Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank 1Georges St. Pierre100UFC12Jon Fitch95UFC23Jake Shields90UFC34Josh Koscheck83UFC55Nick Diaz81Strikeforce66B.J. Penn77UFC77Carlos Condit71UFC88Thiago Alves62UFC49Rick Story57UFC2310Diego Sanchez45UFC911Paul Daley44Strikeforce1012Martin Kampmann42UFC1113Matt Hughes35UFC1214Anthony Johnson31UFC1315Charlie Brenneman29UFCNR16Mike Pyle28UFC1417Jay Hieron28Bellator1518Paulo Thiago27UFC1719Ben Askren27Bellator1620Dong Hyun Kim24UFC1821Jake Ellenberger24UFC2122John Hathaway22UFC1923Dan Hardy19UFC2024Rory MacDonald17UFC3125Chris Lytle17UFC2225Siyar Bahadurzada17Ultimate Glory24
#8 Thiago Alves dropped a unanimous decision to #9 Rick Story who then dropped a unanimous decision to #15 Charlie Brennaman leaving the loser of each fight awkwardly ranked above the winner.
#7 Carlos Condit will take on #20 Dong Hyun Kim at UFC 132 this weekend in a bout that is likely less of a mismatch than the rankings might suggest.
UFC 132's feature match was originally scheduled to be #2 Jon Fitch vs #6 B.J. Penn, but injuries derailed the hotly anticipated rematch.
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.
