UFC Meta leaderboard has been updated since UFC Vegas 121 MMA event last weekend in Las Vegas and that’s it more bad news for Raoni Barcelos. Not just a heavyweight veteran get hospitalized after a scary knockout loss to Raul Rosas Jr.the Brazilian also rose to his Top 10 ranking with “El Niño Problema”.
UFC Vegas 121 results Ailin Perez also moved up two spots to second in the women’s bantamweight rankings. her decision won over Norma Dumont. In addition, Montel Jackson’s finish of heavyweight bouncer Ricky Simon (watch the highlights here) helped “Quik” improve his position in the Top 15 at 135 pounds.
Check out the updated UFC meta rankings below (click for an explanation of how they work). here).
1. Manel Cape
2. Alexandre Pantoja
3. Brandon Royval
4. Tatsuro Taira
5. Asu Almabayev
6. Lonely Kavanagh
7. Ramazan Temirov
8. Kyoji Horiguchi
9. Brandon Moreno
10. Amir Albazi
11. Sumudaerji
12. Mitch Raposo
13. Rei Tsuruya
14. Charles Johnson
15. Alessandro Costa
1. Merab Dvalishvili
2. Song Yadong
3. Sean O’Malley
4. Mario Bautista
5. Umar Nurmagomedov
6. Cory Sandhagen
7. David Martinez
8. Raul Rosas Jr. *NO
9. Farid Basharat
10. Marcus McGhee
11. Daveson Figueiredo
12. Montel Jackson +3
13. Aiemann Zahabi
14. Marlon Vera -2
15. Bryce Mitchell -1
Champion: Alexander Volkanovsky
1. Movsar Evloev
2. Diego Lopes
3. Lerone Murphy
4. Aljamain Sterling
5. Jean Silva
6. Arnold Allen
7. Pat Sabatini
8. Pavel Andrusca
9. Youssef Zalal
10. Kevin Vallejo
11. Joanderson Brito
12. Melquizael Costa
13. Steve Garcia
14. Aaron Pico
15. Jamall Emmers
1. Ilia Topuria
2. Arman Tsarukyan
3. Charles Oliveira
4. Max Holloway
5. Paddy Pimblett
6. Quillan Salkilld
7. Benoit Saint-Denis
8. Renato Moicano
9. Mateusz Gamrot
10. Mauricio Ruffy
11. Tom Nolan
12. Rafael Fiziev
13. Tofig Musayev
14. Grant Dawson
15. Jalin Turner
Champion: Islam Makhachov
1. Carlos Prates
2. Ian Machado Garry
3. Michael Morales
4. Jack Della Maddalena
5. Sean Brady
6. Gabriel Bonfim
7. Belal Muhammad
8. Joaquin Buckley
9. Uros Medic
10. Leon Edwards
11. Mike Malott
12. Kamaru Usman
13. Yaroslav Amosov
14. Kevin Holland
15. Daniel Rodriguez
Champion: Sean Strickland
1. Khamzat Chimaev
2. Dricus Du Plessis
3. Nassourdine Imavov
4. Joe Pyfer
5. Brendan Allen
6. Caio Borralho
7. Gregory Rodrigues
8. Anthony Hernandez
9. Israel Adesanya
10. Christian Leroy Duncan
11. Ikram Aliskerov
12. Bo Nickal
13. Abus Magomedov
14. Edmen Shahbazyan
15. Shara Magomedov *NO
1. Alex Pereira
2. Magomed Ankalaev
3. There is Prochazka
4. Paulo Costa
5. Jamal Hill
6. Khalil Rountree
7. Navajo Stirling
8. Dominick Reyes
9. Reinier de Ridder
10. Azamat Murzakanov
11. Alonzo Menifield
12. Bogdan Guskov
13. Robert Whittaker
14. Johnny Walker
15. Muhammad Saidov
1. Tom Aspinall -1
2. Sergey Pavlovich +1
3. Alex Pereira +1
4. Alexander Volkov -2
5. Rizvan Kuniev
6. Josh Hokit
7. Curtis Blaydes
8. Waldo Cortes Acosta
9. Vitor Petrino
10. Mario Pinto
11. Walter Walker
12. Brando Pericic
13. Sergey Spivac
14. Shamil Gaziev +1
15. Aleksandar Rakić *NO
1. Zhang Weili
2. Stack Jandiroba
3. Tatiana Suarez
4. Denise Gomes
5. Gillian Robertson
6. Fatima Klein
7. Alexia Thainara
8. Piera Rodriguez
9. Yan Xiaonan
10. Mizuki Inoue
11. Loopy Godinez
12. Tabatha Ricci
13. Jaqueline Amorim
14. Talita Alencar
15. Amanda Lemos
Champion: Valentina Shevchenko
1. Natalia Silva
2. Alexa Grasso
3. Erin Blanchfield
4. Manon Fiorot
5. Zhang Weili
6. Wang Cong
7. Jasmine Jasudavicius
8. Rose in Namajuna
9. Maycee Barber
10. Tracy Cortez
11. Casey O’Neill
12. Miranda Maverick
13. Regina Collection
14. Karine Silva
15. Carli Judice
1. Joselyne Edwards
2. Ailin Perez +2
3. Norma Dumont -1
4. Luana Santos -1
5. Julianna Pena
6. Now the saints
7. Jacqueline Cavalcanti
8. Michelle Montague
9. Melissa Croden
10. Karol Rosa
11. Bia Mesquita
12. Nora Cornell
13. Macy Chiasson
14. Daria Zelezniakova
15. Raquel Pennington
The official media leaderboard has not been updated at the time of publication and is expected to be removed in the coming weeks.
You can expect those rankings to change around this time next week, especially in the women’s flyweight division, after the upcoming one UFC 332: “Silva vs. Wang” MMA event underway Paramount+which is scheduled for Saturday, October 3, 2026 at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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