Welcome to Fightful MMA's weekly fighter rankings (as of 2/16/22).
This past weekend at UFC 271, UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya defeated Robert Whittaker in the night's main event. However, 'Bam Bam' Tuivasa took the headlines after knocking out Houston, Texas' own, Derrick Lewis in 'The Black Beast's' hometown to climb the ranks in the UFC's Heavyweight division.
Men’s Pound-For-Pound
- Kamaru Usman (20-1) — UFC Welterweight Champion
- Jon Jones (26-1) — UFC
- Francis Ngannou (16-3) — UFC Heavyweight Champion
- Israel Adesanya (22-1) — UFC Middleweight Champion — (+2)
- Alex Volkanovski (22-1) — UFC Featherweight Champion — (-1)
- Charles Oliveira (32-8) — UFC Lightweight Champion — (-1)
- Max Holloway (23-6) — UFC
- Dustin Poirier (28-7) — UFC
- Jan Blachowicz (28-9)
- Stipe Miocic (20-4) — UFC
- Robert Whittaker (23-5) — UFC
- Deiveson Figueiredo (21-2-1) — UFC Flyweight Champion
- Brandon Moreno (19-5) — UFC
- Petr Yan (16-2) — Interim UFC Bantamweight Champion
- Colby Covington (16-3) — UFC
Women’s Pound-For-Pound
- Valentina Shevchenko (22-3) — UFC Flyweight Champion
- Julianna Peña (11-4) — UFC Bantamweight Champion
- Amanda Nunes (21-5) — UFC Featherweight Champion
- Cris Cyborg (24-2) — 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
- Marina Rodriguez (15-1) — UFC
Heavyweight
- Francis Ngannou (16-3) — UFC Champion
- Ciryl Gane (10-1) — UFC Interim Champion
- Stipe Miocic (20-4) — UFC
- Tai Tuivasa (15-3) — UFC — (+11)
- Derrick Lewis (26-9) — UFC — (-1)
- Curtis Blaydes (15-3) — UFC — (-1)
- Alexander Volkov (33-9) — UFC — (-1)
- Ryan Bader (29-8) — UFC Champion — (-1)
- Valentin Moldavsky (11-2) — Bellator — (-1)
- Tom Aspinall (11-2) — UFC — (-1)
- Jairzinho Rozenstruik (12-3) — UFC — (-1)
- Marcin Tybura (22-6) — UFC — (-1)
- Cheick Kongo (31-11) — Bellator — (-1)
- Chris Daukaus (12-4) — UFC — (-1)
- Fedor Emelianenko (40-6-1) — Bellator — (-1)
Dropped Out: Augusto Sakai (15-4-1)
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 (29-7) — 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
- Paul Craig (15-4-1) — UFC
- Jamahal Hill (9-1) — UFC
Middleweight
- Israel Adesanya (21-1) — UFC Champion
- Robert Whittaker (23-5) — UFC
- Gegard Mousasi (48-7) — Bellator Champion
- Jared Cannonier (15-5) — UFC
- Marvin Vettori (18-5-1) — UFC
- Derek Brunson (23-8) — 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
- Chris Curtis (28-8) — UFC
- Brendan Allen (17-4) — UFC
- Kevin Holland (21-7) — 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
- Belal Muhammad (20-3) — UFC
- Stephen Thompson (16-6-1) — UFC
- Yaroslav Amosov (26-0) — Bellator Champion
- Jorge Masvidal (35-15) — UFC
- Ray Cooper III (24-7-1) — PFL Champion
- Sean Brady (15-0) — UFC
- Michael Chiesa (18-6) — UFC
- Douglas Lima (32-9) — Bellator
- Khamzat Chimaev (10-0) — UFC
- Neil Magny (25-9) — UFC
Lightweight
- Charles Oliveira (32-8) — UFC Champion
- Dustin Poirier (28-7) — 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
- Rafael Fiziev (11-1) — UFC
- Mateusz Gamrot (20-1) — UFC
- Brad Riddell (10-2) — 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
- Jose Aldo (30-7) — UFC
- Rob Font (19-5) — UFC
- Merab Dvalishviili (14-4) — UFC
- Dominick Cruz (23-3) — UFC
- Sergio Pettis (22-5) — Bellator Champion
- Kyoji Horiguchi (29-4) — Bellator
- Marlon Moraes (23-9-1) — UFC
- Pedro Munhoz (19-6) — UFC
- John Lineker (33-9) — ONE Champion
- Marlon Vera (18-7-1) — UFC
- Sean O’Malley (15-1) — UFC
Flyweight
- Deiveson Figueiredo (21-2-1) — UFC Champion
- Brandon Moreno (19-5-2)
- 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
- Manel Kape (17-6) — UFC
- Rogerio Bontorin (17-3) — UFC
- David Dvorak (20-3) — UFC
- Jose Torres (10-1-1) — Brave CF Champion
- Matt Schnell (15-6) — UFC
Women’s Featherweight
- Amanda Nunes (21-5) — UFC Champion
- Cris Cyborg (24-2) — Bellator Champion
- Kayla Harrison (12-0) — PFL Champion
- Norma Dumont (7-1) — UFC
- Julia Budd (16-3) — PFL
- 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
- Sarah Kaufman (21-5) — PFL
Women’s Bantamweight
- Julianna Peña (11-4) — UFC Champion
- Amanda Nunes (21-5)
- Germaine De Randamie (10-4) — UFC
- Holly Holm (14-5) — UFC
- Irene Aldana (13-6) — UFC
- Aspen Ladd (9-2) — UFC
- Yana Kunitskaya (14-6) — UFC
- Ketlen Vieira (12-2) — UFC
- Raquel Pennington (12-8) — UFC
- Macy Chiasson (7-1) — UFC
- Meisha Tate (19-8) — 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
- Taila Santos (19-1) — UFC
- Joanne Wood (15-7) — UFC
- Ilima Lei-MacFarlane (11-1) — Bellator
- Alexa Grasso (13-3) — UFC
- Viviane Araujo (9-3) — UFC
- Casey O’Neill (9-0) — UFC
Dropped Out: Roxanne Modaferri (25-21)
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
- Amanda Lemos (11-1-1) — UFC
- Amanda Ribas (10-2) — UFC
- Michelle Waterson (18-9) — UFC
- Angela Hill (13-11) — UFC
- Nina Nunes (10-7) — UFC
- Virna Jandiroba (17-2) — UFC
- Kanako Murata (12-2) — UFC
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