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 (2/28/25)
1) Jon Jones (1) – UFC Heavyweight Champion
2) Francis Ngannou (2) – PFL Super Fight Heavyweight Champion
3) Islam Makhachev (3)
4) Ilia Topuriav (4)
5) Alexandre Pantoja (6)
6) Dricus du Plessis (7)
7) Belal Muhammad (8)
8) Tom Aspinall (9)
9) Merab Dvalishvili (10)
10) Magomed Ankalaev (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Khamzat Chimaev, Alexander Volkanovski, Kai Kara-France, Jack Della Maddalena, Diego Lopes
Men’s MMA Flyweight Division 125lbs (2/28/25)
1) Alexandre Pantoja (1)
2) Kai Kara-France (2)
3) Kai Asakura (3)
4) Brandon Moreno (6)
5) Steve Erceg (4)
6) Brandon Royval (5)
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, Édgar Cháirez
*Dustin Ortiz, John Moraga, Roberto Sanchez, Darrell Montague, Askar Askarov and Danny Martinez are ineligible.
Men’s MMA Bantamweight Division 135lbs (2/28/25)
1) Merab Dvalishvili (1)
2) Sean O’Malley (3)
3) Umar Nurmagomedov (2)
4) Petr Yan (4)
5) Deiveson Figueiredo (5)
6) Marlon Vera (6)
7) Song Yadong (7)
8) Henry Cejudo (8)
9) Patchy Mix (9)
10) Cory Sandhagen (10)
Honorable Mentions
Leandro Higo, John Sweeney, Mario Bautista, Muin Gafurov, Adriano Moraes
Men’s MMA Featherweight Division 145lbs (2/28/25)
1) Ilia Topuriav (1)
2) Alexander Volkanovski (2)
3) Diego Lopes (4)
4) Max Holloway (3)
5) Brian Ortega (5)
6) Movsar Evloev (7)
7) Arnold Allen (8)
8) Lerone Murphy (9)
9) Fabrício Andrade (10)
10) Timur Khizriev (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Gabriel Alves Braga, Lerryan Douglas, Marlon Moraes
*Josh Emmett, Aaron Pico, Patrício Freire and Yair Rodriguez are ineligible for rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Lightweight Division 155lbs (2/28/25)
1) Islam Makhachev (1)
2) Arman Tsarukyan (2)
3) Dustin Poirier (3)
4) Charles Oliveira (4)
5) Justin Gaethje (5)
6) Rafael Fiziev (N/A)
7) Michael Chandler (6)
8) Renato Moicano (7)
9) Jalin Turner (8)
10) Paddy Pimblett (9)
Honorable Mentions
Dan Hooker, Usman Nurmagomedov, Akbar Abdullaev, Mauricio Ruffy, Ignacio Bahamondes, Gadzhi Rabadanov
*Conor McGregor and Beneil Dariush are both ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Welterweight Division 170lbs (2/28/25)
1) Belal Muhammad (1)
2) Jack Della Maddalena (2)
3) Sean Brady (8)
4) Leon Edwards (3)
5) Shavkat Rakhmonov (4)
6) Joaquin Buckley (5)
7) Ramazan Kuramagomedov (6)
8) Colby Covington (7)
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 (2/28/25)
1) Dricus du Plessis (1)
2) Sean Strickland (2)
3) Nassourdine Imavov (3)
4) Khamzat Chimaev (4)
5) Israel Adesanya (5)
6) Robert Whittaker (6)
7) Paulo Costa (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
*André Muniz and Nick Diaz are ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Light Heavyweight Division 205lbs (2/28/25)
1) Magomed Ankalaev (2)
2) Alex Pereira (1)
3) Khalil Rountree Jr. (3)
4) Jamahal Hill (4)
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 and Nikita Krylov are ineligible for the rankings.
Men’s MMA Heavyweight Division 265lbs (2/28/25)
1) Jon Jones (1) – UFC Heavyweight Champion
2) Francis Ngannou (2) – PFL Super Fight Heavyweight Champion
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.