Who's next for the flyweight title?
Champion: Joshua Van. Most likely next title challenger: Manel Kape (55%, model estimate), Early 2027 (expected). Nothing announced..
Updated (UAE time) · Percentages are NextSmash model estimates, not facts or betting advice.
Flyweight rankings and next fights
Media Panel board on ufc.com, checked 1 Oct 2026, with the Meta rank alongside. Champion plus Media top 15; risers are flagged inside the top 15. Next re-check: after UFC 332 (3 Oct). Ranks 16–30 are unofficial: a NextSmash formula, not a UFC ranking (see About).
| UFC official rankings · champion + Media panel top 15, from UFC.com | |
| C | Joshua Van 18-2-0 · Myanmar · next: Manel Kape 55% |
| 1 | Alexandre Pantoja 30-7-0 · Brazil · next: Almabayev–Horiguchi winner 20% |
| 2 | Manel Kape 23-7-0 · Portugal · next: Joshua Van 55% |
| 3 | Brandon Royval 18-9-0 · United States · next: Tatsuro Taira 18% |
| 4 | Tatsuro Taira 18-2-0 · Japan · next: Brandon Royval 18% |
| 5 | Kyoji Horiguchi 36-6-0 · Japan · next: Asu Almabayev 92% |
| 6 | Lone’er Kavanagh 10-2-0 · England · next: Ramazan Temirov 92% |
| 7 | Asu Almabayev 24-3-0 · Kazakhstan · next: Kyoji Horiguchi 92% |
| 8 | Brandon Moreno 24-10-2 · Mexico · next: Charles Johnson 70% |
| 9 | Amir Albazi 17-3-0 · Iraq · next: Alessandro Costa 92% |
| 10 | Ramazan Temirov Riser 20-3-0 · Uzbekistan · next: Lone’er Kavanagh 92% |
| 11 | Tim Elliott 23-14-1 · United States · next: Sumudaerji 12% |
| 12 | Steve Erceg 14-5-0 · Australia · next: Tim Elliott 11% |
| 13 | Sumudaerji Riser 20-7-0 · China · next: Tim Elliott 12% |
| 14 | Tagir Ulanbekov 17-3-0 · Russia · next: Alex Perez 17% |
| 15 | Alex Perez 26-11-0 · United States · next: Tagir Ulanbekov 17% |
| NextSmash unofficial ranks 16–30 · our formula, not a UFC ranking · how it works | |
| 16 | Rei Tsuruya Unofficial rank 12-1-0 · Japan · next: Mitch Raposo 15% |
| 17 | Charles Johnson Unofficial rank 20-9-0 · United States · next: Brandon Moreno 70% |
| 18 | Alessandro Costa Riser Unofficial rank 17-5-0 · Brazil · next: Amir Albazi 92% |
| 19 | Alden Coria Riser Unofficial rank 13-3-0 · United States · next: Imanol Rodriguez 92% |
| 20 | Mitch Raposo Unofficial rank 11-3-0 · United States · next: Rei Tsuruya 15% |
| 21 | Bilal Hasan Riser Unofficial rank 10-0-0 · Indonesia · next: Luis Gurule 92% |
| 22 | Andre Lima Unofficial rank 12-1-0 · Brazil · next: Joseph Morales 15% |
| 23 | Imanol Rodriguez Riser Unofficial rank 7-0-0 · Mexico · next: Alden Coria 92% |
| 24 | Joseph Morales Unofficial rank 14-3-0 · United States · next: Andre Lima 15% |
| 25 | Alibi Idiris Unofficial rank 11-1-0 · Kazakhstan · next: Andre Lima 9% |
| 26 | Jose Ochoa Unofficial rank 9-2-0 · Peru · next: Nyamjargal Tumendemberel 6% |
| 27 | Nyamjargal Tumendemberel Unofficial rank 10-1-0 · Mongolia · next: Jose Ochoa 6% |
| 28 | Lucas Rocha Unofficial rank 18-2-0 · Brazil · next: Nilson Rojas 8% |
| 29 | Fabia Sintes Unofficial rank 12-3-0 · Spain · next: Nilson Rojas 13% |
| 30 | Nilson Rojas Unofficial rank 9-1-0 · Chile · next: Fabia Sintes 13% |
Ranked in the Meta top 15 only:
- Mitch Raposo Meta #12 · Unofficial #20 here
- Rei Tsuruya Meta #13 · Unofficial #16 here
- Charles Johnson Meta #14 · Unofficial #17 here
- Alessandro Costa Meta #15 · Unofficial #18 here
Booked flyweight fights
- UFC 332: Silva vs Wang · Sat 3 Oct 2026 · Imanol Rodriguez vs Alden Coria
- UFC 333: Volkanovski vs Evloev · Sat 24 Oct 2026 · Lone’er Kavanagh vs Ramazan Temirov
- UFC 334: Gane vs Hokit · Sat 14 Nov 2026 · Bilal Hasan vs Luis Gurule
- UFC Fight Night Qatar: Procházka vs Stirling · Sat 21 Nov 2026 · Asu Almabayev vs Kyoji Horiguchi, Amir Albazi vs Alessandro Costa
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