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 (9/30/23)
1) Jon Jones (1)
2) Islam Makhachev (2)
3) Alexander Volkanovski (3)
4) Leon Edwards (4)
5) Alex Pereira (5)
6) Demetrious Johnson (6)
7) Alexandre Pantoja (7)
8) Jamahal Hill (8)
9) Sean O’Malley (9)
10) Sean Strickland (10)
Honorable Mentions
Israel Adesanya, Ciryl Gane, Charles Oliveira, Sergei Pavlovich, Tom Aspinall
*Francis Ngannou, Stipe Miocic and Jiří Procházka are all ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Flyweights (9/30/23)
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 (10)
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 (9/30/23)
1) Sean O’Malley (1)
2) Aljamain Sterling (2)
3) Henry Cejudo (3)
4) Demetrious Johnson (4)
5) Adriano Moraes (5)
6) Merab Dvalishvili (6)
7) Petr Yan (7)
8) Cory Sandhagen (8)
9) Marlon Vera (9)
10) Song Yadong (10)
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 (9/30/23)
1) Alexander Volkanovski (1)
2) Yair Rodriguez (2)
3) Max Holloway (3)
4) Chan Sung Jung (4)
5) Ilia Topuriav (5)
6) Josh Emmett (6)
7) Arnold Allen (7)
8) Patrício Freire (8)
9) Calvin Kattar (9)
10) Jeremy Kennedy (10)
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 (9/30/23)
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 (9/30/23)
1) Leon Edwards (1)
2) Kamaru Usman (2)
3) Belal Muhammad (4)
4) Gilbert Burns (5)
5) Shavkat Rakhmonov (6)
6) Geoff Neal (7)
7) Yaroslav Amosov (8)
8) Michael Page (9)
9) Goiti Yamauchi (10)
10) Stephen Thompson (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Magomed Magomedkerimov, Vicente Luque, Sadibou Sy, Jack Della Maddalena, Jason Jackson
*Colby Covington and Nate Diaz are both ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Middleweights (9/30/23)
1) Sean Strickland (1)
2) Khamzat Chimaev (N/A)
3) Israel Adesanya (2)
4) Dricus du Plessis (3)
5) Robert Whittaker (4)
6) Jared Cannonier (5)
7) Marvin Vettori (6)
8) Derek Brunson (7)
9) Johnny Eblen (8)
10) Brendan Allen (9)
Honorable Mentions
Jun Yong Park, Paul Craig, Kelvin Gastelum, Roman Kopylov, Makhmud Muradov
*Paulo Costa is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Light Heavyweights (9/30/23)
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.
Top 10 MMA Heavyweights (9/30/23)
1) Jon Jones (1)
2) Ciryl Gane (2)
3) Sergei Pavlovich (3)
4) Tom Aspinall (5)
5) Curtis Blaydes (4)
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, 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.