Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank 1Georges St. Pierre100UFC12Jon Fitch95UFC23Jake Shields90UFC34Thiago Alves85UFC45Josh Koscheck82UFC56Nick Diaz79Strikeforce67B.J. Penn78UFC78Carlos Condit70UFC89Diego Sanchez61UFC910Paul Daley47Strikeforce1011Martin Kampmann46UFC1112Matt Hughes41UFC1213Anthony Johnson35UFC1314Mike Pyle32UFC1415Paulo Thiago29UFC1716Ben Askren29Bellator1617Jay Hieron28Bellator1418Dong Hyun Kim26UFC1819Jake Ellenberger25UFC2020Dan Hardy22UFC2021John Hathaway22UFC1922Chris Lytle21UFC2223Rick Story18UFC2324Brian Ebersole14UFC2625Siyar Bahadurzada14Ultimate Glory24
#1 Georges St. Pierre reasserted his dominance over the welterweight division at UFC 129 when he took a clear decision victory over #3 Jake Shields despite only being able to see out of one eye for the majority of the bout.
#23 Rick Story will attempt to crack the top 10 when he takes on #4 Thiago Alves at UFC 130.
#8 Carlos Condit is scheduled to face the dangerous #18 Dong Hyun Kim at UFC 132.
#9 Diego Sanchez will finally get the fight he has been asking for at UFC 135 where he'll face #12 Matt Hughes.
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.
