MMA Divisional Rankings: UFC 300 completely reshapes the global ranks

Within the ever-shifting MMA panorama, rating the world’s best fighters may look like a idiot’s errand, however that’s precisely what we’ve got down to do with the MMA Combating World Rankings. Right here, our esteemed panel kinds out the movers and shakers from each division to give you probably the most definitive record of the very best fighters on the planet.

UFC 300 has come and gone, and contemplating the starpower on the historic card, it’s secure to say it shook up our rankings like a snow globe. As we start marching anew towards UFC 400, let’s check out how issues stand after one of many best nights in MMA historical past.

Updated pound-for-pound rankings can be found here.

Try the whole April rankings beneath.

Heavyweight

Current outcomes for ranked fighters (earlier rating proven): No. 8 Tai Tuivasa def. No. 9 Marcin Tybura

Upcoming bouts that includes ranked fighters: No. 3 Sergei Pavlovich vs. No. 7 Alexander Volkov (UFC Battle Evening, June 22), No. 6 Jailton Almeida vs. Alexandr Romanov (UFC 302, June 1)

Fighters additionally receiving votes (variety of poll appearances proven): Derrick Lewis (5), Linton Vassell (3), Waldo Cortes-Acosta (1), Ryan Bader (1), Denis Goltsov (1), Alexandr Romanov (1)

Falling out of the rankings (earlier rating proven): No. 15 (tied) Derrick Lewis

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Mild Heavyweight

MMA Combating

Current outcomes for ranked fighters (earlier rating proven): No. 1 Alex Pereira def. No. 4 Jamahal Hill, No. 2 Jiri Prochazka def. Aleksandar Rakic, No. 5 Corey Anderson def. Karl Moore

Upcoming bouts that includes ranked fighters: No. 8 Johnny Walker vs. No. 15 Volkan Oezdemir (UFC Battle Evening, June 22), No. 13 Anthony Smith vs. Vitor Petrino (UFC 301, Could 4), No. 14 Ryan Spann vs. Bogdan Guskov (UFC Vegas 91, April 27)

Fighters additionally receiving votes (variety of poll appearances proven): Azamat Murzakanov (2), Rob Wilkinson (1), Alonzo Menifield (1), Thiago Santos (1), Philipe Lins (1)

Falling out of the rankings (earlier rating proven): No. 15 Alonzo Menifield

Middleweight

MMA Combating

Current outcomes for ranked fighters (earlier rating proven): No. 9 Brendan Allen def. Chris Curtis, No. 14 Fabian Edwards def. Aaron Jeffery

Upcoming bouts that includes ranked fighters: No. 2 Sean Strickland vs. No. 8 Paulo Costa (UFC 302, June 1), No. 4 Robert Whittaker vs. No. 10 Khamzat Chimaev (UFC Battle Evening, June 22), No. 13 Roman Dolidze vs. No. 15 Anthony Hernandez (UFC 302, June 1)

Fighters additionally receiving votes (variety of poll appearances proven): Jack Hermansson (4), Impa Kasanganay (3), Michel Pereira (2), Reinier de Ridder (1), Caio Borralho (1), Paul Craig (1), Ikram Aliskerov (1), Kelvin Gastelum (1), Chris Curtis (1)

Falling out of the rankings (earlier rating proven): N/A

Welterweight

MMA Combating

Current outcomes for ranked fighters (earlier rating proven): Joaquin Buckley def. No. 13 Vicente Luque

Upcoming bouts that includes ranked fighters: No. 7 Jason Jackson vs. Ramazan Kuramagomedov (Bellator Dublin, June 22), No. 15 Logan Storley vs. Shamil Musaev (PFL 3, April 19)

Fighters additionally receiving votes (variety of poll appearances proven): Magomed Magomedkerimov (3), Vicente Luque (2), Colby Covington (1), Andrey Koreshkov (1), Rinat Fakhretdinov (1)

Falling out of the rankings (earlier rating proven): No. 13 Vicente Luque

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Light-weight

MMA Combating

Current outcomes for ranked fighters (earlier rating proven): No. 3 FW Max Holloway def. No. 3 Justin Gaethje, No. 4 Arman Tsarukyan def. No. 2 Charles Oliveira, No. 13 Renato Moicano def. No. 12 Jalin Turner

Upcoming bouts that includes ranked fighters: No. 1 Islam Makhachev vs. No. 6 Dustin Poirier (UFC 302, June 1), No. 7 Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Alexander Shabliy (Bellator Paris, Could 17), No. 10 (tied) Michael Chandler vs. Conor McGregor (welterweight bout) (UFC 303, June 29)

Fighters additionally receiving votes (variety of poll appearances proven): Jalin Turner (2), Alexander Shabliy (2), Matt Frevola (1)

Falling out of the rankings (earlier rating proven): No. 12 Jalin Turner

Featherweight

MMA Combating

Current outcomes for ranked fighters (earlier rating proven): No. 3 Max Holloway def. No. 3 LW Justin Gaethje (light-weight bout), No. 8 Patricio Pitbull def. Jeremy Kennedy, No. 4 BW Aljamain Sterling def. No. 10 Calvin Kattar

