Borralho Busts Into Top Five In Latest UFC Rankings Update

In addition, Dricus Du Plessis moved further up the pound-for-pound ladder, and Tabatha Ricci achieved Top 10 status following her UFC Vegas 96 victory.

The Middleweight changing of the guard has arrived.

Over the weekend (Sat., Aug. 24, 2024), Caio Borralho smacked around Jared Cannonier for most of five-rounds, ascending far up the Middleweight ladder into the Top Five as a result. Cannonier, a former title challenger and perennial contender, has dropped from those same ranks for the first time since defeating Anderson Silva in 2019.

Here’s how UFC compiles its official rankings:

Rankings were 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. Alex Pereira
3. Jon Jones
4. Ilia Topuria
5. Dricus Du Plessis +1
6. Belal Muhammad -1
6. Sean O’Malley +1
8. Tom Aspinall +2
9. Leon Edwards -1
10. Alexander Volkanovski -1
11. Max Holloway -1
12. Alexandre Pantoja
13. Sean Strickland +2
14. Charles Oliveira
15. Israel Adesanya -2

FLYWEIGHT

Champion: Alexandre Pantoja

1. Brandon Royval
2. Brandon Moreno
3. Amir Albazi
4. Kai Kara France
5. Tatsuro Taira
6. Alex Perez
7. Matheus Nicolau
8. Steve Erceg
9. Manel Kape
10. Tim Elliott
11. Matt Schnell
12. Tagir Ulanbekov
13. Bruno Silva
14. Asu Almabayev
15. Cody Durden

BANTAMWEIGHT

Champion: Sean O’Malley

1. Merab Dvalishvili
2. Umar Nurmagomedov
3. Petr Yan
4. Cory Sandhagen
5. Deiveson Figueiredo
6. Henry Cejudo
7. Marlon Vera
8. Song Yadong
9. Rob Font +1
10. Jose Aldo -1
11. Mario Bautista +1
12. Kyler Phillips -1.
13. Jonathan Martinez +1
14. Dominick Cruz -1
15. Montel Jackson

FEATHERWEIGHT

Champion: Ilia Topuria

1. Alexander Volkanovski
2. Max Holloway
3. Brian Ortega
4. Yair Rodriguez
5. Arnold Allen
6. Movsar Evloev
7. Josh Emmett
8. Aljamain Sterling
9. Calvin Kattar
10. Giga Chikadze
11. Lerone Murphy
12. Diego Lopes
13. Bryce Mitchell -1
14. Dan Ige
15. Edson Barboza

LIGHTWEIGHT

Champion: Islam Makhachev

1. Arman Tsarukyan
2. Charles Oliveira
3. Justin Gaethje
4. Dustin Poirier
5. Dan Hooker
6. Michael Chandler
7. Beneil Dariush
8. Mateusz Gamrot
9. Max Holloway
9. Rafael Fiziev +1
11. Renato Moicano
12. Benoit Saint-Denis
13. Rafael dos Anjos
14. Jalin Turner
15. Paddy Pimblett

WELTERWEIGHT

Champion: Belal Muhammed

1. Leon Edwards
2. Kamaru Usman
3. Shavkat Rakhmonov
4. Jack Della Maddalena +1
5. Colby Covington -1
6. Gilbert Burns
7. Ian Machado Garry
8. Sean Brady
9. Stephen Thompson
10. Geoff Neal
11. Joaquin Buckley
12. Michael Morales NR
13. Michael Page +1
14. Vicente Luque -1
15. Neil Magny -3

MIDDLEWEIGHT

Champion: Dricus Du Plessis

1. Sean Strickland
2. Israel Adesanya
3. Robert Whittaker
4. Nassourdine Imavov
5. Caio Borralho +7
6. Marvin Vettori
7. Jared Cannonier -2
8. Brendan Allen -1
9. Paulo Costa -1
10. Roman Dolidze
11. Jack Hermansson -2
12. Khamzat Chimaev -1
13. Anthony Hernandez +1
14. Michel Pereira -1
15. Chris Curtis

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Champion: Alex Pereira

1. Jiri Prochazka
2. Magomed Ankalaev
3. Jamahal Hill
4. Jan Blachowicz
5. Aleksandar Rakic
6. Volkan Oezdemir +1
7. Nikita Krylov -1
8. Khalil Rountree
9. Johnny Walker
10. Carlos Ulberg
11. Azamat Murzakanov
12. Anthony Smith
13. Dominick Reyes
14. Bogdan Guskov
15. Roman Dolidze

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. Stipe Miocic -1
9. Marcin Tybura
9. Jairzinho Rozenstruik +1
11. Derrick Lewis
12. Tai Tuivasa +1
13. Alexander Romanov -1
14. Marcos Rogerio De Lima
15. Rodrigo Nascimento

WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND

1. Alexa Grasso
2. Zhang Weili
3. Valentina Shevchenko
4. Manon Fiorot
5. Julianna Pena
6. Rose Namajunas +1
7. Erin Blanchfield +1
8. Raquel Pennington -3
9. Tatiana Suarez
10. Yan Xiaonan
11. Jessica Andrade
12. Kayla Harrison
13. Virna Jandiroba
14. Amanda Lemos +1
15. Ketlen Vieira -1

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT

Champion: Zhang Weili

1. Tatiana Suarez
2. Yan Xiaonan
3. Virna Jandiroba
4. Jessica Andrade
5. Amanda Lemos
6. Marina Rodriguez
7. Mackenzie Dern +1
8. Amanda Ribas -1
9. Tabatha Ricci +2
10. Loopy Godinez
11. Angela Hill -2
12. Luana Pinheiro
13. Gillian Robertson
14. Iasmin Lucindo
15. Karolina Kowalkiewicz

WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT

Champion: Alexa Grasso

1. Valentina Shevchenko
2. Manon Fiorot
3. Erin Blanchfield
4. Maycee Barber
5. Rose Namajunas
6. Jessica Andrade
7. Katlyn Cerminara
8. Natalia Silva
9. Viviane Araújo +2
10. Amanda Ribas -1
11. Karine Silva -1
12. Tracy Cortez
13. Ariane Da Silva
14. Jasmine Jasudavicius
15. Casey O’Neill

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT

Champion: Raquel Pennington

1. Julianna Pena
2. Ketlen Vieira
3. Kayla Harrison
4. Macy Chiasson
5. Irene Aldana
6. Mayra Bueno Silva
7. Holly Holm
8. Karol Rosa
9. Norma Dumont -1
10. Yana Santos
11. Miesha Tate
12. Pannie Kianzad
13. Julia Avila
14. Germaine De Randamie
15. Chelsea Chandler

You can expect these rankings to change in about two weeks, particularly in the Welterweight division, following the UFC Vegas 97: “Burns vs. Brady” mixed martial arts (MMA) event on ESPN+, scheduled for Sat., Sept. 7, 2024 at APEX in Las Vegas.