Welcome to Fightful MMA's weekly fighter rankings (as of 9/29/21).
With UFC 266 in the books, Featherweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski seems himself make a sizable leap in the Men's Pound-for-Pound rankings following his successful title defense against Brian Ortega.
Men’s Pound-For-Pound
- Kamaru Usman (19-1) — UFC Welterweight Champion
- Jon Jones (26-1) — UFC
- Francis Ngannou (16-3) — UFC Heavyweight Champion
- Alex Volkanovski (22-1) — UFC Featherweight Champion — (+2)
- Jan Blachowicz (28-8) — UFC Light Heavyweight Champion — (-1)
- Israel Adesanya (21-1) — UFC Middleweight Champion — (-1)
- Charles Oliveira (31-8) — UFC Lightweight Champion
- Ciryl Gane (10-0) — UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion
- Stipe Miocic (20-4) — UFC
- Dustin Poirier (28-6) — UFC
- Max Holloway (22-6) — UFC
- Robert Whittaker (23-5) — UFC
- Brandon Moreno (19-5) — UFC Flyweight Champion
- Colby Covington (16-2) — UFC
- Aljamain Sterling (20-3) — UFC Bantamweight Champion
Women’s Pound-For-Pound
- Amanda Nunes (21-4) — UFC Women's Featherweight & Bantamweight Champion
- Valentina Shevchenko (22-3) — UFC Women's Flyweight Champion
- Cris Cyborg (24-2) — Bellator Featherweight Champion
- Rose Namajunas (10-4) — UFC Strawweight Champion
- Kayla Harrison (11-0) — PFL Women's Lightweight Champion
- Germaine De Randamie (10-4) — UFC
- Weili Zhang (21-2) — UFC
- Holly Holm (14-5) — UFC
- Joanna Jedrzejczyk (16-4) — UFC
- Juliana Velasquez (12-0) — Bellator Women's Flyweight Champion
- Jessica Andrade (22-9) — UFC — (+1)
- Carla Esparza (18-6) — UFC — (-1)
- Julianna Peña (10-4) — UFC
- Julia Budd (15-3) — PFL
- Norma Dumont (6-1) — UFC
Heavyweight
- Francis Ngannou (16-3) — UFC Heavyweight Champion
- Ciryl Gane (10-0) — UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion
- Stipe Miocic (20-4) — UFC
- Derrick Lewis (25-8) — UFC
- Curtis Blaydes (15-3) — UFC
- Alexander Volkov (33-9) — UFC
- Valentin Moldavsky (11-1) — Bellator Heavyweight Champion
- Tom Aspinall (11-2) - UFC
- Jairzinho Rozenstruik (12-3) — UFC — (-1)
- Marcin Tybura (22-6) — UFC
- Timothy Johnson (15-7) — Bellator
- Cheick Kongo (31-11) — Bellator
- Augusto Sakai (15-3-1) — UFC
- Chris Daukaus (12-3) — UFC — (debut)
- Fabricio Werdum (24-9) — PFL — (-1)
Dropped Out - Shamil Abdurakhimov (#15)
Light Heavyweight
- Jan Blachowicz (28-8) — UFC Light Heavyweight Champion
- Vadim Nemkov (13-2) — Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion
- Jiri Prochazka (28-3-1) — UFC
- Glover Teixeira (32-7) — UFC
- Ryan Bader (28-6) — Bellator
- Phil Davis (22-6) — Bellator
- Aleksandar Rakic (14-2) — UFC
- Dominick Reyes (12-3) — UFC
- Corey Anderson (15-5) — Bellator
- Thiago Santos (21-9) — UFC
- Anthony Smith (35-16) — UFC
- Anthony Johnson (23-6) — Bellator
