Welcome to Fightful MMA's weekly fighter rankiπngs for (5/3/22)!
Liz Carmouche realized a career-long dream at Bellator 278, when she knocked out Julianna Velasquez to capture the Bellator Women's Flyweight Championship. See where Carmouche as well as the other winners from this past weekend's Bellator 278, 279 and UFC Vegas 54 events land on this week's rβankings.
Menβs Pound-For-Pound
- Kamaru Usman (20-1) β UFC Welterweight Champion
- Jon Jones (26-1) β UFC
- Francis Ngannou (16-3) β UFC Heavyweight Champion
- Israel Adesanya (22-1) β UFC Middleweight Champion
- Alex Volkanovski (22-1) β UFC Featherweight Champion
- Charles Oliveira (32-8) β UFC Lightweight Champion
- Max Holloway (23-6) β UFC
- Dustin Poirier (28-7) β UFC
- Jan Blachowicz (28-9)
- Stipe Miocic (20-4) β UFC
- Robert Whittaker (23-5) β UFC
- Deiveson Figueiredo (21-2-1) β UFC Flyweight Champion
- Brandon Moreno (19-5) β UFC
- Colby Covington (17-3) β UFC
- Aljamain Sterling (21-3) β UFC Bantamweight Champion
Womenβs Pound-For-Pound
- Valentina Shevchenko (22-3) β UFC Flyweight Champion
- Julianna PeΓ±a (11-4) β UFC Bantamweight Champion
- Amanda Nunes (21-5) β UFC Featherweight Champion
- Cris Cyborg (24-2) β Bellator Featherweight Champion
- Rose Namajunas (10-4) β UFC Strawweight Champion
- Kayla Harrison (12-0) β PFL Lightweight Champion
- Germaine De Randamie (10-4) β UFC
- Weili Zhang (21-2) β UFC
- Holly Holm (14-5) β UFC
- Joanna Jedrzejczyk (16-4) β UFC
- Jessica Andrade (23-9) β UFC
- Liz Carmouche (17-7) β Bellator Flyweight Champion β (NEW)
- Juliana Velasquez (12-1) β Bellator Bantamweight Champion β (-1)
- Julia Budd (16-3) β PFL
- Carla Esparza (18-6) β UFC
Dropped Out - Marina Rodriguez (16-1) β UFC
Heavyweight
- Francis Ngannou (16-3) β UFC Champion
- Ciryl Gane (10-1) β UFC
- Stipe Miocic (20-4) β UFC
- Tai Tuivasa (15-3) β UFC
- Derrick Lewis (26-9) β UFC
- Curtis Blaydes (15-3) β UFC
- Tom Aspinall (12-2) β UFC
- Ryan Bader (30-8) β Bellator Champion
- Alexander Volkov (33-9) β UFC
- Valentin Moldavsky (11-2) β Bellator
- Jairzinho Rozenstruik (12-3) β UFC
- Marcin Tybura (22-6) β UFC
- Cheick Kongo (31-11) β Bellator
- Fedor Emelianenko (40-6) β Bellator
- Andrei Arlovski (33-20) β UFC
Light Heavyweight
- Glover Teixeira (33-7) β UFC Champion
- Jan Blachowicz (28-9) β UFC
- Vadim Nemkov (13-2-1) β Bellator Champion
- Jiri Prochazka (28-3-1) β UFC
- Corey Anderson (16-5-1) β Bellator
- Ryan Bader (29-7) β Bellator
- Phil Davis (22-6) β Bellator
- Aleksandar Rakic (14-2) β UFC
- Magomed Ankalaev (16-1) β UFC
- Thiago Santos (22-9) β UFC
- Dominick Reyes (12-3) β UFC
- Anthony Smith (35-16) β UFC
