Fightful MMA Rankings (8/31/23): Sean O'Malley Surges Up Ranks Following UFC 292

Welcome to Fightful MMA's weekly fighter rankings as of (8/31/23)!

Following a pair of massive MMA weekends, we're back with our fighter rankings. Sean O'Malley has become UFC Bantamweight Champion, Max Holloway continued his climb back toward title contention, Vicente Luque secured the biggest victory of his career over Rafael dos Anjos, Logan Storley got back in the win column, and much, much more.

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Let's see just how far 'Sugar' Sean O'Malley climbed following his KO of Aljamain Sterling at UFC 292 and more!

Men's Pound-for-Pound

1. Alexander Volkanovski (26-2) — UFC Featherweight Champion
2. Jon Jones (27-1) — UFC Heavyweight Champion
3. Islam Makhachev (24-1) — UFC Lightweight Champion
4. Israel Adesanya (24-2) — UFC Middleweight Champion
5. Leon Edwards (21-3) — UFC Welterweight Champion
6. Sean O'Malley (17-1) — UFC Bantamweight Champion
7. Aljamain Sterling (23-4)
8. Charles Oliveira (34-9)
9. Alexandre Pantoja (26-5) — UFC Flyweight Champion
10. Jiri Prochazka (29-3-1)
11. Kamaru Usman (20-3)
12. Max Holloway (25-7)
13. Alex Pereira (8-2)
14. Justin Gaethje (25-4) — UFC BMF Champion
15. Vadim Nemkov (17-2) — Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion

Women's Pound-for-Pound

1. Cristiane 'Cyborg' Justino (26-2) — Bellator Featherweight Champion
2. Zhang Weili (24-3) — UFC Strawweight Champion
3. Alexa Grasso (16-3) — UFC Flyweight Champion
4. Valentina Shevchenko (23-4)
5. Julianna Pena (11-5)
6. Larissa Pacheco (21-4)
7. Carla Esparza (19-7)
8. Rose Namajunas (12-5)
9. Erin Blanchfield (12-1)
10. Jessica Andrade (24-11)
11. Manon Fiorot (10-1)
12. Taila Santos (19-3)
13. Tatiana Suarez (10-0)
14. Amanda Lemos (13-3-1)
15. Mayra Bueno Silva (11-2-1)

Heavyweight

1. Jon Jones (27-1) — UFC Heavyweight Champion
2. Sergei Pavlovich (18-1)
3. Ciryl Gane (11-2)
4. Curtis Blaydes (17-4)
5. Tom Aspinall (13-3)
6. Ryan Bader (31-7) — Bellator Heavyweight Champion
7. Serghei Spivak (16-3)
8. Jailton Almeida (19-2)
9. Alexander Volkov (36-10)
10. Marcin Tybura (24-8)
11. Tai Tuivasa (14-5)
12. Linton Vassell (23-8)
13. Alexandr Romanov (16-2)
14. Jairzinho Rozenstruik (13-5)
15. Derrick Lewis (27-11)

Light Heavyweight

1. Jiri Prochazka (29-3-1)
2. Vadim Nemkov (16-2) — Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion
3. Alex Pereira (8-2)
4. Jan Blachowicz (29-10-1) (-1)
5. Magomed Ankalaev (16-1-1)
6. Aleksandar Rakic (14-3)
7. Corey Anderson (17-6)
8. Nikita Krylov (30-9)
9. Johnny Walker (21-7)
10. Phil Davis (24-7)
11. Rob Wilkinson (18-2) — PFL Light Heavyweight Champion
12. Khalil Rountree (12-5)
13. Anthony Smith (37-18)
14. Ryan Spann (21-9)
15. Phil Davis (24-7)

Middleweight

1. Israel Adesanya (24-2) — UFC Middleweight Champion
2. Dricus du Plessis (19-2)
3. Robert Whittaker (24-6)
4. Jared Cannonier (17-6)
5. Johnny Eblen (13-0) — Bellator Middleweight Champion
6. Marvin Vettori (19-7-1)
7. Sean Strickland (26-5)
8. Paulo Costa (14-2)
9. Fabian Edwards (13-2)
10. Roman Dolidze (12-2)
11. Jack Hermansson (23-8)
12. Kelvin Gastelum (17-8)
13. Nassourdine Imavov (12-4)
14. Paul Craig (17-6-1)
15. Chris Curtis (30-10)

Welterweight

1. Leon Edwards (21-3) — UFC Welterweight Champion
2. Kamaru Usman (20-3)
3. Khamzat Chimaev (12-0)
4. Belal Muhammad (23-3)
5. Yaroslav Amosov (27-0) — Bellator Welterweight Champion
6. Shavkat Rakhmonov (17-0)
7. Stephen Thompson (17-6-1)
8. Geoff Neal (15-5)
9. Sean Brady (15-1)
10. Vicente Luque (22-9-1)
11. Logan Storley (14-2)
12. Rafael dos Anjos (32-15)
13. Ian Garry (13-0)
14. Michael Page (21-2)
15. Neil Magny (28-11)

