UFC Pound-for-Pound Rankings

The top 25 fighters pound-for-pound by MMARANK's AI opposition-adjusted rating — the definitive, event-updated pound-for-pound ranking. Updated 27 Jul 2026.

1

Jon Jones💤 20mo

Heavyweight

100

FORM

99

OPP

64

ACT

98

STG

70

FIN

96.8

± 3

2

Islam Makhachev

Welterweight

100

FORM

100

OPP

83

ACT

60

STG

29

FIN

96.8

± 3

3

Dricus Du Plessis

Middleweight

98

FORM

100

OPP

80

ACT

89

STG

62

FIN

96.5

± 3

4

Alexander Volkanovski

Featherweight

98

FORM

100

OPP

87

ACT

73

STG

22

FIN

96.4

± 3

5

Justin Gaethje

Lightweight

93

FORM

100

OPP

91

ACT

98

STG

19

FIN

95.8

± 3

6

Ciryl Gane

Heavyweight

93

FORM

98

OPP

87

ACT

90

STG

90

FIN

94.4

± 3

7

Merab Dvalishvili

Bantamweight

97

FORM

97

OPP

82

ACT

77

STG

6

FIN

93.9

± 3

8

Alexander Volkov

Heavyweight

94

FORM

97

OPP

94

ACT

91

STG

11

FIN

93.8

± 2

9

Aljamain Sterling

Featherweight

98

FORM

97

OPP

96

ACT

37

STG

4

FIN

93.5

± 3

10

Max Holloway

Welterweight

87

FORM

98

OPP

100

ACT

83

STG

77

FIN

92.9

± 2

11

Petr Yan

Bantamweight

96

FORM

97

OPP

78

ACT

59

STG

1

FIN

92.1

± 3

12

Charles Oliveira

Lightweight

90

FORM

97

OPP

99

ACT

58

STG

20

FIN

92

± 2

13

Ilia Topuria

Lightweight

88

FORM

98

OPP

72

ACT

86

STG

86

FIN

92

± 3

14

Arman Tsarukyan

Lightweight

99

FORM

95

OPP

65

ACT

66

STG

84

FIN

91.6

± 3

15

Movsar Evloev

Featherweight

100

FORM

93

OPP

67

ACT

58

STG

10

FIN

91.4

± 3

16

Carlos Prates

Welterweight

94

FORM

95

OPP

63

ACT

97

STG

99

FIN

91.1

± 3

17

Sean Strickland

Middleweight

91

FORM

94

OPP

97

ACT

71

STG

64

FIN

90.8

± 2

18

Khamzat Chimaev

Middleweight

88

FORM

98

OPP

69

ACT

74

STG

24

FIN

90.7

± 3

19

Sean Brady

Welterweight

90

FORM

95

OPP

74

ACT

80

STG

21

FIN

90

± 3

20

Umar Nurmagomedov

Bantamweight

96

FORM

93

OPP

58

ACT

89

STG

10

FIN

89.9

± 3

21

Alex Pereira

Heavyweight

78

FORM

98

OPP

85

ACT

95

STG

95

FIN

89.8

± 3

22

Shavkat Rakhmonov💤 20mo

Welterweight

98

FORM

97

OPP

9

ACT

86

STG

47

FIN

89.8

± 4

23

Nassourdine Imavov💤 11mo

Middleweight

94

FORM

94

OPP

60

ACT

86

STG

40

FIN

89.7

± 3

24

Gabriel Bonfim

Welterweight

97

FORM

91

OPP

65

ACT

92

STG

25

FIN

89.5

± 3

25

Robert Whittaker

Light Heavyweight

81

FORM

96

OPP

99

ACT

79

STG

78

FIN

89.4

± 3