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Issue Date: 10/14/2018 (Official Release: #617)
Fighters entering or re-entering top rankings this week
| Fighter | Current Rank | Current Division |
 Frank TateLast Fight: 9/29/2018 [N/A] | 222 | Heavyweight |
 Petr OndrusLast Fight: 10/06/2018 [X Fight Nights] | 185 | Light Heavyweight |
 Nazhmuddin IslamovLast Fight: 4/22/2018 [Berkut Young Eagles] | 249 | Light Heavyweight |
 Cassio LisboaLast Fight: 8/17/2018 [Roca Fighting League] | 387 | Middleweight |
| Josh Henry Last Fight: 6/22/2018 [Ascendancy Fighting Championship] | 400 | Middleweight |
| Kemran Lachinov Last Fight: 10/12/2018 [BellatorFC] | 369 | Welterweight |
 Rudi GunawanLast Fight: 10/06/2018 [One Pride MMA] | 458 | Welterweight |
| Lom-Ali Nalgiev Last Fight: 10/06/2018 [Strength & Honour Championship (Belgium)] | 577 | Welterweight |
| Wesley Golden Last Fight: 9/29/2018 [N/A] | 607 | Welterweight |
 Horacio BepreLast Fight: 10/06/2018 [Hualsur Sport Combat] | 612 | Welterweight |
 Jose Mauricio da Rocha Jr.Last Fight: 9/07/2018 [Extreme FC Africa] | 632 | Welterweight |
| Artem Nenakov Last Fight: 8/22/2018 [League S-70] | 638 | Welterweight |
| Jose Luis Verdugo Last Fight: 10/05/2018 [Lux Fight League] | 523 | Lightweight |
| Tahir Abdullaev Last Fight: 9/28/2018 [Hooligan Fight Night] | 538 | Lightweight |
 Chris BungardLast Fight: 11/18/2017 [N/A] | 644 | Lightweight |
| Ruslan Tedeev Last Fight: 8/29/2018 [Crimea Rush] | 645 | Lightweight |
| Josue Vieira Last Fight: 1/24/2018 [Batalha MMA Championship] | 646 | Lightweight |
| Jose Flores Last Fight: 8/29/2017 [Dana Whites Tuesday Night Contender Series] | 647 | Lightweight |
 Majdeddine AyadiLast Fight: 12/01/2017 [Fresquez Productions] | 649 | Lightweight |
 Mikael NyyssonenLast Fight: 9/09/2017 [The Cage] | 650 | Lightweight |
| Michael Barnett Last Fight: 9/29/2018 [N/A] | 342 | Featherweight |
| Enrique Gonzalez Last Fight: 10/05/2018 [Lux Fight League] | 424 | Featherweight |
| Roger Sampaio Last Fight: 8/18/2018 [#MMAFighter] | 514 | Featherweight |
 Jesse MedinaLast Fight: 9/29/2018 [Aftershock MMA] | 518 | Featherweight |
| Ricky Turcios Last Fight: 10/06/2018 [KOTC] | 167 | Bantamweight |
 Hikaru YoshinoLast Fight: 9/16/2018 [N/A] | 390 | Bantamweight |
| Rickson Thai Zenidim Bueno Last Fight: 10/06/2018 [Hualsur Sport Combat] | 411 | Bantamweight |
| John Sweeney Last Fight: 3/24/2018 [864 Fighting Championship] | 449 | Bantamweight |
 Tyler WilsonLast Fight: 8/25/2018 [Fighting Alliance] | 450 | Bantamweight |
| Tommy Espinosa Last Fight: 10/13/2018 [BellatorFC] | 193 | Flyweight |
| Tomohiro Adaniya Last Fight: 4/08/2018 [DEEP] | 247 | Flyweight |
| Rogerio Rogerio Last Fight: 3/03/2018 [Strike Fighting Championship (Brazil)] | 248 | Flyweight |
| Jandickson Pereira Last Fight: 8/04/2018 [Maceio Fighting Championship] | 249 | Flyweight |
| Alan Diosdado Last Fight: 12/09/2017 [Xtreme Fighters Latino] | 250 | Flyweight |
 Gexi SanlangLast Fight: 6/27/2018 [Wu Lin Feng] | 8 | Strawweight |
| Alesha Zappitella Last Fight: 7/21/2018 [Invicta FC] | 15 | Women Atomweight |
 Liliya KazakLast Fight: 5/11/2018 [Samara MMA Federation] | 35 | Women Bantamweight |
| Janay Harding Last Fight: 10/12/2018 [BellatorFC] | 13 | Women Featherweight |
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