MMA divisional rankings: How much did Nassourdine Imavov rise at middleweight?

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Brett OkamotoSep 9, 2025, 08:00 AM ET
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Nassourdine Imavov already was gathering his lawsuit arsenic a middleweight rubric contender agelong earlier Saturday's triumph implicit red-hot Caio Borralho successful the UFC Fight Night main lawsuit successful Paris.

Imavov was coming disconnected a knockout of erstwhile champion Israel Adesanya successful February, and earlier that, helium had won 3 successful a row, including past year's knockout of onetime rubric challenger Jared Cannonier.

But past weekend's ascendant performance, a unanimous determination that ended Borralho's 17-fight unbeaten streak dating astir a decade, boosts Imavov ever person to the apical of the division. He moves up to No. 3 successful the latest ESPN middleweight rankings, down lone champion Khamzat Chimaev and the antheral helium dethroned past month, Dricus Du Plessis.

The different value people successful which rankings alteration is heavyweight, wherever Marcin Tybura drops retired of the apical 10 aft losing connected Saturday to UFC newcomer Ante Delija. Replacing Tybura astatine No. 10 is Serghei Spivac.

Here are the ESPN pound-for-pound MMA rankings and a list of existent UFC champions successful each value classes.

Results are current; rankings arsenic of Sept. 9. To beryllium eligible for the rankings, a combatant indispensable person competed implicit the past 12 months oregon indispensable person an upcoming combat booked. Fighters who person been dropped for inactivity tin beryllium reinstated lone aft they compete.