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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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- Junior Dos Santos
- "Cigano"
- 14-1-0
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2
- Cain Velasquez
- 9-1-0
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3
- Frank Mir
- 16-5-0
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4
- Daniel Cormier
- "DC"
- 10-0-0
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5
- Alistair Overeem
- "The Reem"
- 36-11-0, 1 NC
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6
- Fabricio Werdum
- "Vai Cavalo"
- 15-5-1
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7
- Josh Barnett
- "The Warmaster"
- 31-6-0
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8
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
- "Minotauro"
- 33-7-1, 1 NC
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- Shane Carwin
- "The Engineer"
- 12-2-0
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10
- Travis Browne
- "Hapa"
- 13-0-1
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- Antonio "Junior" Silva | 16-3-0
- Mark "Super Samoan" Hunt | 8-7-0
- Roy "Big Country" Nelson | 16-7-0
- "The Last Emperor" Fedor Emelianenko | 34-4-0, 1 NC
- Stefan "Skyscraper" Struve | 24-5-0
- Cheick Kongo | 17-7-2
- Ben Rothwell | 32-8-0
- Cole "The Polar Bear" Konrad | 8-0-0
- Sergei "The Paratrooper" Kharitonov | 18-5-0
- Lavar "Big" Johnson | 18-5-0
- Matt Mitrione | 5-1-0
- Mike Russow | 15-1-0, 1 NC
- Brendan "The Hybrid" Schaub | 8-3-0
- Gabriel "Napao" Gonzaga | 13-6-0
- Stipe Miocic | 8-0-0
- Dave "Pee-Wee" Herman | 21-4-0
- Shane Del Rosario | 11-0-0
- Pat "HD" Barry | 7-5-0
- Chad "The Grave Digger" Griggs | 11-2-0
- Andrei "The Pitbull" Arlovski | 17-9-0
- Brock Lesnar | 5-3-0
- Brett "The Grim" Rogers | 11-4-0
- Todd Duffee | 7-2-0
- Jeff "The Snowman" Monson | 45-13-0
- Thiago "Big Monster" Santos | 10-1-0, 1 NC
- Jon Madsen | 7-1-0
- Tim "The Maine-iac" Sylvia | 30-7-0
- Pedro "The Rock" Rizzo | 19-9-0
- Damian "Polish Pitbull" Grabowski | 16-1-0
- Joey "Mexicutioner" Beltran | 13-7-0
- Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic | 27-10-2, 1 NC
- Aleksander "The Grim Reaper" Emelianenko | 19-5-0
- Christian Morecraft | 7-3-0
- Mike "300" Hayes | 17-4-1
- "The Viking" John Olav Einemo | 6-3-0
- Eric "American Soldier" Prindle | 9-1-0, 1 NC
- Phil "F-11" De Fries | 8-1-0, 1 NC
- Shawn "The Savage" Jordan | 13-3-0
- Tony "Kryptonite" Lopez | 32-8-0
- Mark "The Machine" Holata | 12-3-0
- Rob "The Bear" Broughton | 15-7-1
- Valentijn "The Python" Overeem | 30-27-0
- Bobby "The Dominator" Lashley | 7-2-0
- Seth "The Silverback" Petruzelli | 14-6-0
- Oli Thompson | 9-3-0
- Neil "Goliath" Grove | 11-6-1
- Blagoi Ivanov | 6-0-0, 1 NC
- Eddie "The Manic Hispanic" Sanchez | 13-6-0
- Travis "The Ironman" Fulton | 251-49-11, 1 NC
- Ron "The Monster" Sparks | 8-1-0
- Devin Cole | 20-9-1
- Guram Gugenishvili | 11-0-0
- "El Guapo" Bas Rutten | 28-4-1
- Paul "The Headhunter" Buentello | 29-15-0
- Tim "The Thrashing Machine" Hague | 14-6-0
- Ednaldo "Lula" Oliveira | 13-1-1, 1 NC
- Magomed Malikov | 4-2-0
- Kimbo Slice | 4-2-0
- Dan "The Beast" Severn | 100-18-7
- David "Tank" Abbott | 10-14-0
- Ricco "Suave" Rodriguez | 48-18-0
- Yoshihiro "Kiss" Nakao | 9-3-0, 2 NC
- Zak Jensen | 10-9-0
- Don "The Predator" Frye | 20-10-1, 1 NC
- Azunna "Zulu" Anyanwu | 4-0-0
- Abe "Hurricane" Wagner | 10-6-0
- Bobby "The Truth" Hoffman | 36-10-1, 2 NC
- "Iron" Mike Whitehead | 27-7-0
- Rolles Gracie | 6-1-0
- Chris "The Crowbar" Tuchscherer | 22-4-0, 1 NC
- Ray "Sugarfoot" Sefo | 2-1-0
- Marcio "Pe de Pano" Cruz | 7-3-0
- Shamil Abdurahimov | 12-1-0
- Derrick "The Black Beast" Lewis | 7-2-0, 1 NC
- DJ "Da Protege" Linderman | 11-3-0
- Bernardo "The Black Panther" Mikixi | 3-2-0
- Marvin "The Beastman" Eastman | 18-14-1
- Morne "Mayhem" Marais | 1-0-0
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