UFC Weight Classes & Rankings

The UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) was founded in 1993. It did so without set weight classes or any rules. The tagline back in the early days was “There are no rules”. Over the years there was some controversy and so rules were introduced slowly. It wasn’t until UFC 12 that weight divisions became a thing. Before that, fighters of different weights could be placed together.

As you can imagine, these UFC weight classes weren’t perfect straight away. They’ve been readjusted a few times including most recently for UFC 31, where they’re now pretty much set in stone.

There are now eight men’s weight classes and four women’s divisions. Below is an overview of the full list of weight classes with the weigh-in ranges and who the current champions are.

UFC Weight Divisions in Order

UFC Weight Classes Rankings

We’ve already told you who the current champion is for each UFC weight class, now we’ll give you the ful list for each weight division. As well as the men’s and women’s pound-for-pound rankings. 

Men’s Pound-for-pound Rankings

1. Jon Jones
2. Kamaru Usman
3. Alexander Volkanovski
4. Israel Adesanya
5. Francis Ngannou
6. Dustin Poirier
7. Jan Blachowicz
8. Stipe Miocic
9. Max Holloway
10. Deiveson Figueiredo
11. Charles Oliveira
12. Robert Whittaker
13. Petr Yan
14. Justin Gaethje
15. Aljamain Sterling

Men’s Heavyweight Rankings

Current champion – Francis Ngannou

1. Stipe Miocic
2. Derrick Lewis
3. Ciryl Gane
4. Curtis Blaydes
5. Alexander Volkov
6. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
7. Shamil Abdurakhimov
8. Walt Harris
9. Augusto Sakai
10. Chris Daukaus
11. Marcin Tybura
12. Blagoy Ivanov
13. Tom Aspinall
14. Sergei Pavlovich
15. Aleksei Oleinik

Men’s Light Heavyweight Top 10 Rankings

Current champion – Jan Blachowicz

1. Glover Teixeira
2. Jiri Prochazka
3. Aleksandar Rakic
4. Thiago Santos
5. Dominick Reyes
6. Anthony Smith
7. Magomed Ankalaev
8. Volkan Oezdemir
9. Nikita Krylov
10. Johnny Walker
11. Ryan Spann
12. Misha Cirkunov
13. Jim Crute
14. Paul Craig
15. Jamahal Hill

Men’s Middleweight Rankings

Current champion – Israel Adesanya

1. Robert Whittaker
2. Paulo Costa
3. Marvin Vettori
4. Jared Cannonier
5. Derek Brunson
6. Jack Hermansson
7. Darren Till
8. Uriah Hall
9. Kelvin Gastelum
10. Edmen Shahbazyan
11. Sean Strickland
12. Chris Weidman
13. Omari Akhmedov
14. Kevin Holland
15. Brad Tavares

Men’s Welterweight Rankings

Current champion – Kamaru Usman

1. Colby Covington
2. Gilbert Burns
3. Leon Edwards
4. Stephen Thompson
5. Vicente Luque
6. Michael Chiesa
7. Jorge Masvidal
8. Neil Magny
9. Demian Maia
10. Geoff Neal
11. Li Jingliang
12. Belal Muhammad
13. Sean Brady
14. Robbie Lawler
15. Khamzat Chimaev

Men’s Lightweight Rankings

Current champion – Charles Oliveira

1. Dustin Poirier
2. Justin Gaethje
3. Beneil Dariush
4. Michael Chandler
5. Conor McGregor
6. Tony Ferguson
7. Rafael Dos Anjos
8. Dan Hooker
9. Islam Makhachev
10. Gregor Gillespie
11. Kevin Lee
12. Diego Ferreira
13. Drew Dober
14. Thiago Moises
15. Arman Tsarukyan

Men’s Featherweight Rankings

Current champion – Alexander Volkanovski

1. Max Holloway
2. Brian Ortega
3. Yair Rodriguez
4. Chan Sung Jung
5. Calvin Kattar
6. Josh Emmett
7. Arnold Allen
8. Dan Ige
9. Edson Barboza
10. Giga Chikadze
11. Sodiq Yusuff
12. Bryce Mitchell
13. Shane Burgos
14. Movsar Evloev
15. Hakeem Dawodu

Men’s Bantamweight Rankings

Current champion – Aljamain Sterling

1. Petr Yan
2. Cory Sandhagen
3. Rob Font
4. Jose Aldo
5. Cody Garbrandt
6. Marlon Moraes
7. Frankie Edgar
8. Pedro Munhoz
9. Dominick Cruz
10. Merab Dvalishvili
11. Raphael Assuncao
12. Jimmie Rivera
13. Cody Stamann
14. Kyler Phillips
15. Marlon Vera

Men’s Flyweight Rankings

Current champion – Deiveson Figueiredo

1. Brandon Moreno
2. Askar Askarov
3. Alexandre Pantoja
4. Alex Perez
5. Joseph Benavidez
6. Brandon Royval
7. Kai Kara France
8. Rogerio Bontorin
9. Matt Schnell
10. Tim Elliott
11. David Dvorak
12. Raulian Paiva
13. Sumudaerji
14. Matheus Nicolau
15. Amir Albazi

Women’s Pound-for-pound Rankings

1. Amanda Nunes
2. Valentina Shevchenko
3. Rose Namajunas
4. Zhang Weili
5. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
6. Jessica Andrade
7. Germaine De Randamie
8. Holly Holm
9. Carla Esparza
10. Katlyn Chookagian
11. Aspen Ladd
12. Mackenzie Dern
13. Yan Xiaonan
14. Julianna Peña
15. Claudia Gadelha

Women’s Featherweight Rankings

Current champion – Amanda Nunes

Women’s Bantamweight Rankings

Current champion – Amanda Nunes

1. Germaine De Randamie
2. Holly Holm
3. Aspen Ladd
4. Irene Aldana
5. Yana Kunitskaya
6. Julianna Peña
7. Ketlen Vieira
8. Sara McMann
9. Macy Chiasson
10. Lina Lansberg
11. Pannie Kianzad
12. Marion Reneau
13. Sijara Eubanks
14. Karol Rosa
15. Julia Avila

Women’s Flyweight Rankings

Current champion – Valentina Shevchenko

1. Jessica Andrade
2. Katlyn Chookagian
3. Lauren Murphy
4. Jennifer Maia
5. Cynthia Calvillo
6. Joanne Calderwood
7. Jessica Eye
8. Viviane Araujo
9. Roxanne Modafferi
10. Alexa Grasso
11. Andrea Lee
12. Taila Santos
13. Miranda Maverick
14. Maycee Barber
15. Antonina Shevchenko

Women’s Strawweight Rankings

Current champion – Rose Namajunas

1. Zhang Weili
2. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
3. Carla Esparza
4. Yan Xiaonan
5. Marina Rodriguez
6. Mackenzie Dern
7. Nina Nunes
8. Claudia Gadelha
9. Michelle Waterson
10. Tecia Torres
11. Amanda Ribas
12. Angela Hill
13. Virna Jandiroba
14. Amanda Lemos
15. Felice Herrig

All of this data comes from the UFC website and is updated on our website after every UFC event. In case of any mistakes please feel free to contact us here.