Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank 1Cain Velasquez99UFC12Junior dos Santos90UFC33Fabricio Werdum90Strikeforce23Brock Lesnar90UFC45Shane Carwin81UFC66Antonio Silva79Strikeforce57Alistair Overeem75Strikeforce78Frank Mir75UFC89Fedor Emelianenko70M-1 Global / Strikeforce910Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira52UFC1011Brendan Schaub39UFC1112Roy Nelson38UFC1213Sergei Kharitonov34Strikeforce1414Josh Barnett34Strikeforce1315Brett Rogers31Strikeforce1516Cheick Kongo26UFC1717Pedro Rizzo24Impact Fighting Championship1818Cole Konrad24Bellator1819Mike Russow23UFC2020Ben Rothwell22UFC1621Stefan Struve20UFC2122Travis Browne19UFC2323Matt Mitrione18UFC2224Gabriel Gonzaga16UFC2324Shane del Rosario16Strikeforce28
With #3 Brock Lesnar out due to illness, #2 Junior dos Santos will instead face #5 Shane Carwin at UFC 131 for a shot at #1 Cain Velasquez' title.
#3 Fabricio Werdum will challenge #7 Alistair Overeem in the second round of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix on June 18 at Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum.
#8 Frank Mir is set to take on #12 Roy Nelson at UFC 130 in a battle of elite heavyweight grapplers.
Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson will be headlined (obviously) by #9 Fedor Emelianenko and light heavyweight Dan Henderson in a catchweight bout.
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.
