Men's Divisional Fighter Rankings:
MMA Ratings Men’s Divisional Fighter Rankings are generated by Nick Bailey and contribute to the Independent World MMA Rankings and the USA TODAY / SB Nation...
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Men's Heavyweight (265) Rankings
#1 Junior Dos Santos #2 Fabricio Werdum #3 Antonio Silva #4 Fedor Emelianenko #5 Cain Velasquez #6 Brock Lesnar #7 Shane Carwin #8 Frank Mir #9...
Men's Light Heavyweight (205) Rankings
#1 Jon Jones #2 Mauricio Rua #3 Lyoto Machida #4 Rashad Evans #5 Forrest Griffin #6 Quinton Jackson #7 Dan Henderson #8 Rich Franklin #9 Ryan...
Men's Middleweight (185) Rankings
#1 Anderson Silva #2 Chael Sonnen #3 Yushin Okami #4 Nate Marquardt #5 Demian Maia #6 Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza #7 Wanderlei Silva #8 Michael Bisping #9...
Men's Welterweight (170) Rankings
#1 Georges St. Pierre #2 Jon Fitch #3 Jake Shields #4 Rick Story #5 Thiago Alves #6 Josh Koscheck #7 BJ Penn #8 Matt Hughes #9...
Men's Lightweight (155) Rankings
#1 Gray Maynard #2 Frankie Edgar #3 Gilbert Melendez #4 BJ Penn #5 Shinya Aoki #6 Sean Sherk #7 Kenny Florian #8 Eddie Alvarez #9 Anthony...
Men's Featherweight (145) Rankings
#1 Jose Aldo #2 Chad Mendes #3 Dustin Poirier #4 Josh Grispi #5 Manny Gamburyan #6 Hatsu Hioki #7 Marlon Sandro #8 Diego Nunes #9 Michihiro...
Men's Bantamweight (135) Rankings
#1 Dominick Cruz #2 Joseph Benavidez #3 Brian Bowles #4 Scott Jorgensen #5 Urijah Faber #6 Brad Pickett #7 Demetrious Johnson #8 Miguel Torres #9 Takeya...
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