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.
Carlos Ulberg
“Black Jag”
New ZealandRafael dos Anjos
“RDA”
BrazilJamahal Hill
“Sweet Dreams”
United States
Robert Whittaker
“The Reaper”
Australia
Khalil Rountree Jr
“The War Horse”
United States
Tyron Woodley
“The Chosen One”
United StatesAleksandar Rakic
“Rocket”
Austria
Joanna Jedrzejczyk
“Joanna Champion”
Poland
Cris Cyborg
“Cyborg”
Brazil
Volkan Oezdemir
“No Time”
Switzerland
Dominick Reyes
“The Devastator”
United StatesAzamat Murzakanov
“The Professional”
Russia
Miesha Tate
“Cupcake”
United StatesBogdan Guskov
Light Heavyweight
Uzbekistan
Eddie Alvarez
“The Underground King”
United States
Benson Henderson
“Smooth”
United StatesVadim Nemkov
Light Heavyweight
Russia
Michael Bisping
“The Count”
United KingdomNikita Krylov
“The Miner”
Ukraine
Rich Franklin
“Ace”
United StatesZhang Mingyang
“Mountain Tiger”
ChinaModestas Bukauskas
“The Baltic Gladiator”
LithuaniaQuinton Jackson
“Rampage”
United StatesOumar Sy
Light Heavyweight
France
Vitor Belfort
“The Phenom”
BrazilForrest Griffin
Light Heavyweight
United States
Nassourdine Imavov
“Sniper”
France
Caio Borralho
“The Natural”
Brazil
Mark Coleman
“The Hammer”
United States
Kevin Randleman
“The Monster”
United States
Reinier de Ridder
“The Dutch Knight”
Netherlands
Royce Gracie
Welterweight
Brazil
Patricio Pitbull
“Pitbull”
Brazil
Sean Strickland
“Tarzan”
United StatesAnthony Hernandez
“Fluffy”
United States
Jared Cannonier
“The Killa Gorilla”
United States
Roman Dolidze
Middleweight
Georgia
Brendan Allen
“All In”
United States
Marvin Vettori
“The Italian Dream”
Italy
Paulo Costa
“Borrachinha”
BrazilJohnny Eblen
Middleweight
United States
Kelvin Gastelum
Middleweight
United StatesChris Curtis
“The Action Man”
United StatesRoman Kopylov
Middleweight
Russia
Ikram Aliskerov
Middleweight
Russia
Leon Edwards
“Rocky”
United Kingdom
Sean Brady
Welterweight
United States
Ian Machado Garry
“The Future”
IrelandJoaquin Buckley
“New Mansa”
United States
Michael Morales
Welterweight
Ecuador
Carlos Prates
“The Nightmare”
Brazil
Gilbert Burns
“Durinho”
Brazil
Geoff Neal
“Handz of Steel”
United States
Kevin Holland
“Trailblazer”
United StatesVicente Luque
“The Silent Assassin”
Brazil
Rinat Fakhretdinov
“Gladiator”
Russia
Jake Matthews
“Celtic Kid”
AustraliaAlex Morono
“The Great White”
United StatesDaniel Rodriguez
“D-Rod”
United States
Justin Gaethje
“The Highlight”
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