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The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is the world’s No. 1 mixed martial arts (MMA) competition and all of the top-ranked fighters in the promotion face off in a series of different weight divisions. We have put together the full UFC Weight Divisions & MMA Rankings all in the one spot below.

There is a total of eight UFC weight divisions in the current format for male fighters and four divisions for female competitors. There is a UFC champion for each category and they have to fight to defend that title once they hold it. The Strawweight is women’s only division, and women also fight in the Bantamweight division as well as more recently Flyweight and Featherweight. Men do not fight in the Strawweight division but compete in all eight other categories.

The full UFC weight divisions are:

Strawweight
Flyweight
Bantamweight
Featherweight
Lightweight
Welterweight
Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
Heavyweight

In general Mixed Martial Arts outside of just the UFC there is also a Super Heavyweight class that has no upper weight limit, although this is not part of the UFC competition. Each weight class has a name, minimum weight and upper limit the MMA fighters competing for the championship title must meet. In the non-title UFC fights there is a one-pound leniency within the divisions. There is no such leniency in UFC title fights, which are the most wagered on and viewed bouts.

As well as the official UFC weight classes there are also UFC rankings on Pound-for-Pound. This ranks the best MMA fighters regardless of their weight class. These fighters do not face off directly necessarily, but are ranked via voting.

Active UFC fighters are ranked within each weight-class with the Top 15 UFC fighter rankings determined by a voting panel made of by members of the media. Fighters are able to compete in the rankings of more than one weight division at any given time. The UFC rankings exclude the current and interim champions who hold the top position of their respective weight divisions, but they can be included by vote on the pound-for-pound rankings.

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Weight Class	Minimum Weight	Upper Weight Limit
Strawweight	None	115 lb (52.2 kg; 8.2 st)
Flyweight	115 lb (52.2 kg; 8.2 st)	125 lb (56.7 kg; 8.9 st)
Bantamweight	125 lb (56.7 kg; 8.9 st)	135 lb (61.2 kg; 9.6 st)
Featherweight	135 lb (61.2 kg; 9.6 st)	145 lb (65.8 kg; 10.4 st)
Lightweight	145 lb (65.8 kg; 10.4 st)	155 lb (70.3 kg; 11.1 st)
Welterweight	155 lb (70.3 kg; 11.1 st)	170 lb (77.1 kg; 12.1 st)
Middleweight	170 lb (77.1 kg; 12.1 st)	185 lb (83.9 kg; 13.2 st)
Light Heavyweight	185 lb (83.9 kg; 13.2 st)	205 lb (93.0 kg; 14.6 st)
Heavyweight	205 lb (93.0 kg; 14.6 st)	265 lb (120.2 kg; 18.9 st)

Men’s UFC Weight Divisions & Rankings

Pound-For-Pound Rankings

Top 10 Rankings

Jon Jones. Photo: UFC.

1. Jon Jones (26-1-1; 205 lb / 93kg)
2. Khabib Nurmagomedov (28-0-0; 155 lb / 70 kg)
3. Stipe Miocic (20-3-0; 250lb / 113 kg)
4. Israel Adesanya (18-0-0 185 lb / 84 kg)
5. Kamaru Usman (16-1-0; 195 lb / 88kg)
6. Alexander Volkanovski (22-1-0; 145 lb / 65 kg)
7. Justin Gaethje (22-2-0; 155 lb / 70 kg)
8. Dustin Poirier (26-6-0; 155 lb / 70 kg)
9. Max Holloway (21-6-0; 145 lb / 65 kg)
10. Conor McGregor (22-4-0; 155 lb / 70 kg)

Flyweight Rankings

Current UFC Flyweight Champion:

Deiveson Figueiredo

Record (W-L-D): 19-1-0

Weight: 125 lb (56 kg)

Top Flyweight Contenders:

1. Joseph Benavidez (28-7-0; 125 lb / 56kg)
2. Brandon Moreno (17-5-1; 125 lb / 56kg)
3. Askar Askarov (12-0:1; 125 lb / 56kg)
4. Alex Perez (24-5-0; 125 lb / 56kg)
5. Alexandre Pantoja (22-5-0; 125 lb / 56kg)

Bantamweight Rankings

Current UFC Bantamweight Champion:

Petr Yan

Record (W-L-D): 15-1-0

Weight: 135 lb (65 kg)

Top Bantamweight Contenders:

1. Marlon Moraes (23-6-1; 135 lb / 61kg)
2. Aljamain Sterling (19-3-0; 135 lb / 61 kg)
3. Cody Garbrandt (12-3-0; 135 lb / 61 kg)
4. Cory Sandhagen (12-2-0; 135 lb / 61 kg)
5. Frankie Edgar (24-8-1; 135 lb / 61 kg)

Featherweight Rankings

Current UFC Featherweight Champion:

Alexander Volkanovski. Photo UFC.