Lightweight

1. Islam Makhachev (24-1) — UFC Lightweight Champion
2. Charles Oliveira (34-9)
3. Justin Gaethje (25-4) (+1)
4. Dustin Poirier (29-8) (-1)
5. Usman Nurmagomedov (17-0) — Bellator Lightweight Champion
6. Beneil Dariush (22-5-1)
7. Rafael Fiziev (12-2)
8. Michael Chandler (23-8)
9. A.J. McKee (20-1)
10. Mateusz Gamrot (22-2)
11. Arman Tsarukyan (20-3)
12. Damir Ismagulov (24-2)
13. Grant Dawson (19-1-1)
14. Diego Ferreira (18-5)
15. Joel Alvarez (19-3)

Featherweight

1. Alexander Volkanovski (26-2) — UFC Featherweight Champion
2. Patricio 'Pitbull' Freire (35-6) — Bellator Featherweight Champion
3. Max Holloway (24-7)
4. Yair Rodriguez (15-4)
5. Ilia Topuria (14-0)
6. Arnold Allen (19-2)
7. Movsar Evloev (17-0)
8. Josh Emmett (18-4)
9. Brian Ortega (15-3)
10. Calvin Kattar (23-7)
11. Giga Chikadze (14-3)
12. Bryce Mitchell (15-1)
13. Movlid Khaybulaev (21-0-1) — PFL Featherweight Champion
14. Dan Ige (17-6)
15. Edson Barboza (23-11)

Bantamweight

1. Sean O'Malley (17-1) — UFC Bantamweight Champion
2. Aljamain Sterling (23-4)
3. Merab Dvalishvili (16-4)
4. Sergio Pettis (23-5) — Bellator Bantamweight Champion
5. Henry Cejudo (16-3)
6. Petr Yan (16-5)
7. Corey Sandhagen (17-4)
8. Marlon 'Chito' Vera (21-8-1)
9. Patrick 'Patchy' Mix (18-1) — Interim Bellator Bantamweight Champion
10. Rob Font (20-7)
11. Song Yadong (19-5-1)
12. Dominick Cruz (24-4)
13. Raufeon Stots (19-2)
14. Ricky Simon (20-4)
15. Umar Nurmagomedov (16-0)

Flyweight

1. Demetrious Johnson (32-4-1) — ONE Flyweight Champion
2. Alexandre Pantoja (26-5) — UFC Flyweight Champion
3. Brandon Moreno (21-7-2)
4. Deiveson Figueiredo (21-3-1)
5. Amir Albazi (17-1)
6. Kai Kara-France (24-11)
7. Brandon Royval (15-6)
8. Matheus Nicolau (19-3-1)
9. Manel Kape (18-6)
10. Adriano Moraes (20-5)
11. Muhammad Mokaev (10-0)
12. Alex Perez (24-7)
13. Tim Elliott (19-12-1)
14. Matt Schnell (16-8)
15. Azamat Kerefov (16-0) — ACA Flyweight Champion

Women's Featherweight

1. Cristiane 'Cyborg' Justino (26-4) — Bellator Featherweight Champion
2. Larissa Pacheco (21-4) — PFL Featherweight Champion
3. Kayla Harrison (15-1)
4. Macy Chiasson (8-3)
5. Norma Dumont (9-2)
6. Cat Zingano (14-4)
7. Sara McMann (14-6)
8. Aspen Ladd (11-4)
9. Julia Budd (17-6)
10. Olena Kolesnyk (9-5)
11. Sinead Kavanagh (9-5)
12. Genah Fabian (5-3)
13. Arlene Blencowe (15-10)
14. Karol Rosa (16-5)
15. Leah McCourt (7-3)

Women's Bantamweight

1. Julianna Pena (11-5)
2. Ketlen Vieira (14-3) (+1)
3. Raquel Pennington (15-8) (-1)
4. Mayra Bueno Silva (11-2-1)
5. Irene Aldana (14-7)
6. Holly Holm (15-7) (+1)
7. Pannie Kianzad (17-7) (-1)
8. Macy Chiasson (8-3)
9. Talita Bernardo (9-4) — Invicta Bantamweight Champion
10. Josiane Nunes (10-1)
11. Irina Alekseeva (5-1)
12. Taneisha Tennant (5-1)
13. Tainara Lisboa (6-2)
14. Chelsea Chandler (5-1)
15. Stephanie Egger (8-4)

Women's Flyweight

1. Alexa Grasso (16-3) — UFC Flyweight Champion
2. Valentina Shevchenko (23-4)
3. Erin Blanchfield (11-1)
4. Manon Fiorot (10-1)
5. Liz Carmouche (19-7) — Bellator Flyweight Champion
6. Taila Santos (19-2)
7. Tatiana Suarez (9-0)
8. Katlyn Chookagian (18-5)
9. Jennifer Maia (21-9-1)
10. Maycee Barber (13-2)
11. Tracy Cortez (10-1)
12. Lauren Murphy (15-6)
13. Amanda Ribas (12-4)
14. Juliana Velasquez (12-2)
15. Joanne Wood (16-8)

Women's Strawweight

1. Weili Zhang (23-3) — UFC Strawweight Champion
2. Carla Esparza (19-7)
3. Rose Namajunas (11-5)
4. Yan Xiaonan (15-3)
5. Virna Jandiroba (19-3)
6. Amanda Lemos (13-2-1)
7. Jessica Andrade (24-11)
8. Marina Rodriguez (16-3-2)
9. MacKenzie Dern (13-3)
10. Luana Pinheiro (11-1)
11. Tabatha Ricci (9-1)
12. Angela Hill (15-13)
13. Lupita 'Loopy' Godinez (10-3)
14. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (15-7)
15. Michelle Waterson (18-11)

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