Analysis by Richard Wade
Following his destruction at the hands of Alistair Overeem and his subsequent retirement announcement, Brock Lesnar has tumbled down the rankings list.
Compiling the rankings of twenty top mixed martial arts web sites, the USA TODAY / MMA Nation Consensus MMA Rankings present the top 25 fighters in MMA for the seven major weight classes. These world MMA rankings are the most accurate reflection of how the top fighters in MMA across all promotions like UFC, Strikeforce and ProElite are viewed by the experts who cover the sport.
| Rank | Fighter | Points | Promotion | Last Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Junior dos Santos | 400 | UFC | 1 |
| 2 | Cain Velasquez | 376 | UFC | 2 |
| 2 | Alistair Overeem | 376 | UFC | 3 |
| 4 | Frank Mir | 330 | UFC | 5 |
| 5 | Fabricio Werdum | 323 | UFC | 6 |
| 6 | Shane Carwin | 291 | UFC | 7 |
| 7 | Daniel Cormier | 289 | Strikeforce | 8 |
| 8 | Josh Barnett | 279 | Strikeforce | 9 |
| 9 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | 274 | UFC | 10 |
| 10 | Antonio Silva | 214 | UFC | 11 |
| 11 | Fedor Emelianenko | 169 | M-1 Global | 12 |
| 12 | Cheick Kongo | 164 | UFC | 13 |
| 13 | Brendan Schaub | 142 | UFC | 15 |
| 14 | Roy Nelson | 133 | UFC | 14 |
| 15 | Brock Lesnar | 130 | UFC | 4 |
| 16 | Sergei Kharitonov | 101 | Strikeforce | 16 |
| 17 | Travis Browne | 100 | UFC | 17 |
| 18 | Mike Russow | 90 | UFC | 18 |
| 19 | Cole Konrad | 89 | Bellator | 19 |
| 20 | Gabriel Gonzaga | 71 | UFC | 26 |
| 21 | Matt Mitrione | 70 | UFC | 20 |
| 22 | Stefan Struve | 67 | UFC | 21 |
| 23 | Mark Hunt | 64 | UFC | 22 |
| 24 | Dan Henderson | 57 | UFC | 24 |
| 25 | Dave Herman | 55 | UFC | 25 |
Following his destruction at the hands of Alistair Overeem and his subsequent retirement announcement, Brock Lesnar has tumbled down the rankings list.
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. Show more »