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UFC Rankings, Aug 22, 2022

Historical snapshot, the official UFC rankings as they stood on Aug 22, 2022.

← Aug 15, 2022Sep 5, 2022 →Current rankings

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

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

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

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

Flyweight

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

Bantamweight

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

Featherweight

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

Lightweight

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

Welterweight

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

Middleweight

Israel Adesanya
Champion
Israel AdesanyaNigeria
  1. 1Robert WhittakerAustralia
  2. 2Jared CannonierUnited States
  3. 2Marvin VettoriItaly▲1
  4. 4Derek BrunsonUnited States
  5. 5Alex PereiraBrazil
  6. 6Paulo CostaBrazil
  7. 7Sean StricklandUnited States
  8. 8Jack HermanssonSweden
  9. 9Darren TillUnited Kingdom
  10. 10Andre MunizBrazil
  11. 11Kelvin GastelumUnited States
  12. 12Nassourdine ImavovFrance
  13. 13Dricus Du PlessisSouth Africa
  14. 14Brad TavaresUnited States
  15. 15Chris CurtisUnited States

Light Heavyweight

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

Heavyweight

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

Women's Strawweight

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

Women's Flyweight

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

Women's Bantamweight

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

Women's Featherweight

Amanda Nunes
Champion
Amanda NunesBrazil