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- Top Heavyweights - 265 lbs.
- Top Light Heavies - 205 lbs.
- Top Middleweights - 185 lbs.
- Top Welterweights - 170 lbs.
- Top Lightweights - 155 lbs.
- Top Featherweights - 145 lbs.
- Top Bantamweights - 135 lbs.
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- Top Flyweights - 125 lbs.
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The current pound-for-pound fighter ranking features only the cream of the crop from every weight class. To earn a spot, fighters need an extraordinary winning streak, or an extraordinary legacy, or both. Create YOUR own ranking today.
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- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 31-4-0
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2
- Georges St. Pierre
- "Rush"
- 22-2-0
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3
- Jose Aldo
- "Junior"
- 21-1-0
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4
- Jon Jones
- "Bones"
- 15-1-0
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5
- Frankie Edgar
- "The Answer"
- 14-1-1
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6
- Dominick Cruz
- "The Dominator"
- 19-1-0
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7
- Junior Dos Santos
- "Cigano"
- 14-1-0
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8
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo"
- 29-8-0
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9
- Rashad Evans
- "Sugar"
- 17-1-1
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10
- Gilbert Melendez
- "El Nino"
- 20-2-0
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- "The Natural Born Killer" Carlos Condit | 28-5-0
- Cain Velasquez | 9-1-0
- Nick Diaz | 26-8-0, 1 NC
- Mauricio "Shogun" Rua | 20-6-0
- Alistair "The Reem" Overeem | 36-11-0, 1 NC
- Ben "Smooth" Henderson | 15-2-0
- BJ "The Prodigy" Penn | 16-8-2
- "The California Kid" Urijah Faber | 26-5-0
- Chael Sonnen | 27-11-1
- Gray "The Bully" Maynard | 11-1-1, 1 NC
- Jon Fitch | 23-4-1, 1 NC
- Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida | 17-3-0
- "The Last Emperor" Fedor Emelianenko | 33-4-0, 1 NC
- Quinton "Rampage" Jackson | 32-9-0
- Joseph "The Beefcake" Benavidez | 15-2-0
- Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort | 21-9-0
- Jake Shields | 26-6-1
- Shinya "Tobikan Judan" Aoki | 30-5-0, 1 NC
- Jake "The Juggernaut" Ellenberger | 27-5-0
- Josh "Kos" Koscheck | 17-5-0
- Anthony "Showtime" Pettis | 15-2-0
- Eddie "The Silent Assassin" Alvarez | 22-3-0
- Renan Barao | 29-1-0, 1 NC
- Fabricio "Vai Cavalo" Werdum | 15-5-1
- "Lightning" Hector Lombard | 31-2-1, 1 NC
- Kenny "KenFlo" Florian | 14-6-0
- Miguel Angel Torres | 40-4-0
- Brock Lesnar | 5-3-0
- Frank Mir | 16-5-0
- Forrest Griffin | 18-7-0
- Yushin "Thunder" Okami | 26-6-0
- Nate Diaz | 15-7-0
- Randy "The Natural" Couture | 19-11-0
- Chad "Money" Mendes | 11-1-0
- Hatsu Hioki | 25-4-2
- Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson | 9-2-0
- Brian Bowles | 10-2-0
- Nate "The Great" Marquardt | 31-10-2
- "The Warmaster" Josh Barnett | 31-5-0
- Jim Miller | 21-3-0
- Shane "The Engineer" Carwin | 12-2-0
- Rich "Ace" Franklin | 28-6-0, 1 NC
- Ian "Uncle Creepy" McCall | 11-2-0
- Mike Chandler | 9-0-0
- Gegard "The Dreamcatcher" Mousasi | 32-3-2
- Thiago "Pitbull" Alves | 19-8-0
- George Sotiropoulos | 14-4-0
- Ryan "Darth" Bader | 13-2-0
- Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos | 10-1-0, 1 NC
- Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira | 33-7-1, 1 NC
- Daniel "DC" Cormier | 9-0-0
- Tatsuya "Crusher" Kawajiri | 30-7-2
- Marlon Sandro | 20-3-0
- Phil "Mr. Wonderful" Davis | 9-1-0
- Michael "The Count" Bisping | 22-4-0
- Mark "The Filipino Wrecking Machine" Munoz | 12-2-0
- Clay "The Carpenter" Guida | 30-12-0
- "Funky" Ben Askren | 9-0-0
- Mike Brown | 25-8-0
- Alexander "The Mauler" Gustafsson | 13-1-0
- Melvin "The Young Assassin" Guillard | 29-10-2, 1 NC
- Josh "The Fluke" Grispi | 14-3-0
- Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone | 17-4-0, 1 NC
- Johny "Big Rig" Hendricks | 12-1-0
- Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza | 14-3-0, 1 NC
- Pat "Paddy Mike" Curran | 16-4-0
- Alexander "Storm" Shlemenko | 43-7-0
- Rory "Ares" MacDonald | 12-1-0
- "All American" Brian Stann | 11-4-0
- Scott "Young Guns" Jorgensen | 13-5-0
- Demian Maia | 15-4-0
- Antonio "Junior" Silva | 16-3-0
- Antonio Rogerio "Minotoro" Nogueira | 20-5-0
- Luke Rockhold | 9-1-0
- Jussier "Formiga" da Silva | 13-1-0
- Patricio "Pitbull" Freire | 18-1-0
- Diego "The Dream" Sanchez | 23-5-0
- Chris "All American" Weidman | 8-0-0
- Bibiano "The Flash" Fernandes | 11-3-0
- Roy "Big Country" Nelson | 16-7-0
- Edson "Mendes Junior" Barboza | 10-0-0
- "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey | 4-0-0
- Zach "Fun Size" Makovsky | 14-2-0
- "The Gracie Hunter" Kazushi Sakuraba | 26-16-2, 1 NC
- Daniel Straus | 17-4-0
- Jay "The Thoroughbred" Hieron | 22-5-0
- Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson | 6-0-0
- Ben "Killa B" Saunders | 12-4-2
- Yasuhiro Urushitani | 19-4-6
- Vladimir "The Janitor" Matyushenko | 26-6-0
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