Jack Della Maddalena was on the verge of getting his 16-fight profitable streak halted. Down on two of the three scorecards halfway by means of the ultimate spherical of his UFC 299 bout with Gilbert Burns final weekend, Della Maddalena was being managed on the canvas by the elite grappler. Even when he prevented a submission, the Aussie couldn’t afford to complete the spherical on backside.
So he discovered a manner out from underneath Burns, scampered to his ft and, inside seconds, earned a spectacular end. Della Maddalena landed a knee to the face, knocking Burns to the canvas, and completed him with ground-and-pound to maintain his run of success alive.
With the victory, Della Maddalena enters the newest Brett Okamoto rankings for ESPN in an enormous manner, leaping all the way in which into the welterweight prime 5.
That’s the most dramatic motion in these rankings, however removed from the one lingering impact from UFC 299. Nobody has newly taken cost of a weight class, however Sean O’Malley solidified his spot because the No. 1 males’s bantamweight. Maycee Barber elevated her standing among the many 125-pound ladies.
Amongst these dropping out of the rankings are heavyweight champion Jon Jones and Nikita Krylov, each of whom have been idle for over a yr and are ineligible.
For the ESPN pound-for-pound MMA rankings, click on right here. For a listing of present UFC champions in all weight courses, click on right here.
Observe: Outcomes are present; rankings as of March 13. To be eligible for the rankings, a fighter will need to have competed over the previous 12 months or will need to have an upcoming battle booked. Fighters who’ve been dropped for inactivity could be reinstated solely after they compete.
Heavyweight – Gentle heavyweight – Middleweight – Welterweight
Light-weight – Males’s featherweight – Males’s bantamweight
Males’s flyweight – Ladies’s bantamweight – Ladies’s flyweight – Strawweight
HEAVYWEIGHT (as much as 265 kilos)
1. Tom Aspinall 
Promotion: UFC
File: 14-3
Final: W (TKO1) vs. Sergei Pavlovich, Nov. 11, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
2. Sergei Pavlovich 
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 3
File: 18-2
Final: L (TKO1) vs. Tom Aspinall, Nov. 11, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
3. Ciryl Gane
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 4
File: 12-2
Final: W (TKO2) vs. Serghei Spivac, Sept. 2, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
4. Curtis Blaydes
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 5
File: 18-4, 1 NC
Final: W (TKO2) vs. Jailton Almeida, March 9, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
5. Alexander Volkov
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 6
File: 37-10
Final: W (Sub2) vs. Tai Tuivasa, Sept. 9, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
6. Renan Ferreira
Promotion: PFL champion
Earlier rating: 9
File: 13-3, 3 NC
Final: W (KO1) vs. Ryan Bader, Feb. 24, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
7. Serghei Spivac
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 10
File: 16-4
Final: L (TKO2) vs. Ciryl Gane, Sept. 2, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
8. Jailton Almeida
Promotion: UFC
File: 20-3
Final: L (TKO2) vs. Curtis Blaydes, March 9, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
9. Vadim Nemkov
Promotion: Bellator
Earlier rating: 5 at mild heavyweight
File: 18-2, 1 NC
Final: W (TechSub2) vs. Bruno Cappelozza, Feb. 24, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
10. Tai Tuivasa 
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 7
File: 14-6
Final: L (Sub2) vs. Alexander Volkov, Sept. 9, 2023
Subsequent: March 16 vs. Marcin Tybura
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (as much as 205 kilos)
1. Alex Pereira
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 9-2
Final: W (TKO2) vs. Jirí Procházka, Nov. 11, 2023
Subsequent: April 13 vs. Jamahal Hill
2. Jirí Procházka
Promotion: UFC
File: 29-4-1
Final: L (TKO2) vs. Alex Pereira, Nov. 11, 2023
Subsequent: April 13 vs. Aleksandar Rakic
3. Magomed Ankalaev
Promotion: UFC
File: 19-1-1
Final: W (KO2) vs. Johnny Walker, Jan. 13, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
4. Jan Blachowicz
Promotion: UFC
File: 29-10-1
Final: L (SD) vs. Alex Pereira, July 29, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
