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:
Top 10 MMA P4P Fighters (8/31/24)
1) Islam Makhachev (1)
2) Ilia Topuriav (2)
3) Belal Muhammad (3)
4) Alex Pereira (4)
5) Alexandre Pantoja (5)
6) Dricus du Plessis (7)
7) Tom Aspinall (9)
8) Merab Dvalishvili (N/A)
9) Sean O’Malley (6)
10) Dustin Poirier (8)
Honorable Mentions
Renan Ferreira, Max Holloway, Khalil Rountree Jr., Khamzat Chimaev, Leon Edwards
*Francis Ngannou, Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic are all ineligible.
**Demetrious Johnson has retired from active competition
Top 10 MMA Flyweights (8/31/24)
1) Alexandre Pantoja (1)
2) Kai Kara-France (2)
3) Steve Erceg (3)
4) Brandon Royval (4)
5) Brandon Moreno (5)
6) Tatsuro Taira (6)
7) Alex Perez (7)
8) Matheus Nicolau (8)
9) Kyoji Horiguchi (10)
10) Asu Almabayev (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Muhammad Mokaev, Askar Askarov, Tagir Ulanbekov, Alessandro Costa, Bruno Gustavo da Silva, Jarred Brooks
*Amir Albazi, Dustin Ortiz, John Moraga, Roberto Sanchez, Darrell Montague, Danny Martinez and Hector Sandoval are ineligible.
**Matt Schnell has retired from active competition.
Top 10 MMA Bantamweights (8/31/24)
1) Merab Dvalishvili (2)
2) Sean O’Malley (1)
3) Deiveson Figueiredo (3)
4) Marlon Vera (4)
5) Henry Cejudo (5)
6) Petr Yan (6)
7) Umar Nurmagomedov (7)
8) Cory Sandhagen (8)
9) Patchy Mix (9)
10) Song Yadong (10)
Honorable Mentions
Leandro Higo, Kai Asakura, John Sweeney, José Aldo, Muin Gafurov
*Dominick Cruz and Adriano Moraes are ineligible due to inactivity.
**Demetrious Johnson has retired from active competition.
Top 10 MMA Featherweights (8/31/24)
1) Ilia Topuriav (1)
2) Alexander Volkanovski (2)
3) Max Holloway (4)
4) Diego Lopes (N/A)
5) Brian Ortega (3)
6) Yair Rodriguez (5)
7) Patrício Freire (7)
8) Josh Emmett (6)
9) Movsar Evloev (8)
10) Arnold Allen (9)
Honorable Mentions
Jesus Pinedo, Lerone Murphy, Aljamain Sterling, Elijah Johns, Brendan Loughnane
*Fabrício Andrade in ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Lightweights (8/31/24)
1) Islam Makhachev (1)
2) Dustin Poirier (2)
3) Arman Tsarukyan (3)
4) Charles Oliveira (4)
5) Justin Gaethje (5)
6) Beneil Dariush (6)
7) Renato Moicano (7)
8) Jalin Turner (8)
9) Paddy Pimblett (9)
10) Bobby Green (10)
Honorable Mentions
Dan Hooker, Usman Nurmagomedov, A.J. McKee, Tang Kai, Brent Primus
*Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler are both ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Welterweights (8/31/24)
1) Belal Muhammad (1)
2) Leon Edwards (2)
3) Kamaru Usman (3)
4) Colby Covington (4)
5) Jack Della Maddalena (5)
6) Shavkat Rakhmonov (6)
7) Ramazan Kuramagomedov (7)
8) Ian Machado Garry (8)
9) Michael Page (9)
10) Sean Brady (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Magomed Magomedkerimov, Joaquin Buckley, Magomed Umalatov, Shamil Musaev, Michael Chiesa
*Nate Diaz is ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Middleweights (8/31/24)
1) Dricus du Plessis (1)
2) Sean Strickland (2)
3) Israel Adesanya (3)
4) Khamzat Chimaev (4)
5) Robert Whittaker (5)
6) Paulo Costa (6)
7) Nassourdine Imavov (7)
8) Caio Borralho (8)
9) Johnny Eblen (9)
10) Jared Cannonier (10)
Honorable Mentions
Derek Brunson, André Muniz, Anthony Hernandez, Makhmud Muradov, Azamat Bekoev, Fabian Edwards
*Marvin Vettori and Nick Diaz are ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 MMA Light Heavyweights (8/31/24)
1) Alex Pereira (1)
2) Khalil Rountree Jr. (10)
3) Jiří Procházka (2)
4) Cory Anderson (3)
5) Magomed Ankalaev (4)
6) Jamahal Hill (5)
7) Volkan Oezdemir (6)
8) Johnny Walker (7)
9) Impa Kasanganay (9)
10) Roman Dolidze (8)
Honorable Mentions
Anatoly Malykhin, Kevin Holland, Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov, Carlos Ulberg, Dominick Reyes
*Azamat Murzakanov, Jan Błachowicz, and Nikita Krylov are ineligible for the rankings.
Top 10 MMA Heavyweights (8/31/24)
1) Tom Aspinall (1)
2) Renan Ferreira (4)
3) Curtis Blaydes (2)
4) Alexander Volkov (5)
5) Jailton Almeida (8)
6) Sergei Pavlovich (6)
7) Ryan Bader (7)
8) Jairzinho Rozenstruik (9)
9) Serghei Spivac (10)
10) Vadim Nemkov (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Denis Goltsov, Oleg Popov, Mick Parkin, Derrick Lewis
*Josh Barnett, Ali Isaev, Ciryl Gane, Jon Jones, Stipe Miocic, Francis Ngannou and Cheick Kongo are all ineligible.
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.