- Magomed Ankalaev (15-1) — UFC
- Nikita Krylov (27-8) — UFC
- Volkan Oezdemir (17-5) — UFC
Middleweight
- Israel Adesanya (21-1) — UFC Middleweight Champion
- Robert Whittaker (23-5) — UFC
- Gegard Mousasi (48-7) — Bellator Middleweight Champion
- Jared Cannonier (14-5) — UFC
- Derek Brunson (23-7) — UFC
- Paulo Costa (13-1) — UFC
- Marvin Vettori (17-5-1) — UFC
- Sean Strickland (24-3) — UFC
- Jack Hermansson (22-6) — UFC
- Darren Till (18-4-1) — UFC
- Kelvin Gastelum (16-8) — UFC
- Uriah Hall (17-10) — UFC
- Brendan Allen (17-4) — UFC
- Kevin Holland (21-7) — UFC
- Edmen Shahbazyan (11-2) — UFC
Welterweight
- Kamaru Usman (19-1) — UFC Welterweight Champion
- Colby Covington (16-2) — UFC
- Gilbert Burns (20-4) — UFC
- Leon Edwards (19-3) - UFC
- Vicente Luque (21-7-1) — UFC
- Stephen Thompson (16-5-1) — UFC
- Yaroslav Amosov (26-0) — Bellator Welterweight Champion
- Michael Chiesa (18-5) — UFC
- Jorge Masvidal (35-15) — UFC
- Douglas Lima (32-9) — Bellator
- Belal Muhammad (19-3) — UFC
- Ray Cooper III (23-7-1) — PFL Welterweight Champion
- Li Jingliang (18-6) — UFC
- Neil Magny (25-8) — UFC
- Robbie Lawler (29-15) — UFC — (debut)
Dropped Out - Daniel Rodriguez (#15)
Lightweight
- Charles Oliveira (31-8) — UFC Lightweight Champion
- Dustin Poirier (28-6) — UFC
- Beneil Dariush (21-4-1) — UFC
- Justin Gaethje (22-3) — UFC
- Islam Makhachev (20-1) — UFC
- Conor McGregor (22-6) — UFC
- Michael Chandler (22-6) — UFC
- Rafael Dos Anjos (30-13) — UFC
- Tony Ferguson (25-6) — UFC
- Dan Hooker (21-10) — UFC — (+1)
- Gregor Gillespie (14-1) — UFC — (-1)
- Brad Riddell (10-1) — UFC
- Diego Ferreira (14-3) — UFC
- Rafael Fiziev (10-1) — UFC
- Arman Tsarukyan (17-2) — UFC
Featherweight
- Alexander Volkanovski (23-1) — UFC Featherweight Champion
- Max Holloway (22-6) — UFC
- AJ McKee (18-0) — Bellator Featherweight Champion
- Brian Ortega (15-2) — UFC
- Patricio Pitbull (32-5) — Bellator
- Giga Chikadze (14-2) — UFC
- Calvin Kattar (22-5) — UFC
- Yair Rodriguez (13-2) — UFC
- Korean Zombie (17-6) — UFC
- Arnold Allen (17-1) — UFC
- Josh Emmett (16-2) — UFC
- Movsar Evloev (14-0) — UFC
- Dan Ige (15-4) — UFC
- Edson Barboza (22-10) — UFC
- Movlid Khaybulaev (18-0-1) — PFL Featherweight Champion
Bantamweight
- Aljamain Sterling (20-3) — UFC Bantamweight Champion
- Petr Yan (15-2) — UFC
- TJ Dillashaw (17-4) — UFC
- Cory Sandhagen (14-3) — UFC
- Rob Font (19-4) — UFC
- Jose Aldo (30-7) — UFC
- Cody Garbrandt (12-4) — UFC
- Merab Dvalishviili (14-4) — UFC — (+5)
- Dominick Cruz (23-3) — UFC
- Marlon Moraes (23-9-1) — UFC — (-3)
- Sergio Pettis (21-5) — Bellator Bantamweight Champion — (-1)
- Pedro Munhoz (19-6) — UFC — (-1)
- Kyoji Horiguchi (29-3) — Bellator — (-1)
- John Lineker (33-9) — ONE Featherweight Champion
- Frankie Edgar (24-9-1) — UFC
Flyweight