5. Corey Anderson
Promotion: Bellator
Earlier rating: 6
File: 17-6, 1 NC
Final: W (SD) vs. Phil Davis, June 16, 2023
Subsequent: March 22 vs. Karl Moore
6. Khalil Rountree Jr.
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 8
File: 37-19
Final: W (TKO3) vs. Anthony Smith, Dec. 9, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
7. Johnny Walker
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 9
File: 21-8
Final: L (KO2) vs. Magomed Ankalaev, Jan. 13, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
8. Anthony Smith
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 10
File: 37-19
Final: L (TKO3) vs. Khalil Rountree Jr., Dec. 9, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
9. Volkan Oezdemir
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: Unranked
File: 19-7
Final: W (Sub1) vs. Bogdan Guskov, Sept. 2, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
10. Ryan Spann
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: Unranked
File: 21-9
Final: L (SD) vs. Anthony Smith, Aug. 26, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
MIDDLEWEIGHT (as much as 185 kilos)
1. Dricus du Plessis
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 21-2
Final: W (SD) vs. Sean Strickland, Jan. 20, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
2. Israel Adesanya
Promotion: UFC
File: 24-3
Final: L (UD) vs. Sean Strickland, Sept. 9, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
3. Robert Whittaker
Promotion: UFC
File: 25-7
Final: W (UD) vs. Paulo Costa, Feb. 17, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
4. Jared Cannonier
Promotion: UFC
File: 17-6
Final: W (UD) vs. Marvin Vettori, June 17, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
5. Sean Strickland
Promotion: UFC
File: 28-6
Final: L (SD) vs. Dricus Du Plessis, Jan. 20, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
6. Marvin Vettori
Promotion: UFC
File: 19-7-1
Final: L (UD) vs. Jared Cannonier, June 17, 2023
Subsequent: April 6 vs. Brendan Allen
7. Johnny Eblen
Promotion: Bellator champion
File: 15-0
Final: W (SD) vs. Impa Kasanganay, Feb. 24, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
8. Khamzat Chimaev
Promotion: UFC
File: 13-0
Final: W (MD) vs. Kamaru Usman, Oct. 21, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
9. Brendan Allen
Promotion: UFC
File: 23-5
Final: W (Sub3) vs. Paul Craig, Nov. 18, 2023
Subsequent: April 6 vs. Marvin Vettori
10. Jack Hermansson
Promotion: UFC
File: 24-8
Final: W (UD) vs. Joe Pyfer, Feb. 10, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
WELTERWEIGHT (as much as 170 kilos)
1. Leon Edwards
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 22-3, 1 NC
Final: W (UD) vs. Colby Covington, Dec. 16, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
2. Kamaru Usman
Promotion: UFC
File: 20-4
Final: L (MD) vs. Khamzat Chimaev, Oct. 21, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
3. Belal Muhammad
Promotion: UFC
File: 23-3, 1 NC
Final: W (UD) vs. Gilbert Burns, Could 6, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
4. Shavkat Rakhmonov
Promotion: UFC
File: 18-0
Final: W (Sub2) vs. Stephen Thompson, Dec. 16, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
5. Jack Della Maddalena
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: Unranked
File: 17-2
Final: W (KO3) vs. Jack Della Maddalena, March 9, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
6. Gilbert Burns
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 5
File: 22-7
Final: L (KO3) vs. Jack Della Maddalena, March 9, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
7. Colby Covington
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 6
File: 17-4
Final: L (UD) vs. Leon Edwards, Dec. 16, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
