Here, we are providing the top/new UFC rankings of 2025. We will start with the pound for pound rankings and then describe all men and women weight category rankings one by one. Only top 5 MMA fighters are included on this page.
Pound for Pound Top 5 (Men)
In this section, you will see the top 5 pound-for-pound fighters (men) with their weight category, wins, rank, record and last three fights.
1. Islam Makhachev
| Details | Wins/category | loss/rank/style | Last fights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | 27 wins | 1 loss | Vs Miocano (W) |
| Position | Lightweight | Champion | Vs Poirier (W) |
| Last fight | Vs Moicano | 13 submission win | Vs Volkanoski (W) |
2. Jon Bones Jones
| Details | Wins/category | loss/rank/style | Last fights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | 28 wins | 1 loss | Vs Miocic (W) |
| Position | Heavyweight | Champion | Vs Gane (W) |
| Last fight | Vs Miocic | 11 KO wins | Vs Reyes (W) |
3. Alex Potan Pereira
| Details | Wins/category | loss/rank/style | Last fights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | 12 wins | 2 loss | Vs Rountree Jr (W) |
| Position | Light Heavyweight | Champion | Vs Prochazka (W) |
| Last fight | Vs Rountree Jr | 4 first round wins | Vs Hill (W) |
4. Ilia EL Matador Topuria
| Details | Wins/category | loss/rank/style | Last fights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | 16 wins | 0 loss | Vs Holloway (W) |
| Position | Featherweight | Champion | Vs Volkanovski (W) |
| Last fight | Vs Holloway | 16 straight wins | Vs Emmett (W) |
5. Merab The Machine Dvalishvli
| Details | Wins/category | loss/rank/style | Last fights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | 19 wins | 4 loss | Vs Nurmagomedov(W) |
| Position | bantamweight | Champion | Vs O’malley (W) |
| Last fight | Vs Nurmagomedov | 12 win streak | Vs Cejudo(W) |
Pound for Pound Top 5 (Women)
In this section, you will see the top 5 pound-for-pound fighters (women) with their weight category, wins, rank, record and last three fights.
1. Valentina Bullet Shevchenko
| Details | Wins/category | loss/rank/style | Last fights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | 24 wins | 4/1 loss/draw | Vs Grasso (W) |
| Position | Flyweight (women) | Champion | Vs Grasso (D) |
| Last fight | Vs Grasso | 6 first round wins | Vs Grasso (L) |
2. Zhang Magnum Weili
| Details | Wins/category | loss/rank/style | Last fights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | 26 Wins | 3 loss | Vs Suarez (W) |
| Position | Strawweight | Champion | Vs Yan (W) |
| Last fight | Vs Suarez | 11 first round wins | Vs Lemos (W) |
3. Alexa grasso
| Details | Wins/category | loss/rank/style | Last fights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | 16 wins | 4/1 loss/draw | Vs Shevchenko (L) |
| Position | Flyweight (women) | #1 | Vs Shevchenko (D) |
| Last fight | Vs Shevchenko | 4 KO wins | Vs Shevchenko (W) |
4. Julianna Pena “The Venezuelan Vixen”
| Details | Wins/category | loss/rank/style | Last fights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | 13 wins | 5 loss | Vs Pena (W) |
| Position | Bantamweight (women) | champion | Vs Nunes (L) |
| Last fight | Vs | 6 submission wins | Vs pena (W) |
5. Manon The Beast Fiorot
| Details | Wins/category | loss/rank/style | Last fights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | 12 wins | 1 loss | Vs Blanchfield (W) |
| Position | Flyweight (Women) | #2 | Vs Namajunas (W) |
| Last fight | Vs Blanchfield | 6 first round win | Vs Cerminara (W) |
Men All UFC Categories
In this section of the page, you’ll get to know about all weight division top 5 fighters (Men) with their current record, last fight, nicknames and positions in their division.
