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 (7/6/25)
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 TBD PPV
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) Dricus du Plessis (5) – UFC Middleweight Champion – Next fight versus Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 319
6) Merab Dvalishvili (7)
7) Magomed Ankalaev (8)
8) Alexander Volkanovski (9)
9) Jack Della Maddalena (10)
10) Ciryl Gane (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Khamzat Chimaev, Cory Sandhagen, Alex Pereira, Charles Oliveira, Kai Kara-France
*Tom Aspinall is ineligible for rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Flyweight Division 125lbs (7/6/25)
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) Kai Asakura (3)
4) Brandon Moreno (4)
5) Steve Erceg (5)
6) Joshua Van (6)
7) Brandon Royval (7)
8) Tatsuro Taira (8)
9) Kyoji Horiguchi (9)
10) Manel Kape (10)
Honorable Mentions
Joshua Pacio, Tagir Ulanbekov, Amir Albazi, Park Hyun-sung, Édgar Cháirez
*Dustin Ortiz, John Moraga, Darrell Montague, Alex Perez, Tim Elliott, Alessandro Costa, Askar Askarov and Danny Martinez are ineligible.
Men’s MMA Bantamweight Division 135lbs (7/6/25)
1) Merab Dvalishvili (1)
2) Sean O’Malley (2)
3) Cory Sandhagen (5)
4) Umar Nurmagomedov (3)
5) Petr Yan (4)
6) Deiveson Figueiredo (6)
7) Marlon Vera (7)
8) Song Yadong (8)
9) Henry Cejudo (9)
10) Mario Bautista (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Muin Gafurov, Yuya Wakamatsu, Marcirley Alves, Louis Lee Scott, Justin Wetzell
*John Sweeney is ineligible for rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Featherweight Division 145lbs (7/6/25)
1) Alexander Volkanovski (1)
2) Diego Lopes (2)
3) Brian Ortega (4)
4) Yair Rodriguez (5)
5) Patrício Freire (6)
6) Movsar Evloev (7)
7) Lerone Murphy (8)
8) Fabrício Andrade (9)
9) Timur Khizriev (10)
10) Jean Silva (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Jesus Pinedo, Lerryan Douglas, Radley da Silva, Manuel Exposito, Movlid Khaybulaev
*Arnold Allen and Aaron Pico are both ineligible for rankings due to inactivity.
**Max Holloway has vacated the weight class.
Men’s MMA Lightweight Division 155lbs (7/6/25)
1) Islam Makhachev (1) – Former UFC Lightweight Champion – Next, Jack Della Maddalena at TBD PPV
2) Ilia Topuriav (2) – UFC Lightweight Champion – Last fight was Charles Oliveira, at UFC 317 6/28/25
3) Max Holloway (N/A)
4) Charles Oliveira (4)
5) Justin Gaethje (5)
6) Rafael Fiziev (6)
7) Paddy Pimblett (7)
8) Michael Chandler (8)
9) Beneil Dariush (N/A)
10) Renato Moicano (9)
Honorable Mentions
Dan Hooker, Usman Nurmagomedov, Akbar Abdullaev, Mauricio Ruffy, Gadzhi Rabadanov
*Conor McGregor and Arman Tsarukyan and are ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
**Dustin Poirier has retired from active competition.
Men’s MMA Welterweight Division 170lbs (7/6/25)
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 (9)
9) Ian Machado Garry (10)
10) Michael Chiesa (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Shamil Musaev, Logan Storley, Thad Jean, Christian Lee, Jonathan Micallef
*Nate Diaz and Ramazan Kuramagomedov are both ineligible due to inactivity.
**Michael Page and Costello van Steenis have vacated the weight class.
Men’s MMA Middleweight Division 185lbs (7/6/25)
1) Dricus du Plessis (1) – UFC Middleweight Champion – Next fight versus Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 319
2) Khamzat Chimaev (3)
3) Sean Strickland (2)
4) Nassourdine Imavov (4)
5) Israel Adesanya (5)
6) Reinier de Ridder (10)
7) Robert Whittaker (6)
8) Costello van Steenis (N/A)
9) Jared Cannonier (9)
10) Caio Borralho (7)
Honorable Mentions
Ikram Aliskerov, Michael Page, Anthony Hernandez, Makhmud Muradov, Roman Dolidze, Fabian Edwards, Paulo Costa, Azamat Bekoev
*Nick Diaz is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Light Heavyweight Division 205lbs (7/6/25)
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 (N/A)
9) Volkan Oezdemir (8)
10) Anatoly Malykhin (10)
Honorable Mentions
Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov, Bogdan Guskov, Dominick Reyes, Sullivan Cauley, Antônio Carlos Júnior, Azamat Murzakanov
Men’s MMA Heavyweight Division 265lbs (7/6/25)
1) Francis Ngannou (1) – PFL Super Fight Heavyweight Champion – Last fight 10/19/24, Renen Ferreira
2) Renan Ferreira (3)
3) Ciryl Gane (5)
4) Curtis Blaydes (4)
5) Alexander Volkov (6)
6) Jailton Almeida (7)
7) Sergei Pavlovich (8)
8) Waldo Cortes-Acosta (N/A)
9) Jairzinho Rozenstruik (9)
10) Vadim Nemkov (10)
Honorable Mentions
Denis Goltsov, Derrick Lewis, Oumar Kane, Alexander Romanov, 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.