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Issue Date: 12/09/2018 (Official Release: #626)
Fighters entering or re-entering top rankings this week
| Fighter | Current Rank | Current Division |
 Damian GrabowskiLast Fight: 10/20/2018 [Fight Exclusive Night] | 136 | Heavyweight |
 Sean JohnsonLast Fight: 11/09/2018 [Tachi Palace Fights] | 211 | Heavyweight |
| Lukasz Brzeski Last Fight: 11/10/2018 [X Fight Nights] | 244 | Heavyweight |
 Ruan PottsLast Fight: 12/08/2018 [Extreme FC Africa] | 250 | Heavyweight |
| Leo Pla Last Fight: 8/03/2018 [SteelFist Fight Night] | 250 | Light Heavyweight |
| Dante Schiro Last Fight: 12/07/2018 [Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA)] | 358 | Middleweight |
 Antonio GordilloLast Fight: 9/30/2018 [Kumite 1 League] | 399 | Middleweight |
 Cassio LisboaLast Fight: 8/17/2018 [Roca Fighting League] | 400 | Middleweight |
 Gunnar NelsonLast Fight: 12/08/2018 [UFC] | 16 | Welterweight |
| Kamil Gniadek Last Fight: 10/20/2018 [Fight Exclusive Night] | 391 | Welterweight |
 Glen PettigrewLast Fight: 12/08/2018 [Eternal MMA] | 567 | Welterweight |
 Brogan AndersonLast Fight: 12/07/2018 [X-treme FC] | 584 | Welterweight |
 Ange LoosaLast Fight: 12/07/2018 [Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA)] | 600 | Welterweight |
 Nathius FrederickLast Fight: 12/01/2018 [Caged Steel Fighting Championship] | 631 | Welterweight |
| Marco Smallman Last Fight: 8/03/2018 [Warrior Xtreme Cagefighting] | 648 | Welterweight |
 Theodorus GintingLast Fight: 9/08/2018 [One Pride MMA] | 649 | Welterweight |
| Tim Barnett Last Fight: 12/08/2018 [Cage Warriors Fighting Championship] | 650 | Welterweight |
| Michael Bravo Last Fight: 11/09/2018 [Tachi Palace Fights] | 546 | Lightweight |
 Emerson RiosLast Fight: 12/01/2018 [Maxfight] | 631 | Lightweight |
 Radu MaximLast Fight: 11/24/2018 [Ansgar Fighting League] | 640 | Lightweight |
| Chris Padilla Last Fight: 4/06/2018 [Classic Entertainment and Sports (CES MMA)] | 645 | Lightweight |
| Maicon Miler Last Fight: 5/12/2018 [JVT Championship] | 646 | Lightweight |
 Kenichiro TogashiLast Fight: 10/21/2018 [Pancrase] | 648 | Lightweight |
| Paulo Goncalves Silva Last Fight: 9/30/2018 [Kumite 1 League] | 649 | Lightweight |
 Vugar BakhshievLast Fight: 11/10/2018 [Integra Fighting Championship] | 650 | Lightweight |
| Roedie Roets Last Fight: 12/08/2018 [Extreme FC Africa] | 347 | Featherweight |
| Tamyray Lacerda Last Fight: 12/02/2018 [Imortal Fight Championship] | 436 | Featherweight |
| Pablo Sabori Last Fight: 12/07/2018 [Combate Americas] | 449 | Featherweight |
| Shoji Maruyama Last Fight: 12/02/2018 [Grachan] | 460 | Featherweight |
 Benjamin Jiron MolinaLast Fight: 11/30/2018 [N/A] | 491 | Featherweight |
| Lucas Pereira Last Fight: 5/12/2018 [Haidar Capixaba Combat] | 550 | Featherweight |
 Josh HillLast Fight: 12/07/2018 [TKO] | 85 | Bantamweight |
| Aiden Stephen Last Fight: 12/08/2018 [Cage Warriors Fighting Championship] | 314 | Bantamweight |
 Chan RothanaLast Fight: 12/07/2018 [One Fighting Championship] | 344 | Bantamweight |
| Scott Malone Last Fight: 12/08/2018 [Cage Warriors Fighting Championship] | 345 | Bantamweight |
| Adam MacDougall Last Fight: 12/01/2018 [Modern Fighting Championship] | 425 | Bantamweight |
 Borislav NikolicLast Fight: 2/18/2018 [Athletic Fighting Championship] | 450 | Bantamweight |
| Rafael Costa Last Fight: 12/01/2018 [Maxfight] | 176 | Flyweight |
 Firdavs KhasanovLast Fight: 11/24/2018 [Kingdom Professional Fight] | 201 | Flyweight |
| Marc Tong Van Last Fight: 12/02/2018 [KOTC] | 243 | Flyweight |
 Hayatun Jihin RadzuanLast Fight: 12/07/2018 [One Fighting Championship] | 51 | Women Strawweight |
| Zaira Dyshekova Last Fight: 3/10/2018 [Golden Team] | 34 | Women Bantamweight |
| Jamila Sandora Last Fight: 10/06/2018 [Niteroi Top Fight] | 35 | Women Bantamweight |
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