The MMA Freak rankings are voted on by members of the Freak staff. Note that fighters who are serving drug related suspensions, have been inactive for over twelve months or have recently retired are currently ineligible. Also note that fighters are only eligible for one weight class unless they are champions in multiple divisions in which case exceptions are made:
Top 10 MMA P4P Fighters (1/1/22)
1) Kamaru Usman (1)
2) Alexander Volkanovski (2)
3) Francis Ngannou (3)
4) Glover Teixeira (4)
5) Jan Błachowicz (5)
6) Israel Adesanya (6)
7) Petr Yan (7)
8) Deiveson Figueiredo (8)
9) Brandon Moreno (9)
10) Charles Oliveira (10)
Honorable Mentions
Aljamain Sterling, Ciryl Gane, Derrick Lewis, Justin Gaethje, Chan Sung Jung
*Jon Jones is ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Flyweights (1/1/22)
1) Deiveson Figueiredo (1)
2) Brandon Moreno (2)
3) Adriano Moraes (3)
4) Demetrious Johnson (4)
5) Askar Askarov (5)
6) Alexandre Pantoja (6)
7) Matt Schnell (7)
8) David Dvořák (8)
9) Matheus Nicolau (9)
10) Tim Elliott (10)
Honorable Mentions
Tagir Ulanbekov, Kai Kara-France, Zarrukh Adashev, Jarred Brooks, Bruno Gustavo da Silva
*John Moraga, Roberto Sanchez, Darrell Montague, Danny Martinez, Hector Sandoval, Alex Perez, Jussier da Silva and Ashkan Mokhtarian are ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Bantamweights (1/1/22)
1) Petr Yan (1)
2) Aljamain Sterling (2)
3) Dominick Cruz (3)
4) TJ Dillashaw (4)
5) Cory Sandhagen (5)
6) José Aldo (6)
7) Marlon Vera (7)
8) Frankie Edgar (8)
9) Rob Font (9)
10) Cody Garbrandt (10)
Honorable Mentions
Merab Dvalishvili, Sergio Pettis, Ricky Simon, Said Nurmagomedov, Timur Valiev
Top 10 MMA Featherweights (1/1/22)
1) Alexander Volkanovski (1)
2) Brian Ortega (2)
3) Max Holloway (3)
4) Yair Rodriguez (4)
5) Chan Sung Jung (5)
6) Calvin Kattar (6)
7) A.J. McKee (7)
8) Patricio Freire (8)
9) Josh Emmett (9)
10) Cub Swanson (10)
Honorable Mentions
Alex Caceres, Aaron Pico, Leandro Higo, Mateusz Gamrot, Shane Burgos
*Zabit Magomedsharipov is ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Lightweights (1/1/22)
1) Charles Oliveira (1)
2) Justin Gaethje (2)
3) Michael Chandler (3)
4) Dustin Poirier (4)
5) Beneil Dariush (5)
6) Tony Ferguson (6)
7) Islam Makhachev (7)
8) Dan Hooker (8)
9) Conor McGregor (9)
10) Rafael Fiziev (10)
Honorable Mentions
Bobby Green, Patricky Freire, Raush Manfio, Joel Álvarez, Saul Rogers
*Rafael dos Anjos is ineligible due to inactivity.
**Patricio Freire has vacated the weight class.
Top 10 MMA Welterweights (1/1/22)
1) Kamaru Usman (1)
2) Gilbert Burns (2)
3) Jorge Masvidal (3)
4) Colby Covington (4)
5) Neil Magny (5)
6) Vicente Luque (6)
7) Yaroslav Amosov (7)
8) Sean Brady (8)
9) Michael Chiesa (9)
10) Leon Edwards (10)
Honorable Mentions
Khamzat Chimaev, Ray Cooper III, Michael Page, Neiman Gracie, Gleison Tibau
Top 10 MMA Middleweights (1/1/22)
1) Israel Adesanya (1)
2) Robert Whittaker (2)
3) Marvin Vettori (3)
4) Derek Brunson (4)
5) Darren Till (5)
6) Gegard Mousasi (6)
7) Paulo Costa (7)
8) Jared Cannonier (8)
9) Kelvin Gastelum (9)
10) Krzysztof Jotko (10)
Honorable Mentions
Eryk Anders, Charlie Ward, Uriah Hall, Kevin Holland, Austin Vanderford
*Khamzat Chimaev has vacated the weight class.
Top 10 MMA Light Heavyweights (1/1/22)
1) Glover Teixeira (1)
2) Jan Blachowicz (2)
3) Anthony Johnson (3)
4) Cory Anderson (4)
5) Jiří Procházka (5)
6) Dominick Reyes (6)
7) Aleksandar Rakić (7)
8) Anthony Smith (8)
9) Magomed Ankalaev (9)
10) Vadim Nemkov (10)
Honorable Mentions
Paul Craig, Phil Davis, Thiago Santos, Krzysztof Jotko, Jamahal Hill
*Jon Jones is ineligible due to inactivity.
**Ryan Bader has vacated the weight class.
Top 10 MMA Heavyweights (1/1/22)
1) Francis Ngannou (1)
2) Ciryl Gane (2)
3) Stipe Miocic (4)
4) Alexander Volkov (5)
5) Curtis Blaydes (6)
6) Jairzinho Rozenstruik (7)
7) Fabrício Werdum (9)
8) Ryan Bader (10)
9) Tai Tuivasa (N/A)
10) Derrick Lewis (3)
Honorable Mentions
Tom Aspinall, Cheick Kongo, Fedor Emelianenko, Andrei Arlovski, Parker Porter
*Josh Barnett, Ali Isaev and Alistair Overeem are ineligible for rankings due to inactivity.
Until major promotions start utilizing the super lightweight, super welterweight, super middleweight and cruiser weight classes, MMA Freak will not generate rankings for fighters in said weight classes.