Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank 1Jon Jones100UFC12Mauricio Rua94UFC33Rashad Evans93UFC24Quinton Jackson87UFC45Lyoto Machida85UFC56Dan Henderson78UFC77Phil Davis72UFC88Forrest Griffin68UFC69Rafael Cavalcante49Strikeforce1010Gegard Mousasi47Strikeforce911Muhammed Lawal40Strikeforce1612Antonio Rogerio Nogueira38UFC1213Thiago Silva37UFC1114Rich Franklin37UFC1315Alexander Gustafsson36UFC1516Tito Ortiz31UFC1417Ryan Bader26UFC1718Vladimir Matyushenko19UFC1919Renato Sobral17Strikeforce1820Cyrille Diabate16UFC2121Stanislav Nedkov14UFCNR22Randy Couture14UFC2323Roger Gracie13Strikeforce2024Keith Jardine12Strikeforce2425Brandon Vera12UFC2525Jason Brilz12UFC3025Kyle Kingsbury12UFC26
#1 Jon Jones made his first successful title defense against #4 Quinton Jackson this past Saturday at UFC 135 keeping hope alive that we'll get to see Jones fight #3 Rashad Evans with the title on the line.
#9 Rafael Cavalcante and #11 Muhammed Lawal both faced and defeated lower (or un)ranked opposition at Strikeforce World Grand Prix: Barnett vs. Kharitonov keeping their names in the discussion of contenders at 205.
The next month currently has no top 25 light heavyweight action scheduled, though the following months should make up for it.
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.
