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 exceptions are made:
Top 10 MMA P4P Fighters (1/31/23)
1) Islam Makhachev (7)
2) Alexander Volkanovski (1)
3) Aljamain Sterling (2)
4) Brandon Moreno (3)
5) Jiří Procházka (4)
6) Leon Edwards (6)
7) Deiveson Figueiredo (5)
8) Alex Pereira (8)
9) Israel Adesanya (9)
10) Demetrious Johnson (10)
Honorable Mentions
Ciryl Gane, Jamahal Hill, Yair Rodriguez, Kamaru Usman, Charles Oliveira
*Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou are both ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Flyweights (1/31/23)
1) Brandon Moreno (1)
2) Deiveson Figueiredo (2)
3) Kai Kara-France (3)
4) Askar Askarov (4)
5) Alexandre Pantoja (5)
6) Brandon Royval (6)
7) Matheus Nicolau (7)
8) Matt Schnell (8)
9) Tim Elliott (9)
10) Alex Perez (10)
Honorable Mentions
Tyson Nam, Jarred Brooks, Manel Kape, Amir Albazi, Asu Almabaev, Kyoji Horiguchi
*Cody Garbrandt, Dustin Ortiz, John Moraga, Roberto Sanchez, Darrell Montague, Danny Martinez and Hector Sandoval are ineligible.
Top 10 MMA Bantamweights (1/31/23)
1) Aljamain Sterling (1)
2) Demetrious Johnson (2)
3) Adriano Moraes (3)
4) Sean O’Malley (4)
5) Petr Yan (5)
6) Cory Sandhagen (6)
7) Merab Dvalishvili (7)
8) Marlon Vera (8)
9) Dominick Cruz (9)
10) Raufeon Stots (10)
Honorable Mentions
Song Yadong, Ricky Simón, Said Nurmagomedov, Patchy Mix, Raphael Assunção
*Sergio Pettis is ineligible for the rankings due to injury related inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Featherweights (1/31/23)
1) Alexander Volkanovski (1)
2) Yair Rodriguez (2)
3) Max Holloway (3)
4) Brian Ortega (4)
5) Chan Sung Jung (5)
6) Josh Emmett (6)
7) Arnold Allen (7)
8) Patrício Freire (8)
9) Calvin Kattar (9)
10) Jeremy Kennedy (10)
Honorable Mentions
Ádám Borics, Shane Burgos, Sodiq Yusuff, Brendan Loughnane, Bubba Jenkins
*Movlid Khaybulaev is ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Lightweights (1/31/23)
1) Islam Makhachev (1)
2) Charles Oliveira (2)
3) Justin Gaethje (3)
4) Dustin Poirier (4)
5) Michael Chandler (5)
6) Beneil Dariush (6)
7) Tony Ferguson (7)
8) Dan Hooker (8)
9) Rafael Fiziev (9)
10) Drew Dober (10)
Honorable Mentions
Olivier Aubin-Mercier, Usman Nurmagomedov, A.J. McKee, Stevie Ray, Bobby Green
*Conor McGregor is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Welterweights (1/31/23)
1) Leon Edwards (1)
2) Kamaru Usman (2)
3) Colby Covington (3)
4) Jorge Masvidal (4)
5) Khamzat Chimaev (5)
6) Gilbert Burns (6)
7) Geoff Neal (7)
8) Belal Muhammad (8)
9) Shavkat Rakhmonov (10)
10) Yaroslav Amosov (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Goiti Yamauchi, Stephen Thompson, Sadibou Sy, Nate Diaz, Rafael dos Anjos
Top 10 MMA Middleweights (1/31/23)
1) Alex Pereira (1)
2) Israel Adesanya (2)
3) Robert Whittaker (3)
4) Marvin Vettori (4)
5) Jared Cannonier (5)
6) Derek Brunson (6)
7) Johnny Eblen (7)
8) Paulo Costa (8)
9) Gegard Mousasi (9)
10) Brendan Allen (10)
Honorable Mentions
Jun Yong Park, André Muniz, Fabian Edwards, Roman Dolidze, Dricus du Plessis
*Kelvin Gastelum is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Light Heavyweights (1/31/23)
1) Jiří Procházka (1)
2) Jamahal Hill (2)
3) Jan Błachowicz (3)
4) Vadim Nemkov (4)
5) Cory Anderson (5)
6) Aleksandar Rakić (6)
7) Magomed Ankalaev (7)
8) Anthony Smith (8)
9) Phil Davis (9)
10) Nikita Krylov (10)
Honorable Mentions
Antônio Carlos Júnior, Ryan Spann, Yoel Romero, Anatoly Malykhin, Rob Wilkinson
*Jon Jones is ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Heavyweights (1/31/23)
1) Ciryl Gane (1)
2) Curtis Blaydes (2)
3) Tom Aspinall (3)
4) Alexander Volkov (4)
5) Jairzinho Rozenstruik (5)
6) Ryan Bader (6)
7) Sergei Pavlovich (7)
8) Tai Tuivasa (8)
9) Jailton Almeida (N/A)
10) Derrick Lewis (10)
Honorable Mentions
Ante Delija, Marcos Rogério de Lima, Ali Isaev, Cheick Kongo
*Josh Barnett, Stipe Miocic, Francis Ngannou, Fabrício Werdum and Alistair Overeem are ineligible.
**Fedor Emelianenko has retired from active competition.
Until major promotions start utilizing the super lightweight, super welterweight, super middleweight and cruiser weight classes, MMA Freak will not generate rankings for fighters in said weight classes.