| 1 |  | Sean Strickland United States | 31-7 | Xtreme Couture | 2014 | - |
| 2 |  | Nassourdine Imavov "The Sniper" | France | 17-4 | Venum Training Camp | 1964 | - |
| 3 |  | Khamzat Chimaev "Borz" | United Arab Emirates | 15-1 | Allstars Training Center | 1984 | - |
| 4 |  | Dricus Du Plessis "Stillknocks" | South Africa | 24-3 | Team CIT | 2063 | - |
| 5 |  | Michael Page "Venom" | England | 26-3 | London Shootfighters | 1972 | - |
| 6 |  | Kamaru Usman "The Nigerian Nightmare" | Nigeria | 21-5 | Kill Cliff FC | 1994 | - |
| 7 |  | Gregory Rodrigues "RoboCop" | Brazil | 20-6 | Kill Cliff FC | 1943 | - |
| 8 |  | Joe Pyfer "Bodybagz" | United States | Next: vs. Bo Nickal | 16-3 | Team Balance | 1904 | - |
| 9 |  | Caio Borralho "The Natural" | Brazil | Next: vs. Yousri Belgaroui | 18-2 | The Fighting Nerds | 1914 | - |
| 10 |  | Anthony Hernandez "Fluffy" | United States | 15-4 | MMA Gold Fight Team | 1880 | - |
| 11 |  | Brendan Allen "All In" | United States | Next: vs. Christian Leroy Duncan | 27-7 | Kill Cliff FC | 1998 | - |
| 12 |  | Israel Adesanya "The Last Stylebender" | Nigeria | 24-6 | City Kickboxing | 1889 | - |
| 13 |  | Christian Leroy Duncan England | Next: vs. Brendan Allen | 15-2 | Range Martial Arts Academy | 1878 | - |
| 14 |  | Jared Cannonier "The Killa Gorilla" | United States | Next: vs. Ikram Aliskerov | 18-10 | MMA Lab | 1842 | - |
| 15 |  | Costello van Steenis "The Spaniard" | Spain | 18-3 | MMA Vlaardingen | 1815 | - |
| 16 |  | Pawel Pawlak "Plastinho" | Poland | Next: vs. Piotr Kuberski | 26-4-1 | Octopus Lodz | 1812 | - |
| 17 |  | Ikram Aliskerov Russia | Next: vs. Jared Cannonier | 18-2 | KHK MMA | 1883 | - |
| 18 |  | Krzysztof Jotko Poland | Next: vs. Makhmud Muradov | 30-6 | American Top Team | 1870 | - |
| 19 |  | Roberto Soldic "Robocop" | Croatia | 22-4 | UFD Gym | 1837 | ▲11 |
| 20 |  | Eduard Vartanyan "Lion Heart" | Russia | 28-4 | Strela Team | 1862 | ▼1 |
| 21 |  | Johnny Eblen "Pressure" | United States | 18-1 | American Top Team | 1862 | ▼1 |
| 22 |  | Abus Magomedov Russia | Next: vs. Cameron Rowston | 29-7-1 | UFD Gym | 1866 | ▼1 |
| 23 |  | Makhmud Muradov "Mach" | Uzbekistan | Next: vs. Krzysztof Jotko | 30-8 | Ankos MMA | 1850 | ▼1 |
| 24 |  | Sharabutdin Magomedov "Shara Bullet" | Russia | 17-1 | GOR MMA | 1854 | ▼1 |
| 25 |  | Vladislav Kovalev "Belaz" | Belarus | 6-1 | Alexander Nevsky Club | 1639 | ▼1 |
| 26 |  | Alexander Shlemenko "Storm" | Russia | 68-17-1 | Storm Shlemenko Fight Team | 1889 | ▼1 |
| 27 |  | Nursulton Ruziboev "Black" | Uzbekistan | 37-10-2 | UZB Patriot | 1850 | ▼1 |
| 28 |  | Magomedrasul Gasanov Russia | 23-2 | Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov School | 1803 | ▼1 |
| 29 |  | Mamed Khalidov Poland | 38-9-2 | Arrachion Olsztyn | 1874 | ▼1 |
| 30 |  | Bryan Battle "The Butcher" | United States | Next: vs. Boris Mbarga Atangana | 13-3 | Hayastan MMA Charlotte | 1811 | ▼1 |
| 31 |  | Edmen Shahbazyan "The Golden Boy" | United States | 17-6 | Xtreme Couture | 1824 | - |
| 32 |  | Roman Kopylov Russia | 16-5 | Raty Team | 1823 | ▲17 |
| 33 |  | Omari Akhmedov "Wolverine" | Russia | 26-8-1 | American Top Team | 1830 | ▼1 |
| 34 |  | Anatoly Tokov Russia | 30-4 | FedorTeam | 1835 | ▼1 |
| 35 |  | Kelvin Gastelum United States | 20-11 | Fight Ready | 1804 | ▼1 |
| 36 |  | Bo Nickal United States | Next: vs. Joe Pyfer | 9-1 | American Top Team Happy Valley | 1806 | ▼1 |
| 37 |  | Rodolfo Vieira "The Black Belt Hunter" | Brazil | 12-5 | Fusion X-Cel Performance | 1700 | ▼1 |
| 38 |  | Marco Tulio "Matuto" | Brazil | 14-3 | Chute Boxe Diego Lima | 1701 | ▲12 |
| 39 |  | Tresean Gore "Mr. Vicious" | United States | 7-4 | MMA Lab | 1653 | ▼2 |
| 40 |  | Vicente Luque "The Silent Assassin" | United States | 24-13-1 | Kill Cliff FC | 1847 | ▼2 |
| 41 |  | Andre Muniz "Sergipano" | Brazil | 24-8 | Tata Fight Team Montes Claros | 1783 | ▲2 |
| 42 |  | Jun Yong Park "The Iron Turtle" | South Korea | 19-7 | World Top Team | 1798 | ▲2 |
| 43 |  | Ismail Naurdiev "Berzdog" | Austria | 26-8 | Top Team Salzburg | 1789 | ▲16 |
| 44 |  | Uzair Abdurakov Russia | 20-3-1 | Universal Fighters | 1741 | ▼5 |
| 45 |  | Andrei Koshkin Russia | 28-11 | Russian Top Team | 1778 | ▼5 |
| 46 |  | Cezary Oleksiejczuk Poland | 17-3 | Akademia Sportow Walki Wilanow | 1777 | ▼5 |
| 47 |  | Albert Tumenov "Einstein" | Russia | Next: vs. Zhakshylyk Myrzabekov | 25-7 | American Top Team | 1823 | ▼5 |
| 48 |  | Vincent del Guerra "The Warrior" | France | 35-22-1 | MK Legion | 1770 | ▼3 |
| 49 |  | Cameron Rowston "Battle Giraffe" | Australia | Next: vs. Abus Magomedov | 15-3 | City Kickboxing | 1765 | ▲71 |
| 50 |  | Kerim Engizek Turkey | 24-6 | UFD Gym | 1772 | ▼3 |