Rankings

Who's actually best

#	Fighter	Gross rating	Last 3	Last fight	Move	Confidence	Net rating
1	Islam MakhachevWelterweight	2090	✓✓✓	Beat Ian Machado Garry Sat Aug 15	–	±95	1995
2	Ciryl GaneHeavyweight	2093	✓–✓	Beat Alex Pereira Sun Jun 14	–	±111	1982
3	Ilia TopuriaLightweight	2082	✓✓✗	Lost to Justin Gaethje Sun Jun 14	–	±125	1957
4	Alex PereiraLight Heavyweight	2058	✗✓✗	Lost to Ciryl Gane Sun Jun 14	–	±109	1949
5	Dricus Du PlessisMiddleweight	2058	✓✗✓	Beat Kamaru Usman Sat Jul 18	–	±111	1947
6	Khamzat ChimaevMiddleweight	2066	✓✓✗	Lost to Sean Strickland Sat May 9	–	±119	1947
7	Alexander VolkanovskiFeatherweight	2038	✓✓✓	Beat Movsar Evloev Sat Oct 24	–	±92	1946
8	Tom AspinallHeavyweight	2057	✓✓–	No contest vs Ciryl Gane Sat Oct 25, 2025	–	±125	1932
9	Max HollowayLightweight	2007	✓✗✓	Beat Conor McGregor Sat Jul 11	–	±79	1928
10	Carlos PratesWelterweight	2054	✓✓✓	Beat Jack Della Maddalena Sat May 2	–	±127	1927
11	Alexander VolkovHeavyweight	2016	✓✓✓	Beat Rizvan Kuniev Sat Oct 24	–	±93	1923
12	Kamaru UsmanMiddleweight	2015	✗✓✗	Lost to Dricus Du Plessis Sat Jul 18	–	±93	1922
13	Justin GaethjeLightweight	2014	✓✓✓	Beat Ilia Topuria Sun Jun 14	–	±99	1915
14	Michael MoralesWelterweight	2045	✓✓✓	Beat Sean Brady Sat Nov 15, 2025	–	±139	1906
15	Petr YanBantamweight	2000	✓✓✓	Beat Merab Dvalishvili Sat Oct 24	–	±96	1904

#	Fighter	Gross rating	Last 3	Last fight	Move	Confidence	Net rating
1	Joshua Van	1852	✓✓✓	Beat Alexandre Pantoja Sat Sep 19	–	±115	1737
2	Manel Kape	1854	✓✓✓	Beat Kyoji Horiguchi Sat Jun 20	–	±121	1733
3	Tatsuro Taira	1864	✓✓✗	Lost to Joshua Van Sat May 9	–	±134	1730
4	Alexandre Pantoja	1816	✓✗✗	Lost to Joshua Van Sat Sep 19	–	±97	1719
5	Brandon Moreno	1810	✗✗✓	Beat Joseph Morales Sat Sep 12	–	±96	1714
6	Asu Almabayev	1786	✓✓✓	Beat Charles Johnson Sat Jun 27	–	±134	1652
7	Kyoji Horiguchi	1761	✓✓✗	Lost to Manel Kape Sat Jun 20	–	±124	1637
8	Brandon Royval	1707	✗✗✓	Beat Lone'er Kavanagh Sat Jul 11	–	±108	1599
9	Kai Kara-France	1704	✗✓✗	Lost to Alexandre Pantoja Sat Jun 28, 2025	–	±116	1588
10	Amir Albazi	1716	✓✗✗	Lost to Kyoji Horiguchi Sat Feb 7	–	±153	1563
11	Alex Perez	1657	✓–✗	Lost to Sumudaerji Sat Aug 29	–	±105	1552
12	Tagir Ulanbekov	1679	✓✓✗	Lost to Kyoji Horiguchi Sat Nov 22, 2025	–	±143	1536
13	Imanol Rodriguez	1761	✓✓	Beat Alden Coria Sat Oct 3	–	±229	1532
14	Allan Nascimento	1695	✓✓✗	Lost to Mitch Raposo Sat Jun 20	–	±166	1529
15	Charles Johnson	1625	✓✗✓	Beat Eduardo Chapolin Sat Aug 15	–	±106	1519

