| Rank | Fighter | % | Promotion | Last Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frankie Edgar | 99 | UFC | 1 |
| 2 | Gray Maynard | 94 | UFC | 2 |
| 3 | Gilbert Melendez | 93 | Strikeforce | 3 |
| 4 | Shinya Aoki | 82 | Strikeforce | 4 |
| 5 | Eddie Alvarez | 78 | Bellator | 5 |
| 6 | Jim Miller | 78 | UFC | 6 |
| 7 | Kenny Florian | 66 | UFC | 7 |
| 8 | Anthony Pettis | 55 | UFC | 9 |
| 8 | Tatsuya Kawajiri | 55 | Strikeforce | 8 |
| 10 | Sean Sherk | 51 | UFC | 10 |
| 11 | Melvin Guillard | 49 | UFC | 11 |
| 12 | B.J. Penn | 39 | UFC | 12 |
| 13 | Clay Guida | 37 | UFC | 13 |
| 14 | George Sotiropoulos | 34 | UFC | 14 |
| 15 | Dennis Siver | 34 | UFC | 15 |
| 16 | Ben Henderson | 27 | UFC | 18 |
| 17 | Takanori Gomi | 26 | UFC | 16 |
| 18 | Evan Dunham | 25 | UFC | 17 |
| 19 | Mac Danzig | 17 | UFC | 21 |
| 19 | Gleison Tibau | 17 | UFC | 25 |
| 21 | Josh Thomson | 15 | K-1 | 19 |
| 22 | Mizuto Hirota | 14 | K-1 | 29 |
| 23 | Nik Lentz | 14 | UFC | 20 |
| 24 | Gesias Cavalcante | 13 | Strikeforce | 27 |
| 25 | Jadamba Narantungalag | 13 | WVR | 21 |
The only top 5 lightweight with a fight scheduled in the near future is #4 Shinya Aoki who will be challenged by unranked Rich Clementi.
UFC on Versus 5 will feature the considerably more compelling matchup of #6 Jim Miller vs. #16 Ben Henderson.
#7 Kenny Florian is making his featherweight debut at UFC 131 against Diego Nunes.
#8 Anthony Pettis will be trying to maintain his claim on a title shot when he takes on #13 Clay Guida at The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale.
Based on the premise that all MMA rankings are subjective but that it’s still useful and informative to know who the online MMA community as a whole ranks as the best fighters in MMA, we collect and average the rankings of the top MMA websites to produce our consensus rankings. We compile the top MMA rankings from each of our sources and award 25 points for a first place ranking, 16 for a 10th place ranking, 1 for a 25th place ranking. A formula is used to "normalize" the data so all fighters are awarded points from those lists that do not include a full 25 fighters. This formula ensures that each ranking site awards the same number of total points regardless of how many fighters they choose to rank. Each fighter’s total is divided by the number of possible points to determine their standing in the Consensus Rankings.
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