- Brandon Moreno (19-5-2) — UFC Flyweight Champion
- Deiveson Figueiredo (20-2-1) — UFC
- Adriano Moraes (19-3) — ONE Flyweight Champion
- Askar Askarov (13-0) — UFC
- Demetrious Johnson (30-4-1) — ONE
- Alexandre Pantoja (24-5) — UFC
- Matheus Nicolau (16-2-1) — UFC
- Alex Perez (24-6) — UFC
- Brandon Royval (12-6) — UFC
- Kai Kara-France (22-9) — UFC
- Rogerio Bontorin (17-3) — UFC
- Manel Kape (16-6) — UFC
- David Dvorak (20-3) — UFC
- Jose Torres (10-1-1) — Brave CF Flyweight Champion
- Matt Schnell (15-6) — UFC
Women’s Featherweight
- Amanda Nunes (21-4) — UFC Women's Featherweight Champion
- Cris Cyborg (24-2) — Bellator Women's Featherweight Champion
- Kayla Harrison (11-0) — PFL Lightweight Champion
- Norma Dumont (6-1) — UFC
- Julia Budd (15-3) — PFL
- Felicia Spencer (8-3) — UFC
- Megan Anderson (11-5) — UFC
- Pam Sorensen (9-3) — Invicta FC Featherweight Champion
- Larissa Pacheco (15-4) — PFL
- Cat Zingano (12-4) — Bellator
- Arlene Blancowe (14-8) — Bellator
- Leslie Smith (12-9-1) — Bellator
- Leah McCourt (4-1) — Bellator
- Leah Letson (5-1) — UFC
- Janay Harding (6-5) — Bellator
Women’s Bantamweight
- Amanda Nunes (21-4) — UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion
- Germaine De Randamie (10-4) — UFC
- Holly Holm (14-5) — UFC
- Julianna Peña (10-4) — UFC
- Irene Aldana (13-6) — UFC
- Aspen Ladd (9-1) — UFC
- Yana Kunitskaya (14-6) — UFC
- Ketlen Vieira (11-2) — UFC
- Raquel Pennington (12-8) — UFC
- Meisha Tate (19-7) — UFC
- Macy Chiasson (7-1) — UFC
- Sara McMann (12-6) — UFC
- Josiane Nunes (8-2) — UFC
- Pannie Kianzad (15-6) — UFC
- Karol Rosa (14-3) — UFC
Women’s Flyweight
- Valentina Shevchenko (22-3) — UFC Women's Flyweight Champion
- Jessica Andrade (22-9) — UFC
- Juliana Velasquez (12-0) — Bellator Women's Flyweight Champion
- Katlyn Chookagian (16-4) — UFC
- Liz Carmouche (16-7) — UFC — (+1)
- Lauren Murphy (14-6) — UFC — (-1)
- Jennifer Maia (19-7-1) — UFC
- Cynthia Calvillo (9-3-1) — UFC
- Joanne Calderwood (15-6) — UFC
- Ilima Lei-MacFarlane (11-1) — Bellator
- Alexa Grasso (13-3) — UFC
- Viviane Araujo (9-3) — UFC
- Taila Santos (18-1) — UFC — (debut)
- Roxanne Modaferri (25-19) — UFC — (-1)
- Maycee Barber (9-2) — UFC — (-1)
Dropped Out - Miranda Maverick (#15)
Women’s Strawweight
- Rose Namajunas (10-4) — UFC Women's Strawweight Champion
- Weili Zhang (21-2) — UFC
- Joanna Jedrzejczyk (16-4) — UFC
- Carla Esparza (18-6) — UFC
- Marina Rodriguez (14-1) — UFC
- MacKenzie Dern (11-1) — UFC
- Yan Xionan (13-2) — UFC
- Tecia Torres (13-5) — UFC
- Claudia Gadelha (18-5) — UFC
- Amanda Lemos (10-1-1) — UFC
- Amanda Ribas (10-2) — UFC
- Michelle Waterson (18-9) — UFC
- Angela Hill (13-10) — UFC
- Nina Nunes (10-7) — UFC
- Virna Jandiroba (17-2) — UFC
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