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#	Fighter	W - L	PCT
1	Islam Makhachev (#1 P4P)	26 - 1	0.96296296296296
2	Alex Pereira (#2 P4P)	11 - 2	0.84615384615385
3	Jon Jones (#3 P4P)	27 - 1	0.96428571428571
4	Leon Edwards (#4 P4P)	22 - 3	0.88
5	Ilia Topuria (#5 P4P)	15 - 0	1

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Men's Pound-for-Pound Top 5

5 Fighters

#	Fighter	W - L	PCT	Strk	Diff
1	Islam Makhachev (#1 P4P)	26 - 1	0.96296296296296	W14	+0
2	Alex Pereira (#2 P4P)	11 - 2	0.84615384615385	W4	+0
3	Jon Jones (#3 P4P)	27 - 1	0.96428571428571	W18	+0
4	Leon Edwards (#4 P4P)	22 - 3	0.88	W13	+0
5	Ilia Topuria (#5 P4P)	15 - 0	1	W15	+0

Heavyweight Division

4 Fighters

#	Fighter	W - L	PCT	Strk	Diff
1	Jon Jones (Champion)	27 - 1	0.96428571428571	W18	+0
2	Tom Aspinall (Interim Champ)	14 - 3	0.82352941176471	W2	+0
3	Ciryl Gane (#2 Contender)	12 - 2	0.85714285714286	W1	+0
4	Alexander Volkov (#3 Contender)	38 - 10	0.79166666666667	W4	+0

Light Heavyweight Division

3 Fighters

#	Fighter	W - L	PCT	Strk	Diff
1	Alex Pereira (Champion)	11 - 2	0.84615384615385	W4	+0
2	Jiri Prochazka (#1 Contender)	30 - 5	0.85714285714286	L1	+0
3	Magomed Ankalaev (#2 Contender)	18 - 1	0.94736842105263	W1	+0

Middleweight Division

3 Fighters

#	Fighter	W - L	PCT	Strk	Diff
1	Dricus Du Plessis (Champion)	21 - 2	0.91304347826087	W9	+0
2	Sean Strickland (#1 Contender)	29 - 6	0.82857142857143	W1	+0
3	Israel Adesanya (#2 Contender)	24 - 3	0.88888888888889	L1	+0

Welterweight Division

3 Fighters

#	Fighter	W - L	PCT	Strk	Diff
1	Leon Edwards (Champion)	22 - 3	0.88	W13	+0
2	Belal Muhammad (#1 Contender)	23 - 3	0.88461538461538	W9	+0
3	Shavkat Rakhmonov (#3 Contender)	18 - 0	1	W18	+0

Lightweight Division

3 Fighters

#	Fighter	W - L	PCT	Strk	Diff
1	Islam Makhachev (Champion)	26 - 1	0.96296296296296	W14	+0
2	Arman Tsarukyan (#1 Contender)	22 - 3	0.88	W4	+0
3	Charles Oliveira (#2 Contender)	34 - 10	0.77272727272727	L1	+0

Featherweight Division

3 Fighters

#	Fighter	W - L	PCT	Strk	Diff
1	Ilia Topuria (Champion)	15 - 0	1	W15	+0
2	Alexander Volkanovski (#1 Contender)	26 - 4	0.86666666666667	L2	+0
3	Max Holloway (#2 Contender)	26 - 7	0.78787878787879	W3	+0

Bantamweight Division

2 Fighters

#	Fighter	W - L	PCT	Strk	Diff
1	Sean O'Malley (Champion)	18 - 1	0.94736842105263	W6	+0
2	Merab Dvalishvili (#1 Contender)	17 - 4	0.80952380952381	W10	+0

Flyweight Division

2 Fighters

#	Fighter	W - L	PCT	Strk	Diff
1	Alexandre Pantoja (Champion)	28 - 5	0.84848484848485	W6	+0
2	Brandon Royval (#1 Contender)	16 - 7	0.69565217391304	W1	+0

Women's Strawweight Division

2 Fighters

#	Fighter	W - L	PCT	Strk	Diff
1	Zhang Weili (Champion)	25 - 3	0.89285714285714	W4	+0
2	Tatiana Suarez (#1 Contender)	10 - 0	1	W10	+0

Women's Flyweight Division

2 Fighters

#	Fighter	W - L	PCT	Strk	Diff
1	Alexa Grasso (Champion)	16 - 3	0.84210526315789	W5	+0
2	Valentina Shevchenko (#1 Contender)	23 - 4	0.85185185185185	D1	+0

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