#	Fighter	Gross rating	Last 3	Last fight	Move	Confidence	Net rating
1	Petr Yan	2000	✓✓✓	Beat Merab Dvalishvili Sat Oct 24	–	±96	1904
2	Merab Dvalishvili	1961	✓✗✗	Lost to Petr Yan Sat Oct 24	–	±96	1865
3	Cory Sandhagen	1927	✓✗✗	Lost to Mario Bautista Sat Jul 11	–	±96	1831
4	Song Yadong	1926	✗✓✓	Beat Umar Nurmagomedov Sat Aug 29	–	±95	1831
5	Sean O'Malley	1915	✗✓✓	Beat Aiemann Zahabi Sun Jun 14	–	±103	1812
6	Jose Aldo	1892	✓✗✗	Lost to Aiemann Zahabi Sat May 10, 2025	–	±90	1802
7	Umar Nurmagomedov	1913	✓✓✗	Lost to Song Yadong Sat Aug 29	–	±123	1790
8	Mario Bautista	1872	✗✓✓	Beat Cory Sandhagen Sat Jul 11	–	±111	1761
9	Marlon Vera	1847	✗✗✓	Beat Charles Jourdain Sat Sep 19	–	±86	1761
10	Payton Talbott	1908	✓✓✓	Beat Deiveson Figueiredo Sat Oct 3	–	±149	1759
11	Henry Cejudo	1856	✗✗✗	Lost to Payton Talbott Sat Dec 6, 2025	–	±101	1755
12	Deiveson Figueiredo	1824	✗✗✗	Lost to Payton Talbott Sat Oct 3	–	±86	1738
13	Montel Jackson	1835	✗✗✓	Beat Ricky Simon Sat Sep 26	–	±111	1724
14	David Martinez	1889	✓✓✓	Beat Dan Ige Sat Sep 12	–	±177	1712
15	Bryce Mitchell	1810	✗✓✓	Beat Santiago Luna Sat Jun 6	–	±112	1698

#	Fighter	Gross rating	Last 3	Last fight	Move	Confidence	Net rating
1	Alexander Volkanovski	2038	✓✓✓	Beat Movsar Evloev Sat Oct 24	–	±92	1946
2	Diego Lopes	1981	✓✗✓	Beat Steve Garcia Sun Jun 14	–	±119	1862
3	Aljamain Sterling	1939	✗✓✓	Beat Youssef Zalal Sat Apr 25	–	±89	1850
4	Brian Ortega	1921	✓✗✗	Lost to Aljamain Sterling Sat Aug 23, 2025	–	±108	1813
5	Jean Silva	1920	✗✓✓	Beat Jose Delgado Sat Sep 12	–	±133	1787
6	Arnold Allen	1879	✓✗✓	Beat Melquizael Costa Sat May 16	–	±104	1775
7	Movsar Evloev	1885	✓✓✗	Lost to Alexander Volkanovski Sat Oct 24	–	±119	1766
8	Lerone Murphy	1876	✓✓✗	Lost to Movsar Evloev Sat Mar 21	–	±121	1755
9	Joanderson Brito	1871	✓✓✓	Beat Giga Chikadze Sat Sep 19	–	±127	1744
10	Kevin Vallejos	1886	✓✓✓	Beat Josh Emmett Sat Mar 14	–	±171	1715
11	Pat Sabatini	1828	✓✓✓	Beat William Gomis Sat May 9	–	±127	1701
12	Steve Garcia	1811	✓✓✗	Lost to Diego Lopes Sun Jun 14	–	±122	1689
13	Josh Emmett	1782	✗✗✗	Lost to Kevin Vallejos Sat Mar 14	–	±98	1684
14	Cub Swanson	1765	✗✓✓	Beat Nate Landwehr Sat Apr 11	–	±87	1678
15	Calvin Kattar	1777	✗✗✗	Lost to Steve Garcia Sat Jul 12, 2025	–	±102	1675

