Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank 1Dominick Cruz100UFC12Joseph Benavidez93UFC23Brian Bowles91UFC34Urijah Faber89UFC45Demetrious Johnson83UFC56Scott Jorgensen80UFC67Miguel Torres69UFC78Brad Pickett63UFC89Takeya Mizugaki49UFC910Masakatsu Ueda42Shooto1011Renan Barao38UFC1112Wagnney Fabiano37UFC1313Eddie Wineland37UFC1214Michael McDonald33UFC1415Zach Makovsky25Bellator1516Damacio Page24UFC1617Masakazu Imanari22DREAM1718Hideo Tokoro20DREAM2019Takafumi Otsuka19DEEP1920Antonio Banuelos1
REAM1821Joe Warren17Bellator2122Charlie Valencia14UFC2223Ian Loveland13UFC2324Hiroshi Nakamura13DEEP2625Ivan Menjivar13UFC25Saturday's UFC 134 will showcase #23 Ian Loveland vs. Yves Jabouin in a battle for relevance.
If you're hoping to see a top 10 bantamweight in the Octagon you'll have to wait until UFC 135 where #9 Takeya Mizugaki is scheduled to face Cole Escovedo. The event will also feature #16 Damacio Page vs. Norifumi Yamamoto.
Bellator 51 will host the first round of Bellator's bantamweight tournament including #21 Joe Warren vs. Alexis Vila.
Based on the premise that all MMA rankings are subjective but that it’s still useful and informative to know who the online MMA community as a whole ranks as the best fighters in MMA, we collect and average the rankings of the top MMA websites to produce our consensus rankings. We compile the top MMA rankings from each of our sources and award 25 points for a first place ranking, 16 for a 10th place ranking, 1 for a 25th place ranking. A formula is used to "normalize" the data so all fighters are awarded points from those lists that do not include a full 25 fighters. This formula ensures that each ranking site awards the same number of total points regardless of how many fighters they choose to rank. Each fighter’s total is divided by the number of possible points to determine their standing in the Consensus Rankings.
