After every UFC fight card, Cage Calculus will publish up-to-date rankings based on our forecast algorithm. The rankings will display the champion and the top 15 contenders in each weight division, alongside their CC Rating (the champion will always be displayed at the top regardless of whether or not they are the highest rated fighter in their division).

These rankings will also rank the top 15 male and female fighters overall. Note, we do not call them “pound-for-pound” rankings as most do, as the CC Rating is a metric of dominance and performance as opposed to talent relative to size. So, they will simply be called “Overall Male” and “Overall Female” rankings.

You can compare the Cage Calculus rankings to the official UFC rankings here.

Notable Changes

• Cory Sandhagen UP from #11 to #6 (Men’s Bantamweight)
• Song Yadong DOWN from #9 to #14 (Men’s Bantamweight)
• Damon Jackson UP from NR to #10 (Men’s Featherweight)
• Gillian Robertson UP from NR to #14 (Women’s Flyweight)
• Jose Aldo removed from rankings due to retirement

Overall Male Rankings

1. Jon Jones [2093.1]
2. Alexander Volkanovski [2049.1]
3. Charles Oliveira [2023.7]
4. Israel Adesanya [1993.6]
5. Kamaru Usman [1983.3]
6. Stipe Miocic [1982.3]
7. Francis Ngannou [1981.6]
8. Dustin Poirier [1946.7]
9. Max Holloway [1946.4]
10. Jan Blachowicz [1909.3]
11. Aljamain Sterling [1908.6]
12. Glover Teixeira [1905.1]
13. Leon Edwards [1898.4]
14. TJ Dillashaw [1885.2]
15. Deiveson Figueiredo [1881.0]

Men’s Flyweight

Champ. Deiveson Figueiredo [1881.0]

1. Brandon Moreno [1845.1] (Interim Champ)
2. Alexandre Pantoja [1790.1]
3. Askar Askarov [1710.9]
4. Alex Perez [1698.1]
5. Amir Albazi [1697.1]
6. Kai Kara-France [1683.5]
7. Matheus Nicolau [1674.4]
8. Cody Garbrandt [1669.2]
9. David Dvorak [1662.9]
10. Malcolm Gordon [1661.4]
11. Manel Kape [1647.5]
12. Tatsuro Taira [1640.2]
13. Brandon Royval [1628.4]
14. Jeff Molina [1620.2]
15. Muhammad Mokaev [1615.4]

Men’s Bantamweight

Champ. Aljamain Sterling [1908.6]

1. TJ Dillashaw [1885.2]
2. Petr Yan [1837.8]
3. Dominick Cruz [1837.3]
4. Marlon Vera [1833.9]
5. Ricky Simon [1793.7]
6. Cory Sandhagen [1791.3]
7. Merab Dvalishvili [1770.8]
8. Pedro Munhoz [1765.3]
9. Rob Font [1761.4]
10. Rani Yahya [1748.5]
11. Sean O’Malley [1747.5]
12. Frankie Edgar [1740.9]
13. Said Nurmagomedov [1738.9]
14. Song Yadong [1732.9]
15. Julio Arce [1720.3]

Men’s Featherweight

Champ. Alexander Volkanovski [2049.1]

1. Max Holloway [1946.4]
2. Josh Emmett [1814.7]
3. Arnold Allen [1801.8]
4. Brian Ortega [1779.9]
5. Yair Rodriguez [1775.0]
6. Movsar Evloev [1771.3]
7. Calvin Kattar [1763.9]
8. Bryce Mitchell [1758.5]
9. Chan Sung Jung [1750.3]
10. Damon Jackson [1736.8]
11. Ilia Topuria [1727.0]
12. Lucas Almeida [1718.8]
13. Nathaniel Wood [1713.1]
14. Giga Chikadze [1707.9]
15. Lerone Murphy [1707.9]

Men’s Lightweight

Champ. VACANT

1. Charles Oliveira [2023.7]
2. Dustin Poirier [1946.7]
3. Islam Makhachev [1880.1]
4. Justin Gaethje [1879.8]
5. Conor McGregor [1866.1]
6. Beneil Dariush [1854.3]
7. Mateusz Gamrot [1849.1]
8. Rafael Dos Anjos [1801.0]
9. Michael Chandler [1800.9]
10. Tony Ferguson [1787.5]
11. Gregor Gillespie [1781.5]
12. Damir Ismagulov [1766.1]
13. Grant Dawson [1765.7]
14. Paddy Pimblett [1763.0]
15. Jim Miller [1748.7]

Men’s Welterweight

Champ. Leon Edwards [1898.4]

1. Kamaru Usman [1983.3]
2. Colby Covington [1851.0]
3. Belal Muhammad [1836.0]
4. Shavkat Rakhmonov [1830.3]
5. Gilbert Burns [1816.8]
6. Jorge Masvidal [1802.1]
7. Vicente Luque [1799.1]
8. Khamzat Chimaev [1791.0]
9. Francisco Trinaldo [1784.2]
10. Neil Magny [1780.6]
11. Sean Brady [1778.3]
12. Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos [1773.3]
13. Daniel Rodriguez [1760.1]
14. Santiago Ponzinibbio [1759.2]
15. Geoff Neal [1751.2]

Men’s Middleweight

Champ. Israel Adesanya [1993.6]

