The editorial ranking
Who is best right now. Our take.
- 1
Islam Makhachev
Welterweight
Russia - 2
Ilia Topuria
“El Matador” · Lightweight
Spain - 3
Merab Dvalishvili
“The Machine” · Bantamweight
Georgia - 4
Alex Pereira
“Poatan” · Light Heavyweight
Brazil - 5
Tom Aspinall
Heavyweight
United Kingdom - 6
Dricus du Plessis
“Stillknocks” · Middleweight
South Africa - 7
Alexandre Pantoja
“The Cannibal” · Flyweight
Brazil - 8
Alexander Volkanovski
“The Great” · Featherweight
Australia - 9
Jack Della Maddalena
“JDM” · Welterweight
Australia - 10
Magomed Ankalaev
Light Heavyweight
Russia - 11
Valentina Shevchenko
“Bullet” · Flyweight
Kyrgyzstan - 12
Shavkat Rakhmonov
“Nomad” · Welterweight
Kazakhstan - 13
Arman Tsarukyan
“Ahalkalakets” · Lightweight
Armenia - 14
Zhang Weili
“Magnum” · Strawweight
China - 15
Belal Muhammad
“Remember the Name” · Welterweight
United States
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The roster
Everyone the builder can find by name or nickname.
Islam Makhachev
Welterweight
Russia
Jon Jones
Greatest of all time“Bones”
United States
Georges St-Pierre
“GSP”
CanadaIlia Topuria
“El Matador”
Spain
Anderson Silva
“The Spider”
BrazilMerab Dvalishvili
“The Machine”
GeorgiaAlex Pereira
“Poatan”
Brazil
Khabib Nurmagomedov
“The Eagle”
Russia
Demetrious Johnson
“Mighty Mouse”
United StatesTom Aspinall
Heavyweight
United KingdomDricus du Plessis
“Stillknocks”
South Africa
Jose Aldo
“Scarface”
BrazilAlexandre Pantoja
“The Cannibal”
Brazil
Amanda Nunes
“The Lioness”
BrazilAlexander Volkanovski
“The Great”
Australia
Fedor Emelianenko
“The Last Emperor”
Russia
Daniel Cormier
“DC”
United StatesJack Della Maddalena
“JDM”
Australia
Kamaru Usman
“The Nigerian Nightmare”
NigeriaMagomed Ankalaev
Light Heavyweight
RussiaValentina Shevchenko
“Bullet”
KyrgyzstanShavkat Rakhmonov
“Nomad”
KazakhstanArman Tsarukyan
“Ahalkalakets”
Armenia
Matt Hughes
Welterweight
United States
BJ Penn
“The Prodigy”
United StatesZhang Weili
“Magnum”
ChinaBelal Muhammad
“Remember the Name”
United States
Randy Couture
“The Natural”
United States
Dominick Cruz
“The Dominator”
United States
Chuck Liddell
“The Iceman”
United States
Ciryl Gane
“Bon Gamin”
France
Sergei Pavlovich
Heavyweight
Russia
Stipe Miocic
Heavyweight
United States
Cain Velasquez
Heavyweight
United States
Curtis Blaydes
“Razor”
United States
Alexander Volkov
“Drago”
Russia
Max Holloway
“Blessed”
United States
Jailton Almeida
“Malhadinho”
Brazil
Henry Cejudo
“Triple C”
United StatesSerghei Spivac
“The Polar Bear”
Moldova
Ronda Rousey
“Rowdy”
United StatesWaldo Cortes-Acosta
“Salsa Boy”
Dominican Republic
Israel Adesanya
“The Last Stylebender”
NigeriaMarcin Tybura
Heavyweight
Poland
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
“Minotauro”
Brazil
Derrick Lewis
“The Black Beast”
United States
Anatoly Malykhin
“Sladkiy”
Russia
Wanderlei Silva
“The Axe Murderer”
BrazilAnte Delija
“Walking Trouble”
Croatia
Mauricio Rua
“Shogun”
BrazilTito Ortiz
“The Huntington Beach Bad Boy”
United StatesValter Walker
Heavyweight
BrazilShamil Gaziev
“Abrek”
Bahrain
TJ Dillashaw
Bantamweight
United States
Frankie Edgar
“The Answer”
United States
Tallison Teixeira
Heavyweight
Brazil
Conor McGregor
“The Notorious”
IrelandMick Parkin
Heavyweight
United Kingdom
Charles Oliveira
“do Bronx”
Brazil
Jiri Prochazka
“Denisa”
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