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UFC Rankings — Dec 19, 2022

Historical snapshot — the official UFC rankings as they stood on Dec 19, 2022.

← Dec 13, 2022Jan 17, 2023 →Current rankings

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

  1. 1Alexander VolkanovskiAustralia
  2. 2Islam MakhachevRussia
  3. 3Leon EdwardsUnited Kingdom
  4. 4Kamaru UsmanUnited States
  5. 5Francis NgannouCameroon
  6. 6Israel AdesanyaNigeria
  7. 7Charles OliveiraBrazil
  8. 8Alex PereiraBrazil
  9. 9Aljamain SterlingUnited States
  10. 10Jiri ProchazkaCzechia
  11. 11Dustin PoirierUnited States
  12. 12Deiveson FigueiredoBrazil
  13. 13Jon JonesUnited States
  14. 14Max HollowayUnited States
  15. 15Brandon MorenoMexico

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

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

Flyweight

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

Bantamweight

Aljamain Sterling
Champion
Aljamain SterlingUnited States
  1. 1Sean O'MalleyUnited States
  2. 2Petr YanRussia
  3. 3Merab DvalishviliGeorgia
  4. 4Marlon VeraEcuador
  5. 5Cory SandhagenUnited States
  6. 6Rob FontUnited States
  7. 7Dominick CruzUnited States
  8. 8Song YadongChina
  9. 9Pedro MunhozBrazil
  10. 10Ricky SimonUnited States
  11. 11Umar NurmagomedovRussia
  12. 12Chris GutierrezUnited States
  13. 13Adrian YanezUnited States
  14. 14Jack ShoreWales
  15. 15Said NurmagomedovRussia

Featherweight

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

Lightweight

Islam Makhachev
Champion
Islam MakhachevRussia
  1. 1Charles OliveiraBrazil
  2. 2Dustin PoirierUnited States
  3. 3Justin GaethjeUnited States
  4. 4Beneil Dariush
  5. 5Michael ChandlerUnited States
  6. 6Rafael FizievKyrgyzstan
  7. 7Mateusz GamrotPoland
  8. 8Rafael Dos AnjosBrazil
  9. 9Arman TsarukyanArmenia
  10. 10Jalin TurnerUnited States
  11. 11Dan HookerNew Zealand
  12. 12Damir IsmagulovKazakhstan
  13. 13Renato MoicanoBrazil
  14. 14Drew DoberUnited StatesNEW
  15. 15Grant DawsonUnited States▼1

Welterweight

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

Middleweight

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

Light Heavyweight

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

Heavyweight

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

Women's Strawweight

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

Women's Flyweight

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

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. 7Pannie KianzadSweden
  8. 8Macy ChiassonUnited States
  9. 9Karol RosaBrazil
  10. 10Miesha TateUnited States
  11. 11Julia Avila
  12. 12Lina LansbergSweden
  13. 13Norma DumontBrazil
  14. 14Mayra Bueno SilvaBrazil
  15. 15Josiane NunesBrazil

Women's Featherweight

Amanda Nunes
Champion
Amanda NunesBrazil