{"id":83063,"date":"2025-11-20T00:51:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T04:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/makhachev-welterweight-king-ufc-rise-and-mma-rankings-buzz\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T00:51:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T04:51:37","slug":"makhachev-welterweight-king-ufc-rise-and-mma-rankings-buzz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mma\/makhachev-welterweight-king-ufc-rise-and-mma-rankings-buzz\/","title":{"rendered":"Makhachev Welterweight King: UFC Rise and MMA Rankings Buzz"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Makhachev Ascends to the Welterweight Throne and Shakes Up UFC Rankings<\/h2>\n\nIslam Makhachev has made a strong impact in the world of mixed martial arts, climbing to the top of the UFC welterweight rankings. After a dominant victory over Jack Della Maddalena, Makhachev has positioned himself as number one in a division that is 15 pounds heavier than his previous lightweight reign.\n\nThe rise of Makhachev is just one part of the significant changes that occurred at UFC 322. The impressive knockout victories of Michael Morales and Carlos Prates boosted their position among the top ten in the category.\n\nThe only other notable movement in the rankings occurred in lightweight, where Makhachev&#8217;s move to 170 pounds allowed several 155-pound competitors to advance. Ilia Topuria, current UFC champion, now leads the division. Furthermore, Beneil Dariush&#8217;s 16-second knockout loss to Beno\u00eet Saint Denis at UFC 322, led to the entry of Saint Denis and Renato Moicano into the rankings.\n\nRegarding the women&#8217;s rankings, after Zhang Weili lost to Valentina Shevchenko in her attempt for the flyweight title, Zhang has not confirmed which division she will compete in the future. For the moment, her position in the strawweight division, at number one, is maintained.\n\n\n<p>Below, we present the pound-for-pound MMA rankings and a list of the current UFC champions in all weight classes.<\/p>\n\n\nThe results are current; the rankings correspond to November 18th. To be eligible for the rankings, a fighter must have competed in the last 12 months or have a scheduled upcoming fight. Fighters who have been removed for inactivity can only be reinstated after competing.\n\n<b>HEAVYWEIGHT (up to 265 pounds)<\/b>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tom Aspinall<\/li><li>Ciryl Gane<\/li><li>Curtis Blaydes<\/li><li>Alexander Volkov<\/li><li>Sergei Pavlovich<\/li><li>Jailton Almeida<\/li><li>Waldo Cortes-Acosta<\/li><li>Renan Ferreira<\/li><li>Serghei Spivac<\/li><li>Derrick Lewis<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0729%2Fr1365311_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<em>Tom Aspinall&#8217;s first heavyweight title defense ended in a no contest at UFC 321.<\/em>\n\n<b>LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (up to 205 pounds)<\/b>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Alex Pereira<\/li><li>Magomed Ankalaev<\/li><li>Ji\u0159\u00ed Proch\u00e1zka<\/li><li>Carlos Ulberg<\/li><li>Khalil Rountree Jr.<\/li><li>Azamat Murzakanov<\/li><li>Dominick Reyes<\/li><li>Aleksandar Raki\u0107<\/li><li>Jamahal Hill<\/li><li>Corey Anderson<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1005%2Fr1555774_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<em>Alex Pereira knocked out Magomed Ankalaev with a vengeance at UFC 320 to regain the light heavyweight title.<\/em>\n\n<b>MIDDLEWEIGHT (up to 185 pounds)<\/b>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Khamzat Chimaev<\/li><li>Dricus du Plessis<\/li><li>Nassourdine Imavov<\/li><li>Sean Strickland<\/li><li>Israel Adesanya<\/li><li>Anthony Hernandez<\/li><li>Caio Borralho<\/li><li>Brendan Allen<\/li><li>Reinier de Ridder<\/li><li>Robert Whittaker<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0818%2Fr1533531_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<em>Khamzat Chimaev is right where he long was expected to be: at the top of the UFC middleweight division.<\/em>\n\n<b>WELTERWEIGHT (up to 170 pounds)<\/b>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Islam Makhachev<\/li><li>Jack Della Maddalena<\/li><li>Belal Muhammad<\/li><li>Shavkat Rakhmonov<\/li><li>Ian Machado Garry<\/li><li>Michael Morales<\/li><li>Kamaru Usman<\/li><li>Sean Brady<\/li><li>Carlos Prates<\/li><li>Joaquin Buckley<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1116%2Fr1576204_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<em>Islam Makhachev vacated the lightweight title months ago, but winning the welterweight belt at UFC 322 made him a two-division champion.<\/em>\n\n<b>LIGHTWEIGHT (up to 155 pounds)<\/b>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ilia Topuria<\/li><li>Charles Oliveira<\/li><li>Max Holloway<\/li><li>Justin Gaethje<\/li><li>Usman Nurmagomedov<\/li><li>Paddy Pimblett<\/li><li>Mateusz Gamrot<\/li><li>Rafael Fiziev<\/li><li>Beno\u00eet Saint Denis<\/li><li>Renato Moicano<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0629%2Fr1512573_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<em>Ilia Topuria had vacated the featherweight title before UFC 317, but winning the lightweight belt provided a glorious photo op.<\/em>\n\n<b>FEATHERWEIGHT (up to 145 pounds)<\/b>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Alexander Volkanovski<\/li><li>Movsar Evloev<\/li><li>Diego Lopes<\/li><li>Yair Rodriguez<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Makhachev Ascends to the Welterweight Throne and Shakes Up UFC Rankings Islam Makhachev has made a strong impact in the world of mixed martial arts, climbing to the top of the UFC welterweight rankings. After a dominant victory over Jack Della Maddalena, Makhachev has positioned himself as number one in a division that is 15 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[1584,1971,228,206],"class_list":{"0":"post-83063","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-islam-makhachev","9":"tag-rankings","10":"tag-ufc","11":"tag-welterweight"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}