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

• Aljamain Sterling UP from #10 to #5 (Men’s Overall)
• Henry Cejudo UP from NR to #12 (Men’s Overall)
• Henry Cejudo UP from NR to #1 (Men’s Bantamweight)
• Belal Muhammad UP from #3 to #2 (Men’s Welterweight)
• Gilbert Burns DOWN from #2 to #5 (Men’s Welterweight)
• Yan Xiaonan UP from NR to #15 (Women’s Overall)
• Yan Xiaonan UP from #10 to #7 (Women’s Strawweight)
• Jessica Andrade DOWN from #5 to #13 (Women’s Overall)
• Jessica Andrade DOWN from #2 to #6 (Women’s Strawweight)
• Movsar Evloev UP from #6 to #4 (Men’s Featherweight)
• Drew Dober DOWN from #15 to NR (Men’s Lightweight)
• Kennedy Nzechukwu UP from NR to #15 (Men’s Light Heavyweight)
• Virna Jandiroba UP from #15 to #8 (Women’s Overall)
• Virna Jandiroba UP from #6 to #3 (Women’s Strawweight)

Overall Male Rankings

1. Jon Jones [2122.5]
2. Alexander Volkanovski [2017.4]
3. Islam Makhachev [2000.7]
4. Stipe Miocic [1982.3]
5. Aljamain Sterling [1982.1]
6. Charles Oliveira [1975.0]
7. Israel Adesanya [1967.7]
8. Dustin Poirier [1966.3]
9. Max Holloway [1962.9]
10. Kamaru Usman [1957.6]
11. Leon Edwards [1937.0]
12. Henry Cejudo [1934.4]
13. Jan Blachowicz [1905.2]
14. Brandon Moreno [1898.9]
15. Justin Gaethje [1892.6]

Men’s Flyweight

Champ. Brandon Moreno [1898.9]

1. Deiveson Figueiredo [1845.2]
2. Alexandre Pantoja [1790.1]
3. Amir Albazi [1724.8]
4. Alex Perez [1698.1]
5. Tatsuro Taira [1696.7]
6. Kai Kara-France [1683.5]
7. Muhammad Mokaev [1682.6]
8. Brandon Royval [1673.8]
9. Manel Kape [1673.6]
10. Matheus Nicolau [1657.0]
11. Allan Nascimento [1645.1]
12. Jake Hadley [1644.5]
13. Tagir Ulanbekov [1642.0]
14. Victor Altamirano [1638.6]
15. David Dvorak [1636.8]

Men’s Bantamweight

Champ. Aljamain Sterling [1982.1]

1. Henry Cejudo [1934.4]
2. Dominick Cruz [1837.3]
3. Marlon Vera [1815.1]
4. Merab Dvalishvili [1813.2]
5. Cory Sandhagen [1810.1]
6. Rob Font [1792.2]
7. Pedro Munhoz [1789.3]
8. Petr Yan [1788.5]
9. Sean O’Malley [1768.5]
10. Song Yadong [1765.2]
11. Ricky Simon [1761.4]
12. Umar Nurmagomedov [1756.1]
13. Jonathan Martinez [1743.1]
14. Montel Jackson [1736.1]
15. Said Nurmagomedov [1732.5]

Men’s Featherweight

Champ. Alexander Volkanovski [2017.4]

1. Yair Rodriguez [1833.5] (Interim Champ)
2. Max Holloway [1962.9]
3. Arnold Allen [1807.6]
4. Movsar Evloev [1785.5]
5. Brian Ortega [1779.9]
6. Josh Emmett [1775.7]
7. Ilia Topuria [1765.2]
8. Chan Sung Jung [1750.3]
9. Edson Barboza [1743.6]
10. Calvin Kattar [1741.6]
11. Khusein Askhabov [1735.8]
12. Jack Shore [1733.2]
13. Sodiq Yusuff [1723.1]
14. Bryce Mitchell [1720.3]
15. Lerone Murphy [1719.6]

Men’s Lightweight

Champ. Islam Makhachev [2000.7]

1. Charles Oliveira [1975.0]
2. Dustin Poirier [1966.3]
3. Justin Gaethje [1892.6]
4. Beneil Dariush [1878.9]
5. Conor McGregor [1866.1]
6. Mateusz Gamrot [1835.6]
7. Rafael Dos Anjos [1824.4]
8. Grant Dawson [1790.9]
9. Tony Ferguson [1787.5]
10. Paddy Pimblett [1782.2]
11. Gregor Gillespie [1781.5]
12. Michael Chandler [1781.3]
13. Mateusz Rebecki [1777.8]
14. Arman Tsarukyan [1771.6]
15. Dan Hooker [1726.6]

Men’s Welterweight

Champ. Leon Edwards [1937.0]

1. Kamaru Usman [1957.6]
2. Belal Muhammad [1890.9]
3. Shavkat Rakhmonov [1855.5]
4. Colby Covington [1851.0]
5. Gilbert Burns [1848.8]
6. Vicente Luque [1799.1]
7. Khamzat Chimaev [1791.0]
8. Jack Della Maddalena [1779.4]
9. Gunnar Nelson [1779.0]
10. Stephen Thompson [1774.4]
11. Neil Magny [1774.3]
12. Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos [1773.3]
13. Santiago Ponzinibbio [1749.9]
14. Kevin Holland [1746.5]
15. Sean Brady [1745.1]

