Brett OkamotoJun 10, 2025, 11:02 AM ET
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Brett Okamoto has reported on blended martial arts and boxing at ESPN since 2010. He has coated the entire largest occasions in fight sports activities throughout that point, together with in-depth interviews and options with names comparable to Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Conor McGregor, Nate Diaz, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and Georges St-Pierre. He was additionally a producer on the 30 for 30 movie: “Chuck and Tito,” which appeared again on the careers and rivalry of Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz. He lives in Las Vegas, and is an avid, below-average golfer in his spare time.
Kayla Harrison, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in judo and two-time PFL light-weight champion, now has a agency maintain on the UFC ladies’s bantamweight belt after she completed Julianna Peña with a gorgeous second-round Kimura within the co-main occasion of UFC 316 on Saturday. Harrison strikes up into the highest spot in ESPN’s divisional rankings, however retired former champion Amanda Nunes says she is coming again to problem Harrison subsequent.
Peña, in the meantime, falls to No. 2 within the rankings.
Within the males’s bantamweight championship bout, Merab Dvalishvili shocked the world by submitting Sean O’Malley within the third spherical of their championship rematch. It was the champion’s first UFC victory by submission and solely the second of his skilled MMA profession. “The Machine” has now overwhelmed the No. 2 (twice), No. 3, No. 4 and No. 10 bantamweights in ESPN’s rankings since March 2023.
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Dvalishvili referred to as out fifth-ranked Cory Sandhagen in his postfight interview Saturday, and that looks like his most rational subsequent protection.
No. 9 bantamweight Patchy Combine didn’t appear like himself in his UFC debut versus Mario Bautista, however he retains spot within the rankings … for now.
Listed here are the ESPN pound-for-pound MMA rankings and a listing of present UFC champions in all weight courses.
Outcomes are present; rankings as of June 10. To be eligible for the rankings, a fighter should have competed over the previous 12 months or should have an upcoming combat booked. Fighters who’ve been dropped for inactivity might be reinstated solely after they compete.
Heavyweight | Mild heavyweight | Middleweight | WelterweightLightweight | Featherweight | Males’s bantamweightMen’s flyweight | Girls’s bantamweight | Girls’s flyweight | Strawweight
Despite the fact that his belt is barely “interim,” Tom Aspinall stays on the prime of the heavyweight world. Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC by way of Getty Pictures
HEAVYWEIGHT (as much as 265 kilos)
1. Tom Aspinall 
Promotion: UFC interim championRecord: 15-3Last: W (TKO1) vs. Curtis Blaydes, July 27, 2024Next: TBD
2. Francis Ngannou
Promotion: PFL Tremendous Fights championRecord: 18-3Last: W (KO1) vs. Renan Ferreira, Oct. 19, 2024Next: TBD
3. Jon Jones
Promotion: UFC championRecord: 28-1, 1 NCLast: W (TKO3) vs. Stipe Miocic, Nov. 16, 2024Next: TBD
4. Ciryl Gane
Promotion: UFCRecord: 13-2Last: W (SD) vs. Alexander Volkov, Dec. 7, 2024Next: TBD
5. Curtis Blaydes
Promotion: UFCRecord: 18-5, 1 NCLast: L (TKO1) vs. Tom Aspinall, July 27, 2024Next: June 21 vs. Rizvan Kuniev
6. Alexander Volkov
Promotion: UFCRecord: 38-11Last: L (SD) vs. Ciryl Gane, Dec. 7, 2024Next: TBD
7. Sergei Pavlovich
Promotion: UFCRecord: 19-3Last: W (UD) vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik, Feb. 1Next: TBD
8. Jailton Almeida
Promotion: UFCRecord: 22-3Last: W (TKO1) vs. Serghei Spivac, Jan. 18Next: TBD
9. Renan Ferreira
Promotion: PFL championRecord: 13-4, 3 NCLast: L (KO1) vs. Francis Ngannou, Oct. 19, 2024Next: TBD
10. Serghei Spivac
Promotion: UFCRecord: 17-6Last: L (UD) vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta, June 7Next: TBD
Magomed Ankalaev ascended to the highest of the sunshine heavyweight division at UFC 313. Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (as much as 205 kilos)
1. Magomed Ankalaev
Promotion: UFC championRecord: 21-1-1, 1 NCLast: W (UD) vs. Alex Pereira, March 8Next: TBD
2. Alex Pereira
Promotion: UFCRecord: 12-3Last: L (UD) vs. Magomed Ankalaev, March 8Next: TBD
3. Jirí Procházka
Promotion: UFCRecord: 31-5-1Last: W (TKO3) vs. Jamahal Hill, Jan. 18Next: TBD
4. Carlos Ulberg
Promotion: UFCRecord: 13-1Last: W (UD) vs. Jan Blachowicz, March 22Next: TBD
5. Jamahal Hill
Promotion: UFCRecord: 10-3Last: L (TKO3) vs. Jirí Procházka, Jan. 18Next: June 21 vs. Khalil Rountree Jr.
