How Much Longer Will B.J. Penn Continue To “Save” The UFC?
By Raphael Garcia This Sunday night, Mike Goldberg is going to have a number of chances to yell out “He’s Back!” B.J. Penn, the former two-division...
Fight Posts
Off the Gold Standard (Part 2): Championships Are Bargaining Chips For the Biggest UFC Checks
By Raphael Garcia The first part of Off the Gold Standard discussed the difficulties in assessing the value of titles to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. While...
First and Worst: Week of June 23 – June 29, 2014
By Adam Martin First and Worst is an ongoing series for MMARatings.net, where every week Adam will make his pick for the best and worst newly-announced...
Women’s Atomweight (106) Rankings
#1. Michelle Waterson #2. Jessica Penne #3. Seo Hee Ham #4. Naho Sugiyama #5. Amber Brown #6. Yasuko Tamada #7. Lacey Schuckman #8. Simona Soukupova #9....
Women’s Strawweight (115) Rankings
#1. Jessica Aguilar #2. Carla Esparza #3. Claudia Gadelha #4. Joanne Calderwood #5. Katja Kankaanpää #6. Ayaka Hamasaki #7. Tecia Torres #8. Mizuki Inoue #9. Kalindra...
Women’s Flyweight (125) Rankings
#1. Barb Honchak #2. Vanessa Porto #3. Jennifer Maia #4. Joanna Jedrzejcyk #5. Kalindra Faria #6. Juliana Werner #7. Nina Ansaroff #8. DeAnna Bennett #9. Zoila...
Women’s Bantamweight (135) Rankings
#1. Ronda Rousey #2. Alexis Davis #3. Cat Zingano #4. Sarah Kaufman #5. Jessica Eye #6. Miesha Tate #7. Sara McMann #8. Lauren Murphy #9. Liz...
Women’s Featherweight (145) Rankings
#1. Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino #2. Marloes Coenen #3. Julia Budd #4. Pannie Kianzad #5. Faith Van Duin #6. Annalisa Bucci #7. Maria Hougaard #8. Talita Nogueira...
Fight of the Month – June 2014
Kajan Johnson vs. Tae Hyun Bang UFC 174 • Kajan Johnson vs. Tae Hyun Bang: Tae Hyun Bang def. Kajan Johnson via knockout (punch) at 2:01...
Fights To Make After UFC Fight Night 43 and UFC Fight Night 44: Losers Edition
By Raphael Garcia This past weekend featured fights galore, as Saturday started and ended with mixed martial arts action that was worth making sure not to...
Fight Fixin’: Post-UFC Fight Night 44 Winners Edition
By Adam Martin Fight Fixin’ is a fantasy matchmaking article that comes out after every major event and features possible matchups for main card winners and/or...
Fight Fixin’: Post-UFC Fight Night 43 Winners Edition
By Adam Martin Fight Fixin’ is a fantasy matchmaking article that comes out after every major event and features possible matchups for main card winners and/or...
Fight of the Week Finalists (for week ending 6/29/2014)
By Michael Ford Last week gave us the UFC Fight Night 43 and UFC Fight Night 44 cards. And according to the viewing (and rating) public,...
MMA Ratings Podcast: 6.29.2014
By Raphael Garcia By Roy Billington MMA Ratings writer Raphael Garcia and Roy Billington returns to talk about UFC Fight Night 43 and UFC Fight Night...
Countdown to UFC 175: Chris Weidman vs. Lyoto Machida
UFC 175 • Chris Weidman vs. Lyoto Machida (UFC Middleweight Championship) Click the stars to rate your anticipation for this fight. What Do You Think of...
Countdown to UFC 175: Ronda Rousey vs. Alexis Davis
UFC 175 • Ronda Rousey vs. Alexis Davis (UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship) Click the stars to rate your anticipation for this fight. What Do You Think...
Men’s Flyweight (125) Top 15 Rankings
#1 Demetrious Johnson #2 Joseph Benavidez #3 John Dodson #4 Ian McCall #5 Ali Bagautinov #6 John Moraga #7 Jussier “Formiga” da Silva #8 Kyoji Horiguchi...
Men’s Bantamweight (135) Top 15 Rankings
#1 TJ Dillashaw #2 Renan Barão #3 Urijah Faber #4 Raphael Assunção #5 Michael McDonald #6 Johnny Eduardo #7 Eddie Wineland #8 Iuri Alcantara #9 Brad...
Men’s Featherweight (145) Top 15 Rankings
#1 Jose Aldo #2 Chad Mendes #3 Frankie Edgar #4 Ricardo Lamas #5 Cub Swanson #6 Pat Curran #7 Daniel Straus #8 Patricio Freire #9 Jeremy...
Men’s Lightweight (155) Top 15 Rankings
#1 Anthony Pettis #2 Benson Henderson #3 Gilbert Melendez #4 Josh Thomson #5 Eddie Alvarez #6 Nate Diaz #7 Khabib Nurmagomedov #8 Will Brooks #9 Michael...