The divisions
Rankings & fighters
Every division at a glance — champion and top contenders. Expand a division for everyone, or search any name. Rankings as of August 8, 2026, per UFC.com.
Heavyweight
- CTom Aspinall15-3-0
- #1Ciryl Gane14-2-0
- #2Alexander Volkov40-11-0
- #3Sergei Pavlovich21-3-0
- #4Josh Hokit10-0-0
- #5Waldo Cortes Acosta17-3-0
- #6Serghei Spivac18-6
- #7Curtis Blaydes19-6-0
- #8Rizvan Kuniev13-3-1
- #9Ante Delija26-8-0
- #10Valter Walker15-1
- #11Tyrell Fortune18-3
- #12Aleksandar Rakić14-6
- #13Derrick Lewis29-14-0
- #14Marcin Tybura27-11
- #15Brando Peričić7-1-0
Light Heavyweight
- CCarlos Ulberg15-1-0
- #1Magomed Ankalaev21-2-1
- #2Jiří Procházka32-6-1
- #3Alex Pereira13-4-0
- #4Khalil Rountree Jr.14-7-0 (1 NC)
- #5Navajo Stirling10-0
- #6Paulo Costa16-4-0
- #7Jamahal Hill12-4-0 (1 NC)
- #8Azamat Murzakanov16-1-0
- #9Jan Błachowicz29-11-2
- #10Dominick Reyes16-5-0
- #11Bogdan Guskov18-3-1
- #12Robert Whittaker27-9
- #13Johnny Walker22-10-0 (1 NC)
- #14Alonzo Menifield18-6-1
- #15Nikita Krylov31-11
Middleweight
- CSean Strickland31-7-0
- #1Khamzat Chimaev15-1-0
- #2Dricus du Plessis23-3
- #3Nassourdine Imavov17-4-0 (1 NC)
- #4Brendan Allen27-7-0
- #5Caio Borralho18-2-0 (1 NC)
- #6Anthony Hernandez15-3
- #7Joe Pyfer16-3-0
- #8Israel Adesanya24-6-0
- #9Reinier de Ridder21-4
- #10Christian Leroy Duncan14-2
- #11Gregory Rodrigues19-6
- #12Jared Cannonier18-9
- #13Ikram Aliskerov18-2-0
- #14Bo Nickal9-1-0
- #15Roman Dolidze15-5
Welterweight
- CIslam Makhachev28-1
- #1Ian Machado Garry17-1
- #2Carlos Prates24-7-0
- #3Michael Morales19-0-0
- #4Jack Della Maddalena18-4-0
- #5Gabriel Bonfim20-1-0
- #6Sean Brady19-2-0
- #7Belal Muhammad24-6-0
- #8Leon Edwards22-6-0
- #9Kamaru Usman21-4
- #10Joaquin Buckley21-8-0
- #11Yaroslav Amosov30-1-0
- #12Uroš Medić13-3
- #13Mike Malott14-2-1
- #14Michael Venom Page25-3-0
- #15Daniel Rodriguez20-5
Lightweight
- CJustin Gaethje28-5-0
- #1Ilia Topuria17-1-0
- #2Arman Tsarukyan23-3-0
- #3Charles Oliveira37-11-0 (1 NC)
- #4Max Holloway27-9
- #5Paddy Pimblett23-4
- #6Benoît Saint Denis17-3 (1 NC)
- #7Mauricio Ruffy14-2-0
- #8Mateusz Gamrot26-4
- #9Dan Hooker24-14-0
- #10Renato Moicano21-7-1
- #11Rafael Fiziev14-5-0
- #12Quillan Salkilld12-1
- #13Tom Nolan11-1-0
- #14Beneil Dariush23-8-1
- #15Manuel Torres17-4-0
Featherweight
- CAlexander Volkanovski28-4-0
- #1Movsar Evloev20-0-0
