MMA divisional rankings: Lightweight top 10 welcomes a Nurmagomedov-ZoomTech News


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.

HeavyweightLight heavyweightMiddleweightWelterweight
LightweightMen’s featherweightMen’s bantamweight
Men’s flyweightWomen’s bantamweightWomen’s flyweightStrawweight

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. Jirí 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 ShabliyPatricky 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


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