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 (1/29/25)
1) Jon Jones (1) – UFC Heavyweight Champion
2) Francis Ngannou (2)
3) Islam Makhachev (3)
4) Ilia Topuriav (4)
5) Alex Pereira (5)
6) Alexandre Pantoja (6)
7) Dricus du Plessis (8)
8) Belal Muhammad (7)
9) Tom Aspinall (9)
10) Merab Dvalishvili (10)
Honorable Mentions
Magomed Ankalaev, Khamzat Chimaev, Alexander Volkanovski, Kai Kara-France, Jack Della Maddalena
Men’s MMA Flyweight Division 125lbs (1/29/25)
1) Alexandre Pantoja (1)
2) Kai Kara-France (3)
3) Kai Asakura (2)
4) Steve Erceg (4)
5) Brandon Royval (5)
6) Brandon Moreno (6)
7) Tatsuro Taira (7)
8) Alex Perez (8)
9) Asu Almabayev (9)
10) Kyoji Horiguchi (10)
Honorable Mentions
Muhammad Mokaev, Alessandro Costa, Manel Kape, Joshua Pacio, Tagir Ulanbekov,
*Dustin Ortiz, John Moraga, Roberto Sanchez, Darrell Montague, Askar Askarov and Danny Martinez are ineligible.
**Hector Sandoval is considered retired from active MMA competition due to over five years inactivity.
Men’s MMA Bantamweight Division 135lbs (1/29/25)
1) Merab Dvalishvili (1)
2) Umar Nurmagomedov (2)
3) Sean O’Malley (3)
4) Petr Yan (4)
5) Deiveson Figueiredo (5)
6) Marlon Vera (6)
7) Song Yadong (10)
8) Henry Cejudo (7)
9) Patchy Mix (9)
10) Cory Sandhagen (8)
Honorable Mentions
Leandro Higo, John Sweeney, Mario Bautista, Muin Gafurov, Adriano Moraes
*Dominick Cruz has retired from active competition.
Men’s MMA Featherweight Division 145lbs (1/29/25)
1) Ilia Topuriav (1)
2) Alexander Volkanovski (2)
3) Max Holloway (3)
4) Diego Lopes (4)
5) Brian Ortega (5)
6) Patrício Freire (7)
7) Movsar Evloev (8)
8) Arnold Allen (9)
9) Lerone Murphy (10)
10) Fabrício Andrade (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Timur Khizriev, Gabriel Alves Braga, Lerryan Douglas
*Josh Emmett, Aaron Pico and Yair Rodriguez are both ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Lightweight Division 155lbs (1/29/25)
1) Islam Makhachev (1)
2) Arman Tsarukyan (2)
3) Dustin Poirier (3)
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, Akbar Abdullaev, Mauricio Ruffy, Ignacio Bahamondes, Gadzhi Rabadanov
*Conor McGregor, Rafael Fiziev and Beneil Dariush are both ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Welterweight Division 170lbs (1/29/25)
1) Belal Muhammad (1)
2) Jack Della Maddalena (5)
3) Leon Edwards (2)
4) Shavkat Rakhmonov (3)
5) Joaquin Buckley (4)
6) Ramazan Kuramagomedov (6)
7) Colby Covington (7)
8) Sean Brady (8)
9) Ian Machado Garry (9)
10) Michael Page (10)
Honorable Mentions
Shamil Musaev, Costello van Steenis, Michael Chiesa, Logan Storley, Jonathan Micallef
*Nate Diaz and Kamaru Usman are both ineligible due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Middleweight Division 185lbs (1/29/25)
1) Dricus du Plessis (1)
2) Sean Strickland (2)
3) Nassourdine Imavov (7)
4) Khamzat Chimaev (4)
5) Israel Adesanya (3)
6) Robert Whittaker (5)
7) Paulo Costa (6)
8) Caio Borralho (8)
9) Johnny Eblen (9)
10) Jared Cannonier (10)
Honorable Mentions
Ikram Aliskerov, Anthony Hernandez, Makhmud Muradov, Roman Dolidze, Azamat Bekoev
*Marvin Vettori, André Muniz and Nick Diaz are ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Light Heavyweight Division 205lbs (1/29/25)
1) Alex Pereira (1)
2) Magomed Ankalaev (4)
3) Khalil Rountree Jr. (2)
4) Jamahal Hill (3)
5) Cory Anderson (5)
6) Jiří Procházka (6)
7) Carlos Ulberg (7)
8) Volkan Oezdemir (8)
9) Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov (9)
10) Impa Kasanganay (10)
Honorable Mentions
Anatoly Malykhin, Bogdan Guskov, Dominick Reyes, Johnny Walker
*Azamat Murzakanov, Jan Błachowicz, and Nikita Krylov are ineligible for the rankings.
Men’s MMA Heavyweight Division 265lbs (1/29/25)
1) Jon Jones (1)
2) Francis Ngannou (2)
3) Tom Aspinall (3)
4) Renan Ferreira (4)
5) Curtis Blaydes (5)
6) Ciryl Gane (6)
7) Alexander Volkov (7)
8) Jailton Almeida (8)
9) Sergei Pavlovich (9)
10) Jairzinho Rozenstruik (10)
Honorable Mentions
Vadim Nemkov, Denis Goltsov, Mick Parkin, Derrick Lewis, Oumar Kane, Marcin Tybura
*Josh Barnett, Ali Isaev and Cheick Kongo are all ineligible.
Note #1: 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.
Note #2: When the Global Fight League starts operations utilizing the 165lbs and 225lbs divisions that they refer to as lightweight and light heavyweight divisions, MMA Freak will start generating rankings for said weight classes with the slight adjustment of the cruiserweight limit being 230lbs to accommodate the King of the Cage cruiserweight division. However, fighters in what GLF refers to as welterweight (180lbs) and middleweight (200lbs) will be categorized as middleweights (185lbs) and light heavyweights (205lbs) due to the formers divisions falling into the latter’s weight range. All other weight classes will be categorized by their standard Unified Rules weight class names.