UFC Champions & Top Contenders

Every UFC champion and the top 5 contenders in each division, plus the pound-for-pound top 5. Updated after every event.

Updated October 8, 2026 · Official UFC rankings · Updated after every event.

Numbers are each fighter's rank in the division. ▲/▼ = moved up or down in the latest rankings update.

Men's divisions

Heavyweight (265lbs)

🏆 Champion: Ciryl Gane

  1. Tom Aspinall
  2. Alexander Volkov
  3. Sergei Pavlovich
  4. Josh Hokit
  5. Curtis Blaydes

Light Heavyweight (205lbs)

🏆 Champion: Carlos Ulberg

  1. Magomed Ankalaev
  2. Jiri Prochazka
  3. Alex Pereira
  4. Khalil Rountree
  5. Navajo Stirling

Middleweight (185lbs)

🏆 Champion: Sean Strickland

  1. Khamzat Chimaev
  2. Dricus Du Plessis
  3. Nassourdine Imavov
  4. Brendan Allen
  5. Caio Borralho

Welterweight (170lbs)

🏆 Champion: Islam Makhachev

  1. Ian Machado Garry
  2. Carlos Prates
  3. Michael Morales
  4. Jack Della Maddalena
  5. Gabriel Bonfim

Lightweight (155lbs)

🏆 Champion: Justin Gaethje

  1. Ilia Topuria
  2. Arman Tsarukyan
  3. Charles Oliveira
  4. Max Holloway
  5. Paddy Pimblett

Featherweight (145lbs)

🏆 Champion: Alex Volkanovski

  1. Movsar Evloev
  2. Diego Lopes
  3. Lerone Murphy
  4. Aljamain Sterling
  5. Jean Silva

Bantamweight (135lbs)

🏆 Champion: Petr Yan

  1. Merab Dvalishvili
  2. Sean O'Malley
  3. Yadong Song
  4. Umar Nurmagomedov
  5. Mario Bautista

Flyweight (125lbs)

🏆 Champion: Joshua Van

  1. Alexandre Pantoja
  2. Manel Kape
  3. Brandon Royval
  4. Tatsuro Taira
  5. Kyoji Horiguchi

Women's divisions

Women's Bantamweight (135lbs)

🏆 Champion: Kayla Harrison

  1. Julianna Peña
  2. Joselyne Edwards
  3. Ailin Perez
  4. Raquel Pennington ▼1
  5. Norma Dumont

Women's Flyweight (125lbs)

🏆 Champion: Natalia Silva

  1. Valentina Shevchenko ▼1
  2. Alexa Grasso
  3. Manon Fiorot
  4. Erin Blanchfield
  5. Rose Namajunas

Women's Strawweight (115lbs)

🏆 Champion: Mackenzie Dern

  1. Weili Zhang
  2. Tatiana Suarez
  3. Virna Jandiroba
  4. Denise Gomes
  5. Gillian Robertson

Pound-for-pound top 5

Men's

  1. Islam Makhachev
  2. Alex Volkanovski
  3. Justin Gaethje
  4. Petr Yan
  5. Ilia Topuria

Women's

  1. Valentina Shevchenko
  2. Kayla Harrison
  3. Weili Zhang
  4. Natalia Silva
  5. Mackenzie Dern

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