Analysis by Richard Wade
Junior dos Santos still sits atop the heavyweight rankings as he awaits his first title defense.
Compiling the rankings of twenty top mixed martial arts web sites, the 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 | 350 | UFC | 1 |
| 2 | Alistair Overeem | 330 | UFC | 2 |
| 3 | Cain Velasquez | 327 | UFC | 2 |
| 4 | Fabricio Werdum | 291 | UFC | 5 |
| 5 | Frank Mir | 289 | UFC | 4 |
| 6 | Josh Barnett | 262 | Strikeforce | 7 |
| 7 | Shane Carwin | 257 | UFC | 6 |
| 8 | Daniel Cormier | 245 | Strikeforce | 8 |
| 9 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | 243 | UFC | 9 |
| 10 | Antonio Silva | 201 | UFC | 10 |
| 11 | Fedor Emelianenko | 149 | M-1 Global | 11 |
| 12 | Brendan Schaub | 132 | UFC | 13 |
| 13 | Mark Hunt | 125 | UFC | 22 |
| 14 | Roy Nelson | 112 | UFC | 14 |
| 15 | Travis Browne | 109 | UFC | 16 |
| 16 | Brock Lesnar | 101 | UFC | 15 |
| 17 | Cheick Kongo | 96 | UFC | 12 |
| 18 | Mike Russow | 91 | UFC | 17 |
| 19 | Cole Konrad | 88 | Bellator | 19 |
| 20 | Sergei Kharitonov | 80 | Strikeforce | 18 |
| 21 | Stefan Struve | 76 | UFC | 20 |
| 22 | Matt Mitrione | 63 | UFC | 21 |
| 23 | Gabriel Gonzaga | 55 | UFC | 22 |
| 24 | Dan Henderson | 55 | UFC | 25 |
| 25 | Pat Barry | 48 | UFC | 24 |
| 25 | Stipe Miocic | 48 | UFC | 26 |
Junior dos Santos still sits atop the heavyweight rankings as he awaits his first title defense.
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 »
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