Pound-for-Pound
Peter Maiorano

UFC Men’s and Women’s Pound-for-Pound Top Rank

Here are the UFC Men’s and Women’s Pound-for-Pound Top Rank (Updated April 15, 2025). Fighters like Volkanovski are climbing back up, while champions like Makhachev and Jon Jones remain dominant. Jandiroba’s rise shakes up the rankings while Shevchenko is the overall #1. Kayla Harrison is coming in hot. Expect more shifts after UFC 315 & 316!

1. Islam Makhachev – Lightweight Champion

2. Jon Jones – Heavyweight Champion

3. Ilia Topuria – Featherweight Champion

4. Merab Dvalishvili – Bantamweight Champion

5. Dricus Du Plessis – Middleweight Champion

6. Magomed Ankalaev – Light Heavyweight Champion

7. Belal Muhammad – Welterweight Champion

8. Alex Pereira

9. Alexander Volkanovski – Rank ↑ 2

10. Alexandre Pantoja – Rank ↓ 1

11. Tom Aspinall – Rank ↓ 1

12. Max Holloway

13. Sean O’Malley

14. Charles Oliveira

15. Arman Tsarukyan

Women’s Pound-for-Pound Top Rank (Updated April 2025)

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1. Valentina Shevchenko – Flyweight Champion

2. Zhang Weili – Strawweight Champion

3. Alexa Grasso – Former Flyweight Champ

4. Julianna Peña – Bantamweight Champion

5. Manon Fiorot

6. Erin Blanchfield

7. Kayla Harrison

8. Virna Jandiroba – Rank ↑ 4

9. Raquel Pennington – Rank ↓ 1

10. Rose Namajunas – Rank ↓ 1

11. Tatiana Suarez

12. Yan Xiaonan – Rank ↓ 2

13. Natalia Silva

14. Jéssica Andrade

15. Maycee Barber

Thank you for reading my UFC Men’s and Women’s Pound-for-Pound Top Rank article. For more UFC insights, visit my Pete’s Sports UFC Page and follow me on Twitter/X. For MMA, Boxing, and other sports articles, check out Pete’s Sports Blog and subscribe to my YouTube Channel for more videos. Image credits: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC and Christian Petersen via Getty Images.

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