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 (12/1/24)
1) Jon Jones (1)
2) Francis Ngannou (2)
3) Islam Makhachev (3)
4) Ilia Topuriav (4)
5) Alex Pereira (6)
6) Belal Muhammad (5)
7) Alexandre Pantoja (7)
8) Dricus du Plessis (8)
9) Tom Aspinall (9)
10) Merab Dvalishvili (10)
Honorable Mentions
Umar Nurmagomedov, Arman Tsarukyan, Sean Strickland, Khamzat Chimaev, Shavkat Rakhmonov
Top 10 MMA Flyweights (12/1/24)
1) Alexandre Pantoja (1)
2) Kai Asakura (N/A)
3) Kai Kara-France (2)
4) Steve Erceg (3)
5) Brandon Royval (4)
6) Brandon Moreno (5)
7) Tatsuro Taira (6)
8) Alex Perez (7)
9) Asu Almabayev (10)
10) Kyoji Horiguchi (9)
Honorable Mentions
Muhammad Mokaev, Alessandro Costa, Manel Kape, Amir Albazi, Matheus Nicolau
*Dustin Ortiz, John Moraga, Roberto Sanchez, Darrell Montague, Askar Askarov, Tagir Ulanbekov, Danny Martinez and Hector Sandoval are ineligible.
Top 10 MMA Bantamweights (12/1/24)
1) Merab Dvalishvili (1)
2) Umar Nurmagomedov (7)
3) Sean O’Malley (2)
4) Petr Yan (3)
5) Deiveson Figueiredo (4)
6) Marlon Vera (5)
7) Henry Cejudo (6)
8) Cory Sandhagen (8)
9) Patchy Mix (9)
10) Song Yadong (10)
Honorable Mentions
Leandro Higo, John Sweeney, Mario Bautista, Muin Gafurov, José Aldo
*Dominick Cruz and Adriano Moraes are ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Featherweights (12/1/24)
1) Ilia Topuriav (1)
2) Alexander Volkanovski (2)
3) Max Holloway (3)
4) Diego Lopes (4)
5) Brian Ortega (5)
6) Yair Rodriguez (6)
7) Patrício Freire (7)
8) Movsar Evloev (9)
9) Arnold Allen (10)
10) Lerone Murphy (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Elijah Johns, Gabriel Alves Braga, Timur Khizriev, Aaron Pico, Dan Ige
*Fabrício Andrade and Josh Emmett are both ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Lightweights (12/1/24)
1) Islam Makhachev (1)
2) Arman Tsarukyan (3)
3) Dustin Poirier (2)
4) Charles Oliveira (4)
5) Justin Gaethje (5)
6) Michael Chandler (6)
7) Renato Moicano (7)
8) Jalin Turner (8)
9) Paddy Pimblett (9)
10) Bobby Green (10)
Honorable Mentions
Dan Hooker, Usman Nurmagomedov, Paul Hughes, Tang Kai, Gadzhi Rabadanov
*Conor McGregor and Beneil Dariush are both ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Welterweights (12/1/24)
1) Belal Muhammad (1)
2) Leon Edwards (2)
3) Shavkat Rakhmonov (4)
4) Joaquin Buckley (10)
5) Jack Della Maddalena (5)
6) Ramazan Kuramagomedov (6)
7) Colby Covington (3)
8) Sean Brady (9)
9) Ian Machado Garry (7)
10) Michael Page (8)
Honorable Mentions
Shamil Musaev, Costello van Steenis, Michael Chiesa, Logan Storley, Jonathan Micallef
*Nate Diaz and Kamaru Usman are both ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Middleweights (12/1/24)
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) Caio Borralho (8)
9) Johnny Eblen (9)
10) Jared Cannonier (10)
Honorable Mentions
Ikram Aliskerov, Anthony Hernandez, Makhmud Muradov, Azamat Bekoev
*Marvin Vettori, André Muniz and Nick Diaz are ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Light Heavyweights (12/1/24)
1) Alex Pereira (1)
2) Khalil Rountree Jr. (2)
3) Jiří Procházka (3)
4) Cory Anderson (4)
5) Magomed Ankalaev (5)
6) Jamahal Hill (6)
7) Carlos Ulberg (7)
8) Volkan Oezdemir (8)
9) Roman Dolidze (9)
10) Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov (10)
Honorable Mentions
Anatoly Malykhin, Bogdan Guskov, Dominick Reyes, Impa Kasanganay, Johnny Walker
*Azamat Murzakanov, Jan Błachowicz, and Nikita Krylov are ineligible for the rankings.
Top 10 MMA Heavyweights (12/1/24)
1) Jon Jones (1)
2) Francis Ngannou (2)
3) Tom Aspinall (3)
4) Renan Ferreira (4)
5) Curtis Blaydes (5)
6) Ciryl Gane (N/A)
7) Alexander Volkov (6)
8) Jailton Almeida (7)
9) Sergei Pavlovich (8)
10) Jairzinho Rozenstruik (10)
Honorable Mentions
Serghei Spivac, Vadim Nemkov, Denis Goltsov, Mick Parkin, Derrick Lewis
*Josh Barnett, Ali Isaev and Cheick Kongo are all ineligible.
Until major promotions start utilizing the super lightweight, super welterweight, super middleweight and cruiserweight divisions, MMA Freak will not generate rankings for fighters in said weight divisions.