The following are the MMATorch staff rankings as of October 1, 2015.
NOTE: Khabib Nurmagomedov has returned to our October rankings, having signed a bout agreement.
POUND FOR POUND
1 Jon Jones
2 Jose Aldo
3 Demetrious Johnson
4 Chris Weidman
5 T.J. Dillashaw
6 Dominick Cruz
7 Fabricio Werdum
8 Frankie Edgar
9-tie Rafael dos Anjos
9-tie Robbie Lawler
11 Cain Velasquez
12 Luke Rockhold
13 Daniel Cormier
14 Conor McGregor
15 Johny Hendricks
Others receiving votes: Chad Mendes, Anthony Pettis, Jacare Souza
HEAVYWEIGHT
1 Fabricio Werdum
2 Cain Velasquez
3 Junior dos Santos
4 Andrei Arlovski
5 Stipe Miocic
6 Travis Browne
7 Josh Barnett
8 Ben Rothwell
9 Mark Hunt
10 Alistair Overeem
11 Frank Mir
12 Roy Nelson
13 Matt Mitrione
14 Stefan Struve
15 Antonio Silva
Others receiving votes: Blagoi Ivanov, Vitaly Minakov
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
1 Jon Jones
2 Daniel Cormier
3 Anthony Johnson
4 Alexander Gustafsson
5-tie Ryan Bader
5-tie Glover Teixeira
7 Rashad Evans
8 Phil Davis
9 Ovince St. Preux
10 Liam McGeary
11 Quinton Jackson
12 Jimi Manuwa
13 Emanuel Newton
14 Muhammed Lawal
15 Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
Others receiving votes: Dave Branch, Goran Reljic
MIDDLEWEIGHT
1 Chris Weidman
2 Luke Rockhold
3 Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza
4 Yoel Romero
5 Lyoto Machida
6 Anderson Silva
7 Vitor Belfort
8 Tim Kennedy
9 Michael Bisping
10 Dave Branch
11 Thales Leites
12 Uriah Hall
13 Gegard Mousasi
14 CB Dollaway
15 Roan Carneiro
Others receiving votes: Roger Whittaker, Dan Henderson, Yushin Okami, Derek Brunson
WELTERWEIGHT
1 Robbie Lawler
2 Johny Hendricks
3 Rory MacDonald
4 Tyron Woodley
5 Carlos Condit
6 Hector Lombard
7 Ben Askren
8 Matt Brown
9 Benson Henderson
10 Rousimar Palhares
11 Kelvin Gastelum
12 Demian Maia
13 Jake Shields
14 Stephen Thompson
15 Dong Hyun Kim
Others receiving votes: Tarec Saffiedine, Gunnar Nelson, Andrey Koreshkov
LIGHTWEIGHT
1 Rafael dos Anjos
2 Anthony Pettis
3 Khabib Nurmagomedov
4 Donald Cerrone
5 Eddie Alvarez
6 Will Brooks
7 Gilbert Melendez
8 Michael Johnson
9 Edson Barboza
10 Tony Ferguson
11 Michael Chandler
12 Beneil Dariush
13 Myles Jury
14 Dustin Poirier
15 Al Iaquinta
Others receiving votes: Bobby Green, Justin Gaethje, Josh Thomson
FEATHERWEIGHT
1 Jose Aldo
2 Frankie Edgar
3 Conor McGregor
4 Chad Mendes
5 Max Holloway
6 Ricardo Lamas
7 Patricio Friere
8 Cub Swanson
9 Charles Oliveira
10 Nik Lentz
11 Jeremy Stephens
12 Daniel Weichel
13 Pat Curran
14 Daniel Straus
15 Dennis Bermudez
Others receiving votes: NONE
BANTAMWEIGHT
1 T.J. Dillashaw
2 Dominick Cruz
3 Renan Barao
4 Urijah Faber
5 Raphael Assunção
6 Marlon Moraes
7 Bibiano Fernandes
8 Aljamain Sterling
9 Marcos Galvao
10 Joe Warren
11 Eduardo Dantas
12 Thomas Almeida
13 Bryan Caraway
14 John Lineker
15 Takeya Mizugaki
Others receiving votes: Johnny Eduardo, Frankie Saenz
FLYWEIGHT
1 Demetrious Johnson
2 Joseph Benavidez
3 John Dodson
4 Jussier Formiga
5 John Moraga
6 Henry Cejudo
7 Ian McCall
8 Kyoji Horiguchi
9 Zach Makovsky
10 Ali Bagautinov
11 Dustin Ortiz
12 Chris Cariaso
13 Wilson Reis
14 Louis Smolka
15 Chico Camus
Others receiving votes: NONE
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
1 Ronda Rousey
2 Miesha Tate
3 Cat Zingano
4 Alexis Davis
5 Sarah Kaufman
6 Amanda Nunes
7 Holly Holm
8 Jessica Eye
9 Sara McMann
10 Tonya Evinger
11 Liz Carmouche
12 Julianna Pena
13 Marion Reneau
14 Bethe Correira
15 Raquel Pennington
Others receiving votes: Lauren Murphy, Jessica Andrade
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
1 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
2 Calaudia Gadelha
3 Jessica Aguillar
4 Carla Esparza
5 Jessica Penne
6 Rose Namajunas
7 Randa Markos
8 Tecia Torres
9 Livia Renata Souza
10 Paige Van Zant
11 Valérie Létourneau
12 Michele Waterson
13 Joanne Calderwood
14 Kalindra Faria
15 Maryna Moroz
Others receiving votes: Deanna Bennett, Aisling Daly, Karolina Kowalkiewicz
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