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 (5/31/23)
1) Jon Jones (1)
2) Islam Makhachev (2)
3) Alexander Volkanovski (3)
4) Aljamain Sterling (4)
5) Leon Edwards (7)
6) Israel Adesanya (9)
7) Alex Pereira (8)
8) Demetrious Johnson (10)
9) Alexandre Pantoja (N/A)
10) Jamahal Hill (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Brandon Moreno, Ciryl Gane, Yair Rodriguez, Charles Oliveira, Sean O’Malley
*Francis Ngannou and Jiří Procházka are both ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Flyweights (5/31/23)
1) Alexandre Pantoja (3)
2) Brandon Moreno (1)
3) Deiveson Figueiredo (2)
4) Amir Albazi (N/A)
5) Kai Kara-France (4)
6) Brandon Royval (6)
7) Matheus Nicolau (7)
8) Matt Schnell (8)
9) Kyoji Horiguchi (N/A)
10) Kyoji Horiguchi (10)
Honorable Mentions
Bruno Gustavo da Silva, Jarred Brooks, Manel Kape, Asu Almabaev, Makoto Takahashi
*Alex Perez, Askar Askarov, Dustin Ortiz, John Moraga, Roberto Sanchez, Darrell Montague, Danny Martinez and Hector Sandoval are ineligible.
Top 10 MMA Bantamweights (5/31/23)
1) Aljamain Sterling (1)
2) Henry Cejudo (2)
3) Demetrious Johnson (3)
4) Adriano Moraes (4)
5) Sean O’Malley (5)
6) Merab Dvalishvili (6)
7) Petr Yan (7)
8) Cory Sandhagen (8)
9) Marlon Vera (9)
10) Dominick Cruz (10)
Honorable Mentions
Song Yadong, Ricky Simón, Jonathan Martinez, Sergio Pettis, Patchy Mix, Cody Garbrandt
Top 10 MMA Featherweights (5/31/23)
1) Alexander Volkanovski (1)
2) Yair Rodriguez (2)
3) Max Holloway (3)
4) Ilia Topuria (N/A)
5) Josh Emmett (5)
6) Arnold Allen (6)
7) Patrício Freire (7)
8) Calvin Kattar (8)
9) Jeremy Kennedy (9)
10) Ádám Borics (10)
Honorable Mentions
Sodiq Yusuff, Bubba Jenkins, Movlid Khaybulaev, Gabriel Alves Braga, Jesus Pinedo
*Chan Sung Jung and Brian Ortega are both ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Lightweights (5/31/23)
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) Bobby Green (N/A)
8) Tony Ferguson (7)
9) Dan Hooker (8)
10) Olivier Aubin-Mercier (10)
Honorable Mentions
Usman Nurmagomedov, A.J. McKee, Natan Schulte, Matt Frevola, Clay Collard
*Conor McGregor is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Welterweights (5/31/23)
1) Leon Edwards (1)
2) Kamaru Usman (2)
3) Khamzat Chimaev (3)
4) Belal Muhammad (4)
5) Gilbert Burns (5)
6) Shavkat Rakhmonov (6)
7) Geoff Neal (7)
8) Yaroslav Amosov (8)
9) Michael Page (9)
10) Goiti Yamauchi (10)
Honorable Mentions
Stephen Thompson, Sadibou Sy, Nate Diaz, Rafael dos Anjos, Magomed Magomedkerimov
*Colby Covington is ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Middleweights (5/31/23)
1) Israel Adesanya (1)
2) Dricus du Plessis (6)
3) Robert Whittaker (3)
4) Jared Cannonier (5)
5) Marvin Vettori (4)
6) Derek Brunson (7)
7) Johnny Eblen (8)
8) Paulo Costa (9)
9) Brendan Allen (10)
10) Jun Yong Park (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Paul Craig, Fabian Edwards, Kelvin Gastelum, Roman Kopylov, Makhmud Muradov
*Alex Pereira has vacated the weight division.
Top 10 MMA Light Heavyweights (5/31/23)
1) Jamahal Hill (2)
2) Alex Pereira (N/A)
3) Jan Błachowicz (3)
4) Vadim Nemkov (4)
5) Cory Anderson (5)
6) Magomed Ankalaev (6)
7) Johnny Walker (7)
8) Anthony Smith (8)
9) Nikita Krylov (9)
10) Impa Kasanganay (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Anatoly Malykhin, Marthin Hamlet, Josh Silveira, Ty Flores, Reinier de Ridder
*Jiří Procházka, Antônio Carlos Júnior, Rob Wilkinson and Aleksandar Rakić are all ineligible.
Top 10 MMA Heavyweights (5/31/23)
1) Jon Jones (1)
2) Ciryl Gane (2)
3) Sergei Pavlovich (3)
4) Curtis Blaydes (4)
5) Tom Aspinall (5)
6) Alexander Volkov (6)
7) Ryan Bader (7)
8) Jailton Almeida (8)
9) Jairzinho Rozenstruik (9)
10) Tai Tuivasa (10)
Honorable Mentions
Ante Delija, Derrick Lewis, Ali Isaev, Sergey Spivak, Denis Goltsov
*Josh Barnett, Stipe Miocic, Francis Ngannou, Cheick Kongo, and Fabrício Werdum are all ineligible.
**Alistair Overeem has retired from active competition.
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.