| Rank | Fighter | % | Promotion | Last Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anderson Silva | 100 | UFC | 1 |
| 2 | Dan Henderson | 93 | UFC | 2 |
| 3 | Nate Marquardt | 89 | UFC | 3 |
| 4 | Yushin Okami | 87 | UFC | 3 |
| 5 | Demian Maia | 81 | UFC | 5 |
| 6 | Jorge Santiago | 81 | WVR | 6 |
| 7 | Robbie Lawler | 64 | Strikeforce | 7 |
| 8 | Vitor Belfort | 61 | UFC | 8 |
| 9 | Chael Sonnen | 57 | UFC | 11 |
| 10 | Yoshihiro Akiyama | 53 | UFC | 10 |
| 11 | Paulo Filho | 34 | DREAM | 13 |
| 12 | Kazuo Misaki | 27 | WVR | 15 |
| 13 | Patrick Cote | 24 | UFC | 20 |
| 14 | Michael Bisping | 22 | UFC | 14 |
| 15 | Alessio Sakara | 20 | UFC | NR |
| 16 | Thales Leites | 19 | Free Agent | 9 |
| 17 | Ronaldo Souza | 19 | DREAM | 16 |
| 18 | Nick Diaz | 18 | Strikeforce | 17 |
| 19 | Ricardo Almeida | 18 | UFC | 30 |
| 20 | Cung Le | 17 | Strikeforce | 23 |
| 21 | Hector Lombard | 16 | Bellator | 18 |
| 22 | Jake Shields | 16 | Strikeforce | 19 |
| 23 | Alan Belcher | 16 | UFC | 21 |
| 24 | Gegard Mousasi | 14 | M-1 Global/Strikeforce/DREAM | 12 |
| 25 | Dan Miller | 14 | UFC | 29 |
Rankings compiled by Richard Wade.
After what he did to #5 light heavyweight Forrest Griffin at UFC 101, #1 Anderson Silva is really playing hard to get with the middleweight division.
#2 Dan Henderson may have KTFO'd #14 Michael Bisping at UFC 100 and he's been promised the next title shot by Dana White, but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting on Henderson vs Silva II.
Meanwhile, #3 Nate Marquardt and #5 Demian Maia will face off at this weekend's UFC 102. It's the kind of bout that would earn the winner a guaranteed title shot in any ordinary division. But middleweight has long since ceased being ordinary.
At UFC 103, prodigal son #8 Vitor Belfort will return against #8 Light Heavyweight Rich Franklin in a 195lb catchweight bout. If Belfort wins, don't be shocked to see him rushed into a title shot against Anderson Silva.
The same can't be said of poor #4 Yushin Okami who will be fighting a very tough #9 Chael Sonnen on the undercard of UFC 104. Okami will have to do something really dramatic to get a title shot anytime soon. It's unfortunate he was injured and stepped aside to make way for #16 Thales Leites at UFC 97.
No word on what's next for #6 Jorge Santiago. He apparently missed a payment on his Josh Barnett fan club membership, causing a string of freak events that culminated in the cancellation of his scheduled Affliction: Trilogy fight with Vitor Belfort.
It's interesting to note that the men who will be fighting for the Strikeforce interim middleweight title, #22 (#4 welterweight) Jake Shields and #27 Jason "Mayhem" Miller are barely ranked among the top middleweights in the world. Of course Strikeforce champ #20 Cung Le is barely ranked himself. Regardless, I expect the winner of Shields vs Miller to take a big jump in the rankings once that bout is in the books.
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 » 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.
