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UFC Rankings — May 23, 2023

Historical snapshot — the official UFC rankings as they stood on May 23, 2023.

← May 16, 2023Jun 6, 2023 →Current rankings

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

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

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

  1. 1Amanda NunesBrazil
  2. 2Alexa GrassoMexico
  3. 3Valentina ShevchenkoKyrgyzstan
  4. 4Zhang WeiliChina
  5. 5Rose NamajunasUnited States
  6. 6Julianna PenaUnited States
  7. 7Carla EsparzaUnited States
  8. 8Erin BlanchfieldUnited States
  9. 9Jessica AndradeBrazil
  10. 10Yan XiaonanChina
  11. 11Manon FiorotFrance
  12. 12Amanda LemosBrazil
  13. 13Taila SantosBrazil
  14. 14Holly HolmUnited States
  15. 15Raquel PenningtonUnited States

Flyweight

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

Bantamweight

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

Featherweight

Alexander Volkanovski
Champion
Alexander VolkanovskiAustralia
  1. 1Yair RodriguezMexico
  2. 2Max HollowayUnited States
  3. 3Brian OrtegaUnited States
  4. 4Arnold AllenEngland
  5. 5Josh EmmettUnited States
  6. 6Calvin KattarUnited States
  7. 7Chan Sung JungSouth Korea
  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 States

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. 8Arman TsarukyanArmenia
  9. 9Rafael Dos AnjosBrazil
  10. 10Jalin TurnerUnited States
  11. 11Dan HookerNew Zealand
  12. 12Damir IsmagulovKazakhstan
  13. 13Renato MoicanoBrazil
  14. 14Matt FrevolaUnited States
  15. 15Grant DawsonUnited States

Welterweight

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

Middleweight

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

Light Heavyweight

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

Heavyweight

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

Women's Strawweight

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

Women's Flyweight

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

Women's Bantamweight

Amanda Nunes
Champion
Amanda NunesBrazil
  1. 1Julianna PenaUnited States
  2. 2Raquel PenningtonUnited States
  3. 3Holly HolmUnited States
  4. 4Ketlen VieiraBrazil
  5. 5Irene AldanaMexico
  6. 6Yana SantosRussia
  7. 7Pannie KianzadSweden
  8. 8Macy ChiassonUnited States
  9. 9Karol RosaBrazil
  10. 10Mayra Bueno SilvaBrazil
  11. 11Miesha TateUnited States
  12. 12Julia Avila
  13. 13Norma DumontBrazil
  14. 14Chelsea Chandler
  15. 14Josiane NunesBrazil

Women's Featherweight

Amanda Nunes
Champion
Amanda NunesBrazil