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Fightful MMA Weekly Rankings (11/17/21): Max Holloway Enters Pound-For-Pound Top 10 Following UFC Vegas 42

Colby Faria,Stephen JensenNovember 17, 2021, 5:05 pm

Welcome to Fightful MMA’s weekly fighter rankings (as of 11/17/21).

UFC Vegas 42 has come and gone and so has yet another Max Holloway masterclass as he dispatched of top Featherweight contender Yair Rodriguez to potentially earn another shot at 145-pound king Alexander Volkanovski.

Meisha Tate and Ketlen Vieira take center stage next weekend which is sure to shake-up the women’s ranks at 135-pounds.

Men’s Pound-For-Pound

Kamaru Usman (20-1) — UFC Welterweight Champion
Jon Jones (26-1) — UFC
Francis Ngannou (16-3) — UFC Heavyweight Champion
Alex Volkanovski (22-1) — UFC Featherweight Champion
Israel Adesanya (21-1) — UFC Middleweight Champion
Charles Oliveira (31-8) — UFC Lightweight Champion
Ciryl Gane (10-0) — UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion
Dustin Poirier (28-6) — UFC
Max Holloway (23-6) — UFC — (+1)
Jan Blachowicz (28-9) — (-1)
Stipe Miocic (20-4) — UFC — (-1)
Robert Whittaker (23-5) — UFC
Brandon Moreno (19-5) — UFC Flyweight Champion
Peter Yan (16-2) — UFC Interim Bantamweight Champion
Colby Covington (16-3) — UFC

Women’s Pound-For-Pound

Amanda Nunes (21-4) — UFC Featherweight & Bantamweight Champion
Valentina Shevchenko (22-3) — UFC Flyweight Champ
Cris Cyborg (25-2) — Bellator Featherweight Champion
Rose Namajunas (10-4) — UFC Strawweight Champion
Kayla Harrison (12-0) — PFL 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 Bantamweight Champion
Jessica Andrade (22-9) — UFC
Julia Budd (16-3) — PFL
Carla Esparza (18-6) — UFC
Julianna Peña (10-4) — UFC
Marina Rodriguez (15-1) — UFC

Heavyweight

Francis Ngannou (16-3) — UFC Champion
Ciryl Gane (10-0) — UFC Interim 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 Champion
Tom Aspinall (11-2) – UFC
Jairzinho Rozenstruik (12-3) — UFC
Marcin Tybura (22-6) — UFC
Cheick Kongo (31-11) — Bellator
Augusto Sakai (15-3-1) — UFC
Chris Daukaus (12-3) — UFC
Fedor Emelianenko (40-6-1) — Bellator
Fabricio Werdum (24-9) — PFL

Light Heavyweight

Glover Teixeira (33-7) — UFC Champion
Jan Blachowicz (28-9)
Vadim Nemkov (13-2) — Bellator Champion
Jiri Prochazka (28-3-1) — UFC
Corey Anderson (16-5) — Bellator
Ryan Bader (28-7) — Bellator
Phil Davis (22-6) — Bellator
Aleksandar Rakic (14-2) — UFC
Thiago Santos (22-9) — UFC
Dominick Reyes (12-3) — 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 Champion
Robert Whittaker (23-5) — UFC
Gegard Mousasi (48-7) — Bellator Champion
Jared Cannonier (14-5) — UFC
Derek Brunson (23-7) — UFC
Marvin Vettori (18-5-1) — UFC
Paulo Costa (13-2) — 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
Nassourdine Imavov (11-3) — UFC

Welterweight

Kamaru Usman (20-1) — UFC Champion
Colby Covington (16-3) — 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 Champion
Michael Chiesa (18-5) — UFC
Jorge Masvidal (35-15) — UFC
Ray Cooper III (24-7-1) — PFL Champion
Douglas Lima (32-9) — Bellator
Belal Muhammad (19-3) — UFC
Khamzat Chimaev (10-0) — UFC
Neil Magny (25-9) — UFC
Robbie Lawler (29-15-1) — UFC

Lightweight

Charles Oliveira (31-8) — UFC Champion
Dustin Poirier (28-6) — UFC
Justin Gaethje (23-3) — UFC
Beneil Dariush (21-4-1) — UFC
Islam Makhachev (20-1) — UFC
Conor McGregor (22-6) — UFC
Michael Chandler (22-7) — UFC
Rafael Dos Anjos (30-13) — UFC
Tony Ferguson (25-6) — UFC
Dan Hooker (21-10) — UFC
Gregor Gillespie (14-1) — UFC
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 Champion
Max Holloway (23-6) — UFC
AJ McKee (18-0) — Bellator Champion
Brian Ortega (15-2) — UFC
Patricio Pitbull (32-5) — Bellator
Giga Chikadze (14-2) — UFC
Calvin Kattar (22-5) — UFC
Yair Rodriguez (13-3) — UFC
Korean Zombie (17-6) — UFC
Arnold Allen (17-1) — UFC
Josh Emmett (16-2) — UFC
Movsar Evloev (14-0) — UFC
Movlid Khaybulaev (19-0-1) — PFL Champion
Dan Ige (15-4) — UFC
Edson Barboza (22-10) — UFC

Bantamweight

Aljamain Sterling (20-3) — UFC 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
Dominick Cruz (23-3) — UFC
Marlon Moraes (23-9-1) — UFC
Sergio Pettis (21-5) — Bellator Champion
Pedro Munhoz (19-6) — UFC
Kyoji Horiguchi (29-3) — Bellator
John Lineker (33-9) — ONE Champion
Marlon Vera (18-7-1) — UFC

Flyweight

Brandon Moreno (19-5-2) — UFC Champion
Deiveson Figueiredo (20-2-1) — UFC
Adriano Moraes (19-3) — ONE Champion
Askar Askarov (13-0) — UFC
Demetrious Johnson (30-4-1) — ONE
Matheus Nicolau (17-2-1) — UFC
Alexandre Pantoja (24-5) — 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 Champion
Matt Schnell (15-6) — UFC

Women’s Featherweight

Amanda Nunes (21-4) — UFC Champion
Cris Cyborg (24-2) — Bellator Champion
Kayla Harrison (12-0) — PFL Champion
Norma Dumont (7-1) — UFC
Julia Budd (16-3) — PFL
Felicia Spencer (9-3) — UFC
Megan Anderson (11-5) — UFC
Pam Sorensen (9-3) — Invicta FC 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 (5-2) — UFC
Janay Harding (6-5) — Bellator

Women’s Bantamweight

Amanda Nunes (21-4) — UFC Champion
Germaine De Randamie (10-4) — UFC
Holly Holm (14-5) — UFC
Julianna Peña (10-4) — UFC
Irene Aldana (13-6) — UFC
Aspen Ladd (9-2) — 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 Champion
Jessica Andrade (22-9) — UFC
Juliana Velasquez (12-0) — Bellator Champion
Katlyn Chookagian (16-4) — UFC
Liz Carmouche (16-7) — UFC
Lauren Murphy (14-6) — UFC
Jennifer Maia (19-7-1) — UFC
Andrea Lee (13-5) — UFC
Cynthia Calvillo (9-4-1) — 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
Roxanne Modaferri (25-18) — UFC

Women’s Strawweight

Rose Namajunas (12-4) — UFC Champion
Weili Zhang (21-3) — UFC
Joanna Jedrzejczyk (16-4) — UFC
Carla Esparza (18-6) — UFC
Marina Rodriguez (15-1) — UFC
MacKenzie Dern (11-2) — 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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