Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank 1Frankie Edgar99UFC12Gray Maynard94UFC23Gilbert Melendez93Strikeforce34Shinya Aoki82Strikeforce45Eddie Alvarez78Bellator56Jim Miller78UFC67Kenny Florian66UFC78Anthony Pettis55UFC98Tatsuya Kawajiri55Strikeforce810Sean Sherk51UFC1011Melvin Guillard49UFC1112B.J. Penn39UFC1213Clay Guida37UFC1314George Sotiropoulos34UFC1415Dennis Siver34UFC1516Ben Henderson27UFC1817Takanori Gomi26UFC1618Evan Dunham25UFC1719Mac Danzig17UFC2119Gleison Tibau17UFC2521Josh Thomson15K-11922Mizuto Hirota14K-12923Nik Lentz14UFC2024Gesias Cavalcante13Strikeforce2725Jadamba Narantungalag13WVR21
The only top 5 lightweight with a fight scheduled in the near future is #4 Shinya Aoki who will be challenged by unranked Rich Clementi.
UFC on Versus 5 will feature the considerably more compelling matchup of #6 Jim Miller vs. #16 Ben Henderson.
#7 Kenny Florian is making his featherweight debut at UFC 131 against Diego Nunes.
#8 Anthony Pettis will be trying to maintain his claim on a title shot when he takes on #13 Clay Guida at The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale.
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.
