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:
Men’s MMA P4P Rankings (4/2/26)
1) Islam Makhachev (1) – UFC Welterweight Champion – Last, win, Jack Della Maddalena on 11/15/25
2) Ilia Topuriav (2) – UFC Lightweight Champion – Next fight will be versus Justin Gaethje on 6/14/26
3) Joshua Van (3) – UFC Flyweight Champion – Next fight is at UFC 327 against Tatsuro Taira on 5/9/26
4) Alexandre Pantoja (4) – Former UFC Flyweight Champion – Last at UFC 323 is Joshua Van on 12/6/25
5) Petr Yan (5) – UFC Bantamweight Champion – Last fight at UFC 323 is Merab Dvalishvili on 12/6/25
6) Merab Dvalishvili (6) – UFC Bantamweight Champion – Last fight at UFC 323 is Petr Yan on 12/6/25
7) Alexander Volkanovski (7) – UFC Featherweight Champion – Last, UFC 325, Diego Lopes, on 1/31/26
8) Tom Aspinall (8) – UFC Heavyweight Champion – Last fight was at UFC 321, Ciryl Gane, on 10/25/25
9) Khamzat Chimaev (9) – UFC Middleweight Champion – Next fight versus Sean Strickland on 5/9/26
10) Alex Pereira (10) – Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion – Next fight is Ciryl Gane on 6/14/26
Honorable Mentions
Ciryl Gane, Sean Strickland, Justin Gaethje, Tatsuro Taira, Charles Oliveira, Carlos Ulberg, Vadim Nemkov
*Francis Ngannou is ineligible for rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Flyweight Division 125lbs (4/2/26)
1) Joshua Van (1) – UFC Flyweight Champion – Next fight is at UFC 327 against Tatsuro Taira on 4/11/26
2) Alexandre Pantoja (2) – Former UFC Flyweight Champion – Last at UFC 323 is Joshua Van on 12/6/25
3) Tatsuro Taira (4)
4) Kai Kara-France (3)
5) Tim Elliott (5)
6) Kai Asakura (6)
7) Steve Erceg (7)
8) Kyoji Horiguchi (8)
9) Manel Kape (9)
10) Lone’er Kavanagh (10)
Honorable Mentions
Joshua Pacio, Charles Johnson, Asu Almabayev, Joseph Morales, Édgar Cháirez, Alex Perez, Matt Schnell
*Dustin Ortiz, John Moraga, Darrell Montague, Askar Askarov and Danny Martinez are ineligible.
Men’s MMA Bantamweight Division 135lbs (4/2/26)
1) Petr Yan (1) – UFC Bantamweight Champion – Last fight at UFC 323 is Merab Dvalishvili on 12/6/25
2) Merab Dvalishvili (2) – UFC Bantamweight Champion – Last fight at UFC 323 is Petr Yan on 12/6/25
3) Cory Sandhagen (3)
4) Sean O’Malley (4)
5) Umar Nurmagomedov (5)
6) Deiveson Figueiredo (6)
7) Song Yadong (7)
8) Mario Bautista (8)
9) Vinicius Oliveira (9)
10) Jakub Wikłacz (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Yuya Wakamatsu, Marcirley Alves, Louis Lee Scott, Payton Talbott, Aiemann Zahabi
*John Sweeney is ineligible for rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Featherweight Division 145lbs (4/2/26)
1) Alexander Volkanovski (1) – UFC Featherweight Champion – Next, UFC 325, Diego Lopes, on 1/31/26
2) Diego Lopes (2)
3) Aljamain Sterling (3)
4) Brian Ortega (4)
5) Movsar Evloev (N/A)
6) Lerone Murphy (7)
7) Aaron Pico (8)
8) Patrício Freire (6)
9) Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu (9)
10) Fabrício Andrade (10)
Honorable Mentions
Lerryan Douglas, Radley da Silva, Nathaniel Wood, Steve Garcia, Jean Silva
*Yair Rodriguez and Movlid Khaybulaev are ineligible due to inactivity and drug suspension respectively.
