A Nurmagomedov is again within the ESPN light-weight rankings.
That may be a acquainted place for the Dagestani household. Khabib Nurmagomedov resided there for years throughout his UFC championship profession, which ended at 29-0 together with his retirement in 2020. Now comes his cousin, Bellator champion Usman Nurmagomedov, who can be undefeated.
Usman Nurmagomedov (18-0) defended his title with a dominant victory over ex-champ Brent Primus in the primary occasion of Bellator 300. The one-sided efficiency over the weekend boosted him into the newest divisional rankings.
That is probably the most important change in these prime 10s, though one other Bellator 300 winner made a small transfer upward. Liz Carmouche defended her ladies’s flyweight title with a fifth-round TKO of Ilima-Lei Macfarlane, and that boosted her up one spot.
For the ESPN pound-for-pound MMA rankings, click on right here. For a listing of present UFC champions in all weight courses, click on right here.
Notice: Outcomes are present; rankings as of Oct. 11. To be eligible for the rankings, a fighter will need to have competed over the previous 12 months or will need to have an upcoming combat booked. Fighters who’ve been dropped for inactivity might 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. Jon Jones  
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 27-1, 1 NC
Final: W (Sub1) vs. Ciryl Gane, March 4, 2023
Subsequent: Nov. 11 vs. Stipe Miocic
2. Sergei Pavlovich  
Promotion: UFC
File: 18-1
Final: W (TKO1) vs. Curtis Blaydes, April 22, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
3. Ciryl Gane  
Promotion: UFC
File: 12-2
Final: W (TKO2) vs. Serghei Spivac, Sept. 2, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
4. Curtis Blaydes  
Promotion: UFC
File: 17-4, 1 NC
Final: L (TKO1) vs. Sergei Pavlovich, April 22, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
5. Tom Aspinall  
Promotion: UFC
File: 13-3
Final: W (TKO1) vs. Marcin Tybura, July 22, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
6. Alexander Volkov  
Promotion: UFC
File: 37-10
Final: W (Sub2) vs. Tai Tuivasa, Sept. 9, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
7. Tai Tuivasa  
Promotion: UFC
File: 14-6
Final: L (Sub2) vs. Alexander Volkov, Sept. 9, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
8. Serghei Spivac  
Promotion: UFC
File: 16-4
Final: L (TKO2) vs. Ciryl Gane, Sept. 2, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
9. Ryan Bader  
Promotion: Bellator champion
File: 31-7, 1 NC
Final: W (TKO1) vs. Fedor Emelianenko, Feb. 4, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
10. Jailton Almeida  
Promotion: UFC
File: 19-2
Final: W (Sub1) vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik, Might 13, 2023
Subsequent: Nov. 4 vs. Derrick Lewis
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (as much as 205 kilos)
1. Jamahal Hill  
Promotion: UFC
File: 12-1, 1 NC
Final: W (UD) vs. Glover Teixeira, Jan. 21, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
2. Alex Pereira  
Promotion: UFC
File: 8-2
Final: W (SD) vs. Jan Blachowicz, July 29, 2023
Subsequent: Nov. 11 vs. Jirà Procházka
3. Jan Blachowicz  
Promotion: UFC
File: 29-10-1
Final: L (SD) vs. Alex Pereira, July 29, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
4. Magomed Ankalaev  
Promotion: UFC
File: 18-1-1
Final: D (SD) vs. Jan Blachowicz, Dec. 10, 2022
Subsequent: Oct. 21 vs. Johnny Walker
5. Vadim Nemkov  
Promotion: Bellator champion
File: 17-2, 1 NC
Final: W (UD) vs. Yoel Romero, June 16, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
6. Corey Anderson  
Promotion: Bellator
File: 17-6, 1 NC
Final: W (SD) vs. Phil Davis, June 16, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
7. Nikita Krylov  
Promotion: UFC
File: 30-9
Final: W (Sub1) vs. Ryan Spann, March 11, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
8. Johnny Walker  
Promotion: UFC
File: 21-7
Final: W (SD) vs. Anthony Smith, Might 13, 2023
Subsequent: Oct. 21 vs. Magomed Ankalaev
9. Anthony Smith  
Promotion: UFC
File: 37-18
Final: W (SD) vs. Ryan Spann, Aug. 26, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
10. Phil Davis  
Promotion: Bellator
File: 24-7, 1 NC
Final: L (SD) vs. Corey Anderson, June 16, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
MIDDLEWEIGHT (as much as 185 kilos)
1. Israel Adesanya  
Promotion: UFC
File: 24-3
Final: L (UD) vs. Sean Strickland, Sept. 9, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
