Tapology MMA Rankings

Annual Rankings

Annual Rankings are the place to celebrate the best that MMA had to offer in each calendar year. While regional action is eligible, the rankings will typically be filled with activity from the UFC and other top MMA organizations.

Tapology Annual Rankings are community-generated. Any Tapology user may create and submit their own ranking list. Based on the user's seniority, frequency of updates and comprehensiveness of rankings, the list will be weighted and eligible for inclusion into the consensus rankings.

Annual Rankings

2010 Fights of the Year

Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen

336 Bouts from 1531 contributors

Updated 3 minutes ago

2009 Fights of the Year

Clay Guida vs. Diego Sanchez

227 Bouts from 1401 contributors

Updated 2 minutes ago

2011 Fights of the Year

Maurício Rua vs. Dan Henderson

449 Bouts from 1484 contributors

Updated 2 minutes ago

2010 KOs of the Year

Dan Hardy vs. Carlos Condit

163 Bouts from 1350 contributors

Updated 1 minute ago

2011 KOs of the Year

Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort

203 Bouts from 1387 contributors

Updated 1 minute ago

2010 Subs of the Year

Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen

121 Bouts from 1247 contributors

Updated 1 minute ago

2011 Subs of the Year

Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung II

199 Bouts from 1310 contributors

Updated less than 1 second ago

2011 Events of the Year

UFC 139

82 Events from 1007 contributors

Updated 31 minutes ago

2012 Fights of the Year

Dustin Poirier vs. Chan Sung Jung

353 Bouts from 1090 contributors

Updated 54 seconds ago

2012 KOs of the Year

Edson Barboza vs. Terry Etim

230 Bouts from 1079 contributors

Updated 25 minutes ago

2012 Subs of the Year

Dustin Poirier vs. Chan Sung Jung

171 Bouts from 1004 contributors

Updated 24 minutes ago

2012 Events of the Year

UFC 142

124 Events from 971 contributors

Updated 24 minutes ago

2013 Events of the Year

UFC 156

116 Events from 756 contributors

Updated 24 minutes ago

2013 Fights of the Year

Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson

444 Bouts from 899 contributors

Updated 2 days, 14 hours, and 33 minutes ago

2013 KOs of the Year

Anderson Silva vs. Chris Weidman

338 Bouts from 838 contributors

Updated 25 minutes ago

2013 Subs of the Year

Renan Barão vs. Michael McDonald

227 Bouts from 770 contributors

Updated 25 minutes ago

2012 Fighter of the Year

Jon "Bones" Jones

138 Fighters from 777 contributors

Updated 14 seconds ago

2013 Fighter of the Year

Chris "All American" Weidman

270 Fighters from 621 contributors

Updated 1 minute ago

2014 Events of the Year

UFC 171

112 Events from 570 contributors

Updated 45 seconds ago

2014 Fights of the Year

Johny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler

883 Bouts from 651 contributors

Updated 1 minute ago

2014 KOs of the Year

Donald Cerrone vs. Adriano Martins

400 Bouts from 626 contributors

Updated 1 minute ago

2014 Subs of the Year

Ovince St. Preux vs. Nikita Krylov

342 Bouts from 592 contributors

Updated 32 seconds ago

2014 Fighter of the Year

"Ruthless" Robbie Lawler

409 Fighters from 614 contributors

Updated 1 minute ago

2015 Events of the Year

UFC 189

112 Events from 510 contributors

Updated 39 seconds ago

2015 Fights of the Year

Robbie Lawler vs. Rory MacDonald II

255 Bouts from 586 contributors

