| Rank | Fighter | % | Promotion | Last Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Jones | 100 | UFC | 1 |
| 2 | Rashad Evans | 93 | UFC | 3 |
| 3 | Mauricio Rua | 92 | UFC | 2 |
| 4 | Quinton Jackson | 88 | UFC | 3 |
| 5 | Lyoto Machida | 85 | UFC | 5 |
| 6 | Forrest Griffin | 79 | UFC | 6 |
| 7 | Dan Henderson | 77 | Strikeforce | 7 |
| 8 | Phil Davis | 70 | UFC | 8 |
| 9 | Gegard Mousasi | 47 | Strikeforce | 11 |
| 10 | Rafael Cavalcante | 41 | Strikeforce | 9 |
| 11 | Thiago Silva | 40 | UFC | 9 |
| 12 | Antonio Rogerio Nogueira | 37 | UFC | 12 |
| 13 | Rich Franklin | 37 | UFC | 13 |
| 14 | Tito Ortiz | 34 | UFC | 14 |
| 15 | Alexander Gustafsson | 33 | UFC | 18 |
| 16 | Muhammed Lawal | 33 | Strikeforce | 16 |
| 17 | Ryan Bader | 27 | UFC | 15 |
| 18 | Renato Sobral | 20 | Strikeforce | 19 |
| 19 | Vladimir Matyushenko | 19 | UFC | 20 |
| 20 | Roger Gracie | 16 | Strikeforce | 21 |
| 21 | Cyrille Diabate | 15 | UFC | 21 |
| 22 | Luiz Cane | 15 | UFC | 24 |
| 23 | Randy Couture | 14 | UFC | 23 |
| 24 | Keith Jardine | 13 | Strikeforce | 25 |
| 25 | Brandon Vera | 13 | UFC | 26 |
Starting with this Saturday at UFC 134, we have a busy month of top ranked light heavyweight fights. #3 Mauricio "Shogun" Rua will rematch #6 Forrest Griffin as both struggle to stay in the title picture. That same night #22 Luiz Cane will try to work his way back toward contention against Stanislav Nedkov.
Undisputed #1 Jon "Bones" Jones will make his first title defense against #4 Quinton "Rampage" Jackson at UFC 135.
#16 Muhammed Lawal will take on #20 Roger Gracie in a fascinating clash of styles at Strikeforce: Heavyweight Grand Prix. That event will also feature the grossly overrated #10 Rafael Cavalcante in a squash match against Yoel Romero Palacio.
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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