#	Fighter	Gross rating	Last 3	Last fight	Move	Confidence	Net rating
1	Ilia Topuria	2082	✓✓✗	Lost to Justin Gaethje Sun Jun 14	–	±125	1957
2	Max Holloway	2007	✓✗✓	Beat Conor McGregor Sat Jul 11	–	±79	1928
3	Justin Gaethje	2014	✓✓✓	Beat Ilia Topuria Sun Jun 14	–	±99	1915
4	Charles Oliveira	1951	✗✓✓	Beat Max Holloway Sat Mar 7	–	±77	1874
5	Dustin Poirier	1938	✓✗✗	Lost to Max Holloway Sat Jul 19, 2025	–	±82	1856
6	Arman Tsarukyan	1963	✓✓✓	Beat Mauricio Ruffy Sat Sep 19	–	±111	1852
7	Paddy Pimblett	1970	✓✗✓	Beat Benoit Saint Denis Sat Jul 11	–	±126	1844
8	Quillan Salkilld	1970	✓✓✓	Beat Mateusz Gamrot Sat Aug 8	–	±149	1821
9	Conor McGregor	1911	✗✗✗	Lost to Max Holloway Sat Jul 11	–	±105	1806
10	Benoit Saint Denis	1887	✓✓✗	Lost to Paddy Pimblett Sat Jul 11	–	±113	1774
11	Mateusz Gamrot	1871	✗✓✗	Lost to Quillan Salkilld Sat Aug 8	–	±104	1767
12	Grant Dawson	1853	✗✓✓	Beat Nurullo Aliev Sat Oct 24	–	±106	1747
13	Rafael Dos Anjos	1805	✗✗✗	Lost to Alexander Hernandez Sat Oct 3	▲1	±77	1728
14	Rafael Fiziev	1827	✓✗✓	Beat Manuel Torres Sat Jun 27	▲1	±107	1720
15	Beneil Dariush	1799	✓✗✗	Lost to Quillan Salkilld Sat May 2	new	±86	1713

#	Fighter	Gross rating	Last 3	Last fight	Move	Confidence	Net rating
1	Islam Makhachev	2090	✓✓✓	Beat Ian Machado Garry Sat Aug 15	–	±95	1995
2	Carlos Prates	2054	✓✓✓	Beat Jack Della Maddalena Sat May 2	–	±127	1927
3	Michael Morales	2045	✓✓✓	Beat Sean Brady Sat Nov 15, 2025	–	±139	1906
4	Sean Brady	1954	✓✗✓	Beat Joaquin Buckley Sat May 9	–	±113	1841
5	Leon Edwards	1933	✗✗✗	Lost to Carlos Prates Sat Nov 15, 2025	–	±94	1839
6	Ian Machado Garry	1948	✓✓✗	Lost to Islam Makhachev Sat Aug 15	–	±115	1833
7	Jack Della Maddalena	1936	✓✗✗	Lost to Carlos Prates Sat May 2	–	±123	1813
8	Mike Malott	1938	✓✓✓	Beat Joaquin Buckley Sat Oct 17	–	±129	1809
9	Yaroslav Amosov	2035	✓✓	Beat Joel Alvarez Sat May 9	–	±229	1806
10	Belal Muhammad	1895	✗✗✗	Lost to Gabriel Bonfim Sat Jun 6	–	±92	1803
11	Gabriel Bonfim	1924	✓✓✓	Beat Belal Muhammad Sat Jun 6	–	±132	1792
12	Gilbert Burns	1843	✗✗✗	Lost to Mike Malott Sat Apr 18	–	±87	1756
13	Jacobe Smith	1926	✓✓✓	Beat Randy Brown Sat Oct 31	new	±173	1753
14	Stephen Thompson	1842	✗✗✗	Lost to Gabriel Bonfim Sat Jul 12, 2025	▼1	±90	1752
15	Michael Chiesa	1837	✓✓✓	Beat Niko Price Sat Mar 28	▼1	±89	1748

