| Rank | Fighter | Points | Promotion | Last Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jose Aldo | 325 | UFC | 1 |
| 2 | Chad Mendes | 294 | UFC | 3 |
| 3 | Pat Curran | 281 | Bellator | 4 |
| 4 | Ricardo Lamas | 255 | UFC | 24 |
| 5 | Chan Sung Jung | 237 | UFC | 5 |
| 6 | Hatsu Hioki | 228 | UFC | 2 |
| 7 | Dennis Siver | 216 | UFC | 6 |
| 8 | Erik Koch | 201 | UFC | 8 |
| 9 | Diego Nunes | 178 | UFC | 11 |
| 10 | Dustin Poirier | 164 | UFC | 7 |
| 11 | Daniel Straus | 160 | Bellator | 12 |
| 12 | Tatsuya Kawajiri | 129 | One Fighting Championship | 13 |
| 13 | Patricio Freire | 121 | Bellator | 15 |
| 14 | Marlon Sandro | 116 | Bellator | 10 |
| 15 | Hiroyuki Takaya | 100 | DREAM | 14 |
| 16 | Hacran Dias | 89 | UFC | NR |
| 17 | Bart Palaszewski | 88 | UFC | 16 |
| 18 | Manny Gamburyan | 83 | UFC | 17 |
| 19 | Robert Peralta | 82 | UFC | 19 |
| 20 | Cub Swanson | 79 | UFC | NR |
| 21 | Yuri Alcantara | 70 | UFC | 18 |
| 22 | Tyson Griffin | 63 | UFC | 20 |
| 23 | Takeshi Inoue | 61 | DREAM | 22 |
| 24 | Darren Elkins | 58 | UFC | 26 |
| 25 | Charles Oliveira | 54 | UFC | 34 |
Upcoming Bouts:
#3 Pat Curran vs. #13 Patricio Freire on August 24.
#7 Dennis Siver vs. Eddie Yagin on September 1.
#2 Chad Mendes vs. Cody McKenzie on July 7.
#19 Robert Peralta vs. Jason Young on September 29.
#18 Manny Gamburyan vs. Michihiro Omigawa on August 4.
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.
