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 Consensus MMA Rankings. You can syndicate these rankings on your site. Our divisional fighter rankings attempt to illustrate who the best fighters are in each division based on their…
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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 Alistair Overeem #10 Roy Nelson What Do You Think of This Fight/Event?
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 Bader #10 Thiago Silva What Do You Think of This Fight/Event?
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 Jason “Mayhem” Miller #10 Tim Kennedy What Do You Think of This Fight/Event?
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 Nick Diaz #10 Paul Daley What Do You Think of This Fight/Event?
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 Pettis #10 Jim Miller What Do You Think of This Fight/Event?
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 Omigawa #10 Mark Hominick What Do You Think of This Fight/Event?
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 Mizugaki #10 Damacio Page What Do You Think of This Fight/Event?
Fight Picks and Predictions for UFC 129: Best Of All Time
By Nicholas Bailey It’s the biggest event in UFC history. It has two world title fights featuring undeniably elite fighters, including the pound-for-pound greatest fighter alive, in terms of level and amount of competition beaten, Georges St. Pierre. It has former champs galore, as well as some up-and-coming fighters and some guys that are just…
Fight Picks and Predictions for Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley
By Nicholas Bailey The first major Strikeforce event under Zuffa management features two crackling title fights topping off some less meaningful popcorn fights. It will be interesting to see the Strikeforce promotion finally let its fighters take off the training wheels and throw elbow strikes like big boys, especially with the inherent viciousness that men…
Fight Picks and Predictions for UFC 128 Prelims: When Joe Silva Attacks
By Nicholas Bailey It’s great to see the smaller guys get some UFC shine as the WEC roster continues to be merged into Zuffa’s promotion for the big boys. This undercard is full of talented smaller fighters trying to make a splash in intensely competitive divisions, which should produce thrilling and meaningful fights. Every UFC…
Fight Picks and Predictions for UFC 128: Is the Future Here?
By Nicholas Bailey This fight is perhaps one of the most anticipated title fights of the year. The outcome of Shogun vs. Jones is going to set the narrative for the UFC’s 205 pound division for the next year. Jones has a huge reach, and he’s managed to cast a shadow big enough to completely…
Fight Picks and Predictions for UFC 127 Prelims: Aussie or Outie?
By Nicholas Bailey UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch PRELIMINARY CARD (ION Television)Spencer Fisher (+160) vs. Ross Pearson (-175) Spencer Fisher is a crumbling mess. He is basically the prototypical broken-down fighter training in a situation that is a shambles of the professional environment he found in his heyday. Pearson got a lot of attention as…
Fight Picks and Predictions for UFC 127: Comeback or Go Away
By Nicholas Bailey UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch isn’t a fantastic top to bottom card, but it has what all great cards need: some good stories. Fitch and Penn are writing chapters in careers that will one day be regarded as all-time greats. Bisping is searching for validation and acceptance against a journeyman looking for…
Fight Picks and Predictions for UFC 126: Brazilian Whacks
By Nicholas Bailey UFC 126 is simply the strongest Zuffa offering in a very long time. Top level fighters galore, an intriguing title fight, exciting new imports, and some exciting developing prospects. The sooner we get to the fights, the better. Champ Anderson Silva (-220) vs. Vitor Belfort (+205) (for middleweight title) Anderson Silva is…
Fight Picks and Predictions for Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg
By Nicholas Bailey Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg is the typical Strikeforce card. Elite-level relevant fighters in spots, meaningless celebrities in other spots, a mostly forgettable undercard, and few matches that will have a real impact in the landscape of the sport. Yet somehow, when all this comes together, there are still entertaining fights worth watching….
Fight Picks and Predictions for UFC 125: Champ or Chump?
By Nicholas Bailey On January 1, it’ll be time to move the booze bottles from in front of the TV, take some painkillers, and park on the couch for some recovery and to ring in the new year with a revenge match at the top of UFC 125: Resolution. Edgar and Maynard aren’t huge draws,…
Fight Picks and Predictions for UFC 124: The Champ Is Here
By Nicholas Bailey Whenever Georges St. Pierre fights, it is a major event in MMA. He’s the sport’s preeminent champion and athlete, with a list of victories that could be cut into thirds and handed out to three highly-regarded champions. His is a performance that stands on its own. He’s the champion not just of…
Fight Picks and Predictions for The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale
By Nicholas Bailey It’s time yet again for the weakest of UFC’s offerings, a TUF finale. Headlined by irrelevant fighters, either of which should be cut after a loss (although Bonnar has perpetual immunity) The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck Finale actually features a few quality matchups that would be far more deserving…
Fight Picks and Predictions for Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu
By Nicholas Bailey Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu is going to be exciting, but it could feature a lot of awkward moments as the Strikeforce production team struggles to fill the gaps left by lots of first-round finishes. They’ve had time woes in the past with events running massively over their budgeted time, but it will…