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UFC Rankings, Aug 25, 2026

Historical snapshot, the official UFC rankings as they stood on Aug 25, 2026.

← Aug 20, 2026Sep 1, 2026 →Current rankings

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

  1. 1Islam MakhachevRussia
  2. 2Alexander VolkanovskiAustralia
  3. 3Petr YanRussia
  4. 4Justin GaethjeUnited States
  5. 5Ilia TopuriaGeorgia
  6. 6Tom AspinallEngland
  7. 7Sean StricklandUnited States
  8. 8Merab DvalishviliGeorgia
  9. 9Alex PereiraBrazil
  10. 10Ciryl GaneFrance
  11. 11Joshua VanMyanmar (Burma)
  12. 12Khamzat ChimaevUnited Arab Emirates
  13. 13Alexandre PantojaBrazil
  14. 14Arman TsarukyanArmenia
  15. 15Charles OliveiraBrazil

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

  1. 1Valentina ShevchenkoKyrgyzstan
  2. 2Kayla HarrisonUnited States
  3. 3Zhang WeiliChina
  4. 4Natalia SilvaBrazil
  5. 5Mackenzie DernUnited States
  6. 6Manon FiorotFrance
  7. 7Alexa GrassoMexico
  8. 8Erin BlanchfieldUnited States
  9. 9Julianna PeñaUnited States
  10. 10Tatiana SuarezUnited States
  11. 11Virna JandirobaBrazil
  12. 12Yan XiaonanChina
  13. 13Raquel PenningtonUnited States
  14. 14Rose NamajunasUnited States
  15. 15Maycee BarberUnited States

Flyweight

Joshua Van
Champion
Joshua VanMyanmar (Burma)
  1. 1Alexandre PantojaBrazil
  2. 2Manel KapeAngola
  3. 3Brandon RoyvalUnited States
  4. 4Tatsuro TairaJapan
  5. 5Kyoji HoriguchiJapan
  6. 6Lone’er KavanaghEngland
  7. 7Asu AlmabayevKazakhstan
  8. 8Brandon MorenoMexico
  9. 9Amir AlbaziIraq
  10. 10Ramazan TemirovUzbekistan
  11. 11Alex PerezUnited States
  12. 12Steve ErcegAustralia
  13. 13Tim ElliottUnited States
  14. 14Tagir UlanbekovRussia
  15. 15Charles JohnsonUnited States

Bantamweight

Petr Yan
Champion
Petr YanRussia
  1. 1Merab DvalishviliGeorgia
  2. 2Sean O'MalleyUnited States
  3. 3Umar NurmagomedovRussia
  4. 4Mario BautistaUnited States
  5. 5Cory SandhagenUnited States
  6. 6Song YadongChina
  7. 7Aiemann ZahabiCanada
  8. 8David MartinezMexico
  9. 9Deiveson FigueiredoBrazil
  10. 10Marlon VeraEcuador
  11. 11Payton TalbottUnited States
  12. 12Raul Rosas Jr.Mexico
  13. 13Raoni BarcelosBrazil
  14. 14Farid BasharatAfghanistan
  15. 15Marcus McGheeUnited States

Featherweight

Alexander Volkanovski
Champion
Alexander VolkanovskiAustralia
  1. 1Movsar EvloevRussia
  2. 2Diego LopesBrazil
  3. 3Lerone MurphyUnited Kingdom
  4. 4Aljamain SterlingUnited States
  5. 5Yair RodriguezMexico
  6. 6Jean SilvaBrazil
  7. 7Arnold AllenEngland
  8. 8Youssef ZalalMorocco
  9. 9Kevin VallejosArgentina
  10. 10Steve GarciaUnited States
  11. 11Brian OrtegaUnited States
  12. 12Aaron PicoUnited States
  13. 13Melquizael CostaBrazil
  14. 14David OnamaUganda
  15. 15Patricio PitbullBrazil

Lightweight

Justin Gaethje
Champion
Justin GaethjeUnited States
  1. 1Ilia TopuriaGeorgia
  2. 2Arman TsarukyanArmenia
  3. 3Charles OliveiraBrazil
  4. 4Max HollowayUnited States
  5. 5Paddy PimblettEngland
  6. 6Benoît Saint DenisFrance
  7. 7Mauricio RuffyBrazil
  8. 8Quillan SalkilldAustralia
  9. 9Mateusz GamrotPoland
  10. 10Dan HookerNew Zealand
  11. 11Renato MoicanoBrazil
  12. 12Rafael FizievKyrgyzstan
  13. 13Tom NolanAustralia
  14. 14Beneil Dariush
  15. 15Manuel TorresMexico

Welterweight

Islam Makhachev
Champion
Islam MakhachevRussia
  1. 1Ian Machado GarryIreland
  2. 2Carlos PratesBrazil
  3. 3Michael MoralesEcuador
  4. 4Jack Della MaddalenaAustralia
  5. 5Gabriel BonfimBrazil
  6. 6Sean BradyUnited States
  7. 7Belal MuhammadUnited States
  8. 8Leon EdwardsUnited Kingdom
  9. 9Kamaru UsmanUnited States
  10. 10Joaquin BuckleyUnited States
  11. 11Yaroslav AmosovUkraine
  12. 12Uroš MedićSerbia
  13. 13Mike MalottCanada
  14. 14Daniel RodriguezUnited States
  15. 15Neil MagnyUnited States