Updated 30 minutes ago

2015 KOs of the Year

Ronda Rousey vs. Holly Holm

278 Bouts from 560 contributors

Updated 30 minutes ago

2015 Subs of the Year

Cain Velasquez vs. Fabrício Werdum

208 Bouts from 524 contributors

Updated 28 minutes ago

2015 Fighter of the Year

"The Notorious" Conor McGregor

286 Fighters from 560 contributors

Updated 28 minutes ago

2016 Events of the Year

UFC 196

96 Events from 485 contributors

Updated 28 minutes ago

2016 Fights of the Year

Robbie Lawler vs. Carlos Condit

184 Bouts from 563 contributors

Updated 28 minutes ago

2016 KOs of the Year

Luke Rockhold vs. Michael Bisping II

237 Bouts from 528 contributors

Updated 2 days, 3 hours, and 43 minutes ago

2016 Subs of the Year

Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz

146 Bouts from 489 contributors

Updated 26 minutes ago

2016 Fighter of the Year

Stipe Miocic

215 Fighters from 531 contributors

Updated 26 minutes ago

2017 Events of the Year

UFC 217

188 Events from 428 contributors

Updated 26 minutes ago

2017 Fights of the Year

Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Johnson

252 Bouts from 491 contributors

Updated 26 minutes ago

2017 KOs of the Year

Alistair Overeem vs. Francis N'Gannou

330 Bouts from 482 contributors

Updated 25 minutes ago

2017 Subs of the Year

Aleksei Oleinik vs. Viktor Pešta

215 Bouts from 435 contributors

Updated 26 minutes ago

2017 Fighter of the Year

Max "Blessed" Holloway

212 Fighters from 480 contributors

Updated 27 minutes ago

2018 Events of the Year

UFC 229

333 Events from 394 contributors

Updated 36 seconds ago

2018 Fights of the Year

Justin Gaethje vs. Dustin Poirier

286 Bouts from 461 contributors

Updated 2 minutes ago

2018 KOs of the Year

Chan Sung Jung vs. Yair Rodriguez

259 Bouts from 451 contributors

Updated 2 minutes ago

2018 Subs of the Year

Aleksei Oleinik vs. Júnior Albini

245 Bouts from 402 contributors

Updated 1 minute ago

2018 Fighter of the Year

Daniel "DC" Cormier

237 Fighters from 454 contributors

Updated 36 seconds ago

2019 Events of the Year

UFC 236

196 Events from 350 contributors

Updated 30 minutes ago

2019 Subs of the Year

David Branch vs. Jack Hermansson

171 Bouts from 338 contributors

Updated 4 seconds ago

2019 KOs of the Year

Ben Askren vs. Jorge Masvidal

248 Bouts from 414 contributors

Updated 1 minute ago

2019 Fights of the Year

Kelvin Gastelum vs. Israel Adesanya

325 Bouts from 430 contributors

Updated 17 seconds ago

2019 Fighter of the Year

Israel "The Last Stylebender" Adesanya

210 Fighters from 415 contributors

Updated 2 minutes ago

2020 Fighter of the Year

Jan Błachowicz

331 Fighters from 397 contributors

Updated 34 seconds ago

2020 Fights of the Year

Weili Zhang vs. Joanna Jędrzejczyk

310 Bouts from 459 contributors

Updated 8 minutes ago

2020 KOs of the Year

Impa Kasanganay vs. Joaquin Buckley

218 Bouts from 418 contributors

Updated 15 minutes ago

2020 Subs of the Year

Kevin Lee vs. Charles Oliveira

147 Bouts from 343 contributors

Updated 3 minutes ago

2020 Events of the Year

UFC 249

86 Events from 347 contributors

Updated 19 minutes ago

2021 Fighter of the Year

Kamaru "Nigerian Nightmare" Usman

412 Fighters from 353 contributors

Updated 1 minute ago

2021 Fights of the Year

Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Chandler

454 Bouts from 438 contributors

Updated 1 minute ago

2021 KOs of the Year