6. Khalil Rountree Jr.
Promotion: UFCRecord: 13-6, 1 NCLast: L (TKO4) vs. Alex Pereira, Oct. 5, 2024Next: June 21 vs. Jamahal Hill
7. Aleksandar Rakić
Promotion: UFCRecord: 14-5Last: L (UD) vs. Magomed Ankalaev, Oct. 26, 2024Next: TBD
8. Dominick Reyes
Promotion: UFCRecord: 15-4Last: W (KO1) vs. Nikita Krylov, April 12Next: TBD
9. Volkan Oezdemir
Promotion: UFCRecord: 20-8Last: L (UD) vs. Carlos Ulberg, Nov. 23, 2024Next: TBD
10. Johnny Walker
Promotion: UFCRecord: 21-9, 1 NCLast: L (KO1) vs. Volkan Oezdemir, June 22, 2024Next: TBD
Dricus du Plessis tightened his grip on the middleweight belt at UFC 312. Saeed Khan/AFP by way of Getty Pictures
MIDDLEWEIGHT (as much as 185 kilos)
1. Dricus du Plessis
Promotion: UFC championRecord: 23-2Last: W (UD) vs. Sean Strickland, Feb. 8Next: Aug. 16 vs. Khamzat Chimaev
2. Khamzat Chimaev
Promotion: UFCRecord: 14-0Last: W (Sub1) vs. Robert Whittaker, Oct. 26, 2024Next: Aug. 16 vs. Dricus Du Plessis
3. Sean Strickland
Promotion: UFCRecord: 29-7Last: L (UD) vs. Dricus Du Plessis, Feb. 8Next: TBD
4. Nassourdine Imavov
Promotion: UFCRecord: 16-4, 1 NCLast: W (KO2) vs. Israel Adesanya, Feb. 1Next: TBD
5. Israel Adesanya
Promotion: UFCRecord: 24-5Last: L (KO2) vs. Nassourdine Imavov, Feb. 1Next: TBD
6. Robert Whittaker
Promotion: UFCRecord: 26-8Last: L (Sub1) vs. Khamzat Chimaev, Oct. 26, 2024Next: July 26 vs. Reinier de Ridder
7. Johnny Eblen
Promotion: PFL Champions Collection championRecord: 16-0Last: W (UD) vs. Fabian Edwards, Oct. 19, 2024Next: July 26 vs. Costello van Steenis
8. Caio Borralho
Promotion: UFCRecord: 17-0, 1 NCLast: W (UD) vs. Jared Cannonier, Aug. 24, 2024Next: TBD
9. Jared Cannonier
Promotion: UFCRecord: 18-8Last: W (TKO4) vs. Gregory Rodrigues, Feb. 15Next: TBD
10. Roman Dolidze
Promotion: UFCRecord: 15-3Last: W (UD) vs. Marvin Vettori, March 15Next: TBD
Jack Della Maddalena took some injury at UFC 315 however walked away with the welterweight belt. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC
WELTERWEIGHT (as much as 170 kilos)
1. Jack Della Maddalena
Promotion: UFC championRecord: 18-2Last: W (UD) vs. Belal Muhammad, Might 10Next: TBD vs. Islam Makhachev
2. Belal Muhammad
Promotion: UFCRecord: 24-4, 1 NCLast: L (UD) vs. Jack Della Maddalena, Might 10Next: TBD
3. Shavkat Rakhmonov
Promotion: UFCRecord: 19-0Last: W (UD) vs. Ian Machado Garry, Dec. 7, 2024Next: TBD
4. Sean Brady
Promotion: UFCRecord: 18-1Last: W (Sub4) vs. Leon Edwards, March 22Next: TBD
5. Joaquin Buckley
Promotion: UFCRecord: 21-6Last: W (TKO3) vs. Colby Covington, Dec. 14, 2024Next: June 14 vs. Kamaru Usman
6. Leon Edwards
Promotion: UFCRecord: 22-5, 1 NCLast: L (Sub4) vs. Sean Brady, March 22Next: TBD
7. Ian Machado Garry
Promotion: UFCRecord: 16-1Last: W (UD) vs. Carlos Prates, April 26Next: TBD
8. Michael Morales
Promotion: UFCPrevious rating: UnrankedRecord: 18-0Last: W (TKO1) vs. Gilbert Burns, Might 17Next: TBD
9. Kamaru Usman
Promotion: UFCPrevious rating: UnrankedRecord: 20-4Last: L (MD) vs. Khamzat Chimaev, Oct. 21, 2023Next: June 14 vs. Joaquin Buckley
10. Geoff Neal 
