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UFC Rankings — Dec 5, 2023

Historical snapshot — the official UFC rankings as they stood on Dec 5, 2023.

← Nov 21, 2023Dec 12, 2023 →Current rankings

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

  1. 1Islam MakhachevRussia
  2. 2Jon JonesUnited States
  3. 3Alexander VolkanovskiAustralia
  4. 4Leon EdwardsUnited Kingdom
  5. 5Alex PereiraBrazil
  6. 6Charles OliveiraBrazil
  7. 7Sean O'MalleyUnited States
  8. 8Sean StricklandUnited States
  9. 9Israel AdesanyaNigeria
  10. 10Alexandre PantojaBrazil
  11. 11Aljamain SterlingUnited States
  12. 12Tom AspinallEngland
  13. 13Max HollowayUnited States
  14. 14Kamaru UsmanUnited States
  15. 15Jiri ProchazkaCzechia

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

  1. 1Alexa GrassoMexico
  2. 2Zhang WeiliChina
  3. 3Valentina ShevchenkoKyrgyzstan
  4. 4Julianna PenaUnited States
  5. 5Erin BlanchfieldUnited States
  6. 6Manon FiorotFrance
  7. 7Rose NamajunasUnited States
  8. 8Carla EsparzaUnited States
  9. 9Yan XiaonanChina
  10. 10Tatiana SuarezUnited States
  11. 11Jessica AndradeBrazil
  12. 12Raquel PenningtonUnited States
  13. 13Amanda LemosBrazil
  14. 14Ketlen VieiraBrazil
  15. 15Irene AldanaMexico

Flyweight

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

Bantamweight

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

Featherweight

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

Lightweight

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

Welterweight

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

Middleweight

Sean Strickland
Champion
Sean StricklandUnited States
  1. 1Israel AdesanyaNigeria
  2. 2Dricus Du PlessisSouth Africa
  3. 3Robert WhittakerAustralia
  4. 4Jared CannonierUnited States
  5. 5Marvin VettoriItaly
  6. 6Paulo CostaBrazil
  7. 7Roman DolidzeGeorgia
  8. 8Brendan AllenUnited States
  9. 9Khamzat ChimaevUnited Arab Emirates
  10. 10Jack HermanssonSweden
  11. 11Nassourdine Imavov▲1
  12. 12Paul CraigScotland▲1
  13. 13Chris CurtisUnited States▲1
  14. 14Kelvin GastelumUnited States▼3
  15. 15Anthony HernandezMexico

Light Heavyweight

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

Heavyweight

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

Women's Strawweight

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

Women's Flyweight

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

Women's Bantamweight

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