Fightful MMA Rankings: UFC & Bellator MMA (Updated: 4/4/2019)

MMA

Note: Rankings are organized and maintained by David Tees

Ultimate Fighting Championships (Top 15)

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Heavyweight Division

Champion: Daniel Cormier

1. Junior Dos Santos

2. Stipe Miocic

3. Francis Ngannou

4. Curtis Blaydes

5. Alistair Overeem 

6. Alexander Volkov

7. Fabricio Werdum

8. Derrick Lewis

9. Alexei Oleinik

10. Shamil Abdurakhimov

11. Marcin Tybura

12. Tai Tuivasa

13. Walt Harris 

14. Justin Willis 

15. Andrei Arlovski

Light Heavyweight Division

Champion: Jon Jones

1. Thiago Santos

2. Anthony Smith

3. Corey Anderson

4. Alexander Gustafsson

5. Dominick Reyes

6. Volkan Oezdemir

7. Jan Blachowicz

8. Glover Teixeira

9. Ilir Latifi

10. Mauricio Rua

11. Johnny Walker

12. Jimi Manuwa

13. Misha Cirkunov

14. Patrick Cummins

15. Ovince St. Preux

Middleweight Division

Champion: Robert Whittaker

1. Kelvin Gastelum

2. Yoel Romero

3. Ronaldo Souza

4. Luke Rockhold

5. Israel Adesanya

6. Paulo Costa

7. Anderson Silva

8. Chris Weidman

9. Brad Tavares

10. Uriah Hall

11. Antonio Carlos Jr.

12. Jared Cannonier

13. Jack Hermansson (Not Previously Ranked)

14. Elias Theodorou (13)

15. Derek Brunson (14)

Welterweight Division

Champion: Kamaru Usman

1. Tyron Woodley

2. Colby Covington

3. Ben Askren

4. Robbie Lawler

5. Anthony Pettis

6. Jorge Masvidal 

7. Rafael Dos Anjos 

8. Demian Maia

9. Darren Till

10. Stephen Thompson 

11. Santiago Ponzinibbio 

12. Neil Magny 

13. Michael Chiesa 

14. Leon Edwards 

15. Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos 

Lightweight Division

Champion: Khabib Nurmagomedov

1. Tony Ferguson

2. Dustin Poirier

3. Eddie Alvarez

4. Conor McGregor

5. Al Iaquinta

6. Kevin Lee

7. Justin Gaethje (8)

8. Edson Barboza (7)

9. Gregor Gillespie

10. Carlos Diego Ferreira

11. Donald Cerrone

12. Rustam Khabilov

13. Mairbek Taisumov

14. Alex Hernandez

15. Charles Oliveira

Featherweight Division

Champion: Max Holloway

1. Jose Aldo

2. Brian Ortega

3. Yair Rodriguez

4. Chan Sung Jung

5. Alexander Volkanovski

6. Frankie Edgar

7. Zabit Magomedsharipov

8. Jeremy Stephens

9. Doo Ho Choi

10. Mirsad Bektic

11. Cub Swanson

12. Renato Moicano

13. Josh Emmett (14)

14. Ricardo Lamas (13)

15. Darren Elkins

Bantamweight Division

Champion: TJ Dillashaw

1. Marlon Moraes

2. John Lineker

3. Aljamain Sterling

4. Jimmie Rivera

5. Pedro Munhoz

6. Cody Garbrandt

7. Rob Font

8. Raphael Assuncao

9. Cody Stamman

10. Alejandro Perez

11. Ricky Simon

12. Petr Yan

13. John Dodson

14. Nathaniel Wood

15. Marlon Vera

Flyweight Division

Champion: Henry Cejudo

1. Jussier Formiga

2. Ray Borg

3. Wilson Reis

4. Alexandre Pantoja

5. Ben Nguyen

6. Hector Sandoval

7. John Moraga 

8. Deiveson Figueiredo 

9. Joseph Benavidez

10. Rogerio Bontorin

11. Magomed Bibulatov

12. Dustin Ortiz

13. Alex Perez 

14. Kai Kara-France 

15. Jordan Espinosa

Women’s Bantamweight Division

Champion: Amanda Nunes

1. Ketlen Vieira

2. Holly Holm

3. Bethe Correia

4. Cat Zingano

5. Yana Kunitskaya

6. Marion Reneau

7. Sara McMann

