the fighter\u2019s ranking from the previous month.<\/a><\/p>\nJon Jones (1)
\nFrancis Ngannou (2)
\nCiryl Gane (3)
\nTom Aspinall (4)
\nAlexander Volkov (5)
\nCurtis Blaydes (6)
\nSergei Pavlovich (7)
\nJailton Almeida (8)
\nWaldo Cortes-Acosta (9)
\nJairzinho Rozenstruik (10)<\/p>\n
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.<\/p>\n
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Alex Pereira (1)
\nMagomed Ankalaev (2)
\nJi\u0159\u00ed Proch\u00e1zka (3)
\nKhalil Rountree Jr. (4)
\nCarlos Ulberg (5)
\nAzamat Murzakanov (6)
\nCorey Anderson (7)
\nJamahal Hill (8)
\nJan B\u0142achowicz (9)
\nAleksandar Raki\u0107 (10)<\/p>\n
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.<\/p>\n
Khamzat Chimaev (1)
\nDricus du Plessis (2)
\nSean Strickland (3)
\nNassourdine Imavov (4)
\nIsrael Adesanya (5)
\nBrendan Allen (6)
\nReinier de Ridder (7)
\nRobert Whittaker (8)
\nAnthony Hernandez (9)
\nPaulo Costa (10)<\/p>\n
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.<\/p>\n
Islam Makhachev (1)
\nJack Della Maddalena (2)
\nShavkat Rakhmonov (3)
\nMichael Morales (4)
\nIan Machado Garry (5)
\nSean Brady (6)
\nCarlos Prates (7)
\nBelal Muhammad (8)
\nJoaquin Buckley (9)
\nRamazan Kuramagomedov (10)<\/p>\n
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.<\/p>\n
Islam Makhachev (1)
\nIlia Topuria (2)
\nArman Tsarukyan (3)
\nCharles Oliveira (4)
\nJustin Gaethje (5)
\nMax Holloway (6)
\nPaddy Pimblett (7)
\nBeno\u00eet Saint Denis (8)
\nDan Hooker (9)
\nMichael Chandler (10)<\/p>\n
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.<\/p>\n
Ilia Topuria (1)
\nAlex Volkanovski (2)
\nDiego Lopes (3)
\nYair Rodriguez (4)
\nAljamain Sterling (5)
\nMovsar Evloev (6)
\nBrian Ortega (7)
\nLerone Murphy (8)
\nJean Silva (9)
\nPatricio \u201cPitbull\u201d Freire (10)<\/p>\n
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.<\/p>\n
Petr Yan (5)
\nMerab Dvalishvili (1)
\nSean O\u2019Malley (2)
\nUmar Nurmagomedov (3)
\nCory Sandhagen (4)
\nDeiveson Figueiredo (6)
\nSong Yadong (7)
\nAiemann Zahabi (9)
\nMario Bautista (8)
\nMarlon Vera (10)<\/p>\n
At UFC 323 on Dec. 6, No. 5 Petr Yan scored a big upset, and unanimous decision victory, over No. 1 Merab Dvalishvili to win the UFC bantamweight title. Also that evening, Payton Talbott scored a unanimous decision win over Henry Cejudo. While neither of them were in the rankings, due to rankings by committee, Cejudo\u2019s loss gave No. 9 Aiemann Zahabi an extra vote, which has him swicthing spots with No. 8 Mario Bautista. Yan captures the top spot with those previously ahead of him each moving down a notch.<\/p>\n
Joshua Van (2)
\nAlexandre Pantoja (1)
\nTatsuro Taira (9)
\nManel Kape (8)
\nAmir Albazi (5)
\nBrandon Moreno (3)
\nMuhammad Mokaev (6)
\nBrandon Royval (4)<\/p>\n
Asu Almabayev (10)<\/p>\n
December saw some big shake-ups in the flyweight rankings. At UFC 323 on Dec. 6, No. 9 Tatsuro Taira used his fists to hand No. 3 Brandon Moreno a second-round TKO, and, in the main event, No. 1 Alexandre Pantoja suffered a gruesome looking arm injury when he fell to the mat to hand his flyweight title to the youngster No. 2 Joshua Van. A week later, No. 8 Manel Kape defeated No. 4 Brandon Royval by first-round knockout at UFC Vegas 112 on Dec. 13. Van takes the top spot, Taira jumps to No. 3, and Kape climbs to No. 4.<\/p>\n
Islam Makhachev (1)
\nJon Jones (2)
\nIlia Topuria (3)
\nAlexander Volkanovksi (4)
\nMax Holloway (5)
\nJack Della Maddalena (6)
\nValentina Shevchenko (7)
\nJustin Gaethje (8)
\nAlex Pereira (9)
\nMagomed Ankalaev (10)<\/p>\n
No top-10 fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.<\/p>\n
Editor\u2019s Note: Fighters are eligible to be ranked if they have competed in the last 18 months. Any fighter that chooses to switch weight classes will be ranked in their previous weight class until they have competed twice in their new division. Fighters who announce their retirement will remain ranked for a period of six months following their final bout.<\/p>\n
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