#	Fighter	Gross rating	Last 3	Last fight	Move	Confidence	Net rating
1	Dricus Du Plessis	2058	✓✗✓	Beat Kamaru Usman Sat Jul 18	–	±111	1947
2	Khamzat Chimaev	2066	✓✓✗	Lost to Sean Strickland Sat May 9	–	±119	1947
3	Kamaru Usman	2015	✗✓✗	Lost to Dricus Du Plessis Sat Jul 18	–	±93	1922
4	Robert Whittaker	1970	✗✗✓	Beat Nikita Krylov Sat Jul 11	–	±87	1883
5	Nassourdine Imavov	1980	✓✓✓	Beat Caio Borralho Sat Sep 6, 2025	–	±117	1863
6	Brendan Allen	1958	✓✓✓	Beat Christian Leroy Duncan Sat Oct 10	–	±96	1862
7	Joe Pyfer	1979	✓✓✓	Beat Israel Adesanya Sat Mar 28	–	±132	1847
8	Israel Adesanya	1940	✗✗✗	Lost to Joe Pyfer Sat Mar 28	–	±95	1845
9	Paulo Costa	1935	✗✓✓	Beat Azamat Murzakanov Sat Apr 11	–	±111	1824
10	Sean Strickland	1906	✗✓✓	Beat Khamzat Chimaev Sat May 9	–	±88	1818
11	Caio Borralho	1922	✓✗✓	Beat Reinier de Ridder Sat Mar 7	–	±129	1793
12	Reinier de Ridder	1929	✗✗✓	Beat Roman Dolidze Sat Aug 22	–	±137	1792
13	Gregory Rodrigues	1894	✓✓✓	Beat Anthony Hernandez Sat Aug 22	–	±110	1784
14	Michael Page	1937	✓✓✓	Beat Nursulton Ruziboev Sat Sep 5	–	±153	1784
15	Vicente Luque	1854	✗✓✗	Lost to Tresean Gore Sat Aug 15	–	±88	1766

#	Fighter	Gross rating	Last 3	Last fight	Move	Confidence	Net rating
1	Alex Pereira	2058	✗✓✗	Lost to Ciryl Gane Sun Jun 14	–	±109	1949
2	Magomed Ankalaev	1986	✓✗✓	Beat Bogdan Guskov Sat Jul 25	–	±100	1886
3	Jiri Prochazka	1997	✓✓✗	Lost to Carlos Ulberg Sat Apr 11	–	±130	1867
4	Carlos Ulberg	1955	✓✓✓	Beat Jiri Prochazka Sat Apr 11	–	±116	1839
5	Dominick Reyes	1895	✗✓✓	Beat Azamat Murzakanov Sat Oct 24	–	±99	1796
6	Jan Blachowicz	1873	✗–✗	Lost to Navajo Stirling Sat Aug 1	–	±90	1783
7	Volkan Oezdemir	1842	✓✗✓	Beat Alonzo Menifield Sat Nov 22, 2025	–	±103	1739
8	Johnny Walker	1837	✓✗✓	Beat Mick Parkin Sat Oct 3	–	±99	1738
9	Navajo Stirling	1889	✓✓✓	Beat Jan Blachowicz Sat Aug 1	–	±157	1732
10	Jamahal Hill	1849	✗✗✗	Lost to Khalil Rountree Jr. Sat Jun 21, 2025	–	±120	1729
11	Aleksandar Rakic	1822	✗✗✓	Beat Marcin Tybura Sat Aug 1	–	±111	1711
12	Azamat Murzakanov	1836	✓✗✗	Lost to Dominick Reyes Sat Oct 24	–	±133	1703
13	Bogdan Guskov	1831	✓–✗	Lost to Magomed Ankalaev Sat Jul 25	–	±145	1686
14	Nikita Krylov	1761	✓✗✗	Lost to Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev Sat Oct 24	–	±90	1671
15	Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev	1847	✓✓✓	Beat Nikita Krylov Sat Oct 24	–	±184	1663