Upcoming bouts that includes ranked fighters: N/A

Fighters additionally receiving votes (variety of poll appearances proven): Bryce Mitchell (4), Movlid Khaybulaev (3), Lerone Murphy (2), Chihiro Suzuki (2), Adam Borics (1)

Falling out of the rankings (earlier rating proven): No. 15 Bryce Mitchell

Bantamweight

MMA Combating

Current outcomes for ranked fighters (earlier rating proven): No. 4 Aljamain Sterling def. No. 10 FW Calvin Kattar (featherweight bout), No. 11 Deiveson Figueiredo def. Cody Garbrandt

Upcoming bouts that includes ranked fighters: No. 3 Patchy Combine vs. Magomed Magomedov (Bellator Paris, Could 17), No. 14 Jonathan Martinez vs. Jose Aldo (UFC 301, Could 4)

Fighters additionally receiving votes (variety of poll appearances proven): Kai Asakura (4), Mario Bautista (4)

Falling out of the rankings (earlier rating proven): No. 4 Aljamain Sterling (moved to featherweight)

Flyweight

MMA Combating

Current outcomes for ranked fighters (earlier rating proven): N/A

Upcoming bouts that includes ranked fighters: No. 1 Alexandre Pantoja vs. No. 14 Steve Erceg (UFC 301, Could 4), No. 10 (tied) Matheus Nicolau vs. No. 12 Alex Perez (UFC Vegas 91, April 27), No. 13 Tatsuro Taira vs. No. 15 Tim Elliott (UFC Vegas 92, Could 18)

Fighters additionally receiving votes (variety of poll appearances proven): Askar Akarov (2), Azamat Kerefov (1), Kairat Akhmetov (1), Hiromasa Ougikubo (1)

Falling out of the rankings (earlier rating proven): N/A

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Girls’s Bantamweight

MMA Combating

Current outcomes for ranked fighters (earlier rating proven): Kayla Harrison def. No. 4 Holly Holm, No. 9 Macy Chiasson def. No. 8 Pannie Kianzad, No. 12 Nora Cornolle def. No. 13 Melissa Mullins

Upcoming bouts that includes ranked fighters: N/A

Fighters additionally receiving votes (variety of poll appearances proven): Tainara Lisboa (3), Joselyne Edwards (2), Lucie Pudilova (2), Ailin Perez (2), Julia Avila (1), Olga Rubin (1), Taneisha Tennant (1)

Falling out of the rankings (earlier rating proven): No. 15 (tied) Ailin Perez, No. 15 (tied) Lucie Pudilova, No. 14 Tainara Lisboa

Girls’s Flyweight

MMA Combating

Current outcomes for ranked fighters (earlier rating proven): No. 4 Taila Santos def. Ilara Joanne, No. 5 Manon Fiorot def. No. 3 Erin Blanchfield, No. 6 Liz Carmouche def. No. 15 Juliana Velasquez, Rose Namajunas def. No. 13 Amanda Ribas

Upcoming bouts that includes ranked fighters: No. 13 Viviane Araujo vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius (UFC Battle Evening, July 13)

Fighters additionally receiving votes (variety of poll appearances proven): Jennifer Maia (6), Karine Silva (4), Ariane Lipski (2), Jena Bishop (1)

Falling out of the rankings (earlier rating proven): No. 14 Jennifer Maia

Strawweight

MMA Combating

Current outcomes for ranked fighters (earlier rating proven): No. 1 Zhang Weili def. No. 3 Yan Xiaonan, No. 5 (tied) Jessica Andrade def. No. 8 Marina Rodriguez, No. 7 Virna Jandiroba def. No. 11 Loopy Godinez

Upcoming bouts that includes ranked fighters: No. 12 Angela Hill vs. Luana Pinheiro (UFC Vegas 91, April 27), No. 12 Angela Hill vs. No. 13 Tabatha Ricci (UFC St. Louis, Could 11), No. 14 Gillian Robertson vs. Michelle Waterson-Gomez (UFC 303, June 29), No. 15 Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Iasmin Lucindo (UFC 301, Could 4)

Fighters additionally receiving votes (variety of poll appearances proven): Loma Lookboonmee (5), Emily Ducote (1), Iasmin Lucindo (1), Danni McCormack (1), Luana Pinheiro (1)

Falling out of the rankings (earlier rating proven): Xiong Jingnan (inactivity)

A refresher on the bottom guidelines:

• Our eight-person voting panel consists of MMA Combating staffers Shaheen Al-Shatti, Alexander Ok. Lee, Guilherme Cruz, Mike Heck, E. Casey Leydon, Steven Marrocco, Damon Martin, and Jed Meshew.
• Fighters can be faraway from the rankings if they don’t compete inside 18 months of their most up-to-date bout. Updates to the rankings are sometimes accomplished following every month’s UFC pay-per-view.
• Ought to a fighter announce their retirement, our panel will resolve whether or not that fighter ought to instantly be faraway from the rankings or preserve their place till additional discover. (Let’s put it this manner: We’d have taken Khabib Nurmagomedov out of our rankings loads faster than the UFC did.)
• Holding a promotion’s title doesn’t assure that fighter can be considered as the very best of their promotion. Moreover, fighters who recurrently compete or maintain titles in a number of weight lessons are eligible to be ranked in a number of lists.

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