LemosBrazil
  12. 12Angela Hill
  13. 13Virna JandirobaBrazil
  14. 14Jessica PenneUnited States▲1
  15. 15Brianna FortinoUnited States▼1

Women's Flyweight

Valentina Shevchenko
Champion
Valentina ShevchenkoKyrgyzstan
  1. 1Jessica AndradeBrazil
  2. 2Katlyn CerminaraUnited States
  3. 3Lauren MurphyUnited States
  4. 4Jennifer MaiaBrazil
  5. 5Taila SantosBrazil
  6. 6Joanne WoodScotland
  7. 7Viviane AraujoBrazil
  8. 8Andrea LeeUnited States
  9. 9Jessica EyeUnited States
  10. 10Cynthia CalvilloUnited States
  11. 11Alexa GrassoMexico
  12. 12Roxanne ModafferiUnited States
  13. 13Maycee BarberUnited States
  14. 14Manon FiorotFrance
  15. 15Casey O'NeillAustralia

Women's Bantamweight

Amanda Nunes
Champion
Amanda NunesBrazil
  1. 1Holly HolmUnited States
  2. 2Irene AldanaMexico
  3. 3Julianna PenaUnited States
  4. 4Aspen LaddUnited States
  5. 5Ketlen VieiraBrazil
  6. 6Yana SantosRussia
  7. 7Miesha TateUnited States
  8. 8Raquel PenningtonUnited States
  9. 9Sara McMannUnited States
  10. 10Macy ChiassonUnited States
  11. 11Lina LansbergSweden
  12. 12Karol RosaBrazil▲1
  13. 13Pannie KianzadSweden▼1
  14. 14Julia Avila
  15. 15Norma DumontBrazil

Women's Featherweight

Amanda Nunes
Champion
Amanda NunesBrazil