Newly Ranked
Issue Date: 10/18/2026 (Official Release: #1046)
Fighters entering or re-entering top rankings this week
| Fighter | Current Rank | Current Division |
 Ezekiel HouserLast Fight: 9/26/2026 [AlaskaFC] | 369 | Light Heavyweight |
 Zurab IvaniadzeLast Fight: 10/17/2026 [Rkena Fighting Championship] | 365 | Middleweight |
 Garcia Pinto KinkelaLast Fight: 9/19/2026 [N/A] | 508 | Middleweight |
 Siavash DadrasLast Fight: 7/31/2026 [Middle East Champions League (MCL)] | 577 | Middleweight |
| Hossein Bahmani Last Fight: 7/31/2026 [Middle East Champions League (MCL)] | 595 | Middleweight |
 Phelipe GabrielLast Fight: 9/26/2026 [Itacoatiara Fight Night] | 648 | Middleweight |
| Julien Williams Last Fight: 10/17/2026 [Combat Night (Florida)] | 273 | Welterweight |
| Aaron McKenzie Last Fight: 10/17/2026 [Rkena Fighting Championship] | 478 | Welterweight |
| Jeremiah Humphrey Last Fight: 9/26/2026 [AlaskaFC] | 932 | Welterweight |
 Gimbat MagomedovLast Fight: 10/17/2026 [Rkena Fighting Championship] | 967 | Welterweight |
| Arthur de Barros Vieira Rocha Last Fight: 10/16/2026 [Bison Kombat] | 1050 | Welterweight |
| Brennan McKisick Last Fight: 9/26/2026 [American Kombat Alliance] | 1089 | Welterweight |
| Mattia Ioi Last Fight: 10/02/2026 [Dynasty Combat Sports] | 1091 | Welterweight |
 Noel RodriguezLast Fight: 10/16/2026 [Seu Fighting Championship] | 1157 | Welterweight |
 Donald BushLast Fight: 10/17/2026 [Combat Night (Florida)] | 1177 | Welterweight |
| Alireza Shariati Last Fight: 7/31/2026 [Middle East Champions League (MCL)] | 1211 | Welterweight |
| Tiago dos Santos e Silva Last Fight: 9/26/2026 [Jungle Combat (Amapa)] | 584 | Lightweight |
| Loren Thibodeaux Last Fight: 10/10/2026 [Real Deal Championships] | 634 | Lightweight |
| Shane Mistretta Last Fight: 10/10/2026 [BTC Fight Promotions] | 646 | Lightweight |
| Romer Camacho Last Fight: 10/16/2026 [Seu Fighting Championship] | 865 | Lightweight |
 Dominik GierowskiLast Fight: 9/26/2026 [Global Fighting Championship (Poland)] | 866 | Lightweight |
 Niko CeragliaLast Fight: 10/17/2026 [Cage Warriors] | 1249 | Lightweight |
 Kaisei KonumaLast Fight: 10/11/2026 [KROSSxOVER] | 1321 | Lightweight |
 Timur KhizrievLast Fight: 10/16/2026 [PFL] | 19 | Featherweight |
 Ibragim IbragimovLast Fight: 10/17/2026 [Rkena Fighting Championship] | 195 | Featherweight |
| Noah Hermosillo Last Fight: 10/16/2026 [PFL] | 876 | Featherweight |
| Kaique Modesto Last Fight: 5/30/2026 [King Fight League] | 1055 | Featherweight |
 Anatolij BaalLast Fight: 10/17/2026 [Oktagon MMA] | 1160 | Featherweight |
| Tony Ortega Last Fight: 10/03/2026 [Battle MMA Championships] | 1176 | Featherweight |
 Stiven BedoyaLast Fight: 10/03/2026 [Professional Extreme Fights] | 1195 | Featherweight |
 Jhonatan SarmientoLast Fight: 6/27/2026 [Ultimate Combat Challenge] | 1225 | Featherweight |
 Lierqian LiLast Fight: 10/17/2026 [Jue Cheng King] | 1258 | Featherweight |
| Eddie Perlaza Last Fight: 10/17/2026 [Combat Night (Florida)] | 1269 | Featherweight |
