{"id":543118,"date":"2026-03-17T21:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T21:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/543118\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T21:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T21:19:08","slug":"kevin-vallejos-crashes-featherweight-top-10-in-new-ufc-rankings-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/543118\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Vallejos crashes featherweight Top 10 in new UFC rankings update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Out with the old, in with the new.<\/p>\n

Featherweight phenom Kevin Vallejos is now ranked in the Top 10 at 145 pounds following his destruction of longtime veteran Josh Emmett<\/a> atop the UFC Vegas 114 MMA event<\/a> last weekend in \u201cSin City.\u201d Vallejos takes over the No. 10 spot \u2014 at the expense of former title contender Brian Ortega \u2014 while Emmett drops four places to No. 15.<\/p>\n

In addition, Gillian Robertson cracked the strawweight Top 5 with her victory over Amanda Lemos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how the rankings are compiled, at least until AI takes over<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Rankings are generated by a voting panel made up of media members. The media members were asked to vote for who they feel are the top fighters in the UFC by weight-class and pound-for-pound. A fighter is only eligible to be voted on if they are in active status in the UFC. A fighter can appear in more than one weight division at a time. The champion and interim champion are considered to be in the top positions of their respective divisions and therefore are not eligible for voting by weight-class. However, the champions can be voted on for the pound-for-pound rankings.<\/p>\n

Take a look at what the latest rankings field looks like courtesy of UFC.com<\/a>. Note: (+\/- = movement in rankings, T = tie, *NR = Not previously ranked).<\/p>\n

1. Islam Makhachev
2. Ilia Topuria
3. Khamzat Chimaev
4. Alexander Volkanovski
5. Alex Pereira
6. Petr Yan
7. Tom Aspinall
8. Merab Dvalishvili
9. Alexandre Pantoja
10. Joshua Van
11. Charles Oliveira +1
12. Dricus Du Plessis -1
13. Jack Della Maddalena +1
14. Magomed Ankalaev -1
15. Arman Tsarukyan *NR<\/p>\n

1. Alexandre Pantoja
2. Manel Kape
3. Tatsuro Taira
4. Brandon Royval
5. Kyoji Horiguchi
6. Lone\u2019er Kavanagh
7. Amir Albazi
8. Asu Almabayev -1
9. Brandon Moreno
10. Alex Perez
11. Tim Elliott
12. Steve Erceg
13. Charles Johnson +1
14. Tagir Ulanbekov -1
15. Bruno Silva<\/p>\n

1. Merab Dvalishvili
2. (T) Umar Nurmagomedov
2. (T) Sean O\u2019Malley
4. Cory Sandhagen
5. Song Yadong
6. Aiemann Zahabi
7. Deiveson Figueiredo
8. Mario Bautista
9. David Martinez
10. Marlon Vera
11. Payton Talbott
12. Vinicius Oliveira
13. Raul Rosas Jr.
14. Montel Jackson
15. Farid Basharat<\/p>\n

Champion: Alexander Volkanovski<\/p>\n

1. Movsar Evloev
2. Diego Lopes
3. Lerone Murphy
4. Yair Rodriguez
5. Aljamain Sterling
6. Jean Silva
7. Youssef Zalal
8. Arnold Allen
9. Steve Garcia
10. Kevin Vallejos +4
11. Brian Ortega -1
12. Melquizael Costa
13. Patricio Pitbull
14. David Onama +1
15. Josh Emmett -4<\/p>\n

1. Justin Gaethje (interim champion)
2. Arman Tsarukyan
3. Charles Oliveira
4. Max Holloway
5. Benoit Saint Denis
6. Paddy Pimblett
7. Dan Hooker
8. Mateusz Gamrot
9. Mauricio Ruffy
10. (T) Rafael Fiziev
10. (T) Renato Moicano +1
12. Beneil Dariush
13. Michael Chandler
14. Manuel Torres
15. Fares Ziam<\/p>\n

