New Zealand UFC fighters
4 ranked or featured fighters from New Zealand across lightweight, light heavyweight and women's bantamweight, sorted champion first, then by rank. Each one's top next-opponent pick is a model estimate.
| C | Carlos Ulberg Light Heavyweight · Champion 15-1-0 · New Zealand · next: Magomed Ankalaev 40% |
| 5 | Navajo Stirling Riser Light Heavyweight · #5 11-0-0 · New Zealand · next: Jiří Procházka 92% |
| 12 | Michelle Montague Riser Women's Bantamweight · #12 8-0-0 · New Zealand · next: Nora Cornolle 12% |
| 13 | Dan Hooker Lightweight · #13 24-15-0 · New Zealand · next: Brian Ortega 90% |
Country is the citizenship shown on each fighter's ESPN profile, checked against their UFC.com place of birth (1 Oct 2026). Ranks are UFC.com Media Panel ranks within each division, so a #4 welterweight and a #4 lightweight sit side by side. Ranks 16–30 are unofficial NextSmash ranks, not UFC rankings.