MMA Top 10 Rankings Update, May 16: Kelvin Gastelum Shake Up the Middleweights

Kelvin Gastelum tops Jacare Souza to shake up the Middleweight MMA Top 10 Rankings

The MMAWeekly.com rankings list the Top 10 MMA fighters from around the world in each of the most widely accepted weight classes, as well as a Top 10 mixed pound-for-pound list ranking the best male and female fighters. Fighters from any mixed martial arts promotion are eligible.

Taken into consideration is a fighter’s performance in addition to win-loss record, head-to-head and common opponents, difficulty of opponents, and numerous other factors in what is the most comprehensive rankings system in the sport. The divisional rankings put a particular emphasis on recent results, while a fighter’s career, particularly if he or she has fought in multiple weight classes, adds considerable weight to the pound-for-pound ranking.

Fighters who are currently serving a drug-related suspension are not eligible for MMA Top 10 Rankings consideration until they have fought one time after the completion of said suspension.

Though we don’t have a strict timeline for fighters to compete, an athlete’s inactivity can also have an effect upon his or her rankings consideration.

Feel free to get your shred on (or leave your top picks) in the comments section below!

Combined Pound-for-Pound MMA Top 10 Rankings

1. Georges St-Pierre
2. Demetrious Johnson
3. Daniel Cormier

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Men’s Heavyweight MMA Top 10 Rankings

1. Stipe Miocic
2. Francis Ngannou
3. Alexander Volkov

> Full Heavyweight Rankings…

Men’s Light Heavyweight MMA Top 10 Rankings

1. Daniel Cormier
2. Alexander Gustafsson
3. Volkan Oezdemir

> Full Light Heavyweight Rankings…

Men’s Middleweight MMA Top 10 Rankings

1. Robert Whittaker
2. Yoel Romero
3. Luke Rockhold (4)

> Full Middleweight Rankings…

Men’s Welterweight MMA Top 10 Rankings

1. Tyron Woodley
2. Stephen Thompson
3. Rafael Dos Anjos

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Men’s Lightweight MMA Top 10 Rankings

1. Khabib Nurmagomedov
2. Tony Ferguson
3. Conor McGregor

> Full Lightweight Rankings…

Men’s Featherweight MMA Top 10 Rankings

1. Max Holloway
2. Brian Ortega
3. Jose Aldo

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Men’s Bantamweight MMA Top 10 Rankings

1. TJ Dillashaw
2. Cody Garbrandt
3. Dominick Cruz

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Men’s Flyweight MMA Top 10 Rankings

1. Demetrious Johnson
2. Joseph Benavides
3. Henry Cejudo

> Full Flyweight Rankings…

Women’s Bantamweight MMA Top 10 Rankings

1. Amanda Nunes
2. Germaine de Randamie
3. Holly Holm

> Full Women’s Bantamweight Rankings…

Women’s Flyweight MMA Top 10 Rankings

1. Nicco Montano
2. Valentina Shevchenko
3. Sijara Eubanks

> Full Women’s Flyweight Rankings…

Women’s Strawweight MMA Top 10 Rankings

1. Rose Namajunas
2. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
3. Jessica Andrade

> Full Women’s Strawweight Rankings…

Pound-for-Pound MMA Top 10 Rankings

Men’s and Women’s Combined Pound-for-Pound Rankings

Men’s MMA Top 10 Rankings

Flyweight  |  Bantamweight  |  Featherweight  |  Lightweight  |  Welterweight  |  Middleweight  |  Light Heavyweight  |  Heavyweight

Women’s MMA Top 10 Rankings

Strawweight  |  Flyweight  |  Bantamweight

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