8. Jason Jackson
Promotion: Bellator champion
Earlier rating: 7
File: 18-4
Final: W (TKO2) vs. Ray Cooper III, Feb. 24, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
9. Sean Brady
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 8
File: 16-1
Final: W (Sub3) vs. Kelvin Gastelum, Dec. 2, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
10. Ian Machado Garry
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 9
File: 14-0
Final: W (SD) vs. Geoff Neal, Feb. 17, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
LIGHTWEIGHT (as much as 155 kilos)
1. Islam Makhachev
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 25-1
Final: W (KO1) vs. Alexander Volkanovski, Oct. 21, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
2. Charles Oliveira
Promotion: UFC
File: 34-9, 1 NC
Final: W (TKO1) vs. Beneil Dariush, June 10, 2023
Subsequent: April 13 vs. Arman Tsarukyan
3. Justin Gaethje
Promotion: UFC
File: 25-4
Final: W (KO2) vs. Dustin Poirier, July 29, 2023
Subsequent: April 13 vs. Max Holloway
4. Dustin Poirier
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 5
File: 30-8, 1 NC
Final: W (KO2) vs. Benoit Saint Denis, March 9, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
5. Arman Tsarukyan
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 4
File: 21-3
Final: W (KO1) vs. Beneil Dariush, Dec. 2, 2023
Subsequent: April 13 vs. Charles Oliveira
6. Beneil Dariush
Promotion: UFC
File: 22-6-1
Final: L (KO1) vs. Arman Tsarukyan, Dec. 2, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
7. Mateusz Gamrot
Promotion: UFC
File: 24-2, 1 NC
Final: W (UD) vs. Rafael Dos Anjos, March 9, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
8. Rafael Fiziev
Promotion: UFC
File: 26-8
Final: L (TKO2) vs. Mateusz Gamrot, Sept. 23, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
9. Dan Hooker
Promotion: UFC
File: 29-12
Final: W (SD) vs. Jalin Turner, July 8, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
10. Jalin Turner
Promotion: UFC
File: 14-7
Final: W (KO1) vs. Bobby Inexperienced, Dec. 2, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
MEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT (as much as 145 kilos)
1. Ilia Topuria
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 15-0
Final: W (KO2) vs. Alexander Volkanovski, Feb. 17, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
2. Alexander Volkanovski
Promotion: UFC
File: 26-4
Final: L (KO2) vs. Ilia Topuria, Feb. 17, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
3. Max Holloway
Promotion: UFC
File: 25-7
Final: W (KO3) vs. Chan Sung Jung, Aug. 26, 2023
Subsequent: April 13 vs. Justin Gaethje
4. Brian Ortega
Promotion: UFC
File: 16-3, 1 NC
Final: W (Sub3) vs. Yair Rodriguez, Feb. 24, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
5. Yair Rodriguez
Promotion: UFC
File: 15-5, 1 NC
Final: L (Sub3) vs. Brian Ortega, Feb. 24, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
6. Patricio Freire
Promotion: Bellator champion
File: 35-7
Final: L (KO1) vs. Chihiro Suzuki, July 30, 2023
Subsequent: March 22 vs. Jeremy Kennedy
7. Josh Emmett
Promotion: UFC
File: 19-4
Final: W (KO1) vs. Bryce Mitchell, Dec. 16, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
8. Movsar Evloev
Promotion: UFC
File: 18-0
Final: W (UD) vs. Arnold Allen, Jan. 20, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
9. Arnold Allen
Promotion: UFC
File: 19-3
Final: L (UD) vs. Movsar Evloev, Jan. 20, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
10. Giga Chikadze
Promotion: UFC
File: 15-3
Final: W (UD) vs. Alex Caceres, Aug. 26, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
MEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT (as much as 135 kilos)
1. Sean O’Malley
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 18-1, 1 NC
