No. 1 Ranked Pound-for-Pound Fighter End of 2026 Odds

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6 January, 2026

Five UFC division rankings were updated today as we have our first shakeup of 2026.

What else will 2026 hold for the UFC world?

Could we see someone dethrone Islam Makhachev for the 2026 pound-for-pound top rank? The oddsmakers don't think so.

During the holidays, SportsBetting.ag posted odds for which fighter will be finish on top of the pound-for-pound rankings at year's end.

Makhachev is the odds-on favorite, and the Top 3 finishers from 2025 are the Top 3 favorites.

After those first three, however, the 2025 rankings and 2026 projections diverge quite a bit. Check out the full list below.

No. 1 Ranked Pound-for-Pound Fighter End of 2026

Islam Makhachev -150

Ilia Topuria +600

Khamzat Chimaev +600

Jon Jones +700

Petr Yan +1000

Merab Dvalishvili +1000

Alexander Volkanovski +1100

Alex Pereira +1600

Tom Aspinall +2000

Alexandre Pantoja +2500

Umar Nurmagomedov +2500

Josh Van +2800

Magomed Ankalaev +3300

Dricus Du Plessis +4000

- SportsBetting.ag Press

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