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 (10/3/25)
1) Islam Makhachev (2) – Former UFC Lightweight Champion – Next, Jack Della Maddalena on 11/15/25
2) Ilia Topuriav (3) – UFC Lightweight Champion – Last fight, win Charles Oliveira, at UFC 317 on 6/28/25
3) Alexandre Pantoja (4) – UFC Flyweight Champion – Next fight at UFC 323 is Joshua Van on 12/6/25
4) Merab Dvalishvili (5) – UFC Bantamweight Champion – Next fight at UFC 323 is Petr Yan on 12/6/25
5) Alexander Volkanovski (7) – UFC Featherweight Champion – Last fight, UFC 314, Diego Lopes, 12/6/25
6) Jack Della Maddalena (8)
7) Tom Aspinall (N/A)
8) Ciryl Gane (9)
9) Khamzat Chimaev (10) – UFC Middleweight Champion – Last fight, win Dricus du Plessis on 8/16/25
10) Alex Pereira (N/A) – UFC Light Heavyweight Champion – Last, Magomed Ankalaev, UFC 320 on 10/4/25
Honorable Mentions
Dricus du Plessis, Charles Oliveira, Petr Yan, Joshua Van, Vadim Nemkov
*Francis Ngannou is ineligible for rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Flyweight Division 125lbs (10/3/25)
1) Alexandre Pantoja (1) – UFC Flyweight Champion – Next fight at UFC 323 is Joshua Van on 12/6/25
2) Joshua Van (7)
3) Kai Kara-France (2)
4) Tim Elliott (3)
5) Kai Asakura (4)
6) Brandon Moreno (5)
7) Steve Erceg (6)
8) Brandon Royval (8)
9) Tatsuro Taira (9)
10) Kyoji Horiguchi (10)
Honorable Mentions
Manel Kape, Joshua Pacio, Tagir Ulanbekov, Bruno Gustavo da Silva, Asu Almabayev, Édgar Cháirez
*Dustin Ortiz, John Moraga, Darrell Montague, Alex Perez, Askar Askarov and Danny Martinez are ineligible.
Men’s MMA Bantamweight Division 135lbs (10/3/25)
1) Merab Dvalishvili (1) – UFC Bantamweight Champion – Next fight at UFC 323 is Petr Yan on 12/6/25
2) Petr Yan (5)
3) Cory Sandhagen (2)
4) Sean O’Malley (3)
5) Umar Nurmagomedov (4)
6) Deiveson Figueiredo (6)
7) Song Yadong (7)
8) Henry Cejudo (8)
9) Mario Bautista (9)
10) Muin Gafurov (10)
Honorable Mentions
Yuya Wakamatsu, Marcirley Alves, Louis Lee Scott, Montel Jackson, Payton Talbott, Aiemann Zahabi
*John Sweeney is ineligible for rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Featherweight Division 145lbs (10/3/25)
1) Alexander Volkanovski (1) – UFC Featherweight Champion – Last fight, UFC 314, Diego Lopes, 12/6/25
2) Diego Lopes (2)
3) Aljamain Sterling (3)
4) Brian Ortega (4)
5) Yair Rodriguez (5)
6) Patrício Freire (6)
7) Movsar Evloev (7)
8) Lerone Murphy (8)
9) Aaron Pico (9)
10) Fabrício Andrade (10)
Honorable Mentions
Lerryan Douglas, Radley da Silva, Losene Keita, Steve Garcia, Movlid Khaybulaev
*Arnold Allen is ineligible for rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Lightweight Division 155lbs (10/3/25)
1) Islam Makhachev (1) – Former UFC Lightweight Champion – Next, Jack Della Maddalena at 11/15/25
2) Ilia Topuriav (2) – UFC Lightweight Champion – Last fight was Charles Oliveira, at UFC 317 6/28/25
3) Max Holloway (3)
4) Charles Oliveira (4)
5) Justin Gaethje (5)
6) Rafael Fiziev (6)
7) Paddy Pimblett (7)
8) Michael Chandler (8)
9) Beneil Dariush (9)
10) Renato Moicano (10)
Honorable Mentions
Usman Nurmagomedov, Akbar Abdullaev, Benoît Saint Denis, Alfie Davis
*Conor McGregor, Dan Hooker and Arman Tsarukyan are ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Welterweight Division 170lbs (10/3/25)
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 (8)
9) Ian Machado Garry (9)
10) Michael Chiesa (10)
Honorable Mentions
Shamil Musaev, Thad Jean, Christian Lee, Carlos Prates, Michael Morales, Jonathan Micallef
*Nate Diaz and Ramazan Kuramagomedov are both ineligible due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Middleweight Division 185lbs (10/3/25)
1) Khamzat Chimaev (1) – UFC Middleweight Champion – Last fight, win Dricus du Plessis on 8/16/25
2) Dricus du Plessis (2) – Former UFC Middleweight Champion – Lost to Khamzat Chimaev on 8/16/25
3) Sean Strickland (3)
4) Nassourdine Imavov (4)
5) Israel Adesanya (5)
6) Brendan Allen (N/A)
7) Reinier de Ridder (6)
8) Robert Whittaker (7)
9) Costello van Steenis (8)
10) Michael Page (9)
Honorable Mentions
Ikram Aliskerov, Anthony Hernandez, Makhmud Muradov, Fabian Edwards, Paulo Costa
*Nick Diaz is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Light Heavyweight Division 205lbs (10/3/25)
1) Alex Pereira (2) – UFC Light Heavyweight Champion – Last, Magomed Ankalaev, UFC 320 on 10/4/25
2) Magomed Ankalaev (1) – Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion – Last, Alex Pereira on 10/4/25
3) Jiří Procházka (4)
4) Khalil Rountree Jr. (3)
5) Jamahal Hill (5)
6) Carlos Ulberg (6)
7) Jan Błachowicz (7)
8) Cory Anderson (8)
9) Volkan Oezdemir (9)
10) Anatoly Malykhin (10)
Honorable Mentions
Bogdan Guskov, Antônio Carlos Júnior, Alonzo Menifield, Azamat Murzakanov
Men’s MMA Heavyweight Division 265lbs (10/3/25)
1) Tom Aspinall (N/A)
2) Renan Ferreira (2)
3) Ciryl Gane (3)
4) Curtis Blaydes (4)
5) Alexander Volkov (5)
6) Jailton Almeida (6)
7) Sergei Pavlovich (7)
8) Waldo Cortes-Acosta (8)
9) Jairzinho Rozenstruik (9)
10) Vadim Nemkov (10)
Honorable Mentions
Derrick Lewis, Oumar Kane, Oleg Popov, Shamil Gaziev, Valentin Moldavsky
*Josh Barnett, 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.