A night to remember.
UFC 300 brought together MMA’s biggest stars on one fight card in Las Vegas. Naturally, the results of last weekend’s event had a huge impact on the promotion’s official rankings. Former featherweight champion Max Holloway faces-locks Justin Gaethje in a ‘BMF’ bout, scoring the highest knockout of all time, debuting at No. 9 at lightweight and skyrocketing up the pound-for-pound charts. I let it happen. Landing number 8.
Former PFL champion Kayla Harrison makes her Octagon debut with a chokehold over former 135-pound titleholder Holly Holm, clinching bantamweight (No. 4) and women’s pound-for-pound (No. 13) status. I made it. Additionally, rising lightweight Arman Tsarukyan took over the No. 1 spot at 155 pounds, defeating former fellow champion Charles Oliveira. As for Aljamain Sterling, he was removed from the bantamweight rankings thanks to his decision victory over Calvin Kattar and returned to the No. 8 spot in the 145-pound weight class.
Here’s how the UFC creates its official rankings.
The rankings were created by a voting committee made up of media professionals. Members of the media were asked to vote for who they thought was the top fighter in the UFC by weight class and pound-for-pound. Fighters are only eligible to vote if they are in active status with the UFC. Fighters can compete in multiple weight classes at once. Champions and interim champions are considered to be at the top of their respective weight classes and therefore are not eligible for voting by weight. However, champions can vote in pound-for-pound rankings.
Take a look at what the latest ranking field looks like, courtesy of UFC.com. Note: (+/- = ranking change, T = tie, *NR = previously unranked).
men’s pound for pound
1. Islam Makhachev
2. Jon Jones
3. Leon Edwards
4. Alex Pereira
5. Ilia Topuria
6. Sean O’Malley
7. Alexander Volkanovski +1
8. Max Holloway +6
9. Doricas du Plessis
10. Alexandre Pantoja
11. Charles Oliveira -4
12. Israel Adesanya -1
13. Tom Aspinall -1
14. Sean Strickland -1
15. Aljamain Sterling
fly weight
Champion: Alexandre Pantoja
1. Brandon Roybal
2. Brandon Moreno
3. Amir Albazi
4. Kai Kara France
5. Mateusz Nicolau
6. Manel Cape
7. Muhammad Mokayev
8. Alex Perez
9. Tim Elliott
10. Steve Arseg
11. Matt Schnell
12. Tagir Ulanbekov
13. Akira Hirata
14. David Dvorak
15. Su Mudarji
bantamweight
Champion: Sean O’Malley
1. Merab Dvalishvili
2. Cory Sandhagen +1
3. Petr Yan +1
4. Marlon Vera +1
5. Henry Cejudo +1
6. Deiveson Figueiredo +2
7. Song Yadong
8. Rob font +1
9. Umar Nurmagomedov +1
10. Kyler Phillips +1
11. Dominick Cruz +1
12. Mario Bautista+1
13. Jonathan Martinez +1
14. Pedro Muñoz +1
15. Ricky Simon *NR
featherweight
Champion: Ilia Topuria
1. Alexander Volkanovsky
2. Max Holloway
3. Brian Ortega
4. Yair Rodriguez
5. Mokhsar Evloev
6. Arnold Allen
7. Josh Emmett
8. Aljamain Sterling *NR
9. Calvin Kattar -1
10. Gigachikaze -1
11. Bryce Mitchell -1
12. Edson Barboza -1
13. Dan Ige -1
14. Diego Lopez *NR
15. Sodiq Yusaf -2
lightweight
Champion: Islam Makhachev
1. Arman Tsarukyan +3
2. Charles Oliveira -1
3. Justin Gaethje -1
4. Dustin Poirier -1
5. Mateusz Gamrot
6. Beneil Darish +1
