Ilia Topuria is undefeated at 17-0 with 15 finishes, previously held the featherweight championship, and now wears the 155-pound strap after smashing Charles Oliveira atop the UFC 317 pay-per-view (PPV) event last weekend at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
As a result, “El Matador” was named top pound-for-pound fighter in the promotion, according to the official rankings update, sending former lightweight champion Islam Makhachev to No. 2 and reigning bantamweight titleholder Merab Dvalishvili to No. 3.
Topuria’s victory also shook up the official lightweight rankings.
Elsewhere on the charts, Joshua Van’s decision over Brandon Royval turned the flyweight division on its head. “Fearless” will move on to challenge 125-pound kingpin Alexandre Pantoja — who also received a pound-for-pound promotion — sometime later this year.
Here’s how the rankings are compiled, at least until AI takes over:
Rankings are generated by a voting panel made up of media members. The media members were asked to vote for who they feel are the top fighters in the UFC by weight-class and pound-for-pound. A fighter is only eligible to be voted on if they are in active status in the UFC. A fighter can appear in more than one weight division at a time. The champion and interim champion are considered to be in the top positions of their respective divisions and therefore are not eligible for voting by weight-class. However, the champions can be voted on for the pound-for-pound rankings.
Take a look at what the latest rankings field looks like courtesy of UFC.com. Note: (+/- = movement in rankings, T = tie, *NR = Not previously ranked).
MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND
1. Ilia Topuria +2
2. Islam Makhachev -1
3. Merab Dvalishvili -1
4. Dricus Du Plessis
5. Alexandre Pantoja +4
6. Alexander Volkanovski
7. Magomed Ankalaev -2
8. Jack Della Maddalena -1
9. Tom Aspinall -1
10. Alex Pereira -1
11. Max Holloway
12. Belal Muhammad
13. Arman Tsarukyan +1
14. Khamzat Chimaev +1
15. Charles Oliveira -2
FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Alexandre Pantoja
1. Joshua Van +11
2. Brandon Moreno
3. Brandon Royval -2
4. Amir Albazi -1
5. Kai Kara France -1
6. Tatsuro Taira -1
7. Manel Kape -1
8. Alex Perez -1
9. Asu Almabayev -1
10. Steve Erceg -1
11. Tim Elliott -1
12. Tagir Ulanbekov -1
13. Ramazan Temirov
14. Bruno Silva +1
15. Kai Asakura -1
BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Merab Dvalishvili
1. Sean O’Malley
2. Umar Nurmagomedov
3. Petr Yan
4. Cory Sandhagen
5. Song Yadong
6. Deiveson Figueiredo
7. Marlon Vera
8. (T) Rob Font
8. (T) Mario Bautista
10. Henry Cejudo
11. Aiemann Zahabi
12. Kyler Phillips
13. Marcus McGhee
14. Montel Jackson
15. Vinicius Oliveira
FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Alexander Volkanovski
1. Max Holloway
2. Movsar Evloev +2
3. Diego Lopes -1
4. Yair Rodriguez +1
5. (T) Arnold Allen +1
5. (T) Brian Ortega +1
7. Lerone Murphy +1
8. Aljamain Sterling +1
9. Josh Emmett +1
10. Jean Silva +1
11. Youssef Zalal +1
12. Dan Ige +2
13. David Onama
14. Calvin Kattar +1
15. Giga Chikadze *NR
LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Ilia Topuria
1. Islam Makhachev -1
2. Arman Tsarukyan -1
3. Charles Oliveira -1
4. Justin Gaethje -1
5. Max Holloway -1
