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 (6/29/24)
1) Islam Makhachev (1)
2) Ilia Topuriav (2)
3) Leon Edwards (3)
4) Alex Pereira (4)
5) Alexander Volkanovski (5)
6) Alexandre Pantoja (6)
7) Sean O’Malley (7)
8) Dricus du Plessis (8)
9) Dustin Poirier (9)
10) Tom Aspinall (10)
Honorable Mentions
Curtis Blaydes, Jiří Procházka, Israel Adesanya, Khamzat Chimaev, Renan Ferreira
*Francis Ngannou, Demetrious Johnson, Belal Muhammad, Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic are all ineligible.
Top 10 MMA Flyweights (6/29/24)
1) Alexandre Pantoja (1)
2) Steve Erceg (2)
3) Brandon Royval (3)
4) Brandon Moreno (4)
5) Tatsuro Taira (5)
6) Alex Perez (6)
7) Matheus Nicolau (7)
8) Matt Schnell (8)
9) Kyoji Horiguchi (9)
10) Muhammad Mokaev (10)
Honorable Mentions
Manel Kape, Makoto Takahashi, Asu Almabaev, Askar Askarov, Tagir Ulanbekov, Alessandro Costa, Bruno Gustavo da Silva
*Kai Kara-France, Amir Albazi, Dustin Ortiz, John Moraga, Roberto Sanchez, Darrell Montague, Danny Martinez and Hector Sandoval are ineligible.
Top 10 MMA Bantamweights (6/29/24)
1) Sean O’Malley (1)
2) Marlon Vera (2)
3) Merab Dvalishvili (3)
4) Henry Cejudo (4)
5) Petr Yan (5)
6) Cory Sandhagen (6)
7) Umar Nurmagomedov (7)
8) Song Yadong (8)
9) Patchy Mix (9)
10) Leandro Higo (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Deiveson Figueiredo, Kai Asakura, John Sweeney, José Aldo, Muin Gafurov
*Dominick Cruz, Demetrious Johnson and Adriano Moraes are ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Featherweights (6/29/24)
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, Lerone Murphy, Aljamain Sterling, Brendan Loughnane
*Fabrício Andrade in ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Lightweights (6/29/24)
1) Islam Makhachev (1)
2) Dustin Poirier (2)
3) Arman Tsarukyan (3)
4) Charles Oliveira (4)
5) Justin Gaethje (5)
6) Beneil Dariush (6)
7) Renato Moicano (7)
8) Jalin Turner (8)
9) Bobby Green (9)
10) Paddy Pimblett (10)
Honorable Mentions
Dan Hooker, Usman Nurmagomedov, A.J. McKee, Tang Kai, Tony Ferguson, Brent Primus
*Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler are both ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Welterweights (6/29/24)
1) Leon Edwards (1)
2) Kamaru Usman (2)
3) Colby Covington (3)
4) Jack Della Maddalena (4)
5) Shavkat Rakhmonov (5)
6) Ramazan Kuramagomedov (6)
7) Gilbert Burns (7)
8) Ian Machado Garry (8)
9) Geoff Neal (9)
10) Michael Page (10)
Honorable Mentions
Magomed Magomedkerimov, Joaquin Buckley, Magomed Umalatov, Shamil Musaev, Vicente Luque, Sean Brady
*Nate Diaz and Belal Muhammad are both ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Middleweights (6/29/24)
1) Dricus du Plessis (1)
2) Sean Strickland (2)
3) Israel Adesanya (3)
4) Khamzat Chimaev (4)
5) Robert Whittaker (5)
6) Paulo Costa (6)
7) Nassourdine Imavov (7)
8) Jared Cannonier (8)
9) Derek Brunson (9)
10) Johnny Eblen (10)
Honorable Mentions
Brendan Allen, André Muniz, Anthony Hernandez, Makhmud Muradov, Azamat Bekoev, Fabian Edwards
*Marvin Vettori is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Light Heavyweights (6/29/24)
1) Alex Pereira (1)
2) Jiří Procházka (2)
3) Jan Błachowicz (3)
4) Cory Anderson (4)
5) Magomed Ankalaev (5)
6) Jamahal Hill (6)
7) Volkan Oezdemir (7)
8) Johnny Walker (8)
9) Roman Dolidze (N/A)
10) Impa Kasanganay (10)
Honorable Mentions
Khalil Rountree Jr., Rob Wilkinson, Anatoly Malykhin, Josh Silveira, Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov
*Azamat Murzakanov, Aung La Nsang and Nikita Krylov are ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Heavyweights (6/29/24)
1) Tom Aspinall (1)
2) Curtis Blaydes (2)
3) Ciryl Gane (3)
4) Renan Ferreira (4)
5) Alexander Volkov (6)
6) Sergei Pavlovich (5)
7) Ryan Bader (7)
8) Jailton Almeida (8)
9) Jairzinho Rozenstruik (9)
10) Marcin Tybura (10)
Honorable Mentions
Vadim Nemkov, Denis Goltsov, Łukasz Brzeski, Timothy Johnson, Derrick Lewis
*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.