Tapology Annual Ranking
MMA's Fighter of the Year 2021
About Annual Rankings
Annual Rankings are for the best fighters in a given year. Tapology users submit their own lists which are combined into consensus rankings. Learn More.
Annual Rankings are for the best fighters in a given year. Tapology users submit their own lists which are combined into consensus rankings. Learn More.
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Rankings
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Charles "do Bronx" Oliveira
34-10-0, 1 NC
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3
Max "Blessed" Holloway
26-7-0
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4
Ciryl "Bon Gamin" Gane
12-2-0
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"Thug" Rose Namajunas
12-6-0
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Dustin "The Diamond" Poirier
30-8-0, 1 NC
Recent Fights:TKOTKOSUBSUBTKOTKODEC -
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Islam Makhachev
25-1-0
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Jiří "BJP" Procházka
30-4-1
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Glover Teixeira
33-9-0
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13
Beneil "Benny" Dariush
22-6-1
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"Suga" Sean O'Malley
18-1-0, 1 NC
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18
Derek "The One" Brunson
24-9-0
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19
Marina Rodriguez
17-4-2
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20
Tai "Bam Bam" Tuivasa
15-7-0
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Tom Aspinall
14-3-0
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24
Jan Błachowicz
29-10-1
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"Iron" Michael Chandler
23-8-0
Recent Fights:SUBTKODECTKOTKOTKOTKO -
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Ricky Simón
20-5-0
Recent Fights:DECTKOSUBTKODECSUBDEC -
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Magomed Ankalaev
19-1-1, 1 NC
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27
Giga "Ninja" Chikadze
15-3-0
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28
Mateusz "Gamer" Gamrot
24-2-0, 1 NC
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29
Chris "The Action Man" Curtis
31-11-0, 1 NC
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30
Manon "The Beast" Fiorot
12-1-0
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José Aldo "Junior"
31-8-0
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Belal "Remember the Name" Muhammad
23-3-0, 1 NC
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33
T.J. Dillashaw
17-5-0
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Cory "Sandman" Sandhagen
17-4-0
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Kai "Don't Blink" Kara-France
24-11-0, 1 NC
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Sean "Tarzan" Strickland
28-6-0
Recent Fights:DECDECTKODECDECTKODEC -
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Anthony "Lionheart" Smith
37-19-0
Recent Fights:TKODECDECTKOSUBTKOSUB -
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Recent Fights:DECTKOTKODECDECDECDEC -
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Derrick "The Black Beast" Lewis
27-12-0, 1 NC
Recent Fights:DECTKOSUBTKOTKOTKOTKO -
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"The Leech" Jingliang Li
19-8-0
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Adrian Yanez
16-5-0
Recent Fights:TKOTKOTKODECTKOTKOTKO -
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Amanda "The Lioness" Nunes
23-5-0
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Daniel "D-Rod" Rodriguez
17-4-0
Recent Fights:TKOSUBDECDECTKODECDEC -
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Marlon "Chito" Vera
23-9-1
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46
Askar "Bullet" Askarov
15-1-1
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Sean Brady
16-1-0
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Bruno "Blindado" Silva
23-11-0
Ranking Contributors
As Tapology users create their own lists, the consensus rankings will update in real-time. For 2021 Fighter of the Year, the 150 most-recently updated member lists will be included.