The UFC ranking system is ever-evolving and is now more different than ever.From the men’s and women’s pound-for-pound (P4P) rankings to all 11 divisions in Dana White‘s promotion, 165 fighters hold a top-15 ranking.Right up until the summer of 2026, the UFC used its official rankings based on votes from members of the media.However, as of June 22, 2026, the UFC began transitioning away from the traditional media panel to new AI-based rankings in partnership with Meta — the promotion’s official fan technology partner.They will be automatically calculated and updated every Monday following official events.The system evaluates a ‘comprehensive set of objective metrics’ to determine individual athlete ranks and not all wins or losses are treated equally.talkSPORT.com have made it easy for MMA fans to stay up to date with the new Meta UFC rankings, outlined below, based on results during the action-packed yearly fight schedule. Meta UFC rankingsHeavyweightChampion: Tom AspinallAspinall rules the UFC heavyweight divisionGettyCiryl Gane (interim champion)Alexander VolkovSergei PavlovichAlex PereiraJosh HokitWaldo Cortes-AcostaRizvan KunievCurtis BlaydesSerghei SpivacVitor PetrinoValter WalkerBrando PericicMario PintoMick ParkinRyan SpannLight HeavyweightChampion: Carlos UlbergUlberg became light heavyweight champion by knocking out Jiri Prochazka at UFC 327 in AprilGettyAlex PereiraMagomed AnkalaevJiri ProchazkaPaulo CostaJamahal HillKhalil Rountree JrDominick ReyesVolkan OezdemirAzamat MurzakanovBogdan GuskovDustin JacobyNavajo StirlingAlonzo MenifieldJohnny WalkerJan BlachowiczMiddleweightChampion: Sean StricklandSean Strickland shocked the world by claiming a split decision win against Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 328 to become the new middleweight championGettyKhamzat ChimaevDricus du PlessisNassourdine ImavovJoe PyferBrendan AllenCaio BorralhoAnthony HernandezIsrael AdesanyaGregory RodriguesIkram AliskerovJared CannonierChristian Leroy DuncanBo NickalPaulo CostaAbus MagomedovWelterweightChampion: Islam MakhachevMakhachev dominated Jack Della Maddalena over five rounds at UFC 322 last November to win the welterweight strap and become a two-division championGettyCarlos PratesIan Machado GarryMichael MoralesJack Della MaddalenaSean BradyGabriel BonfimBelal MuhammadLeon EdwardsJoaquin BuckleyKamaru UsmanMike MalottMichael Venom PageDaniel RodriguezUros MedicYaroslav AmosovLightweightChampion: Justin GaethjeJustin Gaethje became the new lightweight champion by forcing Ilia Topuria to quit on his stool against all odds in the main event of UFC White House on June 14GettyIlia TopuriaArman TsarukyanCharles Oliveira (BMF champion)Max HollowayBenoit Saint DenisMateusz GamrotRenato MoicanoQuillan SalkilldPaddy PimblettMauricio RuffyDan HookerTom NolanRafael FizievGrant DawsonRafa GarciaFeatherweightChampion: Alexander VolkanovskiAlexander Volkanovski defended the featherweight title against Diego Lopes at UFC 325 — the second numbered card of 2026AFPMovsar EvloevDiego LopesLerone MurphyAljamain SterlingArnold AllenJean SilvaPat SabatiniYoussef ZalalNathaniel WoodKevin VallejosMelquizael CostaSteve GarciaAaron PicoJoanderson BritoJose Miguel DelgadoBantamweightChampion: Petr YanPetr Yan put on the performance of a lifetime to dethrone Merab Dvalishvili of the bantamweight title in the UFC’s final pay-per-view of 2025GettyMerab DvalishviliUmar NurmagomedovSean O’MalleyCory SandhagenMario BautistaSong YadongDavid MartinezRaoni BarcelosMarcus McGheeFarid BasharatDeiveson FigueiredoAiemann ZahabiCharles JourdainBryce MitchellMontel JacksonFlyweightChampion: Joshua VanJoshua Van, the second-youngest champion in UFC history behind Jon Jones, won the flyweight belt against Alexandre Pantoja and made a successful first defence against Tatsuro Taira at UFC 328GettyAlexandre PantojaManel KapeTatsuro TairaBrandon RoyvalLone’er KavanaghAsu AlmabayevKyoji HoriguchiAmir AlbaziBrandon MorenoKevin BorjasMitch RaposoSumudaerjiSteve ErcegAlex PerezJoseph MoralesWomen’s BantamweightChampion: Kayla HarrisonKayla Harrison won her first UFC title in June 2025 and is currently recovering from neck surgery ahead of her first title defence against Amanda NunesGettyJoselyne EdwardsNorma DumontLuana SantosJulianna PenaAilin PerezYana SantosJacqueline CavalcantiMichelle MontagueMelissa CrodenKarol RosaBia MesquitaIrene AldanaMacy ChiassonDaria ZhelezniakovaRaquel PenningtonWomen’s FlyweightChampion: Valentina ShevchenkoValentina Shevchenko defended the flyweight title in a super-fight with former strawweight champion Zhang Weili at UFC 322GettyNatalia SilvaManon FiorotAlexa GrassoErin BlanchfieldZhang WeiliJasmine JasudaviciusRose NamajunasTracy CortezMaycee BarberWang CongMiranda MaverickJJ AldrichKarine SilvaEduarda MouraCasey O’NeillWomen’s StrawweightChampion: Mackenzie DernMackenzie Dern outpointed Virna Jandiroba in the co-main event of UFC 321 to become the new women’s strawweight championGettyZhang WeiliVirna JandirobaTatiana SuarezGillian RobertsonYan XiaonanPiera RodriguezTabatha RicciDenise GomesMizukiAlexia ThainaraAmanda LemosLoopy GodinezJaqueline AmorimFatima KlineTalita Alencar