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 (6/7/26)
1) Islam Makhachev (1) – UFC Welterweight Champion – Next fight against Ian Machado Garry on 8/15/26 at UFC 330
2) Francis Ngannou (3) – Former UFC Heavyweight Champion – Last win was a win against Philipe Lins on 5/16/26
3) Joshua Van (4) – UFC Flyweight Champion – His last fight was a win at UFC 327 against Tatsuro Taira on 5/9/26
4) Petr Yan (5) – UFC Bantamweight Champion – His last fight was a win at UFC 323 is Merab Dvalishvili on 12/6/25
5) Alexander Volkanovski (6) – UFC Featherweight Champion – His last fight was a win at UFC 325 vs Diego Lopes on 1/31/26
6) Tom Aspinall (7) – UFC Heavyweight Champion – Last fight was at UFC 321 against Ciryl Gane on 10/25/25 to no contest
7) Sean Strickland (8) – UFC Middleweight Champion – His last fight was a win against Khamzat Chimaev on 5/9/26
8) Ciryl Gane (N/A)
9) Justin Gaethje (N/A) – UFC Lightweight Champion – His last fight was a win against Ilia Topuriav at UFC Freedom 250
10) Ilia Topuriav (2) – Former UFC Lightweight Champion – Last fight was a loss to Justin Gaethje at UFC Freedom 250
Honorable Mentions
Alex Pereira, Charles Oliveira, Carlos Ulberg, Ian Machado Garry, Vadim Nemkov
Men’s MMA Flyweight Division 125lbs (6/7/26)
1) Joshua Van (1) – UFC Flyweight Champion – His last fight was a win at UFC 327 against Tatsuro Taira on 5/9/26
2) Alexandre Pantoja (2) – Former UFC Flyweight Champion – Last fight was a loss at UFC 323 versus Joshua Van on 12/6/25
3) Tatsuro Taira (3)
4) Steve Erceg (7)
5) Tim Elliott (5)
6) Manel Kape (9)
7) Lone’er Kavanagh (10)
8) Kyoji Horiguchi (8)
9) Brandon Royval (N/A)
10) Joshua Pacio (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Asu Almabayev, Joseph Morales, Édgar Cháirez, Alex Perez, Alessandro Costa, Ramazan Temirov
*Kai Kara-France, Dustin Ortiz, John Moraga, Darrell Montague, Askar Askarov and Danny Martinez are ineligible.
**Kai Asakura has vacated the weight class.
***Matt Schnell has retired from MMA competition.
Men’s MMA Bantamweight Division 135lbs (6/7/26)
1) Petr Yan (1) – UFC Bantamweight Champion – His last fight was a win at UFC 323 is Merab Dvalishvili on 12/6/25
2) Merab Dvalishvili (2) – Former UFC Bantamweight Champion – Last fight at UFC 323 was a loss to Petr Yan on 12/6/25
3) Cory Sandhagen (3)
4) Sean O’Malley (4)
5) Umar Nurmagomedov (5)
6) Song Yadong (7)
7) Deiveson Figueiredo (6)
8) Mario Bautista (8)
9) Vinicius Oliveira (9)
10) Jakub Wikłacz (10)
Honorable Mentions
Avazbek Kholmirzaev, Naoki Inoue, Louis Lee Scott, Payton Talbott, David Martínez, Kai Asakura
Men’s MMA Featherweight Division 145lbs (6/7/26)
1) Alexander Volkanovski (1) – UFC Featherweight Champion – His last fight was a win at UFC 325 vs Diego Lopes on 1/31/26
2) Diego Lopes (2)
3) Aljamain Sterling (3)
4) Brian Ortega (4)
5) Movsar Evloev (5)
6) Lerone Murphy (6)
7) Aaron Pico (7)
8) Patrício Freire (8)
9) Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu (9)
10) Fabrício Andrade (10)
Honorable Mentions
A. J. McKee, Lerryan Douglas, Radley da Silva, Nathaniel Wood, Jean Silva
*Yair Rodriguez and Movlid Khaybulaev are ineligible due to inactivity and drug suspension respectively.
