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 (11/28/25)
1) Islam Makhachev (1) – UFC Welterweight Champion – Last, win, Jack Della Maddalena on 11/15/25
2) Ilia Topuriav (2) – UFC Lightweight Champion – Last fight, win Charles Oliveira, at UFC 317 on 6/28/25
3) Alexandre Pantoja (3) – UFC Flyweight Champion – Next fight at UFC 323 is Joshua Van on 12/6/25
4) Merab Dvalishvili (4) – UFC Bantamweight Champion – Next fight at UFC 323 is Petr Yan on 12/6/25
5) Alexander Volkanovski (5) – UFC Featherweight Champion – Next, UFC 325, Diego Lopes, on 1/31/26
6) Tom Aspinall (6) – UFC Heavyweight Champion – Last fight was at UFC 321, Ciryl Gane, on 10/25/25
7) Ciryl Gane (7)
8) Khamzat Chimaev (8) – UFC Middleweight Champion – Last fight, win Dricus du Plessis on 8/16/25
9) Alex Pereira (9) – UFC Light Heavyweight Champion – Last, Magomed Ankalaev, UFC 320 on 10/4/25
10) Jack Della Maddalena (10)
Honorable Mentions
Dricus du Plessis, Petr Yan, Joshua Van, Diego Lopes, Vadim Nemkov
*Francis Ngannou is ineligible for rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Flyweight Division 125lbs (11/28/25)
1) Alexandre Pantoja (1) – UFC Flyweight Champion – Next fight at UFC 323 is Joshua Van on 12/6/25
2) Joshua Van (2)
3) Kai Kara-France (3)
4) Tim Elliott (4)
5) Kai Asakura (5)
6) Brandon Moreno (6)
7) Steve Erceg (7)
8) Brandon Royval (8)
9) Tatsuro Taira (9)
10) Kyoji Horiguchi (10)
Honorable Mentions
Manel Kape, Joshua Pacio, Bruno Gustavo da Silva, Asu Almabayev, Joseph Morales, Édgar Cháirez
*Dustin Ortiz, John Moraga, Darrell Montague, Askar Askarov and Danny Martinez are ineligible.
Men’s MMA Bantamweight Division 135lbs (11/28/25)
1) Merab Dvalishvili (1) – UFC Bantamweight Champion – Next fight at UFC 323 is Petr Yan on 12/6/25
2) Petr Yan (2)
3) Cory Sandhagen (3)
4) Sean O’Malley (4)
5) Umar Nurmagomedov (5)
6) Deiveson Figueiredo (6)
7) Song Yadong (7)
8) Henry Cejudo (8)
9) Mario Bautista (9)
10) Muin Gafurov (10)
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 (11/28/25)
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) Yair Rodriguez (5)
6) Patrício Freire (6)
7) Movsar Evloev (7)
8) Lerone Murphy (8)
9) Aaron Pico (9)
10) Fabrício Andrade (10)
Honorable Mentions
Lerryan Douglas, Radley da Silva, Losene Keita, Steve Garcia, Movlid Khaybulaev
*Arnold Allen is ineligible for rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Lightweight Division 155lbs (11/28/25)
1) Ilia Topuriav (1) – UFC Lightweight Champion – Last fight was Charles Oliveira, at UFC 317 6/28/25
2) Max Holloway (2)
3) Charles Oliveira (3)
4) Justin Gaethje (4)
5) Rafael Fiziev (5)
6) Paddy Pimblett (6)
7) Arman Tsarukyan (7)
8) Michael Chandler (8)
9) Dan Hooker (9)
10) Benoît Saint Denis (10)
Honorable Mentions
Usman Nurmagomedov, Akbar Abdullaev, Alfie Davis, Beneil Dariush, Renato Moicano
*Conor McGregor is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Welterweight Division 170lbs (11/28/25)
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
Michael Chiesa, Thad Jean, Christian Lee, Jonathan Micallef
*Nate Diaz, Colby Covington, Shamil Musaev, Shavkat Rakhmonov and Ramazan Kuramagomedov are both ineligible due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Middleweight Division 185lbs (11/28/25)
1) Khamzat Chimaev (1) – UFC Middleweight Champion – Last fight, win Dricus du Plessis on 8/16/25
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) Israel Adesanya (5)
6) Brendan Allen (6)
7) Reinier de Ridder (7)
8) Robert Whittaker (8)
9) Costello van Steenis (9)
10) Michael Page (10)
Honorable Mentions
Ikram Aliskerov, Anthony Hernandez, Makhmud Muradov, Fabian Edwards, Paulo Costa
*Nick Diaz is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Light Heavyweight Division 205lbs (11/28/25)
1) Alex Pereira (1) – UFC Light Heavyweight Champion – Last, Magomed Ankalaev, UFC 320 on 10/4/25
2) Magomed Ankalaev (2) – Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion – Last, Alex Pereira on 10/4/25
3) Jiří Procházka (3)
4) Khalil Rountree Jr. (4)
5) Jamahal Hill (5)
6) Carlos Ulberg (6)
7) Jan Błachowicz (7)
8) Cory Anderson (8)
9) Volkan Oezdemir (9)
10) Bogdan Guskov (10)
Honorable Mentions
Antônio Carlos Júnior, Alonzo Menifield, Azamat Murzakanov, Nikita Krylov, Dominick Reyes
*Anatoly Malykhin is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Heavyweight Division 265lbs (11/28/25)
1) Tom Aspinall (1) – UFC Heavyweight Champion – Last fight was at UFC 321, Ciryl Gane, on 10/25/25
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
Serghei Spivac, Derrick Lewis, Oleg Popov, Shamil Gaziev, Valentin Moldavsky
*Francis Ngannou, Josh Barnett, Oumar Kane, 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.