| Dalton Watts Last Fight: 9/26/2026 [AlaskaFC] | 1288 | Featherweight |
 Ummat JafarovLast Fight: 9/27/2026 [Ased Fighting Championship] | 1356 | Featherweight |
 Rodrigo MarquezLast Fight: 10/10/2026 [Peleas ExtreMMAs] | 1405 | Featherweight |
 James ClarkeLast Fight: 10/10/2026 [BTC Fight Promotions] | 384 | Bantamweight |
| Steven Koslow Last Fight: 10/17/2026 [UFC] | 413 | Bantamweight |
| Chad Anheliger Last Fight: 10/17/2026 [UFC] | 527 | Bantamweight |
| Isaiah Ferguson Last Fight: 10/10/2026 [OniFights] | 603 | Bantamweight |
| Kenji Kato Last Fight: 10/12/2026 [DEEP] | 676 | Bantamweight |
| Christian Tosco Last Fight: 10/17/2026 [Cage Warriors] | 697 | Bantamweight |
| Gabriel Oliveira Last Fight: 10/16/2026 [Bison Kombat] | 721 | Bantamweight |
| Ronald Vasquez Last Fight: 10/13/2026 [South American Fighting Championship] | 885 | Bantamweight |
| Alisson Meira Last Fight: 10/10/2026 [Pocoes Fight] | 995 | Bantamweight |
| Damion Lee Last Fight: 10/03/2026 [Battle MMA Championships] | 1064 | Bantamweight |
| Aaron Cota Last Fight: 10/10/2026 [Peleas ExtreMMAs] | 1108 | Bantamweight |
 Marcelo FernandezLast Fight: 10/13/2026 [South American Fighting Championship] | 1111 | Bantamweight |
| Luis Angel Coa Last Fight: 10/16/2026 [Seu Fighting Championship] | 1130 | Bantamweight |
| Yu Takeuchi Last Fight: 10/17/2026 [OneFC] | 1155 | Bantamweight |
| Natan Ivanov Last Fight: 12/13/2025 [Modern Fighting Pankration] | 1160 | Bantamweight |
| Adisson Soares Last Fight: 9/26/2026 [Itacoatiara Fight Night] | 1161 | Bantamweight |
| Jeremy Santiago Last Fight: 10/03/2026 [Full Contact Fighting Federation] | 1236 | Bantamweight |
| Takuya Kuramoto Last Fight: 10/12/2026 [DEEP] | 1242 | Bantamweight |
| Soslenis Carvalho Last Fight: 10/16/2026 [Budo Sento Championship] | 1283 | Bantamweight |
| Seiji Takagi Last Fight: 10/11/2026 [KROSSxOVER] | 1296 | Bantamweight |
| Jikepangzi Jikepangzi Last Fight: 9/13/2026 [Capital Promotions (China)] | 1321 | Bantamweight |
| Luan Barbosa Last Fight: 9/26/2026 [Profissional Fight Championship (Amapa)] | 1324 | Bantamweight |
 Bakhtiyar NesipbekLast Fight: 10/17/2026 [Rkena Fighting Championship] | 115 | Flyweight |
 Yu Sheng LiLast Fight: 6/27/2026 [Fighting Nexus] | 432 | Flyweight |
| Angelo Gomez Last Fight: 10/16/2026 [Seu Fighting Championship] | 582 | Flyweight |
| Efren Arellano Last Fight: 10/03/2026 [Professional Extreme Fights] | 639 | Flyweight |
| Cristian Molina Last Fight: 9/26/2026 [World Fighting Championships] | 797 | Flyweight |
 Pablo RamosLast Fight: 10/17/2026 [Open Fight Latam] | 807 | Flyweight |
| Edalet Zeynalov Last Fight: 9/27/2026 [Ased Fighting Championship] | 844 | Flyweight |
| Alana Viduani Last Fight: 7/25/2026 [Jungle Fight] | 188 | Women Strawweight |
| Katlyn Cerminara Last Fight: 10/17/2026 [UFC] | 21 | Women Flyweight |
| Lucero Acosta Last Fight: 10/16/2026 [PFL] | 100 | Women Flyweight |
| Rabech Rufino Last Fight: 10/17/2026 [Open Fight Latam] | 104 | Women Flyweight |
| Daniela Villasmil Last Fight: 10/16/2026 [Seu Fighting Championship] | 101 | Women Bantamweight |