UFC Men's Pound-for-Pound Rankings: Top 15

Rank	Fighter	±	Next fight
1	Islam Makhachev
2	Alexander Volkanovski		Oct 24, Movsar Evloev
3	Justin Gaethje
4	Petr Yan		Oct 24, Merab Dvalishvili
5	Ilia Topuria
6	Joshua Van
7	Sean Strickland
8	Tom Aspinall
9	Merab Dvalishvili		Oct 24, Petr Yan
10	Alex Pereira
11	Ciryl Gane		Nov 14, Josh Hokit
12	Khamzat Chimaev
13	Arman Tsarukyan
14	Alexandre Pantoja
15	Carlos Ulberg

Source: official UFC rankings on ufc.com, as published on Oct 12, 2026. Movement is relative to the previous update. ufc.com/rankings