Umar Nurmagomedov confirmed over the weekend that he’s a power to be reckoned with.
His unanimous resolution victory over Cory Sandhagen on Saturday at UFC Battle Night time in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, put the undefeated Dagestani with the MMA royalty final title on the head of the road of contenders for the UFC males’s bantamweight championship.
Sean O’Malley will defend the belt towards Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 306 subsequent month, and the winner ought to quickly have Nurmagomedov standing throughout the cage from him.
Past the shuffling in Brett Okamoto’s rating of 135-pound males, there additionally was motion among the many 125-pound ladies. Taila Santos strikes into the flyweight rankings on the energy of Friday’s victory over Liz Carmouche within the semifinals of the PFL playoffs. Santos will go for the $1 million championship within the fall towards unbeaten prospect Dakota Ditcheva.
At strawweight, Tatiana Suarez drops out of the highest 10 as a result of her inactivity makes her ineligible.
Listed below are the ESPN pound-for-pound MMA rankings and a list of current UFC champions in all weight courses.
Notice: Outcomes are present; rankings as of Aug. 6. 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 will be reinstated solely after they compete.
Heavyweight | Light heavyweight | Middleweight | Welterweight
Lightweight | Men’s featherweight | Men’s bantamweight
Men’s flyweight | Women’s bantamweight | Women’s flyweight | Strawweight
HEAVYWEIGHT (as much as 265 kilos)
1. Tom Aspinall 
Promotion: UFC interim champion
File: 15-3
Final: W (TKO1) vs. Curtis Blaydes, July 27, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
2. Ciryl Gane
Promotion: UFC
File: 12-2
Final: W (TKO2) vs. Serghei Spivac, Sept. 2, 2023
Subsequent: Oct. 26 vs. Alexander Volkov
3. Curtis Blaydes
Promotion: UFC
File: 18-5, 1 NC
Final: L (TKO1) vs. Tom Aspinall, July 27, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
4. Alexander Volkov
Promotion: UFC
File: 38-10
Final: W (UD) vs. Sergei Pavlovich, June 22, 2024
Subsequent: Oct. 26 vs. Ciryl Gane
5. Sergei Pavlovich
Promotion: UFC
File: 18-3
Final: L (UD) vs. Alexander Volkov, June 22, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
6. Renan Ferreira
Promotion: PFL champion
File: 13-3, 3 NC
Final: W (KO1) vs. Ryan Bader, Feb. 24, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
7. Jailton Almeida
Promotion: UFC
File: 21-3
Final: W (Sub1) vs. Alexandr Romanov, June 1, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
8. Serghei Spivac
Promotion: UFC
File: 16-4
Final: L (TKO2) vs. Ciryl Gane, Sept. 2, 2023
Subsequent: Aug. 10 vs. Marcin Tybura
9. Vadim Nemkov
Promotion: Bellator
File: 18-2, 1 NC
Final: W (TechSub2) vs. Bruno Cappelozza, Feb. 24, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
10. Derrick Lewis
Promotion: UFC
File: 28-12, 1 NC
Final: W (TKO3) vs. Rodrigo Nascimento, Might 11, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (as much as 205 kilos)
1. Alex Pereira
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 11-2
Final: W (TKO2) vs. Jirí Procházka, June 29, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
2. Jirí Procházka
Promotion: UFC
File: 30-5-1
Final: L (TKO2) vs. Alex Pereira, June 29, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
3. Magomed Ankalaev
Promotion: UFC
File: 19-1-1
Final: W (KO2) vs. Johnny Walker, Jan. 13, 2024
Subsequent: Oct. 26 vs. Aleksandar Rakic
4. Jamahal Hill
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 10-2
Final: W (KO1) vs. Alex Pereira, April 13, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
5. Corey Anderson
Promotion: Bellator champion
File: 18-6, 1 NC
Final: W (UD) vs. Karl Moore, March 22, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
