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 (5/1/23)
1) Jon Jones (1)
2) Islam Makhachev (2)
3) Alexander Volkanovski (3)
4) Aljamain Sterling (4)
5) Brandon Moreno (5)
6) Jiří Procházka (6)
7) Leon Edwards (7)
8) Alex Pereira (8)
9) Israel Adesanya (9)
10) Demetrious Johnson (10)
Honorable Mentions
Deiveson Figueiredo, Ciryl Gane, Jamahal Hill, Yair Rodriguez, Charles Oliveira
*Francis Ngannou is ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Flyweights (5/1/23)
1) Brandon Moreno (1)
2) Deiveson Figueiredo (2)
3) Alexandre Pantoja (5)
4) Kai Kara-France (3)
5) Askar Askarov (4)
6) Brandon Royval (6)
7) Matheus Nicolau (7)
8) Matt Schnell (8)
9) Alex Perez (10)
10) Kyoji Horiguchi (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Bruno Gustavo da Silva, Jarred Brooks, Manel Kape, Amir Albazi, Asu Almabaev
*Tim Elliott, Dustin Ortiz, John Moraga, Roberto Sanchez, Darrell Montague, Danny Martinez and Hector Sandoval are ineligible.
Top 10 MMA Bantamweights (5/1/23)
1) Aljamain Sterling (1)
2) Henry Cejudo (N/A)
3) Demetrious Johnson (2)
4) Adriano Moraes (3)
5) Sean O’Malley (4)
6) Merab Dvalishvili (7)
7) Petr Yan (5)
8) Cory Sandhagen (6)
9) Marlon Vera (8)
10) Dominick Cruz (9)
Honorable Mentions
Song Yadong, Ricky Simón, Jonathan Martinez, Patchy Mix, Cody Garbrandt
*Sergio Pettis is ineligible for the rankings due to injury related inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Featherweights (5/1/23)
1) Alexander Volkanovski (1)
2) Yair Rodriguez (2)
3) Max Holloway (3)
4) Brian Ortega (4)
5) Josh Emmett (6)
6) Arnold Allen (7)
7) Patrício Freire (8)
8) Calvin Kattar (9)
9) Jeremy Kennedy (10)
10) Ádám Borics (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Sodiq Yusuff, Brendan Loughnane, Bubba Jenkins, Movlid Khaybulaev, Alejandro Flores
*Chan Sung Jung is ineligible due to inactivity.
**Shane Burgos has vacated the weight class.
Top 10 MMA Lightweights (5/1/23)
1) Islam Makhachev (1)
2) Charles Oliveira (2)
3) Justin Gaethje (3)
4) Dustin Poirier (4)
5) Michael Chandler (5)
6) Beneil Dariush (6)
7) Tony Ferguson (7)
8) Dan Hooker (8)
9) Rafael Fiziev (9)
10) Olivier Aubin-Mercier (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Usman Nurmagomedov, A.J. McKee, Natan Schulte, Bobby Green, Matt Frevola
*Conor McGregor is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Welterweights (5/1/23)
1) Leon Edwards (1)
2) Kamaru Usman (2)
3) Khamzat Chimaev (5)
4) Belal Muhammad (8)
5) Gilbert Burns (6)
6) Shavkat Rakhmonov (9)
7) Geoff Neal (7)
8) Yaroslav Amosov (10)
9) Michael Page (N/A)
10) Goiti Yamauchi (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Stephen Thompson, Sadibou Sy, Nate Diaz, Rafael dos Anjos, Magomed Magomedkerimov
*Colby Covington is ineligible due to inactivity.
**Jorge Masvidal has retired from active competition.
Top 10 MMA Middleweights (5/1/23)
1) Israel Adesanya (2)
2) Alex Pereira (1)
3) Robert Whittaker (3)
4) Marvin Vettori (4)
5) Jared Cannonier (5)
6) Dricus du Plessis (N/A)
7) Derek Brunson (6)
8) Johnny Eblen (7)
9) Paulo Costa (8)
10) Brendan Allen (10)
Honorable Mentions
Jun Yong Park, André Muniz, Fabian Edwards, Roman Dolidze, Kelvin Gastelum
Top 10 MMA Light Heavyweights (5/1/23)
1) Jiří Procházka (1)
2) Jamahal Hill (2)
3) Jan Błachowicz (3)
4) Vadim Nemkov (4)
5) Cory Anderson (5)
6) Magomed Ankalaev (7)
7) Johnny Walker (N/A)
8) Anthony Smith (8)
9) Nikita Krylov (10)
10) Antônio Carlos Júnior (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Ryan Spann, Yoel Romero, Anatoly Malykhin, Rob Wilkinson, Marthin Hamlet
*Phil Davis and Aleksandar Rakić are both ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Heavyweights (5/1/23)
1) Jon Jones (1)
2) Ciryl Gane (2)
3) Sergei Pavlovich (8)
4) Curtis Blaydes (3)
5) Tom Aspinall (4)
6) Alexander Volkov (5)
7) Ryan Bader (7)
8) Jailton Almeida (N/A)
9) Jairzinho Rozenstruik (6)
10) Tai Tuivasa (9)
Honorable Mentions
Ante Delija, Marcos Rogério de Lima, Ali Isaev, Sergey Spivak, Maurice Greene
*Josh Barnett, Stipe Miocic, Francis Ngannou, Cheick Kongo, Fabrício Werdum and Alistair Overeem are ineligible.
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.