- Anthony Johnson (23-6) β Bellator
- Paul Craig (15-4-1) β UFC
- Jamahal Hill (9-1) β UFC
Middleweight
- Israel Adesanya (21-1) β UFC Champion
- Robert Whittaker (23-5) β UFC
- Gegard Mousasi (48-7) β Bellator Champion
- Jared Cannonier (15-5) β UFC
- Marvin Vettori (18-5-1) β UFC
- Derek Brunson (23-8) β UFC
- Paulo Costa (13-2) β UFC
- Sean Strickland (24-3) β UFC
- Jack Hermansson (22-6) β UFC
- Darren Till (18-4-1) β UFC
- Kelvin Gastelum (16-8) β UFC
- Uriah Hall (17-10) β UFC
- Chris Curtis (28-8) β UFC
- Brendan Allen (17-4) β UFC
- Kevin Holland (21-7) β UFC
Welterweight
- Kamaru Usman (20-1) β UFC Champion
- Colby Covington (17-3) β UFC
- Khamzat Chimaev (11-0) β UFC
- Gilbert Burns (20-4) β UFC
- Leon Edwards (19-3) β UFC
- Belal Muhammad (21-3) β UFC
- Vicente Luque (21-8-1) β UFC
- Stephen Thompson (16-6-1) β UFC
- Yaroslav Amosov (26-0) β Bellator Champion
- Jorge Masvidal (35-16) β UFC
- Ray Cooper III (24-7-1) β PFL Champion
- Sean Brady (15-0) β UFC
- Michael Chiesa (18-6) β UFC
- Douglas Lima (32-9) β Bellator
- Neil Magny (25-9) β UFC
Lightweight
- Charles Oliveira (32-8) β UFC Champion
- Dustin Poirier (28-7) β UFC
- Justin Gaethje (23-3) β UFC
- Islam Makhachev (21-1) β UFC
- Beneil Dariush (21-4-1) β UFC
- Conor McGregor (22-6) β UFC
- Michael Chandler (22-7) β UFC
- Rafael Dos Anjos (30-13) β UFC
- Tony Ferguson (25-6) β UFC
- Dan Hooker (21-10) β UFC
- Gregor Gillespie (14-1) β UFC
- Rafael Fiziev (11-1) β UFC
- Mateusz Gamrot (20-1) β UFC
- Brad Riddell (10-2) β UFC
- Arman Tsarukyan (17-2) β UFC
Featherweight
- Alexander Volkanovski (23-1) β UFC Champion
- Max Holloway (23-6) β UFC
- Patricio Pitbull (33-5) β Bellator Champion
- Brian Ortega (15-2) β UFC
- AJ McKee (18-1) β Bellator
- Giga Chikadze (14-2) β UFC
- Calvin Kattar (22-5) β UFC
- Yair Rodriguez (13-3) β UFC
- Korean Zombie (17-6) β UFC
- Arnold Allen (17-1) β UFC
- Josh Emmett (16-2) β UFC
- Movsar Evloev (14-0) β UFC
- Movlid Khaybulaev (19-0-1) β PFL Champion
- Dan Ige (15-4) β UFC
- Bryce Mitchell (15-1) β UFC
Bantamweight
- Aljamain Sterling (20-3) β UFC Champion
- Petr Yan (15-2) β UFC
- TJ Dillashaw (17-4) β UFC
- Cory Sandhagen (14-3) β UFC
- Jose Aldo (30-7) β UFC
- Marlon Vera (19-7-1) β UFC β (+6)
- Rob Font (19-6) β UFC β (-1)
- Merab Dvalishviili (14-4) β UFC β (-1)
- Dominick Cruz (23-3) β UFC β (-1)
- Sergio Pettis (22-5) β Bellator Champion β (-1)
- John Lineker (34-9) β ONE Champion β (-1)
- Patchy Mix (16-1) β Bellator β (NEW)
- Sean OβMalley (15-1) β UFC
- Song Yadong (19-5) β UFC
- Ricky Simon (19-3) β UFC
Dropped Out: Kyoto Horiguchi (29-5) β Bellator
Flyweight
- Deiveson Figueiredo (21-2-1) β UFC Champion