#	Fighter	Gross rating	Last 3	Last fight	Move	Confidence	Net rating
1	Ciryl Gane	2093	✓–✓	Beat Alex Pereira Sun Jun 14	–	±111	1982
2	Tom Aspinall	2057	✓✓–	No contest vs Ciryl Gane Sat Oct 25, 2025	–	±125	1932
3	Alexander Volkov	2016	✓✓✓	Beat Rizvan Kuniev Sat Oct 24	–	±93	1923
4	Sergei Pavlovich	1984	✓✓✓	Beat Tallison Teixeira Sat May 30	–	±114	1870
5	Curtis Blaydes	1956	✓✗✓	Beat Waldo Cortes Acosta Sat Sep 12	–	±94	1862
6	Jailton Almeida	1948	✓✗✗	Lost to Rizvan Kuniev Sat Feb 7	–	±120	1828
7	Josh Hokit	1991	✓✓✓	Beat Derrick Lewis Sun Jun 14	–	±184	1807
8	Waldo Cortes Acosta	1872	✓✗✗	Lost to Curtis Blaydes Sat Sep 12	–	±105	1767
9	Derrick Lewis	1842	✓✗✗	Lost to Josh Hokit Sun Jun 14	–	±82	1760
10	Rizvan Kuniev	1948	✓✓✗	Lost to Alexander Volkov Sat Oct 24	–	±196	1752
11	Mario Pinto	1866	✓✓✓	Beat Ryan Spann Sat Sep 5	–	±183	1683
12	Serghei Spivac	1773	✗✓✗	Lost to Vitor Petrino Sat Aug 22	–	±103	1670
13	Marcin Tybura	1759	✗✗✗	Lost to Aleksandar Rakic Sat Aug 1	–	±89	1670
14	Ryan Spann	1746	✓✓✗	Lost to Mario Pinto Sat Sep 5	–	±101	1645
15	Valter Walker	1798	✓✓✓	Beat Thomas Petersen Sat Jul 25	–	±159	1639

#	Fighter	Gross rating	Last 3	Last fight	Move	Confidence	Net rating
1	Tatiana Suarez	1911	✗✓✓	Beat Loopy Godinez Sat Apr 11	–	±130	1781
2	Zhang Weili	1870	✓✓✗	Lost to Valentina Shevchenko Sat Nov 15, 2025	–	±106	1764
3	Virna Jandiroba	1765	✓✗✓	Beat Tabatha Ricci Sat Apr 4	–	±108	1657
4	Gillian Robertson	1725	✓✓✗	Lost to Mackenzie Dern Sat Aug 15	–	±96	1629
5	Mackenzie Dern	1720	✓✓✓	Beat Gillian Robertson Sat Aug 15	–	±96	1624
6	Denise Gomes	1716	✓✓✓	Beat Yan Xiaonan Sat Aug 29	–	±130	1586
7	Amanda Lemos	1684	✗✗✗	Lost to Alexia Thainara Sat Aug 8	–	±101	1583
8	Yan Xiaonan	1685	✓✗✗	Lost to Denise Gomes Sat Aug 29	–	±105	1580
9	Alexia Thainara	1746	✓✓✓	Beat Amanda Lemos Sat Aug 8	▲1	±176	1570
10	Tecia Pennington	1667	✓✓✗	Lost to Denise Gomes Sat Nov 8, 2025	▲1	±100	1567
11	Fatima Kline	1729	✓✓✓	Beat Tabatha Ricci Sat Jul 18	▲1	±162	1567
12	Tabatha Ricci	1669	✓✗✗	Lost to Fatima Kline Sat Jul 18	▲1	±112	1557
13	Jaqueline Amorim	1701	✓✗✓	Beat Loma Lookboonmee Sat May 30	▲1	±149	1552
14	Iasmin Lucindo	1666	✗✓✓	Beat Nicolle Caliari Sat Oct 24	▲1	±134	1532
15	Amanda Ribas	1635	✗✗✗	Lost to Tabatha Ricci Sat Jul 26, 2025	new	±109	1526

#	Fighter	Gross rating	Last 3	Last fight	Move	Confidence	Net rating
1	Valentina Shevchenko	1884	✓✓✓	Beat Zhang Weili Sat Nov 15, 2025	–	±100	1784
2	Natalia Silva	1895	✓✓✓	Beat Wang Cong Sat Oct 3	–	±134	1761
3	Erin Blanchfield	1878	✓✓✗	Lost to Jasmine Jasudavicius Sat Oct 17	–	±123	1755
4	Manon Fiorot	1863	✗✓✗	Lost to Alexa Grasso Sat Sep 12	–	±124	1739
5	Rose Namajunas	1818	✗✓✗	Lost to Natalia Silva Sat Jan 24	–	±97	1721
6	Jasmine Jasudavicius	1801	✗✓✓	Beat Erin Blanchfield Sat Oct 17	–	±113	1688
7	Alexa Grasso	1782	✗✓✓	Beat Manon Fiorot Sat Sep 12	–	±102	1680
8	Maycee Barber	1753	✓✓✗	Lost to Alexa Grasso Sat Mar 28	–	±112	1641
9	Jessica Andrade	1692	✗✗✗	Lost to Loopy Godinez Sat Aug 16, 2025	–	±83	1609
10	Miranda Maverick	1708	✓✓✗	Lost to Rose Namajunas Sat Jun 14, 2025	–	±118	1590
11	Katlyn Cerminara	1686	✗✗✓	Beat Mackenzie Stiller Sat Oct 17	–	±100	1586
12	Casey O'Neill	1713	✓✓✓	Beat Eduarda Moura Sat Sep 19	–	±133	1580
13	Karine Silva	1697	✓✗✗	Lost to Jasmine Jasudavicius Sat Apr 18	–	±139	1558
14	Viviane Araujo	1658	✗✓✗	Lost to Tracy Cortez Sat Jun 28, 2025	–	±109	1549
15	Tracy Cortez	1654	✓✗✗	Lost to Wang Cong Sat Jul 11	–	±132	1522

