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UFC flyweight rankings: Alexandre Pantoja remains the 125 king in the latest Top 10

RankFighterRecordLast 3 Results
#1Alexandre Pantoja27-5W-W-W
#2Brandon Royval16-7W-L-W
#3Amir Albazi17-1W-W-W
#4Brandon Moreno21-8-2L-L-W
#5Matheus Nicolau19-4-1L-W-W
#6Manel Kape19-6W-W-W
#7Muhammad Mokaev12-0W-W-W
#8Kai Kara-France24-11L-L-W
#9Tim Elliott20-13-1W-L-W
#10Steve Erceg12-1W-W-W

The UFC flyweight rankings are a showcase of the very best fighters in the 125-pound divisions. While the weight class may often not get the respect it deserves, it has always featured some of the most well-rounded and fastest MMA fighters on the planet.

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With that in mind, here is the official Sportsnaut top-10 for the organization’s flyweight divisions.

Latest UFC flyweight rankings top 10

10. Steve Erceg (12-1)

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While Matt Schnell has been a consistent part of the rankings for a couple of years, staying near the top has proven difficult as he has flipped between wins and losses over the last few years. He has lost two of his last three and needs a win in his next fight or risk quickly falling out of the UFC flyweight rankings.

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9. Tim Elliott (20-13-1)

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Steve Erceg has made a quiet rise into the flyweight top 15. However, he made some big noise in March when he was able to knock Matt Schnell out of the top 10 with a huge TKO win. The former Eternal MMA star has won three straight to start his UFC career and is now one of the 10 best 125-pounders in the world.

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8. Kai Kara-France (24-11)

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After years of toiling away inside the division, New Zealand’s Kai Kara-France finally got a chance at UFC gold last year. Unfortunately, he had the bad luck of facing the best flyweight of this generation, Brandon Moreno.

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In June, he got his first UFC main event slot against one of the hottest fighters in the division, Amir Albazi. Unfortunately, despite some who thought he won, he came up short in the five-round matchup and suffered a second straight defeat.

7. Muhammad Mokaev (12-0)

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Muhammad Mokaev’s run in the UFC has been short, but it has been very impressive. He has won six straight to keep his record unbeaten after 12 pro fights and four of his victories in the Octagon have been submissions. At UFC 294 he scored another prove-it win when he made fellow top-10 veteran Tim Elliott tap out. He followed that up in March with another big win over a top-15 stalwart in Alex Perez.

6. Manel Kape (19-6)

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After a rough start to his UFC career, where he lost consecutive fights to elite talent, Manel Kape has gone on a tear over his last three. Scoring highlight reel finishes in two of those bouts and he has quickly climbed up our UFC flyweight rankings. He has had difficulty in securing a fight in 2023 after two high-profile opponents dropped out of scheduled matchups this spring.

While he did not get the ranked foe he originally planned for at UFC 293 he still extended his win streak to four by scoring a win over UFC newcomer Felipe dos Santos.

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5. Matheus Nicolau (19-4-1)

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Brazil’s Matheus Nicolau seemed en route to a UFC flyweight title shot after winning his first four inside the Octagon. Unfortunately for him, that was all derailed in April by a first-round TKO loss to Brandon Royval. With the top of the division so stacked, Nicolau may need to win a couple of fights to regain the contender status he recently lost.

4. Brandon Moreno (21-8-2)

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Few flyweights have been better than Brandon Moreno over the last few years. He has defeated many of the best in the division, and his lone loss for a while was a razor-thin defeat to division beast Deiveson Figueiredo. However, it is hard to stay on top.

After years of dominance, Moreno has not lost two straight with his most recent coming in a rematch against Brandon Royval in front of his countrymen in Mexico. After this latest defeat it could be a couple years before “Assassin Baby” fights for gold again.

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3. Amir Albazi (17-1)

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Amir Albazi is one of the hottest fighters in the 125-pound division. He has won four straight since joining the UFC, with three of them being finishes. Including his most recent win, an outstanding knockout victory over Alessandro Costa.

He has long hyped himself as one of the best in the world, and he got his chance to prove it against a former interim title challenger in June. Although some question the win, he still got his hand raised against Kai Kara-France in June and scored by far the biggest victory of his career.

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2. Brandon Royval (16-7)

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After a pair of frustrating losses to the current and form champions, Brandon Royval went on a tear. “Raw Dawg” won three straight, with the last two being definitive finishes over other fighters in the UFC flyweight rankings. The hard work paid off and he got a title fight in 2023, however, he came up short in the biggest fight of his career.

However, he bounced back in a big way in February when he scored the best victory of his career by beating former champion Brandon Moreno in Mexico. The W now gets him back in the title hunt for 2024.

1. Alexandre Pantoja (27-5)

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Brazil’s Alexandre Pantoja has had a long hard road to becoming the new UFC flyweight king. He has toiled away inside the division for five years before he was finally able to earn a title fight at UFC 290. In his first chance at being champion, he made good by scoring a second (third unofficial) win over division king Brandon Moreno.

In his first defense of his thrown, he took part in another rematch — this time against Brandon Royval — and again proved he was the better man and still the best 125 pound fighter on the planet.

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