6. Aleksandar Rakić
Promotion: UFC
File: 14-4
Final: L (TKO) vs. Jiří Procházka, April 13, 2024
Subsequent: Oct. 26 vs. Magomed Ankalaev
7. Khalil Rountree Jr.
Promotion: UFC
File: 37-19
Final: W (TKO3) vs. Anthony Smith, Dec. 9, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
8. Volkan Oezdemir
Promotion: UFC
File: 20-7
Final: W (KO1) vs. Johnny Walker, June 22, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
9. Johnny Walker
Promotion: UFC
File: 21-9, 1 NC
Final: L (KO1) vs. Volkan Oezdemir, June 22, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
10. Anthony Smith
Promotion: UFC
File: 38-20
Final: L (UD) vs. Roman Dolidze, June 29, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
MIDDLEWEIGHT (as much as 185 kilos)
1. Dricus du Plessis
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 21-2
Final: W (SD) vs. Sean Strickland, Jan. 20, 2024
Subsequent: Aug. 17 vs. Israel Adesanya
2. Israel Adesanya
Promotion: UFC
File: 24-3
Final: L (UD) vs. Sean Strickland, Sept. 9, 2023
Subsequent: Aug. 17 vs. Dricus du Plessis
3. Sean Strickland
Promotion: UFC
File: 29-6
Final: W (SD) vs. Paulo Costa, June 1, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
4. Robert Whittaker
Promotion: UFC
File: 26-7
Final: W (KO1) vs. Ikram Aliskerov, June 22, 2024
Subsequent: Oct. 26 vs. Khamzat Chimaev
5. Johnny Eblen
Promotion: Bellator champion
File: 15-0
Final: W (SD) vs. Impa Kasanganay, Feb. 24, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
6. Nassourdine Imavov
Promotion: UFC
File: 14-4, 1 NC
Final: W (TKO4) vs. Jared Cannonier, June 8, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
7. Jared Cannonier
Promotion: UFC
File: 17-7
Final: L (TKO4) vs. Nassourdine Imavov, June 8, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
8. Khamzat Chimaev
Promotion: UFC
File: 13-0
Final: W (MD) vs. Kamaru Usman, Oct. 21, 2023
Subsequent: Oct. 26 vs. Robert Whittaker
9. Brendan Allen
Promotion: UFC
File: 24-5
Final: W (SD) vs. Paulo Costa, June 1, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
10. Paulo Costa
Promotion: UFC
File: 14-4
Final: L (SD) vs. Sean Strickland, June 1, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
WELTERWEIGHT (as much as 170 kilos)
1. Belal Muhammad
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 24-3, 1 NC
Final: W (UD) vs. Leon Edwards, July 27, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
2. Leon Edwards
Promotion: UFC
File: 22-4, 1 NC
Final: L (UD) vs. Belal Muhammad, July 27, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
3. Kamaru Usman
Promotion: UFC
File: 20-4
Final: L (MD) vs. Khamzat Chimaev, Oct. 21, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
4. Shavkat Rakhmonov
Promotion: UFC
File: 18-0
Final: W (Sub2) vs. Stephen Thompson, Dec. 16, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
5. Jack Della Maddalena
Promotion: UFC
File: 17-2
Final: W (KO3) vs. Gilbert Burns, March 9, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
6. Gilbert Burns
Promotion: UFC
File: 22-7
Final: L (KO3) vs. Jack Della Maddalena, March 9, 2024
Subsequent: Sept. 7 vs. Sean Brady
7. Ian Machado Garry
Promotion: UFC
File: 15-0
Final: W (UD) vs. Michael “Venom” Page, June 29, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
8. Colby Covington
Promotion: UFC
File: 17-4
Final: L (UD) vs. Leon Edwards, Dec. 16, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
9. Sean Brady
Promotion: UFC
File: 16-1
Final: W (Sub3) vs. Kelvin Gastelum, Dec. 2, 2023
Subsequent: Sept. 7 vs. Gilbert Burns
10. Stephen Thompson
Promotion: UFC
File: 17-7-1
Final: L (Sub2) vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov, Dec. 16, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
LIGHTWEIGHT (as much as 155 kilos)
1. Islam Makhachev
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 26-1
Final: W (Sub5) vs. Dustin Poirier, June 1, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
2. Arman Tsarukyan
Promotion: UFC
File: 22-3
Final: W (SD) vs. Charles Oliveira, April 13, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
3. Charles Oliveira
Promotion: UFC
File: 34-10, 1 NC
Final: L (SD) vs. Arman Tsarukyan, April 13, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
4. Justin Gaethje
Promotion: UFC
File: 25-5
Final: L (KO5) vs. Max Holloway, April 13, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
5. Dustin Poirier
Promotion: UFC
File: 30-9, 1 NC
Final: L (Sub5) vs. Islam Makhachev, June 1, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
6. Beneil Dariush
Promotion: UFC
File: 22-6-1
Final: L (KO1) vs. Arman Tsarukyan, Dec. 2, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
7. Mateusz Gamrot
Promotion: UFC
File: 24-2, 1 NC
Final: W (UD) vs. Rafael Dos Anjos, March 9, 2024
Subsequent: Aug. 17 vs. Dan Hooker
8. Rafael Fiziev
Promotion: UFC
File: 26-8
Final: L (TKO2) vs. Mateusz Gamrot, Sept. 23, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
9. Dan Hooker
Promotion: UFC
