List of current UFC fighters


This list of current UFC fighters records current Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters' information, country origins, recent fighter signings and departures, fight schedules and results and the champion of each division., the UFC roster consisted of fighters from 75 countries.

Recent releases and retirements

These fighters have either announced their retirement or have been released from their UFC contracts over the course of the last month. If their release has not been announced, then they have been listed here based upon their removal from the UFC's roster.
DateCountryNameNicknameReasonDivisionRefEndeavor recordMMA record
ntsh|-3ntsh|12.67dts|2026|January|23

Recent signings

The fighters in this section have either signed with the UFC and yet to be debuted, have recently returned from an announced retirement, or have yet to make their UFC return.
DateISONameNicknameDivisionStatus / next fight / InfoRefMMA record
October 1, 2024ntsh|11.92

Suspended fighters

The list below is based on fighters suspended either by United States Anti-Doping Agency, World Anti-Doping Agency or Combat Sports Anti-Doping for violation of taking prohibited substances or non-analytical incidents, by local commissions on misconduct during the fights or at event venues, or by the UFC.
As of May 16, 2019, a total of 76 UFC fighters have been sanctioned by USADA since the UFC USADA testing program started.
Beginning in January 2024, the UFC announced a new partnership with Drug Free Sport International, a company that oversees the anti-doping programs of the NCAA, MLB, NFL, and NBA. The administration of the UFC Anti-Doping Program, including sanctioning decisions, will be handled exclusively and independently by Combat Sports Anti-Doping, where the former FBI agent George Piro will serve as the independent administrator of the UFC's anti-doping program.
ISONameNicknameDivisionFromDurationTested positive for / InfoByEligible to
fight again		Ref.Notes
dts|2024|September|20dts|2026|March|20

Debuted fighters' countries of origin

The flagicon listed in these tables are in accordance with the UFC's official telecasts and may not fully or accurately represent the full citizenship of the peoples listed.
Updated as of February 1, 2026 after UFC 325.
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Rankings

The UFC rankings are rated by a panel made up of MMA media members. The panel votes for the top active fighters in the UFC by both weight class and pound-for-pound. A fighter can be ranked in multiple divisions simultaneously in divisions they have competed in. The champions and interim champions are placed in the top positions of their respective weight classes and only the champions are eligible to be voted for in the pound-for-pound rankings.
The rankings for the UFC's fighters are recorded and updated when information is obtained from the UFC's website. If the website is not updated, the updated data from the UFC's official app will be used instead.
Updated as of January 27, 2026, after UFC 324.
RankMen's pound-for-poundFlyweightBantamweightFeatherweightLightweightWelterweight
Joshua VanPetr YanAlexander VolkanovskiIlia TopuriaIslam Makhachev
1Islam MakhachevAlexandre PantojaMerab DvalishviliMovsar EvloevJustin Gaethje Jack Della Maddalena
2Ilia TopuriaManel KapeUmar NurmagomedovDiego LopesArman Tsarukyan 1Shavkat Rakhmonov
3Khamzat ChimaevTatsuro TairaSean O'MalleyYair RodríguezCharles Oliveira 1Ian Machado Garry
4Alex PereiraBrandon RoyvalCory SandhagenLerone MurphyMax Holloway 1Michael Morales
5Alexander VolkanovskiBrandon MorenoSong YadongAljamain SterlingPaddy PimblettBelal Muhammad
6Petr YanAmir AlbaziAiemann Zahabi 1Jean Silva 4Dan HookerCarlos Prates
7Merab DvalishviliAsu AlmabayevDeiveson Figueiredo 1Arnold Allen 1Mateusz GamrotSean Brady
8Tom AspinallKyoji HoriguchiMarlon VeraYoussef Zalal 1Benoît Saint DenisKamaru Usman
9Alexandre PantojaTim ElliottMario BautistaSteve Garcia 1Rafael FizievLeon Edwards
10Max HollowayAlex Perez 1David MartínezBrian Ortega 1Renato MoicanoJoaquin Buckley
11Joshua Van 1Steve Erceg 1Vinicius Oliveira 2Josh EmmettBeneil DariushGabriel Bonfim
12Dricus du Plessis 1Tagir UlanbekovPayton Talbott 1Patrício PitbullMichael ChandlerGilbert Burns
13Magomed AnkalaevCharles JohnsonRob Font 1Kevin VallejosManuel TorresGeoff Neal
14Jack Della MaddalenaBruno Gustavo da SilvaKyler PhillipsDan IgeMaurício RuffyColby Covington
15Arman TsarukyanLone'er KavanaghMontel JacksonDavid OnamaFarès ZiamDaniel Rodriguez

RankMiddleweightLight heavyweightHeavyweightWomen's pound-for-poundWomen's strawweightWomen's flyweightWomen's bantamweight
Khamzat ChimaevAlex PereiraTom AspinallMackenzie DernValentina ShevchenkoKayla Harrison
1Dricus du Plessis Jiří ProcházkaCiryl GaneValentina ShevchenkoZhang Weili Natália Silva 1Julianna Peña
2Nassourdine Imavov Magomed AnkalaevAlexander VolkovKayla HarrisonTatiana Suarez Manon FiorotRaquel Pennington
3Sean StricklandCarlos UlbergSergei PavlovichZhang WeiliVirna JandirobaErin BlanchfieldNorma Dumont
4Anthony HernandezKhalil Rountree Jr.Curtis BlaydesNatália SilvaYan XiaonanAlexa Grasso 1Ketlen Vieira
5Brendan AllenJan BłachowiczWaldo Cortes-AcostaMackenzie DernAmanda LemosMaycee BarberYana Santos
6Israel AdesanyaAzamat MurzakanovJailton AlmeidaManon FiorotLoopy GodinezJasmine Jasudavicius
1		Irene Aldana
7Caio BorralhoJamahal HillSerghei SpivacErin BlanchfieldIasmin LucindoRose Namajunas 1Macy Chiasson
8Reinier de RidderVolkan OezdemirMarcin Tybura 2Julianna PeñaTabatha RicciTracy CortezAilín Pérez
9Robert WhittakerBogdan Guskov 1Ante DelijaAlexa GrassoJéssica AndradeKarine SilvaKarol Rosa
10Jared CannonierDominick Reyes 1Derrick Lewis 2Virna JandirobaGillian RobertsonMiranda Maverick 1Jacqueline Cavalcanti
11Roman Dolidze 1Aleksandar RakićShamil GazievRaquel PenningtonAmanda RibasCasey O'NeillMayra Bueno Silva
12Paulo Costa 1Johnny WalkerTai TuivasaTatiana SuarezFatima KlineWang CongNora Cornolle
13Gregory Rodrigues
1		Nikita KrylovMick ParkinRose NamajunasDenise GomesEduarda MouraMiesha Tate
14Joe Pyfer 1Zhang MingyangValter WalkerYan XiaonanAngela HillJJ AldrichJoselyne Edwards
15Brunno Ferreira Alonzo MenifieldTallison TeixeiraMaycee BarberAlexia ThainaraGabriella FernandesLuana Santos

Current champions, weight classes and status

The UFC currently uses nine different weight classes. This list of champions is updated as of January 24, 2026, after UFC 324.

Debuted fighters

Heavyweights (265lb, 120 kg)

ISONameAgeHt.NicknameResult / next fight / statusRefEndeavor recordMMA record
sortname|Derrick|Lewisage nts|1985|2|7height|ft=6|in=3color|red|Lossntsh|20.64ntsh|28.68