Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank 1Dominick Cruz100UFC12Joseph Benavidez93UFC23Brian Bowles91UFC34Urijah Faber89UFC45Scott Jorgensen82UFC66Demetrious Johnson80UFC97Miguel Torres67UFC58Takeya Mizugaki61UFC79Brad Pickett58UFC810Masakatsu Ueda50Shooto1011Wagnney Fabiano40UFC1112Eddie Wineland34UFC1213Michael McDonald33UFC1414Damacio Page28UFC1315Masakazu Imanari30DREAM1916Renan Barao28UFC1517Zach Makovsky25Bellator1618Antonio Banuelos20UFC1819Takafumi Otsuka19DEEP2220Charlie Valencia18UFC1721Shuichiro Katsumura17Shooto2422Akitoshi Tamura15WVR2323Joe Warren15Bellator2123Ian Loveland15UFC2725Hiroshi Nakamura15DEEP20
#1 Dominick Cruz is set to defend his belt and his #1 ranking this Saturday night against #4 Urijah Faber at UFC 132 in Las Vegas.
UFC 132 will also feature a clash between top bantamweights #3 Brian Bowles and #8 Takeya Mizugaki in what is likely a bigger mismatch than the rankings would suggest.
#5 Scott Jorgensen moved up a spot this month after dispatching unranked Ken Stone at The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale in his Octagon debut.
#6 Demetrious Johnson rose three spots and #7 Miguel Torres fell two following Johnson's semi-controversial decision victory at UFC 130.
UFC 130 also saw #13 Michael McDonald and #16 Renan Barao pick up victories over unranked opposition.
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.