- #2Diego Lopes28-8-0
- #3Lerone Murphy17-1-1
- #4Aljamain Sterling26-5-0
- #5Yair Rodriguez20-5-0
- #6Jean Silva17-3-0
- #7Arnold Allen21-4-0
- #8Youssef Zalal18-6-1
- #9Kevin Vallejos18-1-0
- #10Steve Garcia19-6-0
- #11Brian Ortega16-5-0
- #12Aaron Pico14-5-0
- #13Melquizael Costa26-8-0
- #14David Onama14-3-0
- #15Patricio Pitbull37-9-0
Bantamweight
- CPetr Yan20-5-0
- #1Merab Dvalishvili21-5-0
- #2Sean O'Malley20-3-0
- #3Umar Nurmagomedov20-1-0
- #4Mario Bautista17-3
- #5Cory Sandhagen18-6
- #6Song Yadong23-9-1
- #7Aiemann Zahabi14-3-0
- #8David Martinez14-1-0
- #9Deiveson Figueiredo25-7-1
- #10Marlon Vera23-12-1
- #11Payton Talbott11-1-0
- #12Raul Rosas Jr.12-1-0
- #13Raoni Barcelos22-5-0
- #14Farid Basharat15-0
- #15Marcus McGhee11-2-0
Flyweight
- CJoshua Van17-2-0
- #1Alexandre Pantoja30-6-0
- #2Manel Kape23-7-0
- #3Brandon Royval17-9
- #4Tatsuro Taira18-2-0
- #5Kyoji Horiguchi36-6-0
- #6Lone'er Kavanagh10-1
- #7Asu Almabayev24-3-0
- #8Brandon Moreno23-10-2
- #9Amir Albazi17-3-0
- #10Ramazan Temirov19-3
- #11Alex Perez26-10-0
- #12Steve Erceg14-4
- #13Tim Elliott21-14-1
- #14Tagir Ulanbekov17-3-0
- #15Edgar Chairez14-6-0
Women's Bantamweight
- CKayla Harrison19-1-0
- #1Julianna Peña12-6-0
- #2Raquel Pennington16-9-0
- #3Joselyne Edwards18-6-0
- #4Norma Dumont13-3-0
- #5Ailin Perez13-2-0
- #6Yana Santos17-8-0 (1 NC)
- #7Luana Santos11-2-0
- #8Macy Chiasson10-6-0
- #9Jacqueline Cavalcanti10-2-0
- #10Karol Rosa19-8-0
- #11Bia Mesquita8-0-0
- #12Michelle Montague8-0-0
- #13Nora Cornolle9-4-0
- #14Miesha Tate20-10-0
- #15Melissa Croden8-3-0
Women's Flyweight
- CValentina Shevchenko26-4-1
- #1Natalia Silva20-5-1
- #2Manon Fiorot13-2-0
- #3Alexa Grasso17-5-1
- #4Erin Blanchfield14-2-0
- #5Rose Namajunas14-8-0
- #6Maycee Barber15-3-0
- #7Jasmine Jasudavicius15-4-0
- #8Wang Cong9-1
- #9Tracy Cortez12-3
- #10Miranda Maverick17-6-0
- #11Karine Silva19-7-0
- #12Casey O'Neill11-2-0
- #13Eduarda Moura12-2-0
- #14JJ Aldrich15-7-0
- #15Gabriella Fernandes11-4-0
Women's Strawweight
- CMackenzie Dern16-5
- #1Zhang Weili26-4-0
- #2Tatiana Suarez13-1-0
- #3Virna Jandiroba23-4-0
- #4Yan Xiaonan19-5-0
- #5Gillian Robertson17-8
- #6Fatima Kline9-1
- #7Loopy Godinez14-6-0
- #8Amanda Lemos15-6-1
- #9Jéssica Andrade26-15-0
- #10Tabatha Ricci12-4
- #11Amanda Ribas13-7-0
- #12Alexia Thainara14-1
- #13Denise Gomes12-3-0
- #14Angela Hill19-16-0
- #15Mizuki16-6-0