Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently tied a ribbon around its UFC Vegas 106 MMA event, which took place last Sat. night (May 17, 2025) inside the promotion’s APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. That’s where Michael Morales cemented his place in the division Top 10 with a stunning, first-round technical knockout finish over former 170-pound title challenger, Gilbert Burns.
“Durinho” slipped two places to No. 10.
Here’s how the rankings are compiled, at least until AI takes over:
Rankings are generated by a voting panel made up of media members. The media members were asked to vote for who they feel are the top fighters in the UFC by weight-class and pound-for-pound. A fighter is only eligible to be voted on if they are in active status in the UFC. A fighter can appear in more than one weight division at a time. The champion and interim champion are considered to be in the top positions of their respective divisions and therefore are not eligible for voting by weight-class. However, the champions can be voted on for the pound-for-pound rankings.
Take a look at what the latest rankings field looks like courtesy of UFC.com. Note: (+/- = movement in rankings, T = tie, *NR = Not previously ranked).
MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND
1. Islam Makhachev
2. Jon Jones
3. Ilia Topuria
4. Merab Dvalishvili
5. Dricus Du Plessis
6. Magomed Ankalaev
7. Alexander Volkanovski
8. Alex Pereira
9. Jack Della Maddalena
10. Alexandre Pantoja
11. Tom Aspinall
12. Max Holloway
13. Belal Muhammad
14. Sean O’Malley
15. Charles Oliveira
FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Alexandre Pantoja
1. Brandon Royval
2. Brandon Moreno
3. Amir Albazi
4. Kai Kara France
5. Tatsuro Taira
6. Manel Kape
7. Alex Perez
8. Asu Almabayev
9. Steve Erceg
10. Tagir Ulanbekov
11. Tim Elliott
12. Bruno Silva
13. Ramazan Temirov
14. Joshua Van
15. Kai Asakura
BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Merab Dvalishvili
1. Sean O’Malley
2. Petr Yan
3. Umar Nurmagomedov
4. Cory Sandhagen
5. Song Yadong
6. Deiveson Figueiredo
7. Marlon Vera
8. Rob Font
9. Henry Cejudo
10. Mario Bautista
11. Aiemann Zahabi
12. Kyler Phillips
13. Marcus McGhee
14. Montel Jackson
15. Vinicius Oliveira
FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Alexander Volkanovski
1. Max Holloway
2. Diego Lopes
3. Ilia Topuria
4. (T) Movsar Evloev
4. (T) Yair Rodriguez
6. Arnold Allen
7. Brian Ortega
8. Lerone Murphy
9. Aljamain Sterling
10. Josh Emmett
11. Jean Silva
12. Youssef Zalal
13. David Onama
14. Dan Ige
15. Calvin Kattar
LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Islam Makhachev
1. Arman Tsarukyan
2. Charles Oliveira
3. Justin Gaethje
4. Max Holloway
5. Dustin Poirier
6. Dan Hooker
7. Mateusz Gamrot
8. Paddy Pimblett
9. Beneil Dariush
10. Renato Moicano
11. Rafael Fiziev
12. Michael Chandler
13. Benoit Saint Denis
14. Grant Dawson
15. Joel Alvarez
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Jack Della Maddalena
1. Belal Muhammed
2. Sean Brady
3. Shavkat Rakhmonov
4. Leon Edwards
5. Kamaru Usman
6. Ian Machado Garry
7. Joaquin Buckley
8. Michael Morales +4
9. Colby Covington
10. Gilbert Burns -2
11. Geoff Neal -1
12. Stephen Thompson -1
13. Carlos Prates
14. Vicente Luque
15. Michael Page
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Dricus Du Plessis
1. Nassourdine Imavov
2. Sean Strickland
3. Khamzat Chimaev
4. Israel Adesanya
5. Robert Whittaker
6. Caio Borralho
7. Jared Cannonier
8. Roman Dolidze
9. Anthony Hernandez
10. Marvin Vettori
11. Brendan Allen
12. Paulo Costa
13. Reinier De Ridder
14. Roman Kopylov
15. Abus Magomedov
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Magomed Ankalaev
1. Alex Pereira
2. Jiri Prochazka
3. Carlos Ulberg
4. Jamahal Hill
5. Jan Blachowicz
6. Aleksandar Rakic
7. Khalil Rountree
8. Dominick Reyes
9. Volkan Oezdemir
10. Nikita Krylov
11. Johnny Walker
12. Azamat Murzakanov
13. Zhang Mingyang
14. Bogdan Guskov
15. Alonzo Menifield
HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Jon Jones
1. Tom Aspinall
2. Ciryl Gane
3. Alexander Volkov
4. Sergei Pavlovich
5. Curtis Blaydes
6. Jailton Almeida
7. Serghei Spivac
8. Marcin Tybura
9. Derrick Lewis
10. Tai Tuivasa
11. Waldo Cortes Acosta
12. Shamil Gaziev
13. Mick Parkin
14. Tallison Teixeira
15. Martin Buday
WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND
1. Valentina Shevchenko
2. Zhang Weili
3. Julianna Pena
4. Manon Fiorot
5. Alexa Grasso
6. Erin Blanchfield
7. Kayla Harrison
8. Natalia Silva
9. Virna Jandiroba
10. Raquel Pennington
11. Rose Namajunas
12. Tatiana Suarez
13. Yan Xiaonan
14. Maycee Barber
15. Amanda Lemos
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Zhang Weili
1. Virna Jandiroba
2. Tatiana Suarez
3. Yan Xiaonan
4. Amanda Lemos
5. Jessica Andrade
6. Mackenzie Dern
7. Amanda Ribas
8. Iasmin Lucindo
9. Gillian Robertson
10. Tabatha Ricci
11. Loopy Godinez
12. Angela Hill
13. Tecia Pennington
14. Loma Lookboonmee +1
15. Denise Gomes *NR
WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Valentina Shevchenko
1. Natalia Silva
2. Manon Fiorot
3. Alexa Grasso
4. Erin Blanchfield
5. Maycee Barber
6. Jasmine Jasudavicius
7. Rose Namajunas
8. Viviane Araújo
9. Jessica Andrade
10. Tracy Cortez
11. (T) Karine Silva
11. (T) Miranda Maverick +1
13. Ariane Da Silva +1
14. Casey O’Neill -1
15. J.J. Aldrich
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Julianna Pena
1. Raquel Pennington
2. Kayla Harrison
3. Ketlen Vieira
4. Norma Dumont
5. Macy Chiasson
6. Irene Aldana
7. Ailin Perez
8. Mayra Bueno Silva
9. Yana Santos
10. Karol Rosa
11. Jacqueline Cavalcanti
12. Nora Cornolle
13. Miesha Tate
14. Joselyne Edwards
15. Chelsea Chandler
You can expect these rankings to change in roughly two weeks, particularly in the women’s flyweight division, following the UFC Vegas 107: “Blanchfield vs. Barber” mixed martial arts (MMA) event on ESPN and ESPN+, scheduled for Sat., May 31, 2025 at APEX in Las Vegas.
For much more on that upcoming fight card click here.
This story originally appeared on MMA Mania
