The Hurt Handbook MMA Rankings #1

Here are our World MMA Rankings for the week of August 18, 2025.

Factors that are considered are most recent fights, level of competition, and current trajectory based on in-cage performance.

One thing to note is that any ranked fighter who has announced that he/she will compete in a different division, but has not actually done so yet, will still be ranked in the division he/she last fought in. Once the fighter competes in their new weight class, the rankings will reflect that.

Men’s Flyweight

1. Alexandre Pantoja 

2. Brandon Moreno

3. Joshua Van

4. Brandon Royval

5. Tatsuro Taira

6. Kai Kara France

7. Muhammad Mokaev 

8. Manel Kape

9. Steve Erceg

10. Alex Perez

Honorable Mention(s): Asu Almabayev, Tim Elliott

Men’s Bantamweight 

1. Merab Dvalishvili

2. Petr Yan

3. Umar Nurmagomedov 

4. Cory Sandhagen

5. Sean O’Malley

6. Song Yadong

7. Marlon Vera

8. Mario Bautista

9. Deiveson Figueiredo

10. Aimenn Zahabi

Honorable Mention(s): Rob Font

Men’s Featherweight

1. Alexander Volkanovski

2. Movsar Evloev

3. Lerone Murphy

4. Yair Rodriguez

5. Arnold Allen

6. Diego Lopes

7. Jean Silva

8. Josh Emmett

9. Brian Ortega

10. Aljamain Sterling

Honorable Mention(s): Patricio Pitbull, Youseff Zalal

Lightweight

1. Islam Makhachev 

2. Ilia Topuria

3. Max Holloway

4. Arman Tsarukyan

5. Charles Oliveira

6. Justin Gaethje

7. Dan Hooker

8. Usman Nurmagomedov

9. Mateusz Gamrot

10. Beneil Dariush

Honorable Mention(s): Paddy Pimblett, Rafael Fiziev, Renato Moicano

Welterweight

1. Jack Della Maddelena

2. Belal Muhammad

3. Shavkat Rakhmonov

4. Sean Brady

5. Ian Garry

6. Leon Edwards

7. Kamaru Usman

8. Carlos Prates

9. Michael Morales

10. Joaquin Buckley

Honorable Mention(s): Daniel Rodriguez, Michael Venom Page, Thad Jean

Middleweight

1. Khamzat Chimaev

2. Dricus Du Plessis

3. Nassourdine Imavov

4. Reinier De Ridder

5. Caio Borralho 

6. Sean Strickland

7. Israel Adesanya

8. Anthony Hernandez

9. Robert Whittaker

10. Paulo Costa

Honorable Mention(s): Brendan Allen

Light Heavyweight

1. Magomed Ankalaev

2. Alex Pereira

3. Jiri Prochazka

4. Khalil Rountree Jr

5. Carlos Ulberg

6. Jan Blachowicz

7. Jamahal Hill

8. Dominick Reyes

9. Aleksandar Rakic

10. Volkan Oedzemir

Honorable Mention(s): Bogdan Guskov

Heavyweight

1. Tom Aspinall

2. Francis Ngannou

3. Ciryl Gane

4. Jailton Almeida

5. Alexander Volkov

6. Sergei Pavlovich

7. Curtis Blaydes 

8. Marcin Tybura

9. Waldo Cortes-Acosta

10. Derrick Lewis

Honorable Mention(s): Renan Ferreira, Serghei Spivac

Women’s Strawweight

1. Zhang Weili

2. Tatiana Suarez

3. Amanda Lemos

4. Virna Jandiroba

5. Yan Xaionan

6. Loopy Godinez

7. Jessica Andrade

8. Mackenzie Dern

9. Tabatha Ricci

10. Gillian Robertson

Honorable Mention(s): Iasmin Lucindo

Women’s Flyweight

1. Valentina Shevchenko

2. Manon Fiorot

3. Natalia Silva

4. Dakota Ditcheva

5. Alexa Grasso

6. Erin Blanchfield

7. Jasmine Jasudavicius 

8. Liz Carmouche

9. Maycee Barber

10. Rose Namajunas

Honorable Mention(s): Taila Santos, Tracy Cortez, Miranda Maverick

Women’s Bantamweight

1. Kayla Harrison

2. Julianna Pena

3. Raquel Pennington

4. Ketlen Vieira

5. Norma Dumont

6. Macy Chiasson

7. Irene Aldana

8. Ailin Perez

9. Karol Rosa

10. Yana Santos

Honorable Mention(s): Jacqueline Cavalcanti

Men’s P4P

1. Islam Makhachev

2. Ilia Topuria

3. Merab Dvalishvili

4. Alexander Volkanovski 

5. Magomed Ankalaev

6. Alexandre Pantoja

7. Tom Aspinall

8. Francis Ngannou

9. Khamzat Chimaev

10. Jack Della Maddelena

Honorable Mention(s): Alex Pereira, Max Holloway

Women’s P4P

1. Valentina Shevchenko 

2. Zhang Weili

3. Kayla Harrison

4. Cris Cyborg

5. Julianna Pena

6. Manon Fiorot

7. Tatiana Suarez

8. Natalia Silva

9. Alexa Grasso

10. Dakota Ditcheva

Honorable Mention(s): Rose Namajunas

Our rankings will update every Monday.