Tom Nolan went from up-and-coming prospect to bona fide title contender by smashing Renato Carneiro atop the UFC Halloween fight card last weekend in Las Vegas. “Big Train” jumped from No. 12 to No. 7 in the official lightweight rankings update, while “Moicano” fell six spots from No. 8 to No. 14.

In the welterweight division, undefeated “Contender Series” grad Jacobe Smith made his debut in the division Top 15, dispatching veteran banger Randy Brown to secure the No. 14 spot in the official 170-pound rankings. As a result, Kevin Holland fell one spot to No. 15 and Daniel Rodriguez dropped off the chart altogether.

Check out the updated UFC Meta Rankings below (for an explanation on how they work click here).

Champion: Joshua Van

1. Manel Kape
2. Alexandre Pantoja
3. Brandon Royval
4. Tatsuro Taira
5. Lone’er Kavanagh
6. Asu Almabayev
7. Kyoji Horiguchi
8. Amir Albazi
9. Brandon Moreno
10. Ramazan Temirov
11. Sumudaerji
12. Mitch Raposo
13. Imanol Rodriguez
14. Rei Tsuruya
15. Charles Johnson

Champion: Petr Yan

1. Merab Dvalishvili
2. Song Yadong
3. Sean O’Malley
4. Mario Bautista
5. Umar Nurmagomedov
6. Cory Sandhagen
7. David Martinez
8. Raul Rosas Jr.
9. Farid Basharat
10. Payton Talbott
11. Montel Jackson
12. Aiemann Zahabi
13. Bryce Mitchell
14. Marlon Vera
15. Raoni Barcelos

Champion: Alexander Volkanovski

1. Movsar Evloev
2. Diego Lopes
3. Lerone Murphy
4. Aljamain Sterling
5. Jean Silva
6. Arnold Allen
7. Pat Sabatini
8. Pavel Andrusca
9. Youssef Zalal
10. Aaron Pico
11. Kevin Vallejos
12. Joanderson Brito
13. Melquizael Costa
14. Steve Garcia
15. Jamall Emmers

Champion: Justin Gaethje

1. Ilia Topuria
2. Arman Tsarukyan
3. Charles Oliveira
4. Max Holloway
5. Paddy Pimblett
6. Quillan Salkilld
7. Tom Nolan +5
8. Benoit Saint Denis -1
9. Mateusz Gamrot
10. Mauricio Ruffy
11. Grant Dawson
12. Tofiq Musayev +1
13. Rafael Fiziev +1
14. Renato Moicano -6
15. Esteban Ribovics

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. Mike Malott
9. Uros Medic
10. Leon Edwards
11. Kamaru Usman
12. Joaquin Buckley
13. Yaroslav Amosov
14. Jacobe Smith *NR
15. Kevin Holland -1

Champion: Sean Strickland

1. Khamzat Chimaev
2. Dricus Du Plessis
3. Nassourdine Imavov
4. Brendan Allen
5. Joe Pyfer
6. Caio Borralho
7. Gregory Rodrigues
8. Anthony Hernandez
9. Abus Magomedov
10. Israel Adesanya
11. Ikram Aliskerov
12. Christian Leroy Duncan
13. Bo Nickal
14. Roman Kopylov
15. Edmen Shahbazyan

Champion: Carlos Ulberg

1. Alex Pereira
2. Magomed Ankalaev
3. Jiri Prochazka
4. Dominick Reyes
5. Paulo Costa
6. Khalil Rountree
7. Navajo Stirling
8. Reinier de Ridder
9. Alonzo Menifield
10. Bogdan Guskov
11. Robert Whittaker
12. Muhammad Saidov
13. Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev
14. Azamat Murzakanov
15. Modestas Bukauskas

Champion: Ciryl Gane

1. Tom Aspinall
2. Alexander Volkov
3. Alex Pereira
4. Sergei Pavlovich
5. Josh Hokit
6. Curtis Blaydes
7. Rizvan Kuniev
8. Waldo Cortes Acosta
9. Vitor Petrino
10. Mario Pinto
11. Valter Walker
12. Johnny Walker
13. Brando Pericic
14. Serghei Spivac
15. Anthony Wint

Champion: Mackenzie Dern

1. Zhang Weili
2. Virna Jandiroba
3. Tatiana Suarez
4. Denise Gomes
5. Gillian Robertson
6. Fatima Klein
7. Piera Rodriguez +3
8. Iasmine Lucindo -1
9. Alexia Thainara -1
10. Loopy Godinez -1
11. Yan Xiaonan
12. Mizuki Inoue
13. Tabatha Ricci
14. Amanda Lemos +1
15. Sam Hughes *NR

Champion: Natalia Silva

1. Valentina Shevchenko
2. Alexa Grasso
3. Jasmine Jasudavicius
4. Manon Fiorot
5. Erin Blanchfield
6. Zhang Weili
7. Rose Namajunas
8. Wang Cong
9. Maycee Barber
10. Tracy Cortez
11. Casey O’Neill
12. Miranda Maverick
13. Regina Tarin
14. Karine Silva
15. Carli Judice

Champion: Kayla Harrison

1. Joselyne Edwards
2. Ailin Perez
3. Luana Santos +1
4. Norma Dumont -1
5. Julianna Pena
6. Jacqueline Cavalcanti +1
7. Michelle Montague +1
8. Yana Santos -2
9. Chelsea Chandler
10. Karol Rosa
11. Bia Mesquita
12. Alice Pereira
13. Nora Cornolle
14. Macy Chiasson
15. Melissa Croden

You can expect these rankings to change around this time next week, particularly in the heavyweight division, following the upcoming UFC Vegas 124: “Cortes-Acosta” MMA event on Paramount+, scheduled for Sat., Nov. 7, 2026 at Meta Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.

For much more on that upcoming fight card click here.