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The Current Best MMA Heavyweights | 265 lbs.

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Who are the world's top heavyweights?

Heavyweight MMA features the highest ratio of knockout finishes of any weight class. It's no surprise; these guys are behemoths. Here are the current top ten at the 265lb. weight limit, across all promotions. Create YOUR own ranking today.

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  1. 1

    Junior "Cigano" Dos Santos mmaweekly.com
    Junior Dos Santos
    "Cigano"
    14-1-0
  2. 2

    Cain Velasquez mmaweekly.com
  3. 3

    Frank Mir mmaweekly.com
    Frank Mir
    16-5-0
  4. 4

    Daniel "DC" Cormier mmaweekly.com
    Daniel Cormier
    "DC"
    10-0-0
  5. 5

    Alistair "The Reem" Overeem mmaweekly.com
    Alistair Overeem
    "The Reem"
    36-11-0, 1 NC
  6. 6

    Fabricio "Vai Cavalo" Werdum mmaweekly.com
    Fabricio Werdum
    "Vai Cavalo"
    15-5-1
  7. 7

    "The Warmaster" Josh Barnett mmaweekly.com
    Josh Barnett
    "The Warmaster"
    31-6-0
  8. 8

    Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira mmaweekly.com
    Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
    "Minotauro"
    33-7-1, 1 NC
  9. 9

    Shane "The Engineer" Carwin mmaweekly.com
    Shane Carwin
    "The Engineer"
    12-2-0
  10. 10

    Travis "Hapa" Browne mmaweekly.com
    Travis Browne
    "Hapa"
    13-0-1

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  1. Antonio "Junior" Silva | 16-3-0
  2. Mark "Super Samoan" Hunt | 8-7-0
  3. Roy "Big Country" Nelson | 16-7-0
  4. "The Last Emperor" Fedor Emelianenko | 34-4-0, 1 NC
  5. Stefan "Skyscraper" Struve | 24-5-0
  6. Cheick Kongo | 17-7-2
  7. Ben Rothwell | 32-8-0
  8. Cole "The Polar Bear" Konrad | 8-0-0
  9. Sergei "The Paratrooper" Kharitonov | 18-5-0
  10. Lavar "Big" Johnson | 18-5-0

  11. Matt Mitrione | 5-1-0
  12. Mike Russow | 15-1-0, 1 NC
  13. Brendan "The Hybrid" Schaub | 8-3-0
  14. Gabriel "Napao" Gonzaga | 13-6-0
  15. Stipe Miocic | 8-0-0
  16. Dave "Pee-Wee" Herman | 21-4-0
  17. Shane Del Rosario | 11-0-0
  18. Pat "HD" Barry | 7-5-0
  19. Chad "The Grave Digger" Griggs | 11-2-0
  20. Andrei "The Pitbull" Arlovski | 17-9-0

  21. Brock Lesnar | 5-3-0
  22. Brett "The Grim" Rogers | 11-4-0
  23. Todd Duffee | 7-2-0
  24. Jeff "The Snowman" Monson | 45-13-0
  25. Thiago "Big Monster" Santos | 10-1-0, 1 NC
  26. Jon Madsen | 7-1-0
  27. Tim "The Maine-iac" Sylvia | 30-7-0
  28. Pedro "The Rock" Rizzo | 19-9-0
  29. Damian "Polish Pitbull" Grabowski | 16-1-0
  30. Joey "Mexicutioner" Beltran | 13-7-0

  31. Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic | 27-10-2, 1 NC
  32. Aleksander "The Grim Reaper" Emelianenko | 19-5-0
  33. Christian Morecraft | 7-3-0
  34. Mike "300" Hayes | 17-4-1
  35. "The Viking" John Olav Einemo | 6-3-0
  36. Eric "American Soldier" Prindle | 9-1-0, 1 NC
  37. Phil "F-11" De Fries | 8-1-0, 1 NC
  38. Shawn "The Savage" Jordan | 13-3-0
  39. Tony "Kryptonite" Lopez | 32-8-0
  40. Mark "The Machine" Holata | 12-3-0

  41. Rob "The Bear" Broughton | 15-7-1
  42. Valentijn "The Python" Overeem | 30-27-0
  43. Bobby "The Dominator" Lashley | 7-2-0
  44. Seth "The Silverback" Petruzelli | 14-6-0
  45. Oli Thompson | 9-3-0
  46. Neil "Goliath" Grove | 11-6-1
  47. Blagoi Ivanov | 6-0-0, 1 NC
  48. Eddie "The Manic Hispanic" Sanchez | 13-6-0
  49. Travis "The Ironman" Fulton | 251-49-11, 1 NC
  50. Ron "The Monster" Sparks | 8-1-0

  51. Devin Cole | 20-9-1
  52. Guram Gugenishvili | 11-0-0
  53. "El Guapo" Bas Rutten | 28-4-1
  54. Paul "The Headhunter" Buentello | 29-15-0
  55. Tim "The Thrashing Machine" Hague | 14-6-0
  56. Ednaldo "Lula" Oliveira | 13-1-1, 1 NC
  57. Magomed Malikov | 4-2-0
  58. Kimbo Slice | 4-2-0
  59. Dan "The Beast" Severn | 100-18-7
  60. David "Tank" Abbott | 10-14-0

  61. Ricco "Suave" Rodriguez | 48-18-0
  62. Yoshihiro "Kiss" Nakao | 9-3-0, 2 NC
  63. Zak Jensen | 10-9-0
  64. Don "The Predator" Frye | 20-10-1, 1 NC
  65. Azunna "Zulu" Anyanwu | 4-0-0
  66. Abe "Hurricane" Wagner | 10-6-0
  67. Bobby "The Truth" Hoffman | 36-10-1, 2 NC
  68. "Iron" Mike Whitehead | 27-7-0
  69. Rolles Gracie | 6-1-0
  70. Chris "The Crowbar" Tuchscherer | 22-4-0, 1 NC

  71. Ray "Sugarfoot" Sefo | 2-1-0
  72. Marcio "Pe de Pano" Cruz | 7-3-0
  73. Shamil Abdurahimov | 12-1-0
  74. Derrick "The Black Beast" Lewis | 7-2-0, 1 NC
  75. DJ "Da Protege" Linderman | 11-3-0
  76. Bernardo "The Black Panther" Mikixi | 3-2-0
  77. Marvin "The Beastman" Eastman | 18-14-1
  78. Morne "Mayhem" Marais | 1-0-0

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Tapology Consensus Rankings

As community members update their rankings, the consensus list will react in real-time. For Top Heavyweights - 265 lbs., the 100 most-recently updated member lists will be included.

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