The Tapology Consensus MMA Rankings
The Current Best Pound-for-Pound MMA Fighters
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- Top Flyweights - 125 lbs.
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1
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 33-4-0
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2
- Jon Jones
- "Bones"
- 18-1-0
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3
- Georges St. Pierre
- "Rush"
- 24-2-0
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4
- Jose Aldo
- "Junior"
- 22-1-0
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5
- Cain Velasquez
- 11-1-0
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6
- Benson Henderson
- "Smooth"
- 19-2-0
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7
- Renan Barao
- 30-1-0, 1 NC
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8
- Demetrious Johnson
- "Mighty Mouse"
- 17-2-1
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9
- Dominick Cruz
- "The Dominator"
- 19-1-0
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10
- Frankie Edgar
- "The Answer"
- 15-4-1
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- Junior "Cigano" Dos Santos | 15-2-0
- Johny "Big Rig" Hendricks | 15-1-0
- Dan "Hendo" Henderson | 29-9-0
- Anthony "Showtime" Pettis | 16-2-0
- "The Natural Born Killer" Carlos Condit | 28-7-0
- Gilbert "El Nino" Melendez | 21-3-0
- Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida | 19-3-0
- Joseph "The Beefcake" Benavidez | 18-3-0
- Daniel "DC" Cormier | 12-0-0
- "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey | 7-0-0
- Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort | 23-10-0
- "The California Kid" Urijah Faber | 28-6-0
- Chris "All American" Weidman | 9-0-0
- Gray "The Bully" Maynard | 11-1-1, 1 NC
- "Sugar" Rashad Evans | 17-3-1
- Chael Sonnen | 27-13-1
- Mauricio "Shogun" Rua | 21-7-0
- Nick Diaz | 26-9-0, 1 NC
- Chad "Money" Mendes | 14-1-0
- Rory "Ares" MacDonald | 14-1-0
- Pat "Paddy Mike" Curran | 19-4-0
- Jon Fitch | 24-5-1, 1 NC
- Alistair "The Reem" Overeem | 36-12-0, 1 NC
- Michael Chandler | 11-0-0
- Jake "The Juggernaut" Ellenberger | 29-6-0
- Alexander "The Mauler" Gustafsson | 15-1-0
- BJ "The Prodigy" Penn | 16-9-2
- Fabricio "Vai Cavalo" Werdum | 16-5-1
- Demian Maia | 18-4-0
- "The Last Emperor" Fedor Emelianenko | 34-4-0, 1 NC
- Michael "The Count" Bisping | 24-5-0
- Yushin "Thunder" Okami | 29-7-0
- "The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung | 13-3-0
- John "The Magician" Dodson | 14-6-0
- Jake Shields | 27-6-1, 1 NC
- Eddie "The Silent Assassin" Alvarez | 24-3-0
- Frank Mir | 16-7-0
- Gegard "The Dreamcatcher" Mousasi | 34-3-2
- Ian "Uncle Creepy" McCall | 11-4-1
- Luke Rockhold | 10-2-0
- "Lightning" Hector Lombard | 32-4-1, 1 NC
- Shinya "Tobikan Judan" Aoki | 33-6-0, 1 NC
- Nate Diaz | 16-9-0
- Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos | 11-1-0, 1 NC
- Ricardo "The Bully" Lamas | 13-2-0
- Quinton "Rampage" Jackson | 32-11-0
- Jim Miller | 22-5-0
- Phil "Mr. Wonderful" Davis | 11-1-0, 1 NC
- Michael "Mayday" McDonald | 15-2-0
- Josh "Kos" Koscheck | 17-7-0
- Eddie Wineland | 20-8-1
- Antonio "BigFoot" Silva | 18-4-0
- Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira | 34-7-1, 1 NC
- Nate "The Great" Marquardt | 32-12-2
- Martin "Hitman" Kampmann | 20-6-0
- "The Warmaster" Josh Barnett | 32-6-0
- Cub Swanson | 19-5-0
- Kenny "KenFlo" Florian | 14-6-0
- Forrest Griffin | 19-7-0
- Hatsu Hioki | 26-6-2
- "Funky" Ben Askren | 11-0-0
- Glover Teixeira | 20-2-0
- Brian Bowles | 10-2-0
- Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza | 18-3-0, 1 NC
- Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone | 19-5-0, 1 NC
- Erick "Indio" Silva | 14-3-0, 1 NC
- Roy "Big Country" Nelson | 19-7-0
- Brock Lesnar | 5-3-0
- Diego "The Dream" Sanchez | 24-5-0
- "All American" Brian Stann | 12-6-0
- Travis "Hapa" Browne | 14-1-1
- Rich "Ace" Franklin | 29-7-0, 1 NC
- Dan "The Outlaw" Hardy | 25-10-0, 1 NC
- Alan "The Talent" Belcher | 18-8-0
- Dennis Siver | 21-8-0
- Bibiano "The Flash" Fernandes | 13-3-0
- Melvin "The Young Assassin" Guillard | 30-12-2, 1 NC
- Mike Brown | 26-8-0
- Costa Philippou | 12-2-0, 1 NC
- Matt Hughes | 45-9-0
- Tarec "Sponge" Saffiedine | 14-3-0
- Khabib "The Eagle" Nurmagomedov | 19-0-0
- Randy "The Natural" Couture | 19-11-0
- "The Gracie Hunter" Kazushi Sakuraba | 26-16-2, 1 NC
- Josh "The Punk" Thomson | 20-5-0, 1 NC
- Jessica Penne | 10-2-0
- Tim "The Barbarian" Boetsch | 16-5-0
- Ryan "Darth" Bader | 15-3-0
- Sarah Kaufman | 16-2-0
- Conor "Notorious" McGregor | 13-2-0
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