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