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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently updated its official rankings following the UFC 330: “Makhachev vs. Machado Garry” mixed martial arts (MMA) event last weekend on Paramount+. Flyweight veteran Charles Johnson broke into the division Top 15 with his stunning submission victory over UFC newcomer Eduardo Chapolin. In addition, women’s strawweight contender Gillian Robertson dropped one spot following her unanimous decision loss to reigning 115-pound champion Mackenzie Dern. Charles Johnson twists his way into UFC 330 rankings update, Gillian Robertson loses ground at strawweight Check out the updated UFC Meta Rankings below (for an explanation on how they work click here). UFC META RANKINGS FLYWEIGHT Champion: Joshua Van 1. Alexandre Pantoja 2. Manel Kape 3. Brandon Royval 4. Tatsuro Taira 5. Asu Almabayev 6. Lone’er Kavanagh 7. Ramazan Temirov 8. Kyoji Horiguchi 9. Amir Albazi 10. Brandon Moreno 11. Kevin Borjas 12. Mitch Raposo 13. Sumudaerji 14. Charles Johnson *NR 15. Alessandro Costa -1 BANTAMWEIGHT Champion: Petr Yan 1. Merab Dvalishvili 2. Umar Nurmagomedov 3. Sean O’Malley 4. Mario Bautista 5. Cory Sandhagen 6. Song Yadong 7. David Martinez 8. Raoni Barcelos 9. Farid Basharat 10. Marcus McGhee 11. Deiveson Figueiredo 12. Aiemann Zahabi 13. Charles Jourdain 14. Bryce Mitchell 15. Montel Jackson FEATHERWEIGHT Champion: Alexander Volkanovski 1. Movsar Evloev 2. Diego Lopes 3. Lerone Murphy 4. Aljamain Sterling 5. Arnold Allen 6. Jean Silva 7. Pat Sabatini 8. Nathaniel Wood 9. Youssef Zalal 10. Kevin Vallejos 11. Melquizael Costa 12. Steve Garcia 13. Aaron Pico 14. Jose Miguel Delgado 15. Joanderson Brito LIGHTWEIGHT Champion: Justin Gaethje 1. Ilia Topuria 2. Arman Tsarukyan 3. Charles Oliveira 4. Max Holloway 5. Paddy Pimblett 6. Quillan Salkilld 7. Renato Moicano 8. Benoit Saint Denis 9. Mateusz Gamrot 10. Mauricio Ruffy 11. Tom Nolan 12. Dan Hooker 13. Rafael Fiziev 14. Tofiq Musayev 15. Grant Dawson WELTERWEIGHT Champion: Islam Makhachev 1. Carlos Prates 2. Ian Machado Garry 3. Michael Morales 4. Jack Della Maddalena 5. Sean Brady 6. Gabriel Bonfim 7. Belal Muhammad 8. Leon Edwards 9. Joaquin Buckley 10. Uros Medic 11. Kamaru Usman 12. Mike Malott 13. Yaroslav Amosov 14. Kevin Holland 15. Daniel Rodriguez MIDDLEWEIGHT Champion: Sean Strickland 1. Khamzat Chimaev 2. Dricus Du Plessis 3. Nassourdine Imavov 4. Joe Pyfer 5. Brendan Allen 6. Caio Borralho 7. Anthony Hernandez 8. Michael Page 9. Israel Adesanya 10. Gregory Rodrigues 11. Christian Leroy Duncan 12. Ikram Aliskerov 13. Bo Nickal 14. Abus Magomedov 15. Nursulton Ruziboev LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT Champion: Carlos Ulberg 1. Alex Pereira 2. Magomed Ankalaev 3. Jiri Prochazka 4. Paulo Costa 5. Jamahal Hill 6. Khalil Rountree 7. Navajo Stirling 8. Dominick Reyes 9. Azamat Murzakanov 10. Bogdan Guskov 11. Robert Whittaker 12. Alonzo Menifield 13. Johnny Walker 14. Muhammad Saidov 15. Iwo Baraniewski HEAVYWEIGHT Champion: Tom Aspinall 1. Ciryl Gane 2. Alexander Volkov 3. Sergei Pavlovich 4. Alex Pereira 5. Rizvan Kuniev 6. Josh Hokit 7. Waldo Cortes Acosta 8. Valter Walker 9. Serghei Spivac 10. Curtis Blaydes 11. Vitor Petrino 12. Brando Pericic 13. Mario Pinto 14. Mick Parkin 15. Ryan Spann WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT Champion: Mackenzie Dern 1. Zhang Weili 2. Virna Jandiroba 3. Tatiana Suarez 4. Yan Xiaonan +1 5. Gillian Robertson -1 6. Fatima Klein 7. Alexia Thainara 8. Piera Rodriguez 9. Denise Gomes 10. Mizuki Inoue 11. Loopy Godinez 12. Tabatha Ricci 13. Jaqueline Amorim 14. Amanda Lemos 15. Talita Alencar WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT Champion: Valentina Shevchenko 1. Natalia Silva 2. Manon Fiorot 3. Alexa Grasso 4. Erin Blanchfield 5. Zhang Weili 6. Wang Cong 7. Jasmine Jasudavicius 8. Rose Namajunas 9. Maycee Barber 10. Tracy Cortez 11. Miranda Maverick 12. JJ Aldrich 13. Karine Silva 14. Eduarda Moura 15. Casey O’Neill WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT Champion: Kayla Harrison 1. Joselyne Edwards 2. Norma Dumont 3. Luana Santos 4. Ailin Perez 5. Julianna Pena 6. Yana Santos 7. Jacqueline Cavalcanti 8. Michelle Montague 9. Melissa Croden 10. Karol Rosa 11. Bia Mesquita 12. Macy Chiasson 13. Daria Zhelezniakova 14. Raquel Pennington 15. Klaudia Sygula The official media rankings have not been updated at the time of publishing and are expected to be phased out in the coming weeks. You can expect these rankings to change around this time next week, particularly in the middleweight division, following the upcoming UFC Sacramento: “Hernandez vs. Rodrigues” MMA event on Paramount+, scheduled for Sat., Aug. 22, 2026 at Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For much more on that upcoming fight card click here.