Men’s Middleweight

Champ. Israel Adesanya [1967.7]

1. Robert Whittaker [1880.0]
2. Brendan Allen [1812.2]
3. Dricus Du Plessis [1804.5]
4. Sean Strickland [1788.9]
5. Jared Cannonier [1788.5]
6. Marvin Vettori [1771.8]
7. Paulo Costa [1766.5]
8. Chris Weidman [1764.5]
9. Jack Hermansson [1755.1]
10. Derek Brunson [1753.9]
11. Chris Curtis [1742.8]
12. Andre Muniz [1742.1]
13. Kelvin Gastelum [1739.0]
14. Roman Dolidze [1726.5]
15. Abusupiyan Magomedov [1723.1]

Men’s Light Heavyweight

Champ. Jamahal Hill [1793.5]

1. Jan Blachowicz [1905.2]
2. Jiri Prochazka [1874.6]
3. Magomed Ankalaev [1856.4]
4. Anthony Smith [1790.7]
5. Nikita Krylov [1766.1]
6. Aleksandar Rakic [1721.2]
7. Johnny Walker [1721.0]
8. Ryan Spann [1710.0]
9. Azamat Murzakanov [1702.1]
10. Paul Craig [1681.9]
11. Maxim Grishin [1678.0]
12. Alexander Gustafsson [1675.6]
13. Alonzo Menifield [1673.5]
14. Volkan Oezdemir [1671.3]
15. Kennedy Nzechukwu [1670.0]

Men’s Heavyweight

Champ. Jon Jones [2122.5]

1. Stipe Miocic [1982.3]
2. Sergei Pavlovich [1844.7]
3. Ciryl Gane [1833.1]
4. Alexander Volkov [1828.0]
5. Curtis Blaydes [1798.4]
6. Marcin Tybura [1779.5]
7. Jailton Almeida [1746.3]
8. Sergei Spivac [1745.1]
9. Tom Aspinall [1722.5]
10. Jairzinho Rozenstruik [1719.9]
11. Derrick Lewis [1719.0]
12. Blagoy Ivanov [1713.5]
13. Tai Tuivasa [1712.3]
14. Marcos Rogerio de Lima [1708.3]
15. Alexandr Romanov [1690.0]

Overall Female Rankings

1. Amanda Nunes [1922.3]
2. Valentina Shevchenko [1861.8]
3. Zhang Weili [1859.2]
4. Rose Namajunas [1798.6]
5. Alexa Grasso [1743.3]
6. Amanda Lemos [1738.7]
7. Taila Santos [1723.3]
8. Virna Jandiroba [1720.0]
9. Tatiana Suarez [1717.6]
10. Erin Blanchfield [1715.7]
11. Carla Esparza [1710.8]
12. Raquel Pennington [1709.9]
13. Jessica Andrade [1706.5]
14. Katlyn Chookagian [1704.7]
15. Yan Xiaonan [1700.9]

Women’s Strawweight

Champ. Zhang Weili [1859.2]

1. Rose Namajunas [1798.6]
2. Amanda Lemos [1738.7]
3. Virna Jandiroba [1720.0]
4. Tatiana Suarez [1717.6]
5. Carla Esparza [1710.8]
6. Jessica Andrade [1706.5]
7. Yan Xiaonan [1700.9]
8. Marina Rodriguez [1667.8]
9. Mackenzie Dern [1654.7]
10. Gillian Robertson [1653.5]
11. Yazmin Jauregui [1646.4]
12. Tecia Torres [1632.6]
13. Luana Pinheiro [1612.4]
14. Tabatha Ricci [1607.7]
15. Kanako Murata [1605.5]

Women’s Flyweight

Champ. Alexa Grasso [1743.3]

1. Valentina Shevchenko [1861.8]
2. Taila Santos [1723.3]
3. Erin Blanchfield [1715.7]
4. Katlyn Chookagian [1704.7]
5. Amanda Ribas [1684.2]
6. Lauren Murphy [1675.6]
7. Manon Fiorot [1674.9]
8. Maycee Barber [1671.9]
9. Jennifer Maia [1658.0]
10. Casey O’Neill [1631.0]
11. Tracy Cortez [1624.9]
12. Miranda Maverick [1623.3]
13. Molly McCann [1620.7]
14. Andrea Lee [1612.4]
15. Viviane Araujo [1607.0]

Women’s Bantamweight

Champ. Amanda Nunes [1922.3]

1. Raquel Pennington [1709.9]
2. Julianna Pena [1699.7]
3. Holly Holm [1688.6]
4. Irene Aldana [1685.7]
5. Ketlen Vieira [1672.7]
6. Mayra Bueno Silva [1662.6]
7. Josiane Nunes [1623.8]
8. Miesha Tate [1622.2]
9. Norma Dumont [1617.9]
10. Pannie Kianzad [1604.5]
11. Jamey-Lyn Horth [1601.4]
12. Julia Avila [1599.7]
13. Karol Rosa [1597.4]
14. Tamires Vidal [1588.7]
15. Macy Chiasson [1586.1]

Women’s Featherweight

Champ. Amanda Nunes [1922.3]

1. Josiane Nunes [1623.8]
2. Norma Dumont [1617.9]
3. Ailin Perez [1587.2]
4. Macy Chiasson [1586.1]
5. Chelsea Chandler [1551.4]
6. Danyelle Wolf [1489.2]
7. Zarah Fairn dos Santos [1462.4]