| Rank | Fighter | % | Promotion | Last Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jose Aldo | 100 | UFC | 1 |
| 2 | Hatsu Hioki | 92 | WVR | 2 |
| 3 | Chad Mendes | 91 | UFC | 3 |
| 4 | Manny Gamburyan | 82 | UFC | 4 |
| 5 | Marlon Sandro | 76 | Bellator | 5 |
| 6 | Diego Nunes | 69 | UFC | 6 |
| 7 | Mark Hominick | 67 | UFC | 8 |
| 8 | Michihiro Omigawa | 66 | UFC | 7 |
| 9 | Dustin Poirier | 52 | UFC | 9 |
| 10 | Bibiano Fernandes | 48 | K-1 | 10 |
| 11 | Joe Warren | 45 | Bellator | 11 |
| 12 | Erik Koch | 41 | UFC | 13 |
| 13 | Hiroyuki Takaya | 41 | Strikeforce | 12 |
| 14 | Josh Grispi | 36 | UFC | 14 |
| 15 | Rani Yahya | 31 | UFC | 15 |
| 16 | Kazuyuki Miyata | 26 | K-1 | 16 |
| 17 | Masanori Kanehara | 25 | WVR | 17 |
| 18 | Patricio Freire | 24 | Bellator | 18 |
| 19 | Yoshiro Maeda | 22 | WVR | 20 |
| 20 | Mike Brown | 20 | UFC | 18 |
| 21 | Robert Peralta | 19 | Strikeforce | 22 |
| 22 | Raphael Assuncao | 16 | UFC | 21 |
| 23 | Yuji Hoshino | 14 | WVR | 29 |
| 24 | Takeshi Inoue | 14 | Shooto | 25 |
| 25 | Koichiro Matsumoto | 13 | DEEP | 31 |
| 25 | Luis Palomino | 13 | Champions Fighting Alliance | NR |
#1 Jose Aldo actually made the division more interesting with his poor finish to an otherwise dominant performance against #7 Mark Hominick at UFC 129.
#3 Chad Mendes will stay busy against #15 Rani Yahya at UFC 133 following Aldo's withdrawal due to inadequate preparation time.
#4 Manny Gamburyan will welcome Tyson Griffin to the featherweight division at UFC on Versus 4.
#6 Diego Nunes will similarly welcome Kenny Florian who is making his featherweight debut at UFC 131.
UFC 131 will also feature #7 Michihiro Omigawa vs. Darren Elkins.
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.