1. Flyweight (115-pounds/52.2kg)
| Ranking | Position | Last fight | Nickname | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Pantoja | Champion | Vs Asakura (W) | The Cannibal | 29-5-0 |
| Brandon Royval | #1 | Vs Taira (W) | Raw Dawg | 17-7-0 |
| Brandon Moreno | #2 | Vs Albazi (W) | The Assassin baby | 22-8-2 |
| Amir Albazi | #3 | Vs Moreno (L) | The Prince | 17-2-0 |
| Kai Kara-France | #4 | Vs Erceg | Don’t Blink | 25-11-0 |
2. Bantamweight (135-pounds/61.2kg)
| Ranking | Position | Last fight | Nickname | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merab Dvalishvili | Champion | Vs Nurmagomedov (W) | The Machine | 19-4-0 |
| Sean O’Malley | #1 | Vs Dvalishvili (L) | Suga | 18-2-0 |
| Peter Yan | #2 | Vs Figueiredo (W) | No Mercy | 18-5-0 |
| Umar Nurmagomedov | #3 | Vs Dvalishvili (L) | (no name) | 18-1-0 |
| Cory Sandhagen | #4 | Vs Nurmagomedov (L) | (no name) | 17-5-0 |
3. Featherweight (145-pounds/65.8kg)
| Ranking | Position | Last fight | Nickname | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilia Topuria | Champion | Vs Holloway (W) | EL Matador | 16-0-0 |
| Alexander Volkanovski | #1 | Vs Topuria (L) | The great | 26-4-0 |
| Max Holloway | #2 | Vs Topuria (L) | Blessed | 26-8-0 |
| Diego Lopez | #3 | Vs Ortega (W) | (No name) | 26-6-0 |
| Movsar Evloev | #4 | Vs Sterling | (no name) | 19-0-0 |
4. Lightweight (155-165 lbs/70.3-74.8kg)
| Ranking | Position | Last fight | Nickname | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islam Makhachev | Champion | Vs Moicano (W) | (No name) | 27-1-0 |
| Arman Tsarukyan | #1 | Vs Oliveira (W) | Ahalkalakets | 22-3-0 |
| Charles Oliveira | #2 | Vs Chandler (W) | Do Bronxs | 35-10-0 |
| Justin Geathje | #3 | Vs Holloway (L) | The Highlight | 26-5-0 |
| Dustin Poirier | #4 | Vs Makhachev (L) | The Diamond | 30-9-0 |
5. Welterweight (170-175 pounds/77.1-79.4kg)
| Ranking | Position | Last fight | Nickname | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belal Muhammad | Champion | Vs Edwards (W) | Remember the name | 24-3-0 |
| Leon Edwards | #1 | Vs Muhammad (L) | Rockey | 22-4-0 |
| Shavkat Rakhmonov | #2 | Vs Machado Garry (W) | Nomad | 19-0-0 |
| Kamaru usman | #3 | Vs Chimaev (L) | Nigerian nightmare | 20-4-0 |
| Jack Della Maddalena | #4 | Vs Burns | (No name) | 17-2-0 |
6. Middleweight (185-195 pounds/83.9-88.5kg)
| Ranking | Position | Last fight | Nickname | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dricus Du Plessis | Champion | Vs Strickland (W) | Stillknocks | 23-2-0 |
| Nassourdine Imavov | #1 | Vs Adesanya (W) | The Sniper | 16-4-0 |
| Sean Strickland | #2 | Vs Du Plessis (L) | (No name) | 29-7-0 |
| Khamzat Chimaev | #4 | Vs Whittaker (W) | Borz | 14-0-0 |
| Israel Adesanya | #5 | Vs Imavov (L) | The Last Stylebender | 24-5-0 |
7. Light Heavyweight (205-pounds/93kg)
| Ranking | Position | Last fight | Nickname | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Pereira | Champion | Vs Rountree Jr (W) | Potan | 12-2-0 |
| Magomed Ankalaev | #1 | Vs Rakic (W) | (No name) | 20-1-1 |
| Jiri Prochazka | #2 | Vs Hill (W) | (No name) | 31-5-1 |
| Jan Blachowicz | #3 | Vs Pereira | (No name) | 29-10-1 |
| Jamaha Hill | #4 | Vs Prochazka (L) | Sweet Dreams | 12-3-0 |
8. Heavyweight (265-pounds/120.2kg)
| Ranking | Position | Last fight | Nickname | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Jones | Champion | Vs Miocic (W) | Bones | 28-1-0 |
| Tom Aspinal | #1 (Interim champ) | Vs Blaydes (W) | (No name) | 15-3-0 |
| Ciryl Gane | #2 | Vs Volkov (W) | Bon Gamin | 13-2-0 |
| Alexander Volkov | #3 | Vs Gane (L) | Drago | 38-11-0 |
| Sergei Pavlovich | #4 | Vs Rozenstruik (W) | (No name) | 19-3-0 |
Women All Categories
In this section of the page, you’ll get to know about all weight division top 5 fighters (women) with their current record, last fight, nicknames and positions in their division.
1. Strawweight (115-pounds/52.2kg)
| Ranking | Position | Last fight | Nickname | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhang Weili | Champion | Vs Suarez (W) | Magnum | 26-3-0 |
| Yan Xiaonan | #1 | Vs Ricci (W) | (No name) | 19-4-0 |
| Tatiana Suarez | #2 | Vs Weili (L) | (No name) | 11-1-0 |
| Virna Jandiroba | #3 | Vs Lemos (W) | Carcara | 21-3-0 |
| Jessica Andrade | #4 | Vs Silva (L) | Bate Estaca | 26-13-0 |
2. Flyweight (115-pounds/52.2kg)
| Ranking | Position | Last fight | Nickname | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valentina Shevchenko | Champion | Vs Grasso (W) | Bullet | 24-4-1 |
| Alexa Grasso | #1 | Vs Shevchenko (L) | (No name) | 16-4-1 |
| Manon Fiorot | #2 | Vs Blanchfield (W) | The Beast | 12-1-0 |
| Erin Blanchfield | #3 | Vs Namajunas (W) | Cold Blooded | 13-2-0 |
| Maycee Barber | #4 | Vs Cerminara (W) | The Future | 14-2-0 |
3. Bantamweight (135-pounds/61.2kg)
| Ranking | Position | Last fight | Nickname | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julianna Pena | Champion | Vs Pennington (W) | The Venezuelan Vixen | 13-5-0 |
| Raquel Pennington | #1 | Vs Pena (L) | Rockey | 16-10-0 |
| Kayla Harrison | #2 | Vs Vieira (W) | (No name) | 18-1-0 |
| Ketlen Vieira | #3 | Vs Harrison (L) | Fenomeno | 14-4-0 |
| Norma Dumount | #4 | Vs Aldana (W) | The Immortal | 12-2-0 |