Final: W (UD) vs. Marlon Vera, March 9, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
2. Merab Dvalishvili
Promotion: UFC
File: 17-4
Final: W (UD) vs. Henry Cejudo, Feb. 17, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
3. Aljamain Sterling
Promotion: UFC
File: 23-4
Final: L (TKO2) vs. Sean O’Malley, Aug. 19, 2023
Subsequent: April 13 vs. Calvin Kattar
4. Cory Sandhagen
Promotion: UFC
File: 17-4
Final: W (UD) vs. Rob Font, Aug. 5, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
5. Petr Yan
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 6
File: 17-5
Final: L (UD) vs. Music Yadong, March 9, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
6. Henry Cejudo
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 5
File: 16-4
Final: L (UD) vs. Merab Dvalishvili, Feb. 17, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
7. Patchy Combine
Promotion: Bellator champion
File: 19-1
Final: W (Sub2) vs. Sergio Pettis, Nov. 17, 2023
Subsequent: Could 17 vs. Magomed Magomedov
8. Marlon Vera
Promotion: UFC
File: 23-9-1
Final: L (UD) vs. Sean O’Malley, March 9, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
9. Sergio Pettis
Promotion: Bellator
File: 23-6
Final: L (Sub2) vs. Patchy Combine, Nov. 17, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
10. Deiveson Figueiredo
Promotion: UFC
File: 22-3-1
Final: W (UD) vs. Rob Font, Dec. 2, 2023
Subsequent: April 13 vs. Cody Garbrandt
MEN’S FLYWEIGHT (as much as 125 kilos)
1. Alexandre Pantoja
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 27-5
Final: W (UD) vs. Brandon Royval, Dec. 16, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
2. Brandon Royval
Promotion: UFC
File: 16-7
Final: W (SD) vs. Brandon Moreno, Feb. 24, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
3. Brandon Moreno
Promotion: UFC
File: 21-8-2
Final: L (SD) vs. Brandon Royval, Feb. 24, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
4. Demetrious Johnson
Promotion: One Championship champion
File: 25-4-1
Final: W (UD) vs. Adriano Moraes, Could 5, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
5. Amir Albazi
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 4
File: 17-1
Final: W (SD) vs. Kai Kara-France, June 3, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
6. Kai Kara-France
Promotion: UFC
File: 24-11, 1 NC
Final: L (SD) vs. Amir Albazi, June 3, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
7. Adriano Moraes
Promotion: One Championship
File: 20-5
Final: L (UD) vs. Demetrious Johnson, Could 5, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
8. Matheus Nicolau
Promotion: UFC
File: 19-3-1
Final: L (KO1) vs. Brandon Royval, April 15, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
9. Manel Kape
Promotion: UFC
File: 19-6
Final: W (UD) vs. Felipe dos Santos, Sept. 9, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
10. Muhammad Mokaev
Promotion: UFC
File: 12-0,1 NC
Final: W (UD) vs. Alex Perez, March 2, 2024
Subsequent: TBDMarch 2
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT (as much as 135 kilos)
1. Raquel Pennington
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 16-8
Final: W (UD) vs. Mayra Bueno Silva, Jan. 20, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
2. Ketlen Vieira
Promotion: UFC
File: 14-3
Final: W (UD) vs. Pannie Kianzad, July 22, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
3. Holly Holm
Promotion: UFC
File: 15-7
Final: L (Sub2) vs. Mayra Bueno Silva, July 15, 2023
Subsequent: April 13 vs. Kayla Harrison
4. Irene Aldana
Promotion: UFC
File: 15-7
Final: W (UD) vs. Karol Rosa, Dec.16, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
5. Sara McMann
Promotion: Bellator
File: 14-7
Final: L (TKO1) vs. Leah McCourt, Oct. 7, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