File: 29-12
Final: W (SD) vs. Jalin Turner, July 8, 2023
Subsequent: Aug. 17 vs. Mateusz Gamrot
10. Jalin Turner
Promotion: UFC
File: 14-8
Final: L (TKO2) vs. Renato Moicano, April 13, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
MEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT (as much as 145 kilos)
1. Ilia Topuria
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 15-0
Final: W (KO2) vs. Alexander Volkanovski, Feb. 17, 2024
Subsequent: Oct. 26 vs. Max Holloway
2. Alexander Volkanovski
Promotion: UFC
File: 26-4
Final: L (KO2) vs. Ilia Topuria, Feb. 17, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
3. Max Holloway
Promotion: UFC
File: 26-7
Final: W (KO5) vs. Justin Gaethje, April 13, 2024
Subsequent: Oct. 26 vs. Ilia Topuria
4. Brian Ortega
Promotion: UFC
File: 16-3, 1 NC
Final: W (Sub3) vs. Yair Rodriguez, Feb. 24, 2024
Subsequent: Sept. 14 vs. Diego Lopes
5. Yair Rodriguez
Promotion: UFC
File: 15-5, 1 NC
Final: L (Sub3) vs. Brian Ortega, Feb. 24, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
6. Patricio Freire
Promotion: Bellator champion
File: 36-7
Final: W (TKO3) vs. Jeremy Kennedy, March 22, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
7. Josh Emmett
Promotion: UFC
File: 19-4
Final: W (KO1) vs. Bryce Mitchell, Dec. 16, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
8. Movsar Evloev
Promotion: UFC
File: 18-0
Final: W (UD) vs. Arnold Allen, Jan. 20, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
9. Arnold Allen
Promotion: UFC
File: 20-3
Final: W (UD) vs. Giga Chikadze, July 27, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
10. Aljamain Sterling
Promotion: UFC
File: 24-4
Final: W (UD) vs. Calvin Kattar, April 13, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
MEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT (as much as 135 kilos)
1. Sean O’Malley
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 18-1, 1 NC
Final: W (UD) vs. Marlon Vera, March 9, 2024
Subsequent: Sept. 14 vs. Merab Dvalishvili
2. Merab Dvalishvili
Promotion: UFC
File: 17-4
Final: W (UD) vs. Henry Cejudo, Feb. 17, 2024
Subsequent: Sept. 14 vs. Sean O’Malley
3. Umar Nurmagomedov 
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: Unranked
File: 18-0
Final: W (UD) vs. Cory Sandhagen, Aug. 3, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
4. Cory Sandhagen 
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 3
File: 17-5
Final: L (UD) vs. Umar Nurmagomedov, Aug. 3, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
5. Petr Yan
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 4
File: 17-5
Final: L (UD) vs. Song Yadong, March 9, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
6. Henry Cejudo
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 5
File: 16-4
Final: L (UD) vs. Merab Dvalishvili, Feb. 17, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
7. Jose Aldo
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 6
File: 32-8
Final: W (UD) vs. Jonathan Martinez, Might 4, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
8. Deiveson Figueiredo
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 9
File: 24-3-1
Final: W (UD) vs. Marlon Vera, Aug. 3, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
9. Patchy Mix
Promotion: Bellator champion
Earlier rating: 7
File: 20-1
Final: W (SD) vs. Magomed Magomedov, Might 17, 2024
Subsequent: Nov. 16 vs. Leandro Higo
10. Kyoji Horiguchi
Promotion: Rizin champion
Earlier rating: Unranked
File: 33-5, 1 NC
Final: W (UD) vs. Sergio Pettis, June 9, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
MEN’S FLYWEIGHT (as much as 125 kilos)
1. Alexandre Pantoja
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 28-5
Final: W (UD) vs. Steve Erceg, Might 4, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
2. Brandon Royval
Promotion: UFC
File: 16-7
Final: W (SD) vs. Brandon Moreno, Feb. 24, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
3. Brandon Moreno
Promotion: UFC
File: 21-8-2
Final: L (SD) vs. Brandon Royval, Feb. 24, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
4. Steve Erceg
Promotion: UFC
File: 12-2
Final: L (UD) vs. Alexandre Pantoja, Might 4, 2024
Subsequent: Aug. 17 vs. Kai Kara-France
5. Muhammad Mokaev
Promotion: UFC
File: 13-0,1 NC
Final: W (UD) vs. Manel Kape, July 27, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
6. Tatsuro Taira
Promotion: UFC
File: 16-0
Final: W (TKO2) vs. Alex Perez, June 15, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
7. Manel Kape
Promotion: UFC
File: 19-7
Final: L (UD) vs. Muhammad Mokaev, July 27, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
8. Alex Perez
Promotion: UFC
File: 25-9
Final: L (TKO2) vs. Tatsuro Taira, June 15, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
9. Matheus Nicolau
Promotion: UFC
File: 19-5-1
Final: L (KO1) vs. Alex Perez, April 27, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
10. Tim Elliott
Promotion: UFC
File: 20-13-1
