MMA Fighter Rankings: Bantamweight
On the first Wednesday of every month, theScore's MMA editors compile a list of the top 10 fighters in each of the major weight classes.
Rankings
Heavyweight | Light Heavyweight
Middleweight | Welterweight
Lightweight | Featherweight
Bantamweight | Flyweight
Women: Bantamweight | Strawweight
Bantamweight
| Ranking | Fighter |
|---|---|
| 1 | T.J. Dillashaw |
| 2 | Dominick Cruz |
| 3 | Renan Barao |
| 4 | Urijah Faber |
| 5 | Raphael Assuncao |
| 6 | Takeya Mizugaki |
| 7 | Joe Warren |
| 8 | Marlon Moraes |
| 9 | Bibiano Fernandes |
| 10 | Frankie Saenz |
- After a rematch at UFC 177 was destroyed by a botched weight cut, Renan Barao will finally get another chance to regain the bantamweight title against champion T.J. Dillashaw at UFC 186 in April.
- Urijah Faber will travel outside the bantamweight division when he takes on former lightweight kingpin Frankie Edgar in a superfight at UFC Fight Night 66 in May.
- Frankie Saenz burst into the top ten with an upset victory over former top-ten 135-pounder Iuri Alcantara at UFC Fight Night 61 in February.
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