Current Best MMA Players

Before I break down each MMA players, I would like to introduce current best MMA fighters arranged by ranking.


Compiled rankings of the top 25 fighters in MMA for the seven major weight classes, presented by top mixed martial arts web sites, the USA TODAY / SB Nation. These MMA rankings are the most accurate in MMA across all promotions like UFC, Strikeforce and ProElite are viewed by the experts who cover the sport.

Heavyweight MMA
Consensus Rankings posted August 26, 2011

Rank	Fighter	%	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Cain Velasquez	100	UFC	1
2	Junior dos Santos	95	UFC	2
3	Alistair Overeem	90	Strikeforce	3
4	Brock Lesnar	86	UFC	4
5	Antonio Silva	80	Strikeforce	6
6	Fabricio Werdum	80	Strikeforce	5
7	Frank Mir	75	UFC	7
8	Shane Carwin	73	UFC	8
9	Josh Barnett	60	Strikeforce	10
10	Brendan Schaub	46	UFC	12
11	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	43	UFC	11
12	Fedor Emelianenko	42	M-1 Global / Strikeforce	9
13	Sergei Kharitonov	35	Strikeforce	14
14	Roy Nelson	32	UFC	13
15	Cheick Kongo	31	UFC	15
16	Travis Browne	26	UFC	16
17	Matt Mitrione	24	UFC	19
18	Mike Russow	24	UFC	17
19	Cole Konrad	22	Bellator	17
20	Daniel Cormier	21	Strikeforce	20
21	Brett Rogers	20	Strikeforce	22
22	Ben Rothwell	18	UFC	21
23	Pedro Rizzo	16	Impact Fighting Championships	25
24	Stefan Struve	15	UFC	23
25	Pat Barry	15	UFC	24

Light Heavyweight MMA

Consensus Rankings posted August 26, 2011

Rank	Fighter	%	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Jon Jones	100	UFC	1
2	Rashad Evans	93	UFC	3
3	Mauricio Rua	92	UFC	2
4	Quinton Jackson	88	UFC	3
5	Lyoto Machida	85	UFC	5
6	Forrest Griffin	79	UFC	6
7	Dan Henderson	77	Strikeforce	7
8	Phil Davis	70	UFC	8
9	Gegard Mousasi	47	Strikeforce	11
10	Rafael Cavalcante	41	Strikeforce	9
11	Thiago Silva	40	UFC	9
12	Antonio Rogerio Nogueira	37	UFC	12
13	Rich Franklin	37	UFC	13
14	Tito Ortiz	34	UFC	14
15	Alexander Gustafsson	33	UFC	18
16	Muhammed Lawal	33	Strikeforce	16
17	Ryan Bader	27	UFC	15
18	Renato Sobral	20	Strikeforce	19
19	Vladimir Matyushenko	19	UFC	20
20	Roger Gracie	16	Strikeforce	21
21	Cyrille Diabate	15	UFC	21
22	Luiz Cane	15	UFC	24
23	Randy Couture	14	UFC	23
24	Keith Jardine	13	Strikeforce	25
25	Brandon Vera	13	UFC	26

Middleweight MMA

Consensus Rankings posted August 26, 2011

Rank	Fighter	%	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Anderson Silva	100	UFC	1
2	Yushin Okami	92	UFC	2
3	Chael Sonnen	87	UFC	3
4	Ronaldo Souza	80	Strikeforce	4
5	Mark Munoz	76	UFC	5
6	Vitor Belfort	73	UFC	10
7	Brian Stann	71	UFC	6
8	Michael Bisping	66	UFC	7
9	Demian Maia	64	UFC	9
10	Nate Marquardt	61	BAMA	8
11	Chris Leben	43	UFC	11
12	Hector Lombard	35	Bellator	13
13	Jorge Santiago	33	UFC	12
14	Tim Kennedy	31	Strikeforce	18
15	Mamed Khalidov	25	KSW	16
16	Alan Belcher	23	UFC	15
17	Wanderlei Silva	23	UFC	17
18	Robbie Lawler	20	Strikeforce	14
19	Rousimar Palhares	20	UFC	18
20	Yoshihiro Akiyama	19	UFC	20
21	Jason Miller	18	UFC	24
22	Jake Shields	17	UFC	21
23	Dan Miller	17	UFC	23
24	Chris Weidman	15	UFC	22
25	Alessio Sakara	14	UFC	26

