Each month, Combat Press publishes MMA rankings for all weight divisions from heavyweight to flyweight, along with pound-for-pound lists featuring both male and female athletes.
Note: The figures in parentheses indicate the previous month’s ranking.
Heavyweight Rankings
- Jon Jones (1)
- Francis Ngannou (2)
- Ciryl Gane (3)
- Tom Aspinall (4)
- Alexander Volkov (5)
- Curtis Blaydes (6)
- Sergei Pavlovich (7)
- Jailton Almeida (8)
- Waldo Cortes-Acosta (9)
- Jairzinho Rozenstruik (10)
No top-10 fighters competed this month, so the rankings remain the same.
Light Heavyweight Rankings
- Alex Pereira (1)
- Magomed Ankalaev (2)
- Jiří Procházka (3)
- Khalil Rountree Jr. (4)
- Carlos Ulberg (5)
- Azamat Murzakanov (6)
- Corey Anderson (7)
- Jamahal Hill (8)
- Jan Błachowicz (9)
- Aleksandar Rakić (10)
No top-10 fighters competed this month, so the rankings remain the same.
Middleweight Rankings
- Khamzat Chimaev (1)
- Dricus du Plessis (2)
- Sean Strickland (3)
- Nassourdine Imavov (4)
- Israel Adesanya (5)
- Brendan Allen (6)
- Reinier de Ridder (7)
- Robert Whittaker (8)
- Anthony Hernandez (9)
- Paulo Costa (10)
No top-10 fighters competed this month, so the rankings remain the same.
Welterweight Rankings
- Islam Makhachev (1)
- Jack Della Maddalena (2)
- Shavkat Rakhmonov (3)
- Michael Morales (4)
- Ian Machado Garry (5)
- Sean Brady (6)
- Carlos Prates (7)
- Belal Muhammad (8)
- Joaquin Buckley (9)
- Ramazan Kuramagomedov (10)
No top-10 fighters competed this month, so the rankings remain the same.
Lightweight Rankings
- Islam Makhachev (1)
- Ilia Topuria (2)
- Arman Tsarukyan (3)
- Charles Oliveira (4)
- Justin Gaethje (5)
- Max Holloway (6)
- Paddy Pimblett (7)
- Benoît Saint Denis (8)
- Dan Hooker (9)
- Michael Chandler (10)
No top-10 fighters competed this month, so the rankings remain the same.
Bantamweight Rankings
- Petr Yan (5)
- Merab Dvalishvili (1)
- Sean O’Malley (2)
- Umar Nurmagomedov (3)
- Cory Sandhagen (4)
- Deiveson Figueiredo (6)
- Song Yadong (7)
- Aiemann Zahabi (9)
- Mario Bautista (8)
- Marlon Vera (10)
During UFC 323 on December 6, No. 5 Petr Yan achieved a significant upset, winning the bantamweight title by unanimous decision against No. 1 Merab Dvalishvili. Furthermore, Payton Talbott beat Henry Cejudo by unanimous decision, affecting rankings. Consequently, Aiemann Zahabi rose in the rankings, swapping places with Mario Bautista, while Yan moved to the top position.
