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 (7/31/25)
1) Francis Ngannou (1) – PFL Super Fight Heavyweight Champion – Last fight 10/19/24, Renen Ferreira
2) Islam Makhachev (2) – Former UFC Lightweight Champion – Next, Jack Della Maddalena at 11/15/25
3) Ilia Topuriav (3) – UFC Lightweight Champion – Last fight was Charles Oliveira, at UFC 317 6/28/25
4) Alexandre Pantoja (4) – UFC Flyweight Champion – Last fight was Kai Kara-France at UFC 317 6/28/25
5) Merab Dvalishvili (6) – UFC Bantamweight Champion – Next fight Cory Sandhagen, UFC 320, 10/4/25
6) Magomed Ankalaev (7)
7) Alexander Volkanovski (8)
8) Jack Della Maddalena (9)
9) Ciryl Gane (10)
10) Khamzat Chimaev (N/A) – UFC Middleweight Champion – Last fight, win Dricus du Plessis on 8/16/25
Honorable Mentions
Cory Sandhagen, Alex Pereira, Dricus du Plessis, Charles Oliveira, Kai Kara-France
*Tom Aspinall is ineligible for rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Flyweight Division 125lbs (7/31/25)
1) Alexandre Pantoja (1) – UFC Flyweight Champion – Last fight was Kai Kara-France at UFC 317 6/28/25
2) Kai Kara-France (2)
3) Tim Elliott (N/A)
4) Kai Asakura (3)
5) Brandon Moreno (4)
6) Steve Erceg (5)
7) Joshua Van (6)
8) Brandon Royval (7)
9) Tatsuro Taira (8)
10) Kyoji Horiguchi (9)
Honorable Mentions
Manel Kape, Joshua Pacio, Tagir Ulanbekov, Amir Albazi, Park Hyun-sung, Asu Almabayev, Édgar Cháirez
*Dustin Ortiz, John Moraga, Darrell Montague, Alex Perez, Alessandro Costa, Askar Askarov and Danny Martinez are ineligible.
Men’s MMA Bantamweight Division 135lbs (7/31/25)
1) Merab Dvalishvili (1) – UFC Bantamweight Champion – Next fight Cory Sandhagen, UFC 320, 10/4/25
2) Cory Sandhagen (3)
3) Sean O’Malley (2)
4) Umar Nurmagomedov (4)
5) Petr Yan (5)
6) Deiveson Figueiredo (6)
7) Song Yadong (8)
8) Henry Cejudo (9)
9) Mario Bautista (10)
10) Muin Gafurov (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Yuya Wakamatsu, Marcirley Alves, Louis Lee Scott, Montel Jackson, Aiemann Zahabi
*Marlon Vera and John Sweeney is ineligible for rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Featherweight Division 145lbs (7/31/25)
1) Alexander Volkanovski (1)
2) Diego Lopes (2)
3) Aljamain Sterling (N/A)
4) Brian Ortega (3)
5) Yair Rodriguez (4)
6) Patrício Freire (5)
7) Movsar Evloev (6)
8) Lerone Murphy (7)
9) Aaron Pico (N/A)
10) Fabrício Andrade (8)
Honorable Mentions
Jean Silva, Lerryan Douglas, Radley da Silva, Losene Keita, Movlid Khaybulaev
*Arnold Allen is ineligible for rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Lightweight Division 155lbs (7/31/25)
1) Islam Makhachev (1) – Former UFC Lightweight Champion – Next, Jack Della Maddalena at 11/15/25
2) Ilia Topuriav (2) – UFC Lightweight Champion – Last fight was Charles Oliveira, at UFC 317 6/28/25
3) Max Holloway (3)
4) Charles Oliveira (4)
5) Justin Gaethje (5)
6) Rafael Fiziev (6)
7) Paddy Pimblett (7)
8) Michael Chandler (8)
9) Beneil Dariush (9)
10) Renato Moicano (10)
Honorable Mentions
Usman Nurmagomedov, Akbar Abdullaev, Mauricio Ruffy, Benoît Saint Denis, Alfie Davis
*Conor McGregor, Dan Hooker and Arman Tsarukyan and are ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Welterweight Division 170lbs (7/31/25)
1) Jack Della Maddalena (1)
2) Belal Muhammad (2)
3) Sean Brady (3)
4) Leon Edwards (4)
5) Shavkat Rakhmonov (5)
6) Kamaru Usman (6)
7) Joaquin Buckley (7)
8) Colby Covington (8)
9) Ian Machado Garry (9)
10) Michael Chiesa (10)
Honorable Mentions
Shamil Musaev, Thad Jean, Christian Lee, Carlos Prates, Jonathan Micallef
*Nate Diaz and Ramazan Kuramagomedov are both ineligible due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Middleweight Division 185lbs (7/31/25)
1) Khamzat Chimaev (2) – UFC Middleweight Champion – Last fight, win Dricus du Plessis on 8/16/25
2) Dricus du Plessis (1) – Former UFC Middleweight Champion – Lost to Khamzat Chimaev on 8/16/25
3) Sean Strickland (3)
4) Nassourdine Imavov (4)
5) Israel Adesanya (5)
6) Reinier de Ridder (6)
7) Robert Whittaker (7)
8) Costello van Steenis (8)
9) Michael Page (N/A)
10) Jared Cannonier (9)
Honorable Mentions
Ikram Aliskerov, Jun Yong Park, Anthony Hernandez, Makhmud Muradov, Fabian Edwards, Paulo Costa, Azamat Bekoev
*Nick Diaz and Caio Borralho are both ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Light Heavyweight Division 205lbs (7/31/25)
1) Magomed Ankalaev (1)
2) Alex Pereira (2)
3) Khalil Rountree Jr. (3)
4) Jiří Procházka (4)
5) Jamahal Hill (5)
6) Carlos Ulberg (6)
7) Jan Błachowicz (7)
8) Cory Anderson (8)
9) Volkan Oezdemir (9)
10) Anatoly Malykhin (10)
Honorable Mentions
Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov, Bogdan Guskov, Dominick Reyes, Antônio Carlos Júnior, Aleksandar Rakić, Azamat Murzakanov
Men’s MMA Heavyweight Division 265lbs (7/31/25)
1) Francis Ngannou (1) – PFL Super Fight Heavyweight Champion – Last fight 10/19/24, Renen Ferreira
2) Renan Ferreira (2)
3) Ciryl Gane (3)
4) Curtis Blaydes (4)
5) Alexander Volkov (5)
6) Jailton Almeida (6)
7) Sergei Pavlovich (7)
8) Waldo Cortes-Acosta (8)
9) Jairzinho Rozenstruik (9)
10) Vadim Nemkov (10)
Honorable Mentions
Denis Goltsov, Derrick Lewis, Oumar Kane, Oleg Popov, Ante Delija, Marcin Tybura
*Josh Barnett, Tom Aspinall, 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.
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