Welterweight MMA

Consensus Rankings posted August 26, 2011

Rank	Fighter	%	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Georges St. Pierre	100	UFC	1
2	Jon Fitch	95	UFC	2
3	Jake Shields	91	UFC	3
4	Nick Diaz	83	UFC	4
5	Carlos Condit	79	UFC	7
6	B.J. Penn	77	UFC	6
7	Josh Koscheck	77	UFC	5
8	Rick Story	58	UFC	8
9	Thiago Alves	51	UFC	9
10	Charlie Brenneman	50	UFC	11
11	Diego Sanchez	50	UFC	10
12	Martin Kampmann	41	UFC	12
13	Matt Hughes	35	UFC	14
14	Rory MacDonald	35	UFC	23
15	Anthony Johnson	34	UFC	15
16	Jake Ellenberger	30	UFC	16
17	Ben Askren	26	Bellator	18
18	Paulo Thiago	26	UFC	20
19	Jay Hieron	25	Bellator	19
20	Johny Hendricks	24	UFC	32
21	Tyron Woodley	24	Strikeforce	36
22	Paul Daley	23	Strikeforce	12
23	John Hathaway	21	UFC	22
24	Brian Ebersole	21	UFC	25
25	Dong Hyun Kim	20	UFC	21

Lightweight MMA

Consensus Rankings posted August 26, 2011

Rank	Fighter	%	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Frankie Edgar	100	UFC	1
2	Gray Maynard	95	UFC	2
3	Gilbert Melendez	92	Strikeforce	3
4	Shinya Aoki	80	Bellator	4
5	Eddie Alvarez	73	Bellator	5
6	Clay Guida	73	UFC	7
7	Ben Henderson	69	UFC	14
8	Jim Miller	67	UFC	6
9	Melvin Guillard	62	UFC	8
10	Anthony Pettis	46	UFC	10
11	B.J. Penn	40	UFC	13
12	Tatsuya Kawajiri	40	DREAM	9
13	Sean Sherk	38	UFC	11
14	Dennis Siver	36	UFC	12
15	Rafael dos Anjos	24	UFC	16
16	Evan Dunham	23	UFC	18
17	Gleison Tibau	23	UFC	17
18	Donald Cerrone	21	UFC	23
19	Takanori Gomi	21	UFC	15
20	Jorge Masvidal	19	Strikeforce	21
21	Kenny Florian	19	UFC	19
22	Josh Thomson	18	Strikeforce	20
23	Sam Stout	18	UFC	22
24	George Sotiropoulos	15	UFC	24
25	Matt Wiman	14	UFC	27

Featherweight MMA

Consensus Rankings posted August 26, 2011

Rank	Fighter	%	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Jose Aldo	100	UFC	1
2	Chad Mendes	92	UFC	3
3	Hatsu Hioki	92	UFC	2
4	Kenny Florian	81	UFC	4
5	Mark Hominick	66	UFC	6
6	Marlon Sandro	65	Bellator	5
7	Diego Nunes	58	UFC	8
8	Tyson Griffin	55	UFC	9
9	Manny Gamburyan	54	UFC	7
10	Dustin Poirier	50	UFC	10
11	Joe Warren	49	Bellator	11
12	Pat Curran	44	Bellator	19
13	Erik Koch	35	UFC	15
14	Hiroyuki Takaya	35	UFC	13
15	Bibiano Fernandes	31	K-1	12
16	Patricio Freire	29	Bellator	16
17	Michihiro Omigawa	29	UFC	14
18	Darren Elkins	23	UFC	18
19	Rani Yahya	23	UFC	17
20	Mike Brown	18	UFC	24
21	Robert Peralta	17	Strikeforce	21
22	Masanori Kanehara	16	Battle of Moscow	22
23	Kazuyuki Miyata	16	DREAM	20
24	Takeshi Inoue	14	DREAM	23
25	Joachim Hansen	13	DREAM	26

Bantamweight MMA

Consensus Rankings posted August 27, 2011

Rank	Fighter	%	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Dominick Cruz	100	UFC	1
2	Joseph Benavidez	93	UFC	2
3	Brian Bowles	91	UFC	3
4	Urijah Faber	89	UFC	4
5	Demetrious Johnson	83	UFC	5
6	Scott Jorgensen	80	UFC	6
7	Miguel Torres	69	UFC	7
8	Brad Pickett	63	UFC	8
9	Takeya Mizugaki	49	UFC	9
10	Masakatsu Ueda	42	Shooto	10
11	Renan Barao	38	UFC	11
12	Wagnney Fabiano	37	UFC	13
13	Eddie Wineland	37	UFC	12
14	Michael McDonald	33	UFC	14
15	Zach Makovsky	25	Bellator	15
16	Damacio Page	24	UFC	16
17	Masakazu Imanari	22	DREAM	17
18	Hideo Tokoro	20	DREAM	20
19	Takafumi Otsuka	19	DEEP	19
20	Antonio Banuelos	18	DREAM	18
21	Joe Warren	17	Bellator	21
22	Charlie Valencia	14	UFC	22
23	Ian Loveland	13	UFC	23
24	Hiroshi Nakamura	13	DEEP	26
25	Ivan Menjivar	13	UFC	25

I will be updating the ranking in every 3 weeks.




References


USnews.com
bloodyelbow.com
sbnation.com