- Brandon Moreno (19-5-2) β UFC
- Adriano Moraes (20-3) β ONE Champion
- Askar Askarov (13-0) β UFC
- Demetrious Johnson (31-4-1) β ONE
- Matheus Nicolau (17-2-1) β UFC
- Alexandre Pantoja (24-5) β UFC
- Alex Perez (24-6) β UFC
- Brandon Royval (12-6) β UFC
- Kai Kara-France (22-9) β UFC
- Manel Kape (17-6) β UFC
- Rogerio Bontorin (17-3) β UFC
- David Dvorak (20-3) β UFC
- Jose Torres (10-1-1) β Brave CF Champion
- Matt Schnell (15-6) β UFC
Womenβs Featherweight
- Amanda Nunes (21-5) β UFC Champion
- Cris Cyborg (25-2) β Bellator Champion
- Kayla Harrison (12-0) β PFL Champion
- Norma Dumont (7-1) β UFC
- Julia Budd (16-3) β PFL
- Megan Anderson (11-5) β UFC
- Arlene Blancowe (14-9) β Bellator β (+5)
- Pam Sorensen (9-3) β Invicta FC Champion β (-1)
- Larissa Pacheco (15-4) β PFL β (-1)
- Cat Zingano (12-4) β Bellator β (-1)
- Leslie Smith (12-9-1) β Bellator β (-1)
- Leah McCourt (4-1) β Bellator β (-1)
- Leah Letson (5-2) β UFC
- Dayana Silva (10-7) β Bellator β (NEW)
- Sarah Kaufman (21-5) β PFL
Dropped Out - Janay Harding (6-6) β Bellator
Womenβs Bantamweight
- Julianna PeΓ±a (11-4) β UFC Champion
- Amanda Nunes (21-5) β UFC
- Germaine De Randamie (10-4) β UFC
- Holly Holm (14-5) β UFC
- Irene Aldana (13-6) β UFC
- Raquel Pennington (13-8) β UFC
- Aspen Ladd (9-3) β UFC
- Yana Kunitskaya (14-6) β UFC
- Ketlen Vieira (12-2) β UFC
- Macy Chiasson (7-1) β UFC
- Meisha Tate (19-8) β UFC
- Sara McMann (12-6) β UFC
- Josiane Nunes (8-2) β UFC
- Pannie Kianzad (15-6) β UFC
- Karol Rosa (14-3) β UFC
Womenβs Flyweight
- Valentina Shevchenko (22-3) β UFC Champion
- Jessica Andrade (22-9) β UFC
- Liz Carmouche (17-7) β Bellator Champion
- Juliana Velasquez (12-1) β Bellator
- Katlyn Chookagian (16-4) β UFC
- Lauren Murphy (14-6) β UFC
- Manon Fiorot (9-1) β UFC
- Jennifer Maia (20-7-1) β UFC
- Andrea Lee (14-5) β UFC
- Cynthia Calvillo (9-4-1) β UFC
- Taila Santos (19-1) β UFC
- Alexa Grasso (14-3) β UFC
- Justine Kish (8-5) β Bellator
- Ilima Lei-MacFarlane (11-2) β Bellator
- Viviane Araujo (9-3) β UFC
Dropped Out - Casey OβNeill (10-0) β UFC
Womenβs Strawweight
- Rose Namajunas (12-4) β UFC Champion
- Weili Zhang (21-3) β UFC
- Joanna Jedrzejczyk (16-4) β UFC
- Jessica Andrade (22-9) β UFC
- Carla Esparza (18-6) β UFC
- Marina Rodriguez (16-1) β UFC
- MacKenzie Dern (12-2) β UFC
- Yan Xionan (15-3) β UFC
- Tecia Torres (13-6) β UFC
- Amanda Lemos (11-1-1) β UFC
- Amanda Ribas (10-2) β UFC
- Michelle Waterson (18-9) β UFC
- Angela Hill (13-11) β UFC
- Nina Nunes (10-7) β UFC
- Virna Jandiroba (17-2) β UFC
Dropped Out - Kanako Murata (12-2) β UFC
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