7. Michael Chandler -1
8. Rafael Fiziev
9. Max Holloway *NR
10. Renato Moicano +3
11. Dan Hooker -2
12. Jalin Turner -2
13. Benoit Saint Denis -2
14. Rafael dos Anjos -2
15. Bobby Green -1
welterweight
Champion: Leon Edwards
1. Kamaru Usman
2. Belal Muhammad
3. Shavkat Rakhmonov
4. Colby Covington
5. Jacques Della Maddalena
6. Gilbert Burns
7. Ian Machado Garry
8. Sean Brady
9. Stephen Thompson
10. Jeff Neal
11. Joaquin Buckley
12. Neil Magny
13. Michael Page
14. Vicente Luque
15. Kevin Holland
middleweight
Champion: Doricus du Plessis
1. Sean Strickland
2. Israel Adesanya
3. Robert Whittaker
4. Jared Cannonier
5. Marvin Vettori
6. Paulo Costa
7. Brendan Allen
8. Nasudin Imavov
9. Roman Dorise
10. Jack Hermanson
11. Khamzat Chimaev
12. Anthony Hernandez
13. Paul Craig
14. Caio Boralho +1
15. Chris Curtis -1
light heavyweight
Champion: Alex Pereira
1. Jiri Prochaska +1
2. Magomed Ankalaev +1
3. Jamahal Hill -2
4. Jan Blachowicz
5. Aleksandar Rakic
6. Nikita Krylov
7. Johnny Walker
8. Khalil Rountree
9. Volkan Oezdemir
10. Anthony Smith
11. Ryan Spann
12. Alonzo Menifield
13. Azamat Murzakanov
14. Dominic Reyes
15. Dustin Jacoby
heavyweight
Champion: Jon Jones
1. Tom Aspinall
2. Cyril Gain
3. Sergei Pavlovich
4. Stipe Miocic
5. Curtis Blaze
6. Alexander Volkov
7. Jailton Almeida
8. Marcin Tibura
9. Sergey Spivats
10. Tai Tuivasa
11. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
12. Derrick Lewis
13. Alexander Romanov
14. Marcos Rogerio de Lima
15. Rodrigo Nascimento
women’s pound for pound
1. Alexa Grasso
2. Zhang Weili
3. Valentina Shevchenko
4. Manon Fioreau
5. Juliana Pena
6. Raquel Pennington
7. Rose Namajunas
8. Erin Blanchfield
9. Tatiana Suarez
10. Yang Xiaonan
11. Jessica Andrade
12. Amanda Lemos
13. Kayla Harrison *NR
14. Ketlen Vieira -1
15. Irene Aldana
women’s strawweight
Champion: Zhang Weili
1. Tatiana Suarez +1
2. Yang Xiaonan -1
3. Amanda Lemos
4. Jessica Andrade
5. Vilna Jandilova
6. Marina Rodriguez
7. Mackenzie Dern
8. Amanda Rivas
9. Luana Pinheiro
10. Loopy Godinez
11. Tabitha Rich
12. Angela Hill
13. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
14. Michelle Waterson-Gomez
15. Gillian Robertson
women’s flyweight
Champion: Alexa Grasso
1. Valentina Shevchenko
2. Manon Fioreau
3. Erin Blanchfield
4. Macy Barber
5. Jessica Andrade
6. Rose Namajunas
7. Katrin Cerminara
8. Natalia Silva
9. Amanda Rivas
10. Vivian Araujo
11. Tracy Cortez
12. Ariane Lipsky
13. Karine Silva
14. Casey O’Neill
15. Miranda Maverick
women’s bantamweight
Champion: Raquel Pennington
1. Juliana Pena
2. Ketlen Vieira
3. Maira Bueno Silva
4. Kayla Harrison *NR
5. Irene Aldana -1
6. Holly Holm -1
7. Macy Chiasson -1
8. Misha Tate -1
9. Carol Rosa -1
10. Norma Dumont -1
11. Panny Kianzado -1
12. Yana Santos -1
13. Julia Avila -1
14. Chelsea Chandler -1
15. Germaine de Randamie -1
These rankings will be posted approximately two weeks after ESPN and ESPN+’s mixed martial arts (MMA) event “UFC Vegas 91: ‘Nicolaou vs. Perez'” scheduled for Saturday, April 26th, especially in the flyweight division. You can expect it to fluctuate. 2024 at APEX in Las Vegas.
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