Heavyweight
1. Daniel Cormier (UFC Heavyweight Champion)
2. Stipe Miocic
3. Francis Ngannou
4. Junior Dos Santos
5. Curtis Blaydes
6. Ryan Bader (Bellator Heavyweight Champion)
7. Derrick Lewis
8. Alexander Volkov
9. Alistair Overeem
10. Cheick Kongo
Notable Exceptions:
Cain Velasquez is 0-1 in the last three and a half years. While I have no doubt that he is still capable of beating top heavyweights, he hasn’t shown that ability in quite some time.
Light-heavyweight
1. Jon Jones (UFC Light-heavyweight Champion)
2. Alexander Gustafson
3. Ryan Bader (Bellator Light-heavyweight Champion)
4. Vadim Nemkov
5. Thiago Santos
6. Anthony Smith
7. Corey Anderson
8. Dominick Reyes
9. Jan Blachowicz
10. Phil Davis
Notable Exceptions:
Volkan Oezdemir
Daniel Cormier Is the current UFC Heavyweight Champion and considering that he has stated he will only fight one or two more times; it seems unlikely that he will cut the weight to return to 205. For that reason, I’ve left him out of these rankings.
Middleweight
1. Robert Whitaker (UFC Middleweight Champion)
2. Gegard Mousasi (Bellator Middleweight Champion)
3. Yoel Romero
4. Israel Adesanya
5. Kelvin Gastelum
6. Ronaldo Souza
7. Chris Weidman
8. Jack Hermansson
9. Derek Brunson
10. Paulo Costa
Notable exceptions:
Luke Rockhold is moving up to light-heavyweight.
Welterweight
1. Kamaru Usman (UFC Welterweight Champion)
2. Tyron Woodley
3. Colby Covington
4. Rory McDonald (Bellator Welterweight Champion)
5. Rafael Dos Anjos
6. Santiago Ponzinibbio
7. Ben Askren
8. Jorge Masvidal
9. Leon Edwards
10. Darren Till
Lightweight
1. Khabib Nurmagomedov (UFC Lightweight Champion)
2. Tony Ferguson
3. Dustin Poirier
4. Justin Gaethje
5. Michael Chandler
6. Conor McGregor
7. Al Iaquinta
8. Kevin Lee
9. Edson Barbosa
10. Gregor Gillespie
Featherweight
1. Max Holloway (UFC Featherweight Champion)
2. Jose Aldo
3. Brian Ortega
4. Frankie Edgar
5. Patricio Pitbull
6. Alexander Volkanovski
7. Renato Moicano
8. Jeremy Stephens
9. Mirsad Bektic
10. Salaman Zhamaldaev (ACA Featherweight Champion)
Bantamweight
1. Marlon Moraes
2. Kyoji Horiguchi (Rizin FF Bantamweight Champion)
3. Raphael Assuncao
4. Pedro Munhoz
5. Aljamain Sterling
6. John Lineker
7. Cody Garbrandt
8. Petr Yan
9. Jimmie Rivera
10. Cody Stamann
Notable exceptions:
Dominick Cruz hasn’t competed since 2016 and doesn’t currently have anything scheduled.
TJ Dillashaw is serving a two-year USADA suspension.
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Flyweight
1. Henry Cejudo (UFC Flyweight Champion)
2. Demetrious Johnson
3. Joseph Benavidez
4. Jussier Formiga
5. Deiveson Figueiredo
6. Dustin Ortiz
7. Alexandre Pantoja
8. John Moraga
9. Matheus Nicolau
10. Rogerio Bontorin
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