Final: W (TechSub1) vs. Sumudaerji, Dec. 9, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT (as much as 135 kilos)
1. Raquel Pennington
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 16-8
Final: W (UD) vs. Mayra Bueno Silva, Jan. 20, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
2. Kayla Harrison
Promotion: UFC
File: 17-1
Final: W (Sub2) vs. Holly Holm, April 13, 2024
Subsequent: Oct. 5 vs. Ketlen Vieira
3. Holly Holm
Promotion: UFC
File: 15-7, 1 NC
Final: L (Sub2) vs. Kayla Harrison, April 13, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
4. Irene Aldana
Promotion: UFC
File: 15-7
Final: W (UD) vs. Karol Rosa, Dec. 16, 2023
Subsequent: Sept. 14 vs. Norma Dumont
5. Macy Chiasson
Promotion: UFC
File: 10-3
Final: W (TKO2) vs. Mayra Bueno Silva, June 29, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
6. Norma Dumont
Promotion: UFC
File: 11-2
Final: W (UD) vs. Germaine de Randamie, April 6, 2024
Subsequent: Sept. 14 vs. Irene Aldana
7. Pannie Kianzad
Promotion: UFC
File: 16-8
Final: L (Sub1) vs. Macy Chiasson, March 16, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
8. Karol Rosa
Promotion: UFC
File: 17-6
Final: L (UD) vs. Irene Aldana, Dec. 16, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
9. Mayra Bueno Silva
Promotion: UFC
File: 10-4-1, 1 NC
Final: L (TKO2) vs. Macy Chiasson, June 29, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
10. Yana Santos
Promotion: UFC
File: 14-8, 1 NC
Final: L (SD) vs. Karol Rosa, July 1, 2023
Subsequent: Aug. 10 vs. Chelsea Chandler
WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT (as much as 125 kilos)
1. Alexa Grasso
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 16-3-1
Final: Cut up draw vs. Valentina Shevchenko, Sept. 16, 2023
Subsequent: Sept. 14 vs. Valentina Shevchenko
2. Valentina Shevchenko
Promotion: UFC
File: 23-4-1
Final: Cut up draw vs. Alexa Grasso, Sept. 16, 2023
Subsequent: Sept. 14 vs. Alexa Grasso
3. Manon Fiorot
Promotion: UFC
File: 12-1
Final: W (UD) vs. Erin Blanchfield, March 30, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
4. Erin Blanchfield
Promotion: UFC
File: 12-2
Final: L (UD) vs. Manon Fiorot, March 30, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
5. Taila Santos
Promotion: PFL
File: 22-3
Final: W (UD) vs. Liz Carmouche, Aug. 2, 2024
Subsequent: TBD vs. Dakota Ditcheva
6. Liz Carmouche
Promotion: PFL / Bellator champion
Earlier rating: 5
File: 22-8
Final: L (UD) vs. Taila Santos, Aug. 2, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
7. Maycee Barber
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 6
File: 14-2
Final: W (UD) vs. Katlyn Cerminara, March 9, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
8. Jessica Andrade
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 7
File: 26-12
Final: W (SD) vs. Marina Rodriguez, April 13, 2024
Subsequent: Sept. 7 vs. Natalia Silva
9. Rose Namajunas
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 8
File: 13-6
Final: W (UD) vs. Tracy Cortez, July 13, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
10. Katlyn Cerminara
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 9
File: 18-6
Final: L (UD) vs. Maycee Barber, March 9, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
STRAWWEIGHT (as much as 115 kilos)
1. Zhang Weili
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 25-3
Final: W (UD) vs. Yan Xiaonan, April 13, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
2. Virna Jandiroba
Promotion: UFC
File: 21-3
Final: W (Sub2) vs. Amanda Lemos, July 20, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
3. Amanda Lemos
Promotion: UFC
File: 14-4-1
Final: L (Sub2) vs. Virna Jandiroba, July 20, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
4. Yan Xiaonan
Promotion: UFC
File: 17-4, 1 NC
Final: L (UD) vs. Zhang Weili, April 13, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
5. Jessica Andrade
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 6
File: 26-12
Final: W (SD) vs. Marina Rodriguez, April 13, 2024
Subsequent: Sept. 7 vs. Natalia Silva
6. Marina Rodriguez
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 7
File: 17-4-2
Final: L (SD) vs. Jessica Andrade, April 13, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
7. Mackenzie Dern
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 8
File: 14-5
Final: W (UD) vs. Loopy Godínez, Aug. 3, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
8. Amanda Ribas
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 9
File: 13-5
Final: L (UD) vs. Rose Namajunas, March 23, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
9. Angela Hill
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 10
File: 17-13
Final: W (Sub2) vs. Luana Pinheiro, Might 18, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
10. Loopy Godínez
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: Unranked
File: 12-5
Final: L (UD) vs. Mackenzie Dern, Aug. 3, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