2. Dricus du Plessis  
Promotion: UFC
File: 20-2
Final: W (TKO2) vs. Robert Whittaker, July 8, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
3. Robert Whittaker  
Promotion: UFC
File: 24-7
Final: L (TKO2) vs. Dricus Du Plessis, July 8, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
4. Jared Cannonier  
Promotion: UFC
File: 17-6
Final: W (UD) vs. Marvin Vettori, June 17, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
5. Sean Strickland  
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 28-5
Final: W (UD) vs. Israel Adesanya, Sept. 9, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
6. Marvin Vettori  
Promotion: UFC
File: 19-7-1
Final: L (UD) vs. Jared Cannonier, June 17, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
7. Johnny Eblen  
Promotion: Bellator champion
File: 14-0
Final: W (TKO3) vs. Fabian Edwards, Sept. 23, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
8. Paulo Costa  
Promotion: UFC
File: 14-2
Final: W (UD) vs. Luke Rockhold, Aug. 20, 2022
Subsequent: Oct. 21 vs. Khamzat Chimaev
9. Derek Brunson  
Promotion: PFL
File: 23-9
Final: L (TKO2) vs. Dricus Du Plessis, March 4, 2023
Subsequent: Nov. 24 vs. Ray Cooper III
10. Roman Dolidze  
Promotion: UFC
File: 12-2
Final: L (UD) vs. Marvin Vettori, March 18, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
WELTERWEIGHT (as much as 170 kilos)
1. Leon Edwards  
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 21-3, 1 NC
Final: W (MD) vs. Kamaru Usman, March 18, 2023
Subsequent: Dec. 16 vs. Colby Covington
2. Kamaru Usman  
Promotion: UFC
File: 20-3
Final: L (MD) vs. Leon Edwards, March 18, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
3. Belal Muhammad  
Promotion: UFC
File: 23-3, 1 NC
Final: W (UD) vs. Gilbert Burns, Might 6, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
4. Khamzat Chimaev  
Promotion: UFC
File: 12-0
Final: W (Sub1) vs. Kevin Holland, Sept. 10, 2022
Subsequent: Oct. 21 vs. Paulo Costa
5. Gilbert Burns  
Promotion: UFC
File: 22-6
Final: L (UD) vs. Belal Muhammad, Might 6, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
6. Yaroslav Amosov  
Promotion: Bellator champion
File: 27-0
Final: W (UD) vs. Logan Storley, Feb. 25, 2023
Subsequent: Nov. 17 vs. Jason Jackson
7. Shavkat Rakhmonov  
Promotion: UFC
File: 17-0
Final: W (Sub3) vs. Geoff Neal, March 4, 2023
Subsequent: Dec. 16 vs. Stephen Thompson
8. Stephen Thompson  
Promotion: UFC
File: 17-6-1
Final: W (TKO4) vs. Kevin Holland, Dec. 3, 2022
Subsequent: Dec. 16 vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov
9. Geoff Neal  
Promotion: UFC
File: 15-5
Final: L (Sub3) vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov, March 4, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
10. Sean Brady  
Promotion: UFC
File: 15-1
Final: L (TKO2) vs. Belal Muhammad, Oct. 22, 2022
Subsequent: Dec. 2 vs. Kelvin Gastelum
LIGHTWEIGHT (as much as 155 kilos)
1. Islam Makhachev  
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 23-1
Final: W (UD) vs. Alexander Volkanovski, Feb. 11, 2023
Subsequent: Oct. 21 vs. Alexander Volkanovski
2. Charles Oliveira  
Promotion: UFC
File: 34-9, 1 NC
Final: W (TKO1) vs. Beneil Dariush, June 10, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
3. Justin Gaethje  
Promotion: UFC
File: 25-4
Final: W (KO2) vs. Dustin Poirier, July 29, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
4. Beneil Dariush  
Promotion: UFC
File: 22-5-1
Final: L (TKO1) vs. Charles Oliveira, June 10, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
5. Dustin Poirier  
Promotion: UFC
File: 29-8, 1 NC
Final: L (KO2) vs. Justin Gaethje, July 29, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
6. Michael Chandler  
Promotion: UFC
File: 23-8
Final: L (Sub3) vs. Dustin Poirier, Nov. 12, 2022
Subsequent: TBD
7. Mateusz Gamrot  
Promotion: UFC
File: 23-2, 1 NC
Final: W (TKO2) vs. Rafael Fiziev, Sept. 23, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
8. Rafael Fiziev  
Promotion: UFC
File: 26-8
Final: L (TKO2) vs. Mateusz Gamrot, Sept. 23, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
9. Arman Tsarukyan  
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 10
File: 20-3
Final: W (TKO3) vs. Joaquim Silva, June 17, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
10. Usman Nurmagomedov  
Promotion: Bellator champion
File: 18-0
Final: W (UD) vs. Brent Primus, Oct. 7, 2023
Subsequent: TBD vs. Alexander Shabliy–Patricky Freire winner
MEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT (as much as 145 kilos)
1. Alexander Volkanovski  
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 26-2
Final: W (TKO3) vs. Yair Rodriguez, July 8, 2023
Subsequent: Oct. 21 vs. Islam Makhachev
2. Max Holloway  
Promotion: UFC
File: 25-7
Final: W (KO3) vs. Chan Sung Jung, Aug. 26, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
3. Yair Rodriguez  
Promotion: UFC interim champion
File: 15-4, 1 NC
Final: L (TKO3) vs. Alexander Volkanovski, July 8, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
4. Patricio Freire  
Promotion: Bellator champion
File: 35-7
Final: L (KO1) vs. Chihiro Suzuki, July 30, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
5. A.J. McKee  
Promotion: Bellator
File: 20-1
Final: W (UD) vs. Roberto de Souza, Dec. 31, 2022
Subsequent: Nov. 17 vs. Sidney Outlaw
6. Ilia Topuria  
Promotion: UFC
File: 14-0
Final: W (UD) vs. Josh Emmett, June 24, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
7. Josh Emmett  
Promotion: UFC
File: 18-4
Final: L (UD) vs. Ilia Topuria, June 24, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
8. Arnold Allen  
Promotion: UFC
File: 19-2
Final: L (UD) vs. Max Holloway, April 15, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
9. Calvin Kattar  
Promotion: UFC
File: 23-7
Final: L (TKO2) vs. Arnold Allen, Oct. 29, 2022
Subsequent: TBD
10. Movsar Evloev  
Promotion: UFC
File: 17-0
Final: W (UD) vs. Diego Lopes, Might 6, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
MEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT (as much as 135 kilos)
1. Sean O’Malley  
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 17-1, 1 NC
Final: W (TKO2) vs. Aljamain Sterling, Aug. 19, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
2. Aljamain Sterling  
Promotion: UFC
File: 23-4
Final: L (TKO2) vs. Sean O’Malley, Aug. 19, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
3. Merab Dvalishvili  
Promotion: UFC
File: 16-4
Final: W (UD) vs. Petr Yan, March 11, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
4. Henry Cejudo  
Promotion: UFC
File: 16-3
Final: L (SD) vs. Aljamain Sterling, Might 6, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
5. Cory Sandhagen  
Promotion: UFC
File: 17-4
Final: W (UD) vs. Rob Font, Aug. 5, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
6. Petr Yan  
Promotion: UFC
File: 16-5
Final: L (UD) vs. Merab Dvalishvili, March 11, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
7. Sergio Pettis  
Promotion: Bellator champion
File: 23-5
Final: W (UD) vs. Patricio Freire, June 16, 2023
Subsequent: Nov. 17 vs. Patchy Mix
8. Marlon Vera  
Promotion: UFC
File: 21-8-1
Final: W (UD) vs. Pedro Munhoz, Aug. 19, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
9. Patchy Mix  
Promotion: Bellator interim champion
File: 18-1
Final: W (KO1) vs. Raufeon Stots, April 22, 2023
Subsequent: Nov. 17 vs. Sergio Pettis
10. Rob Font  
Promotion: UFC
File: 20-7
Final: L (UD) vs. Cory Sandhagen, Aug. 5, 2023
Subsequent: Dec. 2 vs. Deiveson Figueiredo
MEN’S FLYWEIGHT (as much as 125 kilos)
1. Alexandre Pantoja  
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 26-5
Final: W (SD) vs. Brandon Moreno, July 8, 2023
Subsequent: Dec. 16 vs. Brandon Royval
2. Brandon Moreno  
Promotion: UFC
File: 21-7-2
Final: L (SD) vs. Alexandre Pantoja, July 8, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
3. Demetrious Johnson  
Promotion: One Championship champion
File: 25-4-1
Final: W (UD) vs. Adriano Moraes, Might 5, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
4. Deiveson Figueiredo  
Promotion: UFC
File: 21-3-1
Final: L (TKO3) vs. Brandon Moreno, Jan. 21, 2023
Subsequent: Dec. 2 vs. Rob Font
5. Amir Albazi  
Promotion: UFC
File: 17-1
Final: W (SD) vs. Kai Kara-France, June 3, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
6. Kai Kara-France  
Promotion: UFC
File: 24-11, 1 NC
Final: L (SD) vs. Amir Albazi, June 3, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
7. Adriano Moraes  
Promotion: One Championship
File: 20-5
Final: L (UD) vs. Demetrious Johnson, Might 5, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
8. Brandon Royval  
Promotion: UFC
File: 15-6
Final: W (KO1) vs. Matheus Nicolau, April 15, 2023
Subsequent: Dec. 16 vs. Alexandre Pantoja
9. Matheus Nicolau  
Promotion: UFC
File: 19-3-1
Final: L (KO1) vs. Brandon Royval, April 15, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
