Division Rankings

Bantamweight

Updated

November 2, 2025

Fighters

42

Source

FightMatrix

Top 15 Contenders

The elite fighters vying for championship gold

1

Merab Dvalishvili

Merab DvalishviliTop 5“The Machine”

2

Sean O'Malley

Sean O'MalleyTop 5“Suga”

3

Umar Nurmagomedov

Umar NurmagomedovTop 5

4

Petr Yan

Petr YanTop 5“No Mercy”

5

Cory Sandhagen

Cory SandhagenTop 5

6

Song Yadong

Song Yadong“Kung Fu Kid”

7

Mario Bautista

8

Aiemann Zahabi

9

Henry Cejudo

Henry Cejudo“Triple C”

10

Deiveson Figueiredo

Deiveson Figueiredo“Deus da Guerra”

11

Sergio Pettis

12

Marlon Vera

Marlon Vera“Chito”

13

Jakub Wiklacz

14

Patrick Smith

15

David Martinez

David Martinez“Doctor”

Full Rankings

27 additional fighters

16

Rob Font

17

Vinicius Oliveira

Vinicius Oliveira“LokDog”

18

Bryce Mitchell

Bryce Mitchell“Thug Nasty”

19

Montel Jackson

Montel Jackson“Quik”

20

Charles Jourdain

Charles Jourdain“Air”

21

Marcus McGhee

Marcus McGhee“The Maniac”

22

Farid Basharat

Farid Basharat“Ferocious”

23

Pedro Munhoz

Pedro Munhoz“The Young Punisher”

24

Kyler Phillips

Kyler Phillips“The Matrix”

27

Jonathan Martinez

Jonathan Martinez“Dragon”

28

Payton Talbott

29

Felipe Lima

Felipe Lima“Jungle Boy”

31

Jean Matsumoto

32

Taylor Lapilus

Taylor Lapilus“Double Impact”

33

Naoki Inoue

35

Raoni Barcelos

36

Chris Gutierrez

Chris Gutierrez“El Guapo”

38

Danny Sabatello

Danny Sabatello“Italian Gangster”

39

Ricky Simon

42

Said Nurmagomedov

Said Nurmagomedov

43

Daniel Marcos

Daniel Marcos“Soncora”

44

Leandro Issa

Leandro Issa“Brodinho”

45

Miles Johns

Miles Johns“Chapo”

46

Davey Grant

Davey Grant“Dangerous”

47

Da'Mon Blackshear

Da'Mon Blackshear“The Monster”

48

Muin Gafurov

Muin Gafurov“Tajik”

49

Cody Garbrandt

Cody Garbrandt“No Love”

Bantamweight rankings data provided by FightMatrix. Last updated November 2, 2025.