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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

    Cain Velasquez mmaweekly.com
  2. 2

    Junior "Cigano" Dos Santos mmaweekly.com
    Junior Dos Santos
    "Cigano"
    15-2-0
  3. 3

    Daniel "DC" Cormier mmaweekly.com
    Daniel Cormier
    "DC"
    12-0-0
  4. 4

    Fabricio "Vai Cavalo" Werdum mmaweekly.com
    Fabricio Werdum
    "Vai Cavalo"
    16-5-1
  5. 5

    Antonio "BigFoot" Silva mmaweekly.com
    Antonio Silva
    "BigFoot"
    18-4-0
  6. 6

    Frank Mir mmaweekly.com
    Frank Mir
    16-7-0
  7. 7

    Alistair "The Reem" Overeem mmaweekly.com
    Alistair Overeem
    "The Reem"
    36-12-0, 1 NC
  8. 8

    Roy "Big Country" Nelson mmaweekly.com
    Roy Nelson
    "Big Country"
    19-7-0
  9. 9

    Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira mmaweekly.com
    Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
    "Minotauro"
    34-7-1, 1 NC
  10. 10

    Mark "Super Samoan" Hunt mmaweekly.com
    Mark Hunt
    "Super Samoan"
    9-7-0

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  1. "The Warmaster" Josh Barnett | 32-6-0
  2. Travis "Hapa" Browne | 14-1-1
  3. Stefan "Skyscraper" Struve | 25-6-0
  4. Cheick Kongo | 18-8-2
  5. Gabriel "Napao" Gonzaga | 14-7-0
  6. Stipe Miocic | 9-1-0
  7. Brendan "The Hybrid" Schaub | 9-3-0
  8. Matt Mitrione | 6-2-0
  9. Ben Rothwell | 32-9-0
  10. Pat "HD" Barry | 8-5-0

  11. Sergei "The Paratrooper" Kharitonov | 19-5-0
  12. Shawn "The Savage" Jordan | 14-4-0
  13. Todd Duffee | 8-2-0
  14. Mike Russow | 15-3-0, 1 NC
  15. Shane "The Engineer" Carwin | 12-2-0
  16. Lavar "Big" Johnson | 17-7-0
  17. Shane Del Rosario | 11-2-0
  18. Andrei "The Pitbull" Arlovski | 19-10-0, 1 NC
  19. Dave "Pee-Wee" Herman | 21-5-0
  20. Alexander "Drago" Volkov | 19-3-0

  21. Jeff "The Snowman" Monson | 49-13-1
  22. Brett "The Grim" Rogers | 12-5-0, 1 NC
  23. "The Last Emperor" Fedor Emelianenko | 34-4-0, 1 NC
  24. Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic | 28-10-2, 1 NC
  25. Tim "The Maine-iac" Sylvia | 31-8-0, 1 NC
  26. Damian "Polish Pitbull" Grabowski | 18-1-0
  27. Phil "F-11" De Fries | 9-3-0, 1 NC
  28. Pedro "The Rock" Rizzo | 19-10-0
  29. Thiago "Big Monster" Santos | 11-2-0, 1 NC
  30. Jon Madsen | 7-1-0

  31. Richard "Rare Breed" Hale | 21-5-1
  32. Eric "American Soldier" Prindle | 9-3-0, 1 NC
  33. Christian Morecraft | 7-3-0
  34. Soa "The Hulk" Palelei | 19-3-0
  35. Geronimo "Mondragon" Dos Santos | 31-14-0
  36. Bobby "The Dominator" Lashley | 7-2-0
  37. Rob "The Bear" Broughton | 15-7-1
  38. Neil "Goliath" Grove | 12-6-1
  39. Devin Cole | 20-10-1
  40. Paul "The Headhunter" Buentello | 29-15-0

  41. Oli Thompson | 9-5-0
  42. Kenny "Deuce" Garner | 12-4-0
  43. Ron "The Monster" Sparks | 8-1-0
  44. Eddie "The Manic Hispanic" Sanchez | 13-7-0
  45. Blagoi Ivanov | 6-0-0, 1 NC
  46. Rolles Gracie | 8-1-0
  47. Abe "Hurricane" Wagner | 10-7-0
  48. Aleksander "The Grim Reaper" Emelianenko | 21-6-0
  49. Vinicius "Spartan" Quieroz | 6-3-0
  50. Valentijn "The Python" Overeem | 30-28-0

  51. Satoshi Ishii | 7-2-1
  52. Anthony "Rumble" Johnson | 15-4-0
  53. "The Viking" John Olav Einemo | 6-3-0
  54. Nandor "The Hun" Guelmino | 11-4-1
  55. Cole "The Polar Bear" Konrad | 9-0-0
  56. "Iron" Mike Whitehead | 27-7-0
  57. Tony "Kryptonite" Lopez | 32-11-0
  58. "El Guapo" Bas Rutten | 28-4-1
  59. Vitaly Minakov | 9-0-0
  60. Guram Gugenishvili | 11-2-0

  61. Kimbo Slice | 4-2-0
  62. Ryan Martinez | 9-2-0
  63. Jimmy "The Titan" Ambriz | 17-18-1
  64. Kirill "Baby Fedor" Sidelnikov | 7-4-0
  65. Brock Lesnar | 5-3-0
  66. Konstantin "Lacplesis" Gluhov | 26-12-0
  67. Andreas "Big Daddy" Kraniotakes | 15-6-1
  68. "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock | 28-15-2
  69. Ednaldo "Lula" Oliveira | 14-1-1, 1 NC
  70. Mark "The Machine" Holata | 12-4-0

  71. Ricco "Suave" Rodriguez | 49-18-0
  72. Shamil Abdurahimov | 13-2-0
  73. Travis "The Ironman" Fulton | 248-49-11, 1 NC
  74. Tim "The Thrashing Machine" Hague | 14-7-0
  75. Dan "The Beast" Severn | 101-19-7
  76. Dion "Soldier" Staring | 28-9-0
  77. Kimo Leopoldo | 10-7-1
  78. Nick "Leatherface" Rossborough | 23-16-0
  79. Chris "The Crowbar" Tuchscherer | 21-4-0, 1 NC
  80. Nikita "The Al Capone" Krylov | 14-0-0

  81. Josh Appelt | 10-2-0
  82. Derrick "The Black Beast" Lewis | 9-2-0, 1 NC
  83. Maro "Mean Machine" Perak | 22-3-1
  84. Karl Etherington | 8-0-0
  85. Magomed Malikov | 6-2-0
  86. Ray "Sugarfoot" Sefo | 2-1-0
  87. Smealinho "Prince" Rama | 6-0-0
  88. Mostapha Al Turk | 6-6-0
  89. Jared "The Big Show" Rosholt | 5-1-0
  90. Peter "The Chief" Graham | 7-5-0

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