8. Germaine De Randamie

9. Aspen Ladd

10. Irene Aldana

11. Lucie Pudilova

12. Talita Bernardo

13. Raquel Pennington

14. Sarah Moras

15. Macy Chiasson

Women's Flyweight Division

Champion: Valentina Shevchenko

1. Nicco Montano

2. Roxanne Modafferi

3. Jessica Eye 

4. Mara Romero Borella 

5. Liz Carmouche 

6. Jennifer Maia 

7. Alexis Davis 

8. Katlyn Chookagian 

9. Montana De La Rosa 

10. Lauren Muprhy 

11. Joanne Calderwood 

12. Gillian Robertson 

13. Andrea Lee 

14. Paige VanZant

15. Maycee Barber 

Women’s Strawweight Division

Champion: Rose Namajunas

1. Jessica Andrade

2. Joanna Jedrzejczyk

3. Tatiana Suarez

4. Carla Esparza

5. Weili Zhang

6. Tecia Torres

7. Michelle Waterson (8)

8. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (7)

9. Cynthia Calvillo

10. Nina Ansaroff

11. Felice Herrig

12. Randa Markos 

13. Claudia Gadelha 

14. Livia Renata Souza

15. Cortney Casey

Bellator MMA Rankings On Page Two…

Bellator MMA (Top 10)

Heavyweight Division

Champion: Ryan Bader

1. Cheick Kongo

2. Matt Mitrione

3. Sergei Kharitonov

4. Fedor Emelianenko

5. Tyrell Fortune

6. Justin Wren

7. Javy Ayala

8. Mirko Cro Cop

9. Valentin Moldavsky 

10. Vitaly Minakov

Light Heavyweight Division

Champion: Ryan Bader

1. Vadim Nemkov

2. Phil Davis

3. Lukasz Klinger

4. Liam McGeary

5. King Mo

6. Kent Kauppinen

7. Jordan Young

8. Vladimir Filipovic

9. Tyree Fortune

10. Alessio Sakara

Middleweight Division

Champion: Gegard Mousasi

1. Melvin Manhoef

2. Rafael Lovato

3. Ben Reiter

4. Chris Honeycutt

5. Lyoto Machida

6. Rafael Carvalho

7. John Salter

8. Anatoly Tokov 

9. Hisaki Kato 

10. Chidi Njokuani

Welterweight Division

Champion: Rory MacDonald

1. Douglas Lima

2. Michael Page

3. Andrey Koreshkov (4)

4. Adam McDonough (3)

5. Jon Fitch

6. Lorenz Larkin

7. Neiman Gracie

8. Andre Fialho

9. Logan Storley

10. Yaroslav Amosov

Lightweight Division

Champion: Michael Chandler

1. Patricky Pitbull

2. Brent Primus

3. Ben Henderson

4. Derek Anderson

5. David Rickels

6. Sam Sicilia

7. Brandon Girtz (8)

8. Derek Campos (7)

9. Goiti Yamauchi

10. Saad Awad

Featherweight Division

Champion: Patricio Freire

1. AJ McKee

2. Emmanuel Sanchez

3. Daniel Weichel

4. Goiti Yamauchi

5. Daniel Straus

6. John Teixeira 

7. Pat Curran 

8. Henry Corrales

9. Noad Lahat

10. Aaron Pico

Bantamweight Division

Champion: Darrion Caldwell

1. Joe Taimanglo

2. Juan Archuleta

3. Eduardo Dantas

4. Shawn Bunch (5)

5. Ricky Bandejas (4)

6. James Gallagher

7. Joe Warren

8. Manny Vazquez

9. Jeremiah Labiano

10. Dominic Mazzotta

Women's Featherweight Division

Champion: Julia Budd

1. Gabrielle Holloway

2. Talita Nogueira

3. Janay Harding (4)

4. Roberta Paim (3)

5. Olga Rubin

6. Arlene Blencowe

7. Sinead Kavanagh

8. Amanda Bell

9. Amber Leibrock

10. Iony Razafiarison

Women's Flyweight Division

Champion: Ilima-Lei MacFarlane

1. Veta Arteaga

2. Kristina Williams

3. Valerie Letourneau

4. Bruna Ellen

5. Juliana Velasquez

6. Alejandra Lara

7. Kate Jackson

8. Anastasia Yankova

9. Lena Ovchynikova

10. Emily Ducote

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