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 (4/30/25)
1) Jon Jones (1) – UFC Heavyweight Champion – Last fight, against Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 on 11/16/24
2) Francis Ngannou (2) – PFL Super Fight Heavyweight Champion – Last fight 10/19/24, Renen Ferreira
3) Islam Makhachev (3) – UFC Lightweight Champion – Last fight, Renato Moicano, at UFC 311 1/18/25
4) Ilia Topuriav (4) – Former UFC Featherweight Champion – Next, Charles Oliveira, at UFC 317 6/28/25
5) Alexandre Pantoja (5)
6) Dricus du Plessis (6)
7) Tom Aspinall (8)
8) Merab Dvalishvili (9)
9) Magomed Ankalaev (10)
10) Alexander Volkanovski (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Jack Della Maddalena, Charles Oliveira, Khamzat Chimaev, Kai Kara-France, Sean O’Malley
Men’s MMA Flyweight Division 125lbs (4/30/25)
1) Alexandre Pantoja (1)
2) Kai Kara-France (2)
3) Kai Asakura (3)
4) Brandon Moreno (4)
5) Steve Erceg (5)
6) Brandon Royval (6)
7) Tatsuro Taira (7)
8) Alex Perez (8)
9) Kyoji Horiguchi (9)
10) Manel Kape (10)
Honorable Mentions
Muhammad Mokaev, Joshua Pacio, Tagir Ulanbekov, Amir Albazi, Édgar Cháirez
*Dustin Ortiz, John Moraga, Darrell Montague, Tim Elliott, Alessandro Costa, Askar Askarov and Danny Martinez are ineligible.
Men’s MMA Bantamweight Division 135lbs (4/30/25)
1) Merab Dvalishvili (1)
2) Sean O’Malley (2)
3) Umar Nurmagomedov (3)
4) Petr Yan (4)
5) Cory Sandhagen (10)
6) Deiveson Figueiredo (5)
7) Marlon Vera (6)
8) Song Yadong (7)
9) Henry Cejudo (8)
10) John Sweeney (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Mario Bautista, Muin Gafurov, Yuya Wakamatsu, Marcus McGhee, Marcirley Alves
*Patchy Mix is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Featherweight Division 145lbs (4/30/25)
1) Ilia Topuriav (1) – Former UFC Featherweight Champion – Next, Charles Oliveira, at UFC 317 6/28/25
2) Alexander Volkanovski (2)
3) Diego Lopes (3)
4) Max Holloway (4)
5) Brian Ortega (5)
6) Yair Rodriguez (6)
7) Patrício Freire (7)
8) Movsar Evloev (8)
9) Lerone Murphy (9)
10) Fabrício Andrade (10)
Honorable Mentions
Timur Khizriev, Arnold Allen, Gabriel Alves Braga, Lerryan Douglas, Movlid Khaybulaev
*Aaron Pico is ineligible for rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Lightweight Division 155lbs (4/30/25)
1) Islam Makhachev (1) – UFC Lightweight Champion – Last fight, Renato Moicano, at UFC 311 1/18/25
2) Dustin Poirier (2)
3) Charles Oliveira (3)
4) Justin Gaethje (4)
5) Rafael Fiziev (5)
6) Paddy Pimblett (6)
7) Michael Chandler (7)
8) Renato Moicano (8)
9) Ignacio Bahamondes (9)
10) Jalin Turner (10)
Honorable Mentions
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 (4/30/25)
1) Jack Della Maddalena (N/A)
2) Belal Muhammad (1)
3) Sean Brady (2)
4) Leon Edwards (3)
5) Shavkat Rakhmonov (4)
6) Joaquin Buckley (5)
7) Ramazan Kuramagomedov (6)
8) Colby Covington (7)
9) Ian Machado Garry (8)
10) Michael Page (9)
Honorable Mentions
Michael Chiesa, Shamil Musaev, Costello van Steenis, Logan Storley, Jason Jackson, Jonathan Micallef
*Nate Diaz and Kamaru Usman are both ineligible due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Middleweight Division 185lbs (4/30/25)
1) Dricus du Plessis (1)
2) Sean Strickland (2)
3) Khamzat Chimaev (4)
4) Nassourdine Imavov (3)
5) Israel Adesanya (5)
6) Robert Whittaker (6)
7) Caio Borralho (8)
8) Johnny Eblen (9)
9) Jared Cannonier (10)
10) Reinier de Ridder (N/A)
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 (4/30/25)
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 (4/30/25)
1) Jon Jones (1) – UFC Heavyweight Champion – Last fight, against Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 on 11/16/24
2) Francis Ngannou (2) – PFL Super Fight Heavyweight Champion – Last fight 10/19/24, Renen Ferreira
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, Oumar Kane, Alexander Romanov, Marcin Tybura
*Josh Barnett, Derrick Lewis, 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.