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 (12/20/24)
1) Jon Jones (1)
2) Francis Ngannou (2)
3) Islam Makhachev (3)
4) Ilia Topuriav (4)
5) Alex Pereira (5)
6) Alexandre Pantoja (7)
7) Belal Muhammad (6)
8) Dricus du Plessis (8)
9) Tom Aspinall (9)
10) Merab Dvalishvili (10)
Honorable Mentions
Magomed Ankalaev, Arman Tsarukyan, Sean Strickland, Khamzat Chimaev, Shavkat Rakhmonov
Top 10 MMA Flyweights 125 lbs (12/20/24)
1) Alexandre Pantoja (1)
2) Kai Asakura (2)
3) Kai Kara-France (3)
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, Tagir Ulanbekov, Matheus Nicolau
*Dustin Ortiz, John Moraga, Roberto Sanchez, Darrell Montague, Askar Askarov, Danny Martinez and Hector Sandoval are ineligible.
Top 10 MMA Bantamweights 135 lbs (12/20/24)
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) Henry Cejudo (7)
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 145 lbs (12/20/24)
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 (8)
9) Arnold Allen (9)
10) Lerone Murphy (10)
Honorable Mentions
Timur Khizriev, Gabriel Alves Braga, Aaron Pico, Lerryan Douglas, Fabrício Andrade
*Josh Emmett is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Lightweights 155 lbs (12/20/24)
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, Paul Hughes, Akbar Abdullaev, Gadzhi Rabadanov
*Conor McGregor and Beneil Dariush are both ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Welterweights 170 lbs (12/20/24)
1) Belal Muhammad (1)
2) Leon Edwards (2)
3) Shavkat Rakhmonov (3)
4) Joaquin Buckley (4)
5) Jack Della Maddalena (5)
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.
Top 10 MMA Middleweights 185 lbs (12/20/24)
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, Roman Dolidze, Azamat Bekoev
*Marvin Vettori, André Muniz and Nick Diaz are ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Light Heavyweights 205 lbs (12/20/24)
1) Alex Pereira (1)
2) Khalil Rountree Jr. (2)
3) Jamahal Hill (6)
4) Magomed Ankalaev (5)
5) Cory Anderson (4)
6) Jiří Procházka (3)
7) Carlos Ulberg (7)
8) Volkan Oezdemir (8)
9) Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov (10)
10) Impa Kasanganay (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Anatoly Malykhin, Bogdan Guskov, Dominick Reyes, Johnny Walker
*Azamat Murzakanov, Jan Błachowicz, and Nikita Krylov are ineligible for the rankings.
**Roman Dolidze has vacated the weight class.
Top 10 MMA Heavyweights 265 lbs (12/20/24)
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.