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 there are exceptions:
Top 10 MMA P4P Fighters (8/1/23)
1) Jon Jones (1)
2) Islam Makhachev (2)
3) Alexander Volkanovski (3)
4) Leon Edwards (5)
5) Israel Adesanya (6)
6) Alex Pereira (7)
7) Demetrious Johnson (8)
8) Alexandre Pantoja (9)
9) Jamahal Hill (10)
10) Sean O’Malley (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Aljamain Sterling, Brandon Moreno, Ciryl Gane, Yair Rodriguez, Charles Oliveira
*Francis Ngannou and Jiří Procházka are both ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Flyweights (8/1/23)
1) Alexandre Pantoja (1)
2) Brandon Moreno (2)
3) Deiveson Figueiredo (3)
4) Amir Albazi (4)
5) Kai Kara-France (5)
6) Brandon Royval (6)
7) Matheus Nicolau (7)
8) Matt Schnell (8)
9) Kyoji Horiguchi (9)
10) Makoto Takahashi (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Bruno Gustavo da Silva, Jarred Brooks, Manel Kape, Asu Almabaev, Azat Maksum
*Alex Perez, Askar Askarov, Dustin Ortiz, John Moraga, Roberto Sanchez, Darrell Montague, Danny Martinez and Hector Sandoval are ineligible.
Top 10 MMA Bantamweights (8/1/23)
1) Sean O’Malley (5)
2) Aljamain Sterling (1)
3) Henry Cejudo (2)
4) Demetrious Johnson (3)
5) Adriano Moraes (4)
6) Merab Dvalishvili (6)
7) Petr Yan (7)
8) Cory Sandhagen (8)
9) Marlon Vera (9)
10) Song Yadong (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Ricky Simón, Jonathan Martinez, Sergio Pettis, Patchy Mix, Cody Garbrandt
*Dominick Cruz is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Featherweights (8/1/23)
1) Alexander Volkanovski (1)
2) Yair Rodriguez (2)
3) Max Holloway (3)
4) Chan Sung Jung (N/A)
5) Ilia Topuriav (4)
6) Josh Emmett (5)
7) Arnold Allen (6)
8) Patrício Freire (7)
9) Calvin Kattar (8)
10) Jeremy Kennedy (9)
Honorable Mentions
Ádám Borics, Sodiq Yusuff, Gabriel Alves Braga, Jesus Pinedo, Bubba Jenkins
*Brian Ortega and Movlid Khaybulaev are both ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Lightweights (8/1/23)
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) Bobby Green (7)
8) Tony Ferguson (8)
9) Dan Hooker (9)
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 (8/1/23)
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, Nate Diaz, Magomed Magomedkerimov, Vicente Luque, Sadibou Sy
*Colby Covington and are both ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Middleweights (8/1/23)
1) Israel Adesanya (1)
2) Sean Strickland (N/A)
3) Dricus du Plessis (2)
4) Robert Whittaker (3)
5) Jared Cannonier (4)
6) Marvin Vettori (5)
7) Derek Brunson (6)
8) Johnny Eblen (7)
9) Brendan Allen (9)
10) Jun Yong Park (10)
Honorable Mentions
Paul Craig, Fabian Edwards, Kelvin Gastelum, Roman Kopylov, Makhmud Muradov
*Paulo Costa is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Light Heavyweights (8/1/23)
1) Jamahal Hill (1)
2) Alex Pereira (2)
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 (10)
Honorable Mentions
Josh Silveira, Reinier de Ridder, Azamat Murzakanov, Bogdan Guskov, Aung La Nsang
*Jiří Procházka, Antônio Carlos Júnior, Rob Wilkinson and Aleksandar Rakić are all ineligible.
**Anatoly Malykhin is being recategorized as a heavyweight due to the nature of ONE FC’s weight classes
Top 10 MMA Heavyweights (8/1/23)
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, Anatoly Malykhin, Linton Vassell
*Josh Barnett, Stipe Miocic, Francis Ngannou, Cheick Kongo, and Fabrício Werdum are all 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.