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UFC Pound-for-Pound Rankings

The current UFC pound-for-pound rankings rank the best fighters regardless of weight class. As of October 18, 2026, Islam Makhachev is #1.

Updated October 18, 2026

#	Fighter	Record	±
1	Islam Makhachev🇷🇺	29-1-0	–
2	Alexander Volkanovski🇦🇺 “The Great”	28-4-0	–
3	Justin Gaethje🇺🇸 “The Highlight”	28-5-0	–
4	Petr Yan🇷🇺 “No Mercy”	20-5-0	–
5	Ilia Topuria🇩🇪 “El Matador”	17-1-0	–
6	Joshua Van🇲🇲 “The Fearless”	18-2-0	–
7	Sean Strickland🇺🇸	31-7-0	–
8	Tom Aspinall🇬🇧	15-3-0	–
9	Merab Dvalishvili🇬🇪 “The Machine”	21-5-0	–
10	Alex Pereira🇧🇷 “Poatan”	13-4-0	–
11	Ciryl Gane🇫🇷 “Bon Gamin”	14-2-0	–
12	Khamzat Chimaev “Borz”	15-1-0	–
13	Arman Tsarukyan🇬🇪 “Ahalkalakets”	24-3-0	–
14	Alexandre Pantoja🇧🇷 “The Cannibal”	30-7-0	–
15	Carlos Ulberg🇳🇿 “Black Jag”	15-1-0	–