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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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