Who's next for the featherweight title?

Champion: Alexander Volkanovski. Next title fight (official): Alexander Volkanovski vs Movsar Evloev at UFC 333: Volkanovski vs Evloev, Sat 24 Oct 2026.

Updated 2 Oct 2026 (UAE time) · Percentages are NextSmash model estimates, not facts or betting advice.

Featherweight 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	Alexander Volkanovski 28-4-0 · Australia · next: Movsar Evloev 92%
1	Movsar Evloev 20-0-0 · Russia · next: Alexander Volkanovski 92%
2	Diego Lopes 28-8-0 · Brazil · next: Lerone Murphy 18%
3	Lerone Murphy 17-1-1 · England · next: Diego Lopes 18%
4	Aljamain Sterling 26-5-0 · United States · next: Kevin Vallejos 92%
5	Jean Silva 18-3-0 · Brazil · next: Yair Rodriguez 15%
6	Yair Rodriguez 20-5-0 · Mexico · next: Jean Silva 15%
7	Arnold Allen 21-4-0 · England · next: Aaron Pico 92%
8	Youssef Zalal 18-6-1 · Morocco · next: Steve Garcia 17%
9	Kevin Vallejos Riser 18-1-0 · Argentina · next: Aljamain Sterling 92%
10	Steve Garcia 19-6-0 · United States · next: Youssef Zalal 17%
11	Aaron Pico 14-5-0 · United States · next: Arnold Allen 92%
12	Melquizael Costa 26-8-0 · Brazil · next: Steve Garcia 12%
13	Brian Ortega 16-5-0 · United States · next: Dan Hooker 92%
14	Patricio Pitbull 38-9-0 · Brazil · next: David Onama 18%
15	David Onama 14-3-0 · Uganda · next: Patricio Pitbull 18%
NextSmash unofficial ranks 16–30 · our formula, not a UFC ranking · how it works
16	Pat Sabatini Unofficial rank 22-5-0 · United States · next: Pavel Andrusca 15%
17	Pavel Andrusca Riser Unofficial rank 9-0-0 · Moldova · next: Pat Sabatini 15%
18	Joanderson Brito Unofficial rank 20-5-1 · Brazil · next: Pat Sabatini 8%
19	Luke Riley Riser Unofficial rank 14-0-0 · England · next: Joanderson Brito 7%
20	Tommy McMillen Riser Unofficial rank 12-0-0 · United States · next: Luke Riley 6%
21	Marcio Barbosa Unofficial rank 19-2-0 · Brazil · next: Tommy McMillen 6%
22	Kaan Ofli Unofficial rank 15-4-1 · Australia · next: Jamall Emmers 7%
23	Jamall Emmers Unofficial rank 23-8-0 · United States · next: Rodrigo Vera 8%
24	Rodrigo Vera Riser Unofficial rank 22-1-1 · Peru · next: Jamall Emmers 8%
25	Shane Collins Riser Unofficial rank 8-0-0 · United States · next: Rodrigo Vera 8%
26	Murtazali Magomedov Riser Unofficial rank 11-0-0 · Kyrgyzstan · next: Jose Delano 92%
27	Sean King III Riser Unofficial rank 7-0-0 · United States · next: Marwan Rahiki 10%
28	Yadier del Valle Unofficial rank 11-1-0 · Cuba · next: Marwan Rahiki 14%
29	Marwan Rahiki Unofficial rank 9-1-0 · Morocco · next: Yadier del Valle 14%
30	Keiichiro Nakamura Riser Unofficial rank 8-1-0 · Japan · next: Ollie Schmid 92%

Ranked in the Meta top 15 only:

Pat Sabatini Meta #7 · Unofficial #16 here
Pavel Andrusca Meta #8 · Unofficial #17 here
Joanderson Brito Meta #11 · Unofficial #18 here
Jamall Emmers Meta #15 · Unofficial #23 here

Booked featherweight fights

UFC 332: Silva vs Wang · Sat 3 Oct 2026 · Marcus McGhee vs Anthony Romero
UFC Fight Night: Allen vs Duncan · Sat 10 Oct 2026 · Andre Fili vs Kai Kamaka III
UFC 333: Volkanovski vs Evloev · Sat 24 Oct 2026 · Alexander Volkanovski vs Movsar Evloev, Arnold Allen vs Aaron Pico
UFC Vegas 123: Moicano vs Nolan · Sat 31 Oct 2026 · Julian Erosa vs JeongYeong Lee, Francis Marshall vs Gaston Bolanos
UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs Brady · Sat 7 Nov 2026 · Austin Bashi vs Lucas Brennan, Keiichiro Nakamura vs Ollie Schmid, Jose Delano vs Murtazali Magomedov
UFC Fight Night Qatar: Procházka vs Stirling · Sat 21 Nov 2026 · Aljamain Sterling vs Kevin Vallejos

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