#	Fighter	Gross rating	Last 3	Last fight	Move	Confidence	Net rating
1	Kayla Harrison	1905	✓✓✓	Beat Julianna Pena Sat Jun 7, 2025	–	±191	1714
2	Luana Santos	1769	✓✓✓	Beat Yana Santos Sat Oct 31	▲1	±139	1630
3	Julianna Pena	1739	✗✓✗	Lost to Kayla Harrison Sat Jun 7, 2025	▼1	±121	1618
4	Bia Mesquita	1805	✓✓✓	Beat Melissa Mullins Sat Jun 20	–	±211	1594
5	Ketlen Vieira	1693	✓✗✓	Beat Jacqueline Cavalcanti Sat May 16	–	±103	1590
6	Norma Dumont	1685	✓✗✗	Lost to Ailin Perez Sat Sep 26	–	±112	1573
7	Ailin Perez	1685	✓✓✓	Beat Norma Dumont Sat Sep 26	–	±130	1555
8	Yana Santos	1638	✓✓✗	Lost to Luana Santos Sat Oct 31	–	±110	1528
9	Joselyne Edwards	1629	✓✓✓	Beat Norma Dumont Sat Apr 25	–	±112	1517
10	Jacqueline Cavalcanti	1657	✓✓✗	Lost to Ketlen Vieira Sat May 16	–	±153	1504
11	Macy Chiasson	1604	✗✗✗	Lost to Ailin Perez Sat Feb 28	▲1	±109	1495
12	Karol Rosa	1586	✗✓✗	Lost to Luana Santos Sat Jun 20	▲1	±111	1475
13	Mayra Bueno Silva	1588	✗✗✗	Lost to Michelle Montague Sat Apr 25	▲1	±115	1473
14	Alice Pereira	1675	✗✓✓	Beat Daria Zhelezniakova Sat Oct 10	▲1	±203	1472
15	Michelle Montague	1681	✓✓	Beat Mayra Bueno Silva Sat Apr 25	new	±211	1470

Reading the ratings

Everyone starts at 1500. Around 1800 is a solid contender. 2000 and up is title territory: only a handful of fighters get there at a time.

We rank by net rating: the gross rating minus our confidence band, how far off the gross rating could be. A fighter who has fought often and recently gets full credit; a long layoff or a thin record costs a fighter places until the results come in.

Why Islam Makhachev is above Ciryl Gane

Ciryl Gane has the higher gross rating (2093 against 2090) but we're less sure of it: fewer or older results, so a wider confidence band (±111 against ±95). Net rating, gross minus that band, puts Islam Makhachev first.

Rising

High ratings we can't vouch for yet. Too few or too old results to rank; watch this space.

Yaroslav Amosov Welterweight 2035 Beat Joel Alvarez Sat May 9 confidence ±229
Josh Hokit Heavyweight 1991 Beat Derrick Lewis Sun Jun 14 confidence ±184
Yousri Belgaroui Middleweight 1964 Beat Djorden Santos Sat Sep 12 confidence ±232
Rizvan Kuniev Heavyweight 1948 Lost to Alexander Volkov Sat Oct 24 confidence ±196
Jacobe Smith Welterweight 1926 Beat Randy Brown Sat Oct 31 confidence ±173