Promotion: UFCPrevious rating: 9Record: 16-6Last: W (TKO1) vs. Rafael Dos Anjos, Oct. 26, 2024Next: TBD
Islam Makhachev has made 4 defenses of his light-weight title, greater than any UFC 155-pounder ever. Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC
LIGHTWEIGHT (as much as 155 kilos)
1. Islam Makhachev
Promotion: UFC championRecord: 27-1Last: W (Sub1) vs. Renato Moicano, Jan. 18Next: TBD vs. Jack Della Maddalena
2. Charles Oliveira 
Promotion: UFCPrevious rating: 3Record: 35-10, 1 NCLast: W (UD) vs. Michael Chandler, Nov. 16, 2024Next: June 28 vs. Ilia Topuria
3. Justin Gaethje
Promotion: UFCPrevious rating: 4Record: 26-5Last: W (UD) vs. Rafael Fiziev, March 8Next: TBD
4. Dustin Poirier
Promotion: UFCPrevious rating: 5Record: 30-9, 1 NCLast: L (Sub5) vs. Islam Makhachev, June 1, 2024Next: July 19 vs. Max Holloway
5. Paddy Pimblett
Promotion: UFCPrevious rating: 6Record: 23-3Last: W (TKO3) vs. Michael Chandler, April 12Next: TBD
6. Dan Hooker
Promotion: UFCPrevious rating: 7Record: 29-12Last: W (SD) vs. Mateusz Gamrot, Aug. 17, 2024Next: TBD
7. Renato Moicano
Promotion: UFCPrevious rating: 8Record: 20-6-1Last: L (Sub1) vs. Islam Makhachev, Jan. 18Next: June 28 vs. Beneil Dariush
8. Usman Nurmagomedov
Promotion: Bellator championPrevious rating: 9Record: 19-0, 1 NCLast: W (MD) vs. Paul Hughes, Jan. 25Next: TBD
9. Mateusz Gamrot
Promotion: UFCPrevious rating: 10Record: 24-3, 1 NCLast: L (SD) vs. Dan Hooker, Aug. 17, 2024Next: Might 31 vs. Ludovit Klein
10. Beneil Dariush
Promotion: UFCPrevious rating: UnrankedRecord: 22-6-1Last: L (KO1) vs. Arman Tsarukyan, Dec. 2, 2023Next: June 28 vs. Renato Moicano
Ilia Topuria discovered his goal at UFC 298: Alexander Volkanovski’s chin and the featherweight title. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC by way of Getty Pictures
FEATHERWEIGHT (as much as 145 kilos)
1. Ilia Topuria
Promotion: UFCRecord: 16-0Last: W (KO3) vs. Max Holloway, Oct. 26, 2024Next: June 28 vs. Charles Oliveira
2. Alexander Volkanovski
Promotion: UFC championRecord: 27-4Last: W (UD) vs. Diego Lopes, April 12Next: TBD
3. Max Holloway
Promotion: UFCRecord: 26-8Last: L (KO3) vs. Ilia Topuria, Oct. 26, 2024Next: July 19 vs. Dustin Poirier
4. Yair Rodriguez
Promotion: UFCRecord: 16-5, 1 NCLast: W (UD) vs. Patricio Pitbull, April 12Next: TBD
5. Diego Lopes
Promotion: UFCRecord: 26-7Last: L (UD) vs. Alexander Volkanovski, April 12Next: TBD
6. Brian Ortega
Promotion: UFCRecord: 16-4, 1 NCLast: L (UD) vs. Diego Lopes, Sept. 14, 2024Next: TBD
7. Movsar Evloev
Promotion: UFCRecord: 19-0Last: W (UD) vs. Aljamain Sterling, Dec. 7, 2024Next: TBD
8. Lerone Murphy
Promotion: UFCRecord: 16-0-1Last: W (UD) vs. Josh Emmett, April 5Next: TBD
9. Patricio Pitbull
Promotion: UFCRecord: 36-8Last: L (UD) vs. Yair Rodriguez, April 12Next: TBD
10. Arnold Allen
Promotion: UFCRecord: 20-3Last: W (UD) vs. Giga Chikadze, July 27, 2024Next: TBD
Merab Dvalishvili efficiently defended his males’s bantamweight title, defeating Sean O’Malley a second time, at UFC 316. Elsa/Getty Pictures
MEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT (as much as 135 kilos)
1. Merab Dvalishvili
