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 (3/29/24)
1) Islam Makhachev (1)
2) Ilia Topuriav (2)
3) Leon Edwards (3)
4) Alex Pereira (4)
5) Alexander Volkanovski (5)
6) Demetrious Johnson (6)
7) Alexandre Pantoja (7)
8) Sean O’Malley (8)
9) Dricus du Plessis (9)
10) Charles Oliveira (10)
Honorable Mentions
Ciryl Gane, Tom Aspinall, Steve Erceg, Khamzat Chimaev, Dustin Poirier
*Francis Ngannou, Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic are all ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Flyweights (3/29/24)
1) Alexandre Pantoja (1)
2) Steve Erceg (7)
3) Brandon Royval (2)
4) Brandon Moreno (3)
5) Amir Albazi (4)
6) Kai Kara-France (5)
7) Alex Perez (N/A)
8) Matheus Nicolau (6)
9) Matt Schnell (8)
10) Kyoji Horiguchi (9)
Honorable Mentions
Muhammad Mokaev, Makoto Takahashi, Asu Almabaev, Askar Askarov, Tagir Ulanbekov
*Bruno Gustavo da Silva, Dustin Ortiz, John Moraga, Roberto Sanchez, Darrell Montague, Danny Martinez and Hector Sandoval are ineligible.
Top 10 MMA Bantamweights (3/29/24)
1) Sean O’Malley (1)
2) Marlon Vera (2)
3) Merab Dvalishvili (4)
4) Henry Cejudo (5)
5) Demetrious Johnson (6)
6) Adriano Moraes (7)
7) Petr Yan (8)
8) Cory Sandhagen (9)
9) Song Yadong (10)
10) Patchy Mix (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Jonathan Martinez, Deiveson Figueiredo, Kai Asakura, John Sweeney, Magomed Magomedov
*Dominick Cruz is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
**Aljamain Sterling has vacated the weight class.
Top 10 MMA Featherweights (3/29/24)
1) Ilia Topuriav (1)
2) Alexander Volkanovski (2)
3) Brian Ortega (3)
4) Yair Rodriguez (4)
5) Max Holloway (5)
6) Josh Emmett (6)
7) Patrício Freire (7)
8) Movsar Evloev (8)
9) Arnold Allen (9)
10) Jeremy Kennedy (10)
Honorable Mentions
Jesus Pinedo, Giga Chikadze, Edson Barboza, Fabrício Andrade, Aljamain Sterling
Top 10 MMA Lightweights (3/29/24)
1) Islam Makhachev (1)
2) Arman Tsarukyan (5)
3) Dustin Poirier (4)
4) Charles Oliveira (2)
5) Justin Gaethje (3)
6) Beneil Dariush (6)
7) Renato Moicano (N/A)
8) Jalin Turner (7)
9) Bobby Green (8)
10) Paddy Pimblett (9)
Honorable Mentions
Dan Hooker, Usman Nurmagomedov, A.J. McKee, Tang Kai, Tony Ferguson
*Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler are both ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Welterweights (3/29/24)
1) Leon Edwards (1)
2) Kamaru Usman (2)
3) Colby Covington (3)
4) Belal Muhammad (4)
5) Jack Della Maddalena (5)
6) Shavkat Rakhmonov (6)
7) Jason Jackson (7)
8) Gilbert Burns (8)
9) Ian Machado Garry (9)
10) Geoff Neal (10)
Honorable Mentions
Michael Page, Magomed Magomedkerimov, Joaquin Buckley, Magomed Umalatov, Shamil Musaev
*Nate Diaz is ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Middleweights (3/29/24)
1) Dricus du Plessis (1)
2) Sean Strickland (2)
3) Khamzat Chimaev (3)
4) Israel Adesanya (4)
5) Robert Whittaker (6)
6) Paulo Costa (5)
7) Jared Cannonier (7)
8) Marvin Vettori (8)
9) Derek Brunson (9)
10) Johnny Eblen (10)
Honorable Mentions
Brendan Allen, André Muniz, Anthony Hernandez, Makhmud Muradov, Azamat Bekoev
Top 10 MMA Light Heavyweights (3/29/24)
1) Alex Pereira (1)
2) Jiří Procházka (2)
3) Jan Błachowicz (3)
4) Cory Anderson (4)
5) Magomed Ankalaev (5)
6) Jamahal Hill (N/A)
7) Johnny Walker (6)
8) Khalil Rountree Jr. (7)
9) Anthony Smith (8)
10) Impa Kasanganay (9)
Honorable Mentions
Antônio Carlos Júnior, Rob Wilkinson, Anatoly Malykhin, Volkan Oezdemir, Aung La Nsang
*Azamat Murzakanov and Nikita Krylov are ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Heavyweights (3/29/24)
1) Tom Aspinall (1)
2) Ciryl Gane (2)
3) Sergei Pavlovich (3)
4) Curtis Blaydes (4)
5) Alexander Volkov (5)
6) Renan Ferreira (6)
7) Ryan Bader (7)
8) Jailton Almeida (8)
9) Jairzinho Rozenstruik (9)
10) Marcin Tybura (10)
Honorable Mentions
Valentin Moldavsky, Vadim Nemkov, Denis Goltsov, Łukasz Brzeski, Rodrigo Nascimento
*Josh Barnett, Jon Jones, Stipe Miocic, Ali Isaev, Francis Ngannou and Cheick Kongo 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.