Middleweight

Sean Strickland
Champion
Sean StricklandUnited States
  1. 1Khamzat ChimaevUnited Arab Emirates
  2. 2Dricus Du PlessisSouth Africa
  3. 3Nassourdine ImavovFrance
  4. 4Brendan AllenUnited States
  5. 5Caio BorralhoBrazil
  6. 6Joe PyferUnited States▲1
  7. 7Gregory RodriguesBrazil▲4
  8. 8Anthony HernandezMexico▼2
  9. 9Israel AdesanyaNigeria▼1
  10. 10Christian Leroy DuncanEngland
  11. 11Jared CannonierUnited States▲1
  12. 12Ikram AliskerovRussia▲1
  13. 13Bo NickalUnited States▲1
  14. 14Abus MagomedovGermanyNEW
  15. 15Michael Venom PageUnited KingdomNEW

Light Heavyweight

Carlos Ulberg
Champion
Carlos UlbergNew Zealand
  1. 1Magomed AnkalaevRussia
  2. 2Jiří ProcházkaCzechia
  3. 3Alex PereiraBrazil
  4. 4Khalil Rountree Jr.United States
  5. 5Navajo StirlingNew Zealand
  6. 6Paulo CostaBrazil
  7. 7Jamahal HillUnited States
  8. 8Azamat MurzakanovRussia
  9. 9Jan BłachowiczPoland
  10. 10Dominick ReyesUnited States
  11. 11Bogdan GuskovUzbekistan
  12. 12Robert WhittakerAustralia
  13. 13Johnny WalkerAustralia
  14. 14Alonzo MenifieldUnited States
  15. 15Nikita KrylovUkraine

Heavyweight

Tom Aspinall
Champion
Tom AspinallEngland
  1. 1Ciryl GaneFrance
  2. 2Alexander VolkovRussia
  3. 3Sergei PavlovichRussia
  4. 4Josh HokitUnited States
  5. 5Waldo Cortes AcostaDominican Republic
  6. 6Curtis BlaydesUnited States▲1
  7. 7Rizvan KunievRussia▲1
  8. 8Vitor PetrinoBrazilNEW
  9. 9Serghei SpivacMoldova▼3
  10. 10Ante DelijaCroatia▼1
  11. 11Valter WalkerBrazil
  12. 12Derrick LewisUnited States▲1
  13. 13Aleksandar RakićSerbia▼3
  14. 14Tyrell FortuneUnited States▼2
  15. 15Marcin TyburaPoland▼1

Women's Strawweight

Mackenzie Dern
Champion
Mackenzie DernUnited States
  1. 1Zhang WeiliChina
  2. 2Tatiana SuarezUnited States
  3. 3Virna JandirobaBrazil
  4. 4Yan XiaonanChina
  5. 5Gillian RobertsonCanada
  6. 6Fatima KlineUnited States
  7. 7Loopy GodinezMexico
  8. 8Alexia ThainaraBrazil
  9. 9Jéssica AndradeBrazil
  10. 10Tabatha RicciBrazil
  11. 11Amanda LemosBrazil
  12. 12Amanda RibasBrazil
  13. 13Angela HillUnited States
  14. 14Denise GomesBrazil
  15. 15MizukiJapan

Women's Flyweight

Valentina Shevchenko
Champion
Valentina ShevchenkoKyrgyzstan
  1. 1Natalia SilvaBrazil
  2. 2Manon FiorotFrance
  3. 3Alexa GrassoMexico
  4. 4Erin BlanchfieldUnited States
  5. 5Rose NamajunasUnited States
  6. 6Maycee BarberUnited States
  7. 7Jasmine JasudaviciusCanada
  8. 8Wang CongChina
  9. 9Tracy CortezUnited States
  10. 10Miranda MaverickUnited States
  11. 11Karine SilvaBrazil
  12. 12Casey O'NeillAustralia
  13. 13Eduarda MouraBrazil
  14. 14Gabriella FernandesBrazil▲1
  15. 15JJ AldrichUnited States▼1

Women's Bantamweight

Kayla Harrison
Champion
Kayla HarrisonUnited States
  1. 1Julianna PeñaUnited States
  2. 2Raquel PenningtonUnited States
  3. 3Joselyne EdwardsPanama
  4. 4Norma DumontBrazil
  5. 5Ailin PerezArgentina
  6. 6Yana SantosRussia
  7. 7Luana SantosBrazil
  8. 8Macy ChiassonUnited States
  9. 9Jacqueline CavalcantiPortugal
  10. 10Karol RosaBrazil
  11. 11Bia MesquitaBrazil
  12. 12Michelle MontagueNew Zealand
  13. 13Nora CornolleFrance
  14. 14Miesha TateUnited States
  15. 15Melissa CrodenCanada