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UFC Rankings — May 9, 2022

Historical snapshot — the official UFC rankings as they stood on May 9, 2022.

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

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

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

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

Flyweight

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

Bantamweight

Aljamain Sterling
Champion
Aljamain SterlingUnited States
  1. 1Petr YanRussia
  2. 2TJ DillashawUnited States
  3. 3Jose AldoBrazil
  4. 4Cory SandhagenUnited States
  5. 5Marlon VeraEcuador
  6. 6Merab DvalishviliGeorgia
  7. 7Rob FontUnited States
  8. 8Dominick CruzUnited States
  9. 9Song YadongChina
  10. 10Pedro MunhozBrazil
  11. 11Frankie EdgarUnited States
  12. 12Ricky SimonUnited States
  13. 13Sean O'MalleyUnited States
  14. 14Marlon MoraesBrazil
  15. 15Jack ShoreWales

Featherweight

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

Lightweight

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

Welterweight

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

Middleweight

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

Light Heavyweight

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

Heavyweight

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

Women's Strawweight

Carla Esparza
Champion
Carla EsparzaUnited States▲2
  1. 1Rose NamajunasUnited States▼1
  2. 2Zhang WeiliChina▼1
  3. 3Marina RodriguezBrazil
  4. 4Mackenzie DernUnited States
  5. 5Yan XiaonanChina▲1
  6. 5Jessica AndradeBrazil
  7. 7Nina NunesUnited States
  8. 8Tecia PenningtonUnited States
  9. 9Amanda RibasBrazil
  10. 10Michelle Waterson-GomezUnited States
  11. 11Amanda LemosBrazil
  12. 12Virna JandirobaBrazil
  13. 13Angela Hill
  14. 14Jessica PenneUnited States
  15. 15Brianna FortinoUnited States
  16. 15Luana PinheiroBrazilNEW

Women's Flyweight

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

Women's Bantamweight

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

Women's Featherweight

Amanda Nunes
Champion
Amanda NunesBrazil