Promotion: UFC championRecord: 20-4Last: W (TechSub3) vs. Sean O’Malley, June 7Next: TBD
2. Sean O’Malley
Promotion: UFCRecord: 18-3, 1 NCLast: L (TechSub3) vs. Merab Dvalishvili, June 7Next: TBD
3. Petr Yan
Promotion: UFCRecord: 18-5Last: W (UD) vs. Deiveson Figueiredo, Nov. 23, 2024Next: TBD
4. Umar Nurmagomedov
Promotion: UFCRecord: 18-1Last: L (UD) vs. Merab Dvalishvili, Jan. 18Next: TBD
5. Cory Sandhagen
Promotion: UFCRecord: 18-5Last: W (TKO2) vs. Deiveson Figueiredo, Might 3Next: TBD
6. Mario Bautista
Promotion: UFCRecord: 16-2Last: W (UD) vs. Patchy Combine, June 7Next: TBD
7. Tune Yadong
Promotion: UFCRecord: 22-7-1, 1 NCLast: W (TechDec) vs. Henry Cejudo, Feb. 22Next: TBD
8. Deiveson Figueiredo
Promotion: UFCRecord: 24-5-1Last: L (TKO2) vs. Cory Sandhagen, Might 3Next: TBD
9. Patchy Combine
Promotion: UFCRecord: 20-2Last: L (UD) vs. Mario Bautista, June 7Next: TBD
10. Henry Cejudo
Promotion: UFCRecord: 16-5Last: L (TechDec) vs. Tune Yadong, Feb. 22Next: TBD
Alexandre Pantoja has made three profitable defenses of the UFC males’s flyweight title. Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC by way of Getty Pictures
MEN’S FLYWEIGHT (as much as 125 kilos)
1. Alexandre Pantoja
Promotion: UFC championRecord: 29-5Last: W (TechSub2) vs. Kai Asakura, Dec. 7, 2024Next: June 28 vs. Kai Kara-France
2. Brandon Royval
Promotion: UFCRecord: 17-7Last: W (SD) vs. Tatsuro Taira, Oct. 12, 2024Next: June 28 vs. Manel Kape
3. Brandon Moreno
Promotion: UFCRecord: 23-8-2Last: W (UD) vs. Steve Erceg, March 29Next: TBD
4. Kai Kara-France
Promotion: UFCRecord: 25-11, 1 NCLast: W (TKO1) vs. Steve Erceg, Aug. 17, 2024Next: June 28 vs. Alexandre Pantoja
5. Muhammad Mokaev
Promotion: Courageous CFRecord: 14-0,1 NCLast: W (Sub1) vs. Joevincent So, Dec. 13, 2024Next: TBD
6. Tatsuro Taira
Promotion: UFCRecord: 16-1Last: L (SD) vs. Brandon Royval, Oct. 12, 2024Next: Aug. 2 vs. Amir Albazi
7. Manel Kape
Promotion: UFCRecord: 21-7Last: W (TKO3) vs. Asu Almabayev, March 1Next: June 28 vs. Brandon Royval
8. Steve Erceg
Promotion: UFCRecord: 12-4Last: L (UD) vs. Brandon Moreno, March 29Next: TBD
9. Kai Asakura
Promotion: UFCRecord: 21-5Last: L (TechSub2) vs. Alexandre Pantoja, Dec. 7, 2024Next: TBD
10. Alex Perez
Promotion: UFCRecord: 25-9Last: L (TKO2) vs. Tatsuro Taira, June 15, 2024Next: TBD
Kayla Harrison is the brand new ladies’s bantamweight champion after defeating Julianna Pena at UFC 316. Vincent Carchietta/Imagn Pictures
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT (as much as 135 kilos)
1. Kayla Harrison
Promotion: UFCRecord: 19-1Last: W (TechSub2) vs. Julianna Peña, June 7Next: TBD
2. Julianna Peña
Promotion: UFC championRecord: 12-6Last: L (TechSub2) vs. Kayla Harrison, June 7Next: TBD
3. Raquel Pennington
Promotion: UFCRecord: 16-9Last: L (SD) vs. Julianna Peña, Oct. 5, 2024Next: TBD
4. Ketlen Vieira
Promotion: UFCRecord: 14-4-1Last: L (UD) vs. Kayla Harrison, Oct. 5, 2024Next: Might 31 vs. Macy Chiasson
5. Norma Dumont
Promotion: UFCPrevious rating: 6Record: 12-2Last: W (UD) vs. Irene Aldana, Sept. 14, 2024Next: TBD
6. Irene Aldana
