Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank 1Jon Jones100UFC12Rashad Evans93UFC33Mauricio Rua92UFC24Quinton Jackson88UFC35Lyoto Machida85UFC56Forrest Griffin79UFC67Dan Henderson77Strikeforce78Phil Davis70UFC89Gegard Mousasi47Strikeforce1110Rafael Cavalcante41Strikeforce911Thiago Silva40UFC912Antonio Rogerio Nogueira37UFC1213Rich Franklin37UFC1314Tito Ortiz34UFC1415Alexander Gustafsson33UFC1816Muhammed Lawal33Strikeforce1617Ryan Bader27UFC1518Renato Sobral20Strikeforce1919Vladimir Matyushenko19UFC2020Roger Gracie16Strikeforce2121Cyrille Diabate15UFC2122Luiz Cane15UFC2423Randy Couture14UFC2324Keith Jardine13Strikeforce2525Brandon Vera13UFC26
Starting with this Saturday at UFC 134, we have a busy month of top ranked light heavyweight fights. #3 Mauricio "Shogun" Rua will rematch #6 Forrest Griffin as both struggle to stay in the title picture. That same night #22 Luiz Cane will try to work his way back toward contention against Stanislav Nedkov.
Undisputed #1 Jon "Bones" Jones will make his first title defense against #4 Quinton "Rampage" Jackson at UFC 135.
#16 Muhammed Lawal will take on #20 Roger Gracie in a fascinating clash of styles at Strikeforce: Heavyweight Grand Prix. That event will also feature the grossly overrated #10 Rafael Cavalcante in a squash match against Yoel Romero Palacio.
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.