10. Manel Kape  
Promotion: UFC
File: 19-6
Final: W (UD) vs. Felipe dos Santos, Sept. 9, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT (as much as 135 kilos)
1. Raquel Pennington  
Promotion: UFC
File: 15-8
Final: W (SD) vs. Ketlen Vieira, Jan. 14, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
2. Ketlen Vieira  
Promotion: UFC
File: 14-3
Final: W (UD) vs. Pannie Kianzad, July 22, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
3. Holly Holm  
Promotion: UFC
File: 15-7
Final: L (Sub2) vs. Mayra Bueno Silva, July 15, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
4. Irene Aldana  
Promotion: UFC
File: 14-7
Final: L (UD) vs. Amanda Nunes, June 10, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
5. Sara McMann  
Promotion: Bellator
File: 14-7
Final: L (TKO1) vs. Leah McCourt, Oct. 7, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
6. Norma Dumont  
Promotion: UFC
File: 10-2
Final: W (UD) vs. Chelsea Chandler, July 15, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
7. Pannie Kianzad  
Promotion: UFC
File: 16-7
Final: L (UD) vs. Ketlen Vieira, July 22, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
8. Karol Rosa  
Promotion: UFC
File: 17-5
Final: W (SD) vs. Yana Santos, July 1, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
9. Yana Santos  
Promotion: UFC
File: 14-8, 1 NC
Final: L (SD) vs. Karol Rosa, July 1, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
10. Josiane Nunes  
Promotion: UFC
File: 10-1
Final: W (UD) vs. Zarah Fairn, Jan. 21, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
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: TBD
2. Valentina Shevchenko  
Promotion: UFC
File: 23-4-1
Final: Cut up draw vs. Alexa Grasso, Sept. 16, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
3. Manon Fiorot  
Promotion: UFC
File: 11-1
Final: W (UD) vs. Rose Namajunas, Sept. 2, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
4. Erin Blanchfield  
Promotion: UFC
File: 12-1
Final: W (UD) vs. Taila Santos, Aug. 26, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
5. Liz Carmouche  
Promotion: Bellator champion
Earlier rating: 6
File: 20-7
Final: W (TKO5) vs. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane, Oct. 7, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
6. Jessica Andrade  
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 5
File: 24-12
Final: L (Sub2) vs. Tatiana Suarez, Aug. 5, 2023
Subsequent: Nov. 11 vs. Mackenzie Dern
7. Katlyn Chookagian  
Promotion: UFC
File: 18-5
Final: L (UD) vs. Manon Fiorot, Oct. 22, 2022
Subsequent: TBD
8. Rose Namajunas  
Promotion: UFC
File: 11-6
Final: L (UD) vs. Manon Fiorot, Sept. 2, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
9. Lauren Murphy  
Promotion: UFC
File: 16-6
Final: L (UD) vs. Jessica Andrade, Jan. 21, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
10. Juliana Velasquez  
Promotion: Bellator
File: 12-2
Final: L (Sub2) vs. Liz Carmouche, Dec. 9, 2022
Subsequent: TBD
STRAWWEIGHT (as much as 115 kilos)
1. Zhang Weili  
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 24-2
Final: W (UD) vs. Amanda Lemos, Aug. 19, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
2. Carla Esparza  
Promotion: UFC
File: 19-7
Final: L (Sub2) vs. Zhang Weili, Nov. 12, 2022
Subsequent: TBD
3. Amanda Lemos  
Promotion: UFC
File: 12-3-1
Final: L (UD) vs. Zhang Weili, Aug. 19, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
4. Yan Xiaonan  
Promotion: UFC
File: 14-3, 1 NC
Final: W (KO1) vs. Jessica Andrade, Might 6, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
5. Tatiana Suarez  
Promotion: UFC
File: 11-0
Final: W (Sub2) vs. Jessica Andrade, August 5, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
6. Virna Jandiroba  
Promotion: UFC
File: 19-3
Final: W (UD) vs. Marina Rodriguez, Might 6, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
7. Marina Rodriguez  
Promotion: UFC
File: 17-3-2
Final: W (TKO2) vs. Michelle Waterson-Gomez, Sept. 23, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
8. Mackenzie Dern  
Promotion: UFC
File: 13-3
Final: W (UD) vs. Angela Hill, Might 20, 2023
Subsequent: Nov. 11 vs. Jessica Andrade
9. Maycee Barber  
Promotion: UFC
File: 13-2
Final: W (TKO2) vs. Amanda Ribas, June 24, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
10. Luana Pinheiro  
Promotion: UFC
File: 11-1
Final: W (SD) vs. Michelle Waterson-Gomez, April 8, 2023
Subsequent: TBD