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UFC Rankings — Dec 19, 2023

Historical snapshot — the official UFC rankings as they stood on Dec 19, 2023.

← Dec 12, 2023Jan 16, 2024 →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 StricklandUnited States▲1
  8. 8Sean O'MalleyUnited States▼1
  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. 7Carla EsparzaUnited States▲1
  8. 8Rose NamajunasUnited States▼1
  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. 2Amir AlbaziIraq
  3. 3Brandon RoyvalUnited States▼1
  4. 4Kai Kara-FranceNew Zealand
  5. 5Matheus NicolauBrazil
  6. 6Manel KapeAngola
  7. 7Alex PerezUnited States
  8. 8Muhammad MokaevRussia
  9. 9Matt SchnellUnited States
  10. 10Tim ElliottUnited States
  11. 11Tagir Ulanbekov▲1
  12. 12Steve ErcegAustralia▼1
  13. 13SumudaerjiChina
  14. 14David DvorakCzechia
  15. 15Tatsuro TairaJapanNEW

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 FigueiredoBrazil
  9. 9Rob FontUnited States
  10. 10Dominick CruzUnited States
  11. 11Pedro MunhozBrazil
  12. 12Jonathan MartinezUnited States
  13. 13Ricky SimonUnited States
  14. 14Umar NurmagomedovRussia
  15. 15Chris GutierrezUnited States

Featherweight

Alexander Volkanovski
Champion
Alexander VolkanovskiAustralia
  1. 1Max HollowayUnited States
  2. 2Yair RodriguezMexico
  3. 3Arnold AllenEngland▲1
  4. 3Brian OrtegaUnited States
  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. 14Alex CaceresUnited States
  15. 15Lerone MurphyUnited Kingdom

Lightweight

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

Welterweight

Leon Edwards
Champion
Leon EdwardsUnited Kingdom
  1. 1Kamaru UsmanUnited States
  2. 2Belal MuhammadUnited States
  3. 3Shavkat RakhmonovKazakhstan▲2
  4. 4Gilbert BurnsBrazil
  5. 5Colby CovingtonUnited States▼2
  6. 6Stephen ThompsonUnited States
  7. 7Sean BradyUnited States
  8. 8Geoff NealUnited States
  9. 9Vicente LuqueBrazil
  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
  12. 12Paul CraigScotland
  13. 13Chris CurtisUnited States
  14. 14Kelvin GastelumUnited States
  15. 15Anthony HernandezMexico
  16. 15Caio BorralhoBrazilNEW

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▲1
  7. 7Johnny WalkerBrazil▼1
  8. 8Khalil Rountree Jr.United States
  9. 9Volkan OezdemirSwitzerland
  10. 10Anthony SmithUnited States
  11. 11Ryan SpannUnited States
  12. 12Alonzo MenifieldUnited States▲2
  13. 13Azamat MurzakanovRussia▼1
  14. 14Dominick ReyesUnited States▼1
  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. 14Marcos Rogerio de LimaBrazil▲1
  15. 15Rodrigo NascimentoBrazil▼1

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. 10Natalia SilvaBrazil▲1
  11. 11Tracy CortezUnited States▼1
  12. 12Ariane da SilvaBrazilNEW
  13. 13Karine SilvaBrazil
  14. 14Casey O'NeillAustralia▼2
  15. 15Andrea LeeUnited States▼1

Women's Bantamweight

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