6. Norma Dumont
Promotion: UFC
File: 10-2
Final: W (UD) vs. Chelsea Chandler, July 15, 2023
Subsequent: April 6 vs. Germaine de Randamie
7. Pannie Kianzad
Promotion: UFC
File: 16-7
Final: L (UD) vs. Ketlen Vieira, July 22, 2023
Subsequent: March 16 vs. Macy Chiasson
8. Karol Rosa
Promotion: UFC
File: 17-6
Final: L (UD) vs. Irene Aldana, Dec. 16, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
9. Yana Santos
Promotion: UFC
File: 14-8, 1 NC
Final: L (SD) vs. Karol Rosa, July 1, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
10. Miesha Tate
Promotion: UFC
File: 20-9
Final: W (Sub3) vs. Julia Avila, Dec. 2, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT (as much as 125 kilos)
1. Alexa Grasso
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 16-3-1
Final: Cut up draw vs. Valentina Shevchenko, Sept. 16, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
2. Valentina Shevchenko
Promotion: UFC
File: 23-4-1
Final: Cut up draw vs. Alexa Grasso, Sept. 16, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
3. Manon Fiorot
Promotion: UFC
File: 11-1
Final: W (UD) vs. Rose Namajunas, Sept. 2, 2023
Subsequent: March 30 vs. Erin Blanchfield
4. Erin Blanchfield
Promotion: UFC
File: 12-1
Final: W (UD) vs. Taila Santos, Aug. 26, 2023
Subsequent: March 30 vs. Manon Fiorot
5. Liz Carmouche
Promotion: Bellator champion
File: 20-7
Final: W (TKO5) vs. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane, Oct. 7, 2023
Subsequent: April 4 vs. Juliana Velasquez
6. Maycee Barber
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 9
File: 14-2
Final: W (UD) vs. Katlyn Cerminara, March 9, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
7. Jessica Andrade
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 6
File: 25-12
Final: W (TKO2) vs. Mackenzie Dern, Nov. 11, 2023
Subsequent: April 13 vs. Marina Rodriguez
8. Katlyn Cerminara
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: Unranked
File: 18-6
Final: L (UD) vs. Maycee Barber, March 9, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
9. Rose Namajunas
Promotion: UFC
Earlier rating: 7
File: 11-6
Final: L (UD) vs. Manon Fiorot, Sept. 2, 2023
Subsequent: March 23 vs. Amanda Ribas
10. Viviane Araujo
Promotion: UFC
File: 12-6
Final: L (UD) vs. Natalia Silva, Feb. 3, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
STRAWWEIGHT (as much as 115 kilos)
1. Zhang Weili
Promotion: UFC champion
File: 24-2
Final: W (UD) vs. Amanda Lemos, Aug. 19, 2023
Subsequent: April 13 vs. Yan Xiaonan
2. Amanda Lemos
Promotion: UFC
File: 13-3-1
Final: W (UD) vs. Mackenzie Dern, Feb. 17, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
3. Yan Xiaonan
Promotion: UFC
File: 14-3, 1 NC
Final: W (KO1) vs. Jessica Andrade, Could 6, 2023
Subsequent: April 13 vs. Zhang Weili
4. Tatiana Suarez
Promotion: UFC
File: 11-0
Final: W (Sub2) vs. Jessica Andrade, August 5, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
5. Virna Jandiroba
Promotion: UFC
File: 19-3
Final: W (UD) vs. Marina Rodriguez, Could 6, 2023
Subsequent: March 30 vs. Crazy Godínez
6. Marina Rodriguez
Promotion: UFC
File: 17-3-2
Final: W (TKO2) vs. Michelle Waterson-Gomez, Sept. 23, 2023
Subsequent: April 13 vs. Jessica Andrade
7. Jessica Andrade
Promotion: UFC
File: 25-12
Final: W (TKO2) vs. Mackenzie Dern, Nov. 11, 2023
Subsequent: April 13 vs. Marina Rodriguez
8. Mackenzie Dern
Promotion: UFC
File: 13-5
Final: L (UD) vs. Amanda Lemos, Feb. 17, 2024
Subsequent: TBD
9. Amanda Ribas
Promotion: UFC
File: 13-4
Final: W (TKO3) vs. Luana Pinheiro, Nov. 18, 2023
Subsequent: March 23 vs. Rose Namajunas
10. Luana Pinheiro
Promotion: UFC
File: 11-2
Final: W (TKO3) vs. Amanda Ribas, Nov. 18, 2023
Subsequent: TBD
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