Men’s MMA Lightweight Division 155lbs (4/2/26)
1) Ilia Topuriav (1) – UFC Lightweight Champion – Next fight will be versus Justin Gaethje on 6/14/26
2) Charles Oliveira (2)
3) Max Holloway (3)
4) Justin Gaethje (4)
5) Arman Tsarukyan (5)
6) Maurício Ruffy (6)
7) Rafael Fiziev (7)
8) Paddy Pimblett (8)
9) Benoît Saint Denis (9)
10) Usman Nurmagomedov (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Akbar Abdullaev, Quillan Salkilld, Beneil Dariush, Chris Duncan, Jay-Jay Wilson
*Michael Chandler and Conor McGregor is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Welterweight Division 170lbs (4/2/26)
1) Islam Makhachev (1) – UFC Welterweight Champion – Last, win, Jack Della Maddalena on 11/15/25
2) Jack Della Maddalena (2)
3) Ian Machado Garry (3)
4) Belal Muhammad (4)
5) Michael Morales (5)
6) Sean Brady (6)
7) Carlos Prates (7)
8) Leon Edwards (8)
9) Kamaru Usman (9)
10) Joaquin Buckley (10)
Honorable Mentions
Thad Jean, Christian Lee, Ramazan Kuramagomedov, Daniel Rodriguez, Michael Page, Gabriel Bonfim
*Nate Diaz, Colby Covington and Shavkat Rakhmonov and are ineligible due to inactivity.
**Michael Chiesa has retired from active competition.
Men’s MMA Middleweight Division 185lbs (4/2/26)
1) Khamzat Chimaev (1) – UFC Middleweight Champion – Next fight versus Sean Strickland on 5/9/26
2) Dricus du Plessis (2) – Former UFC Middleweight Champion – Lost to Khamzat Chimaev on 8/16/25
3) Sean Strickland (3)
4) Nassourdine Imavov (4)
5) Joe Pyfer (N/A)
6) Israel Adesanya (5)
7) Brendan Allen (6)
8) Reinier de Ridder (7)
9) Robert Whittaker (8)
10) Costello van Steenis (9)
Honorable Mentions
Ikram Aliskerov, Edmen Shahbazyan, Makhmud Muradov, Johnny Eblen, Caio Borralho
*Nick Diaz is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Light Heavyweight Division 205lbs (4/2/26)
1) Alex Pereira (1) – Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion – Next fight is Ciryl Gane on 6/14/26
2) Magomed Ankalaev (2) – Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion – Last, Alex Pereira on 10/4/25
3) Carlos Ulberg (6)
4) Jiří Procházka (3)
5) Khalil Rountree Jr. (4)
6) Jamahal Hill (5)
7) Jan Błachowicz (7)
8) Cory Anderson (8)
9) Volkan Oezdemir (9)
10) Bogdan Guskov (10)
Honorable Mentions
Antônio Carlos Júnior, Alonzo Menifield, Paulo Costa, Nikita Krylov, Dominick Reyes
*Anatoly Malykhin is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Heavyweight Division 265lbs (4/2/26)
1) Tom Aspinall (1) – UFC Heavyweight Champion – Last fight was at UFC 321, Ciryl Gane, on 10/25/25
2) Vadim Nemkov (2)
3) Renan Ferreira (3)
4) Ciryl Gane (4)
5) Josh Hokit (N/A)
6) Curtis Blaydes (5)
7) Alexander Volkov (6)
8) Rizvan Kuniev (N/A)
9) Jailton Almeida (7)
10) Sergei Pavlovich (8)
Honorable Mentions
Waldo Cortes-Acosta, Serghei Spivac, Oleg Popov, Valentin Moldavsky, Tallison Teixeira, Sergey Bilostenniy
*Francis Ngannou, Josh Barnett, Oumar Kane, Jairzinho Rozenstruik, Ali Isaev and Cheick Kongo are all ineligible.
Note: Until major promotions start utilizing the Unified Rules super lightweight (165lbs), super welterweight (175lbs), super middleweight (195lbs) and cruiserweight (225lbs) divisions, MMA Freak will not generate rankings for fighters in said weight divisions.