"Rankings were generated by a voting panel made up of media members. The media members were asked to vote for who they feel are the top fighters in the UFC by weight-class and pound-for-pound. A fighter is only eligible to be voted on if they are in active status in the UFC. A fighter can appear in more than one weight division at a time. The champion and interim champion are considered to be in the top positions of their respective divisions and therefore are not eligible for voting by weight-class. However, the champions can be voted on for the pound-for-pound rankings. Rankings will be updated approximately 36 hours after each event." -- UFC.ca

* Updated Monday, October 5

 

POUND-FOR-POUND

RANK FIGHTER
1 Jose Aldo
2 Demetrious Johnson
3 Chris Weidman
4 Ronda Rousey
5 TJ Dillashaw
6 Robbie Lawler
7 Fabricio Werdum
8 Rafael dos Anjos
9 Daniel Cormier
10 Cain Velasquez
11 Conor McGregor
12 Anthony Pettis
13 Frankie Edgar
14 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
15 Johny Hendricks

 

HEAVYWEIGHT

RANK FIGHTER
C Fabricio Werdum
1 Cain Velasquez
2 Junior Dos Santos
3 Stipe Miocic
4 Andrei Arlovski
5 Travis Browne
6 Josh Barnett
7 Ben Rothwell
8 Mark Hunt
9 Alistair Overeem
10 Frank Mir
11 Antonio Silva
12 Roy Nelson
13 Matt Mitrione
14 Stefan Struve
15 Alexey Oliynyk

 

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

RANK FIGHTER
C Daniel Cormier
1 Anthony Johnson
2 Alexander Gustafsson
3 Ryan Bader
4 Glover Teixeira
5 Ovince Saint Preux
6 Rashad Evans
7 Mauricio Rua
8 Jimi Manuwa
9 Patrick Cummins
10 Rampage Jackson
11 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
12 Fabio Maldonado
13 Rafael Cavalcante
14 Corey Anderson
15 Jan Blachowicz

 

MIDDLEWEIGHT

RANK FIGHTER
C Chris Weidman
1 Luke Rockhold
2 Jacare Souza
3 Yoel Romero
4 Vitor Belfort
5 Lyoto Machida
6 Tim Kennedy
7 Michael Bisping
8 Gegard Mousasi
9 Thales Leites
10 Uriah Hall
11 CB Dollaway
12 Dan Henderson
13 Derek Brunson
14 Robert Whittaker
15 Roan Carneiro

 

WELTERWEIGHT

RANK FIGHTER
C Robbie Lawler
1 Rory MacDonald
2 Tyron Woodley
3 Johny Hendricks
4 Carlos Condit
5 Matt Brown
6 Demian Maia
7 Dong Hyun Kim
8 Stephen Thompson
9 Tarec Saffiedine
10 Rick Story
11 Gunnar Nelson
12 Neil Magny
13 Thiago Alves
14 Jake Ellenberger
15 Kelvin Gastelum

 

LIGHTWEIGHT

RANK FIGHTER
C Rafael dos Anjos
1 Anthony Pettis
2 Donald Cerrone
3 Khabib Nurmagomedov
4 Eddie Alvarez
5 Michael Johnson
6 Benson Henderson
7 Edson Barboza
8 Tony Ferguson
9 Myles Jury
10 Beneil Dariush
11 Al Iaquinta
12 Bobby Green
13 Dustin Poirier
14 Nate Diaz
15 Jim Miller

 

FEATHERWEIGHT

RANK FIGHTER
C Jose Aldo
1 (IC) Conor McGregor
2 Frankie Edgar
3 Chad Mendes
4 Ricardo Lamas
5 Max Holloway
6 Cub Swanson
7 Charles Oliveira
8 Jeremy Stephens
9 Dennis Bermudez
10 Nik Lentz
11 Clay Guida
12 Hacran Dias
13 Tatsuya Kawajiri
14 Darren Elkins
15 Dennis Siver

 

BANTAMWEIGHT

RANK FIGHTER
C TJ Dillashaw
1 Dominick Cruz
2 Renan Barao
3 Raphael Assuncao
4 Urijah Faber
5 Michael McDonald
6 Aljamain Sterling
7 Bryan Caraway
8 Takeya Mizugaki
8 Thomas Almedia
10 Johnny Eduardo
11 Eddie Wineland
12 John Lineker
13 Francisco Rivera
14 Frankie Saenz
15 Iuri Alcantara

 

FLYWEIGHT

RANK FIGHTER
C Demetrious Johnson
1 Joseph Benavidez
2 John Dodson
3 Jussier Formiga
4 Ian McCall
5 Henry Cejudo
6 John Moraga
7 Kyoji Horiguchi
8 Zach Makovsky
9 Dustin Ortiz
10 Ray Borg
11 Wilson Reis
12 Chris Cariaso
13 Ali Bagautinov
14 Chico Camus
15 Sergio Pettis

 

WOMEN'S BANTAMWEIGHT

RANK FIGHTER
C Ronda Rousey
1 Miesha Tate
2 Cat Zingano
3 Alexis Davis
4 Amanda Nunes
5 Sarah Kaufman
6 Sara McMann
7 Julianna Pena
8 Holly Holm
9 Jessica Eye
10 Bethe Correira
11 Liz Carmouche
12 Marion Reneau
13 Raquel Pennington
14 Germaine de Randamie
15 Jessica Andrade

 

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT

RANK FIGHTER
C Joanna Jedrzejczyk
1 Claudia Gadelha
2 Carla Esparza
3 Jessica Penne
4 Rose Namajunas
5 Tecia Torres
6 Paige VanZant
7 Randa Markos
8 Joanne Calderwood
9 Valerie Letourneau
10 Maryna Moroz
11 Michelle Waterson
12 Jessica Aguilar
13 Felice Herrig
14 Juliana Lima
15 Aisling Daly