Fightful MMA Rankings: UFC & Bellator MMA (Updated: 4/19/2019)
Note: Rankings are organized and maintained by David Tees.
Ultimate Fighting Championships (Top 15)
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. Nikita Krylov (Not Previously Ranked)
Middleweight Division
Champion: Robert Whittaker
Interim Champion: Israel Adesanya
1. Yoel Romero (2)
2. Kelvin Gastelum (1)
3. Ronaldo Souza
4. Luke Rockhold
5. Paulo Costa (6)
6. Anderson Silva (7)
7. Chris Weidman (8)
8. Brad Tavares (9)
9. Uriah Hall (10)
10. Antonio Carlos Jr. (11)
11. Jared Cannonier (12)
12. Jack Hermansson (13)
13. Elias Theodorou (14)
14. Derek Brunson (15)
15. David Branch (Not Previously Ranked)
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
Interim Champion: Dustin Poirier
1. Tony Ferguson
2. Conor McGregor (4)
3. Al Iaquinta (5)
4. Kevin Lee (6)
5. Justin Gaethje (7)
6. Edson Barboza (8)
7. Gregor Gillespie (9)
8. Carlos Diego Ferreira (10)
9. Donald Cerrone (11)
10. Rustam Khabilov (12)
11. Mairbek Taisumov (13)
12. Alex Hernandez (14)
13. Charles Oliveira (15)
14. Paul Felder (Not Previously Ranked)
- James Vick (Not Previously Ranked)
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. Ricardo Lamas
15. Darren Elkins
Bantamweight Division
Champion: Vacant
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. Alexandre Pantoja (4)
3. Ray Borg (2)
4. Wilson Reis (3)
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. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
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
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. Adam McDonough
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. Derek Campos
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. Ricky Bandejas
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. Roberta Paim
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