Men’s MMA Lightweight Division 155lbs (6/7/26)
1) Justin Gaethje (4) – UFC Lightweight Champion – His last fight was a win against Ilia Topuriav at UFC Freedom 250
2) Ilia Topuriav (1) – Former UFC Lightweight Champion – Last fight was a loss to Justin Gaethje at UFC Freedom 250
3) Charles Oliveira (2)
4) Max Holloway (3)
5) Arman Tsarukyan (5)
6) Maurício Ruffy (6)
7) Rafael Fiziev (7)
8) Paddy Pimblett (8)
9) Michael Chandler (N/A)
10) Usman Nurmagomedov (10)
Honorable Mentions
Renato Moicano, Benoît Saint Denis, Akbar Abdullaev, Quillan Salkilld, Jay-Jay Wilson
*Conor McGregor is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Welterweight Division 170lbs (6/7/26)
1) Islam Makhachev (1) – UFC Welterweight Champion – Next fight against Ian Machado Garry on 8/15/26 at UFC 330
2) Ian Machado Garry (3)
3) Gabriel Bonfim (N/A)
4) Belal Muhammad (4)
5) Michael Morales (5)
6) Sean Brady (6)
7) Carlos Prates (7)
8) Jack Della Maddalena (2)
9) Leon Edwards (8)
10) Joaquin Buckley (10)
Honorable Mentions
Thad Jean, Christian Lee, Daniel Rodriguez, Michael Page, Mike Perry, Shamil Musaev
*Kamaru Usman and Shavkat Rakhmonov are ineligible due to inactivity.
**Ramazan Kuramagomedov and Colby Covington have retired from active competition.
Men’s MMA Middleweight Division 185lbs (6/7/26)
1) Sean Strickland (1) – UFC Middleweight Champion – His last fight was a win against Khamzat Chimaev on 5/9/26
2) Khamzat Chimaev (2) – Former UFC Middleweight Champion – Last fight was a loss to Sean Strickland on 5/9/26
3) Dricus du Plessis (3) – Former UFC Middleweight Champion – Next fight is scheduled against Kamaru Usman on 7/18/26
4) Nassourdine Imavov (4)
5) Joe Pyfer (5)
6) Israel Adesanya (6)
7) Brendan Allen (7)
8) Reinier de Ridder (8)
9) Robert Whittaker (9)
10) Costello van Steenis (10)
Honorable Mentions
Ikram Aliskerov, Edmen Shahbazyan, Makhmud Muradov, Johnny Eblen, Caio Borralho
*Nick Diaz is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Light Heavyweight Division 205lbs (6/7/26)
1) Alex Pereira (1) – Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion – Last fight was Ciryl Gane on 6/14/26 at UFC Freedom 250
2) Magomed Ankalaev (2) – Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion – Next fight is against Khalil Rountree Jr. on 7/25/26
3) Carlos Ulberg (3)
4) Jiří Procházka (4)
5) Khalil Rountree Jr. (5)
6) Jamahal Hill (6)
7) Jan Błachowicz (7)
8) Cory Anderson (8)
9) Volkan Oezdemir (9)
10) Bogdan Guskov (10)
Honorable Mentions
Antônio Carlos Júnior, Alonzo Menifield, Paulo Costa, Nikita Krylov, Dominick Reyes
*Anatoly Malykhin is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Heavyweight Division 265lbs (6/7/26)
1) Francis Ngannou (1) – Former UFC Heavyweight Champion – Last win was a win against Philipe Lins on 5/16/26
2) Tom Aspinall (2) – UFC Heavyweight Champion – Last fight was at UFC 321 against Ciryl Gane on 10/25/25 to no contest
3) Vadim Nemkov (3)
4) Ciryl Gane (4)
5) Josh Hokit (5)
6) Curtis Blaydes (6)
7) Alexander Volkov (7)
8) Rizvan Kuniev (8)
9) Jailton Almeida (9)
10) Sergei Pavlovich (10)
Honorable Mentions
Waldo Cortes-Acosta, Serghei Spivac, Oleg Popov, Valentin Moldavsky, Tallison Teixeira, Sergey Bilostenniy
*Josh Barnett, Oumar Kane, Jairzinho Rozenstruik, 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.