1. Robert Whittaker [1880.0]
2. Jack Hermansson [1799.1]
3. Derek Brunson [1791.3]
4. Sean Strickland [1788.3]
5. Andre Muniz [1774.0]
6. Jared Cannonier [1770.9]
7. Paulo Costa [1766.5]
8. Chris Weidman [1764.5]
9. Chris Curtis [1748.7]
10. Marvin Vettori [1746.4]
11. Brendan Allen [1744.8]
12. Zak Cummings [1739.1]
13. Dricus Du Plessis [1738.2]
14. Krzysztof Jotko [1726.7]
15. Abusupiyan Magomedov [1723.1]

Men’s Light Heavyweight

Champ. Jiri Prochazka [1874.6]

1. Jan Blachowicz [1909.3]
2. Glover Teixeira [1905.1]
3. Magomed Ankalaev [1852.3]
4. Anthony Smith [1790.7]
5. Jamahal Hill [1739.3]
6. Paul Craig [1724.3]
7. Aleksandar Rakic [1721.2]
8. Ryan Spann [1714.0]
9. Dustin Jacoby [1709.6]
10. Nikita Krylov [1701.4]
11. Dominick Reyes [1700.8]
12. Volkan Oezdemir [1695.9]
13. Johnny Walker [1678.6]
14. Michal Oleksiejczuk [1678.4]
15. Maxim Grishin [1678.0]

Men’s Heavyweight

Champ. Francis Ngannou [1981.6]

1. Stipe Miocic [1982.3]
2. Ciryl Gane [1847.8]
3. Curtis Blaydes [1839.8]
4. Alexander Volkov [1799.0]
5. Sergei Pavlovich [1768.0]
6. Derrick Lewis [1763.2]
7. Marcin Tybura [1755.9]
8. Tai Tuivasa [1747.6]
9. Blagoy Ivanov [1737.1]
10. Jailton Almeida [1723.4]
11. Tom Aspinall [1722.5]
12. Alexandr Romanov [1719.0]
13. Andrei Arlovski [1701.8]
14. Sergey Spivak [1700.9]
15. Aleksei Oleinik [1699.3]

Overall Female Rankings

1. Amanda Nunes [1922.3]
2. Valentina Shevchenko [1909.6]
3. Zhang Weili [1818.7]
4. Rose Namajunas [1798.6]
5. Jessica Andrade [1784.0]
6. Carla Esparza [1737.8]
7. Katlyn Chookagian [1736.2]
8. Marina Rodriguez [1727.3]
9. Taila Santos [1723.3]
10. Amanda Lemos [1704.0]
11. Julianna Pena [1699.7]
12. Virna Jandiroba [1695.2]
13. Lauren Murphy [1694.3]
14. Raquel Pennington [1693.3]
15. Ketlen Vieira [1689.3]

Women’s Strawweight

Champ. Carla Esparza [1737.8]

1. Zhang Weili [1818.7]
2. Rose Namajunas [1798.6]
3. Jessica Andrade [1784.0]
4. Marina Rodriguez [1727.3]
5. Amanda Lemos [1704.0]
6. Virna Jandiroba [1695.2]
7. Mackenzie Dern [1678.4]
8. Amanda Ribas [1661.5]
9. Tecia Torres [1648.7]
10. Yan Xiaonan [1629.0]
11. Yasmin Jauregui [1622.8]
12. Piera Rodriguez [1608.2]
13. Kanako Murata [1605.5]
14. Luana Pinheiro [1596.9]
15. Ariane Carnelossi [1591.7]

Women’s Flyweight

Champ. Valentina Shevchenko [1909.6]

1. Katlyn Chookagian [1736.2]
2. Taila Santos [1723.3]
3. Lauren Murphy [1694.3]
4. Molly McCann [1662.1]
5. Casey O’Neill [1657.9]
6. Maycee Barber [1656.5]
7. Alexa Grasso [1645.8]
8. Manon Fiorot [1643.4]
9. Maryna Moroz [1633.9]
10. Andrea Lee [1627.8]
11. Erin Blanchfield [1626.3]
12. Tracy Cortez [1624.9]
13. Montana De La Rosa [1618.8]
14. Gillian Robertson [1617.5]
15. Viviane Araujo [1605.4]

Women’s Bantamweight

Champ. Amanda Nunes [1922.3]

1. Julianna Pena [1699.7]
2. Raquel Pennington [1693.3]
3. Ketlen Vieira [1689.3]
4. Irene Aldana [1685.7]
5. Holly Holm [1669.5]
6. Mayra Bueno Silva [1638.9]
7. Miesha Tate [1622.2]
8. Josiane Nunes [1608.8]
9. Karol Rosa [1608.2]
10. Pannie Kianzad [1604.5]
11. Julia Avila [1599.7]
12. Stephanie Egger [1594.0]
13. Aspen Ladd [1590.0]
14. Yana Kunitskaya [1586.2]
15. Macy Chiasson [1586.1]

Women’s Featherweight

Champ. Amanda Nunes [1922.3]

1. Norma Dumont [1590.4]
2. Ailin Perez [1587.2]
3. Macy Chiasson [1586.1]
4. Leah Letson [1508.7]
5. Danyelle Wolf [1489.2]
6. Zarah Fairn dos Santos [1462.4]