It only took Reinier de Ridder one victory over an unranked fighter to debut in the Top 10 at 205 pounds.
The former middleweight contender jumped to the light heavyweight division at UFC Sacramento last weekend in California, where he summarily disposed of longtime veteran Roman Dolidze. The 35-year-old “Dutch Knight” (22-4) landed at No. 9 in the official Meta Rankings, sandwiched between Dominick Reyes (No. 8) and Azamat Murzakanov (No. 10).
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That’s not all.
Jamall Emmers made his debut in the featherweight rankings by hospitalizing red-hot 145-pound prospect Lerryan Douglas with a broken orbital. In addition, “Crispy” Carli Judice joined the women’s flyweight Top 15 after stopping Jeisla Chaves in the opening frame. Victorious main card players Gregory Rodrigues and Vitor Petrino also made big moves in their respective divisions.
Check out the updated UFC Meta Rankings below (for an explanation on how they work click here).
UFC META RANKINGS
FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Joshua Van
1. Alexandre Pantoja
2. Manel Kape
3. Brandon Royval
4. Tatsuro Taira
5. Asu Almabayev
6. Lone’er Kavanagh
7. Ramazan Temirov
8. Kyoji Horiguchi
9. Amir Albazi
10. Brandon Moreno
11. Kevin Borjas
12. Mitch Raposo
13. Sumudaerji
14. Charles Johnson
15. Alessandro Costa
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BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Petr Yan
1. Merab Dvalishvili
2. Umar Nurmagomedov
3. Sean O’Malley
4. Mario Bautista
5. Cory Sandhagen
6. Song Yadong
7. David Martinez
8. Raoni Barcelos
9. Farid Basharat
10. Marcus McGhee
11. Deiveson Figueiredo
12. Charles Jourdain +1
13. Aiemann Zahabi -1
14. Bryce Mitchell
15. Montel Jackson
FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Alexander Volkanovski
1. Movsar Evloev
2. Diego Lopes
3. Lerone Murphy
4. Aljamain Sterling
5. Arnold Allen
6. Jean Silva
7. Pat Sabatini
8. Nathaniel Wood
9. Youssef Zalal
10. Kevin Vallejos
11. Melquizael Costa
12. Steve Garcia
13. Aaron Pico
14. Jamal Emmers *NR
15. Jose Miguel Delgado -1
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LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Justin Gaethje
1. Ilia Topuria
2. Arman Tsarukyan
3. Charles Oliveira
4. Max Holloway
5. Paddy Pimblett
6. Quillan Salkilld
7. Renato Moicano
8. Benoit Saint Denis
9. Mateusz Gamrot
10. Mauricio Ruffy
11. Tom Nolan
12. Dan Hooker
13. Rafael Fiziev
14. Tofiq Musayev
15. Grant Dawson
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Islam Makhachev
1. Carlos Prates
2. Ian Machado Garry
3. Michael Morales
4. Jack Della Maddalena
5. Sean Brady
6. Gabriel Bonfim
7. Belal Muhammad
8. Leon Edwards
9. Joaquin Buckley
10. Uros Medic
11. Kamaru Usman
12. Mike Malott
13. Yaroslav Amosov
14. Kevin Holland
15. Daniel Rodriguez
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Sean Strickland
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1. Khamzat Chimaev
2. Dricus Du Plessis
3. Nassourdine Imavov
4. Joe Pyfer
5. Brendan Allen
6. Caio Borralho
7. Gregory Rodrigues +3
8. Michael Page
9. Anthony Hernandez -2
10. Israel Adesanya -1
11. Christian Leroy Duncan
12. Ikram Aliskerov
13. Bo Nickal
14. Abus Magomedov
15. Nursulton Ruziboev
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Carlos Ulberg
1. Alex Pereira
2. Magomed Ankalaev
3. Jiri Prochazka
4. Paulo Costa
5. Jamahal Hill
6. Khalil Rountree
7. Navajo Stirling
8. Dominick Reyes
9. Reinier de Ridder *NR
10. Azamat Murzakanov -1
11. Bogdan Guskov -1
12. Robert Whittaker -1
13. Alonzo Menifield -1
14. Johnny Walker -1
15. Muhammad Saidov -1
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HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Tom Aspinall
1. Ciryl Gane
2. Alexander Volkov
3. Sergei Pavlovich
4. Alex Pereira
5. Rizvan Kuniev
6. Josh Hokit
7. Waldo Cortes Acosta
8. Vitor Petrino +3
9. Valter Walker -1
10. Curtis Blaydes
11. Brando Pericic +1
12. Mario Pinto +1
13. Serghei Spivac -4
14. Mick Parkin
15. Ryan Spann
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Mackenzie Dern
1. Zhang Weili
2. Virna Jandiroba
3. Tatiana Suarez
4. Yan Xiaonan
5. Gillian Robertson
6. Fatima Klein
7. Alexia Thainara
8. Piera Rodriguez
9. Denise Gomes
10. Mizuki Inoue
11. Loopy Godinez
12. Tabatha Ricci
13. Jaqueline Amorim
14. Talita Alencar +1
15. Amanda Lemos -1
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WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Valentina Shevchenko
1. Natalia Silva
2. Manon Fiorot
3. Alexa Grasso
4. Erin Blanchfield
5. Zhang Weili
6. Wang Cong
7. Jasmine Jasudavicius
8. Rose Namajunas
9. Maycee Barber
10. Tracy Cortez
11. Miranda Maverick
12. JJ Aldrich
13. Karine Silva
14. Eduarda Moura
15. Carli Judice *NR
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Kayla Harrison
1. Joselyne Edwards
2. Norma Dumont
3. Luana Santos
4. Ailin Perez
5. Julianna Pena
6. Yana Santos
7. Jacqueline Cavalcanti
8. Michelle Montague
9. Melissa Croden
10. Karol Rosa
11. Bia Mesquita
12. Macy Chiasson
13. Daria Zhelezniakova
14. Raquel Pennington
15. Klaudia Sygula
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The official media rankings have not been updated at the time of publishing and are expected to be phased out in the coming weeks.
You can expect these rankings to change around this time next week, particularly in the bantamweight division, following the upcoming UFC Shanghai: “Nurmagomedov vs. Song” MMA event on Paramount+, scheduled for Sat., Aug. 29, 2026 at Shanghai Indoor Stadium in Shanghai, China.
For much more on that upcoming fight card click here.
