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Five UFC division rankings were updated today as we have our first shakeup of 2026.
What else will 2026 hold for the UFC world?
Could we see someone dethrone Islam Makhachev for the 2026 pound-for-pound top rank? The oddsmakers don't think so.
During the holidays, SportsBetting.ag posted odds for which fighter will be finish on top of the pound-for-pound rankings at year's end.
Makhachev is the odds-on favorite, and the Top 3 finishers from 2025 are the Top 3 favorites.
After those first three, however, the 2025 rankings and 2026 projections diverge quite a bit. Check out the full list below.
No. 1 Ranked Pound-for-Pound Fighter End of 2026
Islam Makhachev -150
Ilia Topuria +600
Khamzat Chimaev +600
Jon Jones +700
Petr Yan +1000
Merab Dvalishvili +1000
Alexander Volkanovski +1100
Alex Pereira +1600
Tom Aspinall +2000
Alexandre Pantoja +2500
Umar Nurmagomedov +2500
Josh Van +2800
Magomed Ankalaev +3300
Dricus Du Plessis +4000
- SportsBetting.ag Press