Cory Sandhagen vs. Frankie Edgar

336 Bouts from 393 contributors

Updated 26 seconds ago

2021 Subs of the Year

Rodolfo Vieira vs. Anthony Hernandez

207 Bouts from 308 contributors

Updated 2 hours and 34 minutes ago

2021 Events of the Year

UFC 261

114 Events from 317 contributors

Updated 36 minutes ago

2022 Fighter of the Year

Alexander "The Great" Volkanovski

588 Fighters from 321 contributors

Updated 3 minutes ago

2022 Fights of the Year

Glover Teixeira vs. Jiří Procházka

548 Bouts from 423 contributors

Updated 3 minutes ago

2022 KOs of the Year

Kamaru Usman vs. Leon Edwards II

396 Bouts from 355 contributors

Updated 3 minutes ago

2022 Subs of the Year

Glover Teixeira vs. Jiří Procházka

227 Bouts from 281 contributors

Updated 3 minutes ago

2022 Events of the Year

UFC 275

232 Events from 311 contributors

Updated 3 minutes ago

2023 Fighter of the Year

Islam Makhachev

617 Fighters from 192 contributors

Updated 19 minutes ago

2023 Fights of the Year

Islam Makhachev vs. Alexander Volkanovski

455 Bouts from 236 contributors

Updated 19 minutes ago

2023 KOs of the Year

Alex Pereira vs. Israel Adesanya II

212 Bouts from 194 contributors

Updated 18 minutes ago

2023 Subs of the Year

Valentina Shevchenko vs. Alexa Grasso

135 Bouts from 153 contributors

Updated 17 minutes ago

2023 Events of the Year

UFC 285

148 Events from 193 contributors

Updated 19 minutes ago

  • MMA Weekly : Georges St-Pierre: I'm 'absolutely not' the super fight Dana White has teased
  • MMA Junkie : Georges St-Pierre shuts down Dana White superfight rumors: 'I will not fight in the cage after the age of 40'
  • MMA Weekly : UFC 296 Countdown: Leon Edwards vs. Colby Covington
  • MMA Junkie : Matchup Roundup: New UFC fights announced in the past week (Dec. 4-10)
  • MMA Weekly : UFC 296 Countdown: Alexandre Pantoja vs. Brandon Royval
  • MMAFighting.com : On To the Next One: Matches to make after UFC Vegas 83
  • MMAFighting.com : The MMA Hour with Leon Edwards, Shavkat Rakhmonov, Eddie Hearn, Dakota Ditcheva, and Jonathan Di Bella in studio at 1 p.m. ET
  • MMA Junkie : Beneil Dariush contemplates fighting future after UFC Austin: 'Do I go forward, or am I done kind of deal?'
  • MMA Junkie : UFC 296 commentary team, broadcast plans set: Lead PPV team with Joe Rogan closes 2023
  • MMA Junkie : UFC free fight: Did Paddy Pimblett get away with a robbery against Jared Gordon?
  • MMA Junkie : UFC free fight video: Did Paddy Pimblett get away with a robbery against Jared Gordon?
  • MMAFighting.com : Morning Report: Islam Makhachev ‘not interested in rematches,’ targets Justin Gaethje next
  • MMA Weekly : UFC 296 Countdown: Shavkat Rakhmonov vs. Stephen Thompson
  • MMA Weekly : Watch Colby Covington Dominate Jorge Masvidal: UFC Fight Video
  • MMA Junkie : Nasrat Haqparast advocates for UFC Morocco event after big knockout
  • MMA Junkie : UFC Fight Night 233 winner Kevin Jousset suggests clash with Daniel Rodriguez next: 'I like his style'
  • MMAFighting.com : UFC 297 poster revealed, Sean Strickland vs. Dricus du Plessis tops 2 title-fight card
  • MMAFighting.com : UFC 297 poster revealed featuring two title fights headlined by Sean Strickland vs. Dricus du Plessis
  • MMA Junkie : Andre Muniz relieved to snap skid at UFC Fight Night 233, vows to reach top of middleweight division
  • MMA Junkie : Mick Maynard's Shoes: What's next for Khalil Rountree after UFC Fight Night 233 win?