Alexander Volkanovski

Record (W-L-D): 22-1-0

Weight: 145 lb (65 kg)

Top Featherweight Contenders:

1. Max Holloway (21-6-0; 145 lb / 65 kg)
2. Brian Ortega (14-1-0, 1NC; 145 lb / 65kg)
3. Zabit Magomedsharipov (18-1-0; 145 lb / 65 kg)
4. Chan Sung Jung (16-5-0; 145 lb / 65 kg)
5. Yair Rodriguez (13-2-0, 1NC; 145 lb / 65 kg)

Lightweight Rankings

Current UFC Lightweight Champion:

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Khabib Nurmagomedov. Photo: UFC.

Khabib Nurmagomedov

Record (W-L-D): 28-0-0

Weight: 155 lb (70 kg)

Top Lightweight Contenders:

1. Justin Gaethje (22-2-0; 155 lb / 70 kg) INTERIM CHAMP
2. Dustin Poirier (26-6-0, 1NC; 155 lb / 70 kg)
3. Tony Ferguson (25-4-0; 155 lb / 70 kg)
4. Conor McGregor (22-4-0; 155 lb / 70 kg)
5. Dan Hooker (20-8-0; 155 lb / 70 kg)

Welterweight Rankings

Current UFC Welterweight Champion:

Kamaru Usman. Photo: UFC.

Kamaru Usman

Record (W-L-D): 16-1-0

Weight: 170 lb (77 kg)

Top Welterweight Contenders:

1. Gilbert Burns (19-3-0; 170 lb / 77 kg)
2. Colby Covington (15-2-0; 170 lb / 77 kg)
3. Leon Edwards (18-3-0; 170 lb / 77kg)
4. Jorge Masvidal (35-14-0; 170 lb / 77kg)
5. Tyron Woodley (19-5-1; 170 lb / 77kg)

Middleweight Rankings

Current UFC Middleweight Champion:

Israel Adesanya. Photo UFC.

Israel Adesanya

Record (W-L-D): 18-0-0

Weight: 185 lb (84 kg)

Top Middleweight Contenders:

1. Robert Whittaker (21-5-0; 185 lb / 84 kg)
2. Paulo Costa (13-0-0; 185 lb / 84 kg)
3. Jared Cannonier (13-4-0; 185 lb / 84 kg)
4. Jack Hermansson (21-5-0; 185 lb / 84 kg)
5. Yoel Romero (13-5-0; 185 lb / 84 kg)

Light Heavyweight Rankings

Current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion:

Vacant

Record (W-L-D):

Weight: 205 lb (93 kg)

Top Light Heavyweight Contenders:

1. Dominick Reyes (12-1-0; 205 lb / 93 kg)
2. Thiago Santos (21-7-0; 205 lb / 93 kg)
3. Jan Blachowicz (26-8-0; 205 lb / 93 kg)
4. Glover Teixeira (31-7-0; 205 lb / 93kg)
5. Anthony Smith (33-15-0; 205 lb / 93kg)

Heavyweight Rankings

Current UFC Heavyweight Champion:

Stipe Biocic. Photo: UFC.

Stipe Miocic

Record (W-L-D): 20-3-0

Weight: 235lb (106 kg)

Top Heavyweight Contenders:

1. Francis Ngannou (15-3-0; 250lb / 113 kg)
2. Curtis Blaydes (14-2-0; 265lb / 120 kg)
3. Jairzinho Rozenstruik (11-1-0; 250lb / 113 kg)
4. Derrick Lewis (22-7-0; 260lb / 118 kg)
5. Alistair Overeem (47-18-0; 260lb / 118 kg)

UFC Women’s Weight Divisions & Rankings

Unlike in the Men’s UFC weight divisions, the female UFC fighters have just four weight class titles they can fight for – the Strawweight, Bantamweight and Featherweight divisions. The Flyweight division was only recently added and now has it’s first champion in Valentina Shevchenko.

Women’s Strawweight Rankings

Current UFC Strawweight Champion:

Zhang Weili

Zhang Weili

Record (W-L-D): 20-1-0

Weight: 115 lb (52 kg)

Top Strawweight Contenders:

1. Rose Namajunas ( 10-3-0; 115 lb / 52kg)
2. Jessica Andrade ( 21-8-0; 115 lb / 52kg)
3. Tatiana Suarez (9-0-0; 115 lb / 52 kg)
3. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (16-3-0; 115 lb / 52 kg)
5. Nina Ansaroff (10-6-0; 115 lb / 52 kg)

Women’s Flyweight Rankings

Current UFC Flyweight Champion:

Valentina Shevchenko. Photo: UFC.

Valentina Shevchenko

Record (W-L-D): 19-3-0

Weight: 56kg

Top Flyweight Contenders:

1. Katlyn Chookagian (13-3-0; 125 lb / 56 kg)
2. Cynthia Calvillo (9-1-1; 125 lb / 56 kg)
3. Jennifer Maia (18-6-0; 125lb / 56kg)
4. Lauren Murphy (13-4-0; 125 lb / 56 kg)
5. Joanne Calderwood (14-5-0; 125lb / 56kg)

Women’s Bantamweight Rankings

Current UFC Bantamweight Champion:

Amanda Nunes. Photo: UFC.

Amanda Nunes

Record (W-L-D): 20-4-0

Weight: 135 lb (61 kg)