6. Dustin Poirier -1
7. Dan Hooker -1
8. Mateusz Gamrot -1
9. Beneil Dariush
10. Paddy Pimblett -2
11. Rafael Fiziev -1
12. Renato Moicano -1
13. Michael Chandler -1
14. Benoit Saint Denis
15. Grant Dawson -2
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Jack Della Maddalena
1. Belal Muhammed
2. Sean Brady
3. Shavkat Rakhmonov
4. Leon Edwards
5. Kamaru Usman
6. Ian Machado Garry
7. (T) Joaquin Buckley
7. (T) Michael Morales
9. Colby Covington
10. Gilbert Burns
11. Geoff Neal
12. Stephen Thompson
13. Carlos Prates
14. Kevin Holland
15. Michael Page
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Dricus Du Plessis
1. Nassourdine Imavov
2. Sean Strickland
3. Khamzat Chimaev
4. Israel Adesanya
5. Robert Whittaker
6. Caio Borralho
7. Jared Cannonier
8. Roman Dolidze
9. Anthony Hernandez
10. Marvin Vettori
11. Brendan Allen
12. Reinier De Ridder
13. Paulo Costa
14. Roman Kopylov
15. Abus Magomedov -1
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Magomed Ankalaev
1. Alex Pereira
2. Jiri Prochazka
3. Carlos Ulberg
4. Khalil Rountree
5. Jan Blachowicz
6. Jamahal Hill
7. Aleksandar Rakic
8. Dominick Reyes
9. Volkan Oezdemir
10. Nikita Krylov
11. Azamat Murzakanov
12. Johnny Walker
13. Bogdan Guskov
14. Zhang Mingyang
15. Alonzo Menifield
HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Tom Aspinall
1. Ciryl Gane
2. Alexander Volkov
3. Sergei Pavlovich
4. Curtis Blaydes
5. Jailton Almeida
6. Marcin Tybura
7. Waldo Cortes Acosta
8. Serghei Spivac
9. Derrick Lewis
10. Tai Tuivasa
11. Shamil Gaziev
12. Mick Parkin
13. Tallison Teixeira
14. Martin Buday
15. Rizvan Kuniev
WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND
1. Valentina Shevchenko
2. Zhang Weili
3. Kayla Harrison
4. Manon Fiorot
5. Julianna Pena
6. Natalia Silva
7. Alexa Grasso
8. Erin Blanchfield
9. Virna Jandiroba
10. Raquel Pennington
11. Tatiana Suarez
12. Rose Namajunas
13. Yan Xiaonan
14. Amanda Lemos
15. Maycee Barber
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Zhang Weili
1. Virna Jandiroba
2. Tatiana Suarez
3. Yan Xiaonan
4. Amanda Lemos
5. Jessica Andrade
6. Mackenzie Dern
7. Amanda Ribas
8. Iasmin Lucindo
9. Gillian Robertson
10. Tabatha Ricci
11. Loopy Godinez
12. Angela Hill
13. Tecia Pennington
14. Loma Lookboonmee
15. Denise Gomes
WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Valentina Shevchenko
1. Natalia Silva
2. Manon Fiorot
3. Alexa Grasso
4. Erin Blanchfield
5. Jasmine Jasudavicius
6. Maycee Barber -1
7. Rose Namajunas
8. Tracy Cortez +2
9. Jessica Andrade
10. Viviane Araújo -2
11. Miranda Maverick
12. Karine Silva
13. Casey O’Neill
14. Wang Cong
15. Ariane Da Silva
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Kayla Harrison
1. Julianna Pena
2. Raquel Pennington
3. Ketlen Vieira
4. Norma Dumont
5. Macy Chiasson
6. Irene Aldana
7. Ailin Perez
8. Mayra Bueno Silva
9. Yana Santos
10. Karol Rosa
11. Jacqueline Cavalcanti
12. Nora Cornolle
13. Miesha Tate
14. Joselyne Edwards
15. Daria Zhelezniakova
You can expect these rankings to change in roughly two weeks, particularly in the heavyweight division, following the UFC Nashville: “Lewis vs. Teixeira” mixed martial arts (MMA) event on ESPN+, scheduled for Sat., July 12, 2025 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
For much more on that upcoming fight card click here.