Promotion: UFCPrevious rating: 7Record: 15-8Last: L (UD) vs. Norma Dumont, Sept. 14, 2024Next: TBD
7. Macy Chiasson
Promotion: UFCPrevious rating: 8Record: 10-3Last: W (TKO2) vs. Mayra Bueno Silva, June 29, 2024Next: Might 31 vs. Ketlen Vieira
8. Ailin Perez
Promotion: UFCPrevious rating: 9Record: 12-2Last: W (UD) vs. Karol Rosa, Jan. 18Next: TBD
9. Karol Rosa
Promotion: UFCPrevious rating: 10Record: 18-7Last: L (UD) vs. Ailin Perez, Jan. 18Next: TBD
10. Mayra Bueno Silva
Promotion: UFCPrevious rating: UnrankedRecord: 10-5-1, 1 NCLast: L (UD) vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius, Feb. 1Next: TBD
Valentina Shevchenko made the primary protection of her second reign as UFC flyweight champion towards Manon Fiorot on Might 10. Zuffa LLC
WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT (as much as 125 kilos)
1. Valentina Shevchenko
Promotion: UFC championRecord: 25-4-1Last: W (UD) vs. Manon Fiorot, Might 10Next: TBD
2. Manon Fiorot
Promotion: UFCRecord: 12-2Last: L (UD) vs. Valentina Shevchenko, Might 10Next: TBD
3. Natalia Silva
Promotion: UFCRecord: 19-5-1Last: W (UD) vs. Alexa Grasso, Might 10Next: TBD
4. Erin Blanchfield
Promotion: UFCRecord: 13-2Last: W (UD) vs. Rose Namajunas Nov. 2, 2024Next: TBD
5. Dakota Ditcheva
Promotion: PFL championRecord: 14-0Last: W (TKO2) vs. Taila Santos, Nov. 29, 2024Next: July 26 vs. Sumiko Inaba
6. Alexa Grasso
Promotion: UFCRecord: 16-5-1Last: L (UD) vs. Natalia Silva, Might 10Next: TBD
7. Jasmine Jasudavicius
Promotion: UFCRecord: 14-3Last: W (Sub1) vs.Jessica Andrade, Might 10Next: TBD
8. Taila Santos
Promotion: PFLRecord: 22-4Last: L (TKO2) vs. Dakota Ditcheva, Nov. 29, 2024Next: TBD
9. Liz Carmouche
Promotion: PFL / Bellator championRecord: 23-8Last: W (TKO1) vs. Ilara Joanne, April 11Next: June 20 vs. Elora Dana
10. Rose Namajunas
Promotion: UFCRecord: 14-7Last: L (UD) vs. Erin Blanchfield, Nov. 2, 2024Next: June 14 vs. Miranda Maverick
Zhang Weili was already sitting on prime of the MMA world earlier than UFC 312, however a dominant win solidified her place. Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC
STRAWWEIGHT (as much as 115 kilos)
1. Zhang Weili
Promotion: UFC championRecord: 26-3Last: W (UD) vs. Tatiana Suarez, Feb. 8Next: TBD
2. Virna Jandiroba
Promotion: UFCRecord: 22-3Last: W (UD) vs. Yan Xiaonan, April 12Next: TBD
3. Yan Xiaonan
Promotion: UFCRecord: 18-5, 1 NCLast: L (UD) vs. Virna Jandiroba, April 12Next: TBD
4. Amanda Lemos
Promotion: UFCRecord: 15-4-1Last: W (UD) vs. Iasmin Lucindo, March 8Next: TBD
5. Tatiana Suarez
Promotion: UFCRecord: 11-1Last: L (UD) vs. Zhang Weili, Feb. 8Next: TBD
6. Mackenzie Dern
Promotion: UFCRecord: 15-5Last: W (Sub3) vs. Amanda Ribas, Jan. 11Next: TBD
7. Gillian Robertson
Promotion: UFCRecord: 16-8Last: W (TKO2) vs. Marina Rodriguez, Might 3Next: TBD
8. Amanda Ribas
Promotion: UFCRecord: 13-6Last: L (Sub3) vs. Mackenzie Dern, Jan. 11Next: TBD
9. Crazy Godínez
Promotion: UFCRecord: 13-5Last: W (UD) vs. Julia Polastri, March 29Next: TBD
10. Iasmin Lucindo
Promotion: UFCRecord: 17-6Last: L (UD) vs. Amanda Lemos, March 8Next: TBD