Champion: Islam Makhachev<\/p>\n

1. Jack Della Maddalena
2. Ian Machado Garry
3. Michael Morales
4. Belal Muhammed
5. Carlos Prates
6. Sean Brady
7. Kamaru Usman
8. Leon Edwards
9. Joaquin Buckley
10. Gabriel Bonfim
11. Gilbert Burns
12. Uros Medic
13. Michael Page
14. Colby Covington
15. Daniel Rodriguez<\/p>\n

Champion: Khamzat Chimaev<\/p>\n

1. Dricus Du Plessis
2. Nassourdine Imavov
3. Sean Strickland
4. Israel Adesanya
5. Caio Borralho
6. Brendan Allen
7. Anthony Hernandez
8. Reinier De Ridder
9. Robert Whittaker
10. Jared Cannonier
11. Roman Dolidze
12. Gregory Rodrigues
13. Paulo Costa
14. Joe Pyfer
15. Brunno Ferreira<\/p>\n

1. Magomed Ankalaev
2. Jiri Prochazka
3. Carlos Ulberg
4. Khalil Rountree
5. Jan Blachowicz
6. Azamat Murzakanov
7. Jamahal Hill
8. Bogdan Guskov
9. Volkan Oezdemir
10. Dominick Reyes
11. Aleksandar Rakic
12. Johnny Walker
13. Nikita Krylov
14. Dustin Jacoby
15. Zhang Mingyang<\/p>\n

1. Ciryl Gane
2. Alexander Volkov
3. Sergei Pavlovich
4. (T) Curtis Blaydes
4. (T) Waldo Cortes Acosta
6. Serghei Spivac
7. Rizvan Kuniev
8. (T) Marcin Tybura
8. (T) Derrick Lewis
10. Ante Delija
11. Tallison Teixeira
12. Mick Parkin
13. Shamil Gaziev
14. Valter Walker
15. Vitor Petrino *NR<\/p>\n

WOMEN\u2019S POUND-FOR-POUND<\/p>\n

1. Valentina Shevchenko
2. Kayla Harrison
3. Zhang Weili
4. Natalia Silva
5. Mackenzie Dern
6. Manon Fiorot
7. Erin Blanchfield
8. Julianna Pena
9. Alexa Grasso
10. Virna Jandiroba
11. Tatiana Suarez
12. Raquel Pennington
13. Yan Xiaonan
14. Rose Namajunas
15. Maycee Barber<\/p>\n

1. Zhang Weili
2. Tatiana Suarez
3. Virna Jandiroba
4. Yan Xiaonan
5. Gillian Robertson +3
6. Loopy Godinez
7. Tabatha Ricci
8. Amanda Lemos -3
9. Jessica Andrade
10. Amanda Ribas
11. Fatima Klein
12. Denise Gomes
13. Alexia Thainara
14. Angela Hill
15. Mizuki Inoue<\/p>\n

Champion: Valentina Shevchenko<\/p>\n

1. Natalia Silva
2. Manon Fiorot
3. (T) Alexa Grasso
3. (T) Erin Blanchfield
5. Maycee Barber
6. Rose Namajunas
7. Jasmine Jasudavicius
8. Tracy Cortez
9. Miranda Maverick
10. Karine Silva
11. Wang Cong
12. Casey O\u2019Neill
13. Eduarda Moura
14. Gabriella Fernandes
15. JJ Aldrich<\/p>\n

1. Julianna Pena
2. Raquel Pennington
3. Norma Dumont
4. Ketlen Vieira
5. Yana Santos
6. (T) Irene Aldana
6. (T) Ailin Perez
8. Karol Rosa
9. Macy Chiasson
10. Jacqueline Cavalcanti
11. Joselyne Edwards
12. Mayra Bueno Silva
13. Nora Cornolle
14. Luana Santos +1
15. Miesha Tate -1<\/p>\n

You can expect these rankings to change around this time next week, particularly in the featherweight division, following the UFC London: \u201cEvloev vs. Murphy\u201d event<\/a> on Paramount+<\/a>, scheduled for Sat., March 21, 2026 at O2 Arena in London, England.<\/p>\n

For much more on that upcoming fight card click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Out with the old, in with the new. Featherweight phenom Kevin Vallejos is now ranked in the Top…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,139445,50095,702,7788],"class_list":["post-543118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-ufc-rankings","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-results"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}