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MMA Pound-for-Pound Top 100 (May 2025)

Ratings for events through April 30, 2025. All weight classes/pound-for-pound.

Key:  Fighter won recent fight  |  Fighter lost recent fight  |  Inactive: last rated win > one year ago 

Apr
Rank
May
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org April Results
1 1  Islam Makhachev LW 87.74  17-1-0 UFC  
2 2  Belal Muhammad WW 78.78  19-3-0 UFC  
3 3  Francis Ngannou HW 69.58  12-2-0 PFL  
4 4  Dricus Du Plessis MW 67.01  15-1-0 UFC  
5 5  Jon Jones HW 59.83  22-1-0 UFC  
6 6  Magomed Ankalaev LH 59.15  14-1-1 UFC  
7 7  Vadim Nemkov HW 57.21  13-2-0 PFL  
8 8  Merab Dvalishvili BW 55.29  13-2-0 UFC  
9 9  Khamzat Chimaev MW 51.08  11-0-0 UFC  
10 10  Johnny Eblen MW 50.69  12-0-0 PFL  
11 11  Arman Tsarukyan LW 49.63  15-2-0 UFC  --last rated win -12 months.
12 12  Patrick Mix BW 49.45  13-1-0 Bell  
13 13  Ilia Topuria FW 49.35  11-0-0 UFC  
14 14  Sean Brady WW 48.43  12-1-0 UFC  
15 15  Alexandre Pantoja FL 46.30  14-3-0 UFC  
16 16  Alex Pereira LH 46.22  9-2-0 UFC  
17 17  Movsar Evloev FW 45.10  14-0-0 UFC  
18 18  Leon Edwards WW 42.75  17-4-0 UFC  --last rated win -16 months.
19 19  Shavkat Rakhmonov WW 41.06  12-0-0 UFC  
20 20  Kyoji Horiguchi FL 39.89  32-5-0 Rizi  
21 21  Usman Nurmagomedov LW 39.46  10-0-0 PFL  
22 22  Nassourdine Imavov MW 39.26  10-2-0 UFC  
23 23  Charles Oliveira LW 38.06  26-10-0 UFC  
24 24  Tom Aspinall HW 36.78  8-1-0 UFC  
25 25  Sean O'Malley BW 34.74  11-2-0 UFC  --last rated win -13 months.
28 26  Kleber Koike Erbst FW 34.36  23-4-0 Rizi  
27 27  Olivier Aubin-Mercier LW 34.07  16-4-0 PFL  --last rated win -17 months.
29 28  Fabricio Andrade BW 33.39  7-0-0 One  
30 29  Philip De Fries HW 33.18  17-6-0 KSW  
31 30  Eduard Vartanyan LW 32.29  17-3-0 Nash  
26 31  Khabib Nurmagomedov LW 32.02  15-0-0 UFC  --last rated win -54 months.
32 32  Demetrious Johnson FL 31.13  23-4-1 One  --last rated win -23 months.
33 33  Magomedrasul Gasanov MW 30.90  9-0-0 ACA  
34 34  Ciryl Gane HW 30.65  11-2-0 UFC  
35 35  Aljamain Sterling FW 30.17  18-5-0 UFC  --last rated win -12 months.
38 36  Joshua Pacio FL 29.59  8-2-0 One  
36 37  Max Holloway FW 29.57  24-8-0 UFC  --last rated win -12 months.
40 38  Abubakar Vagaev WW 29.45  17-4-0 ACA  
41 39  Ramazan Kuramagomedov WW 29.41  8-0-0 Bell  
37 40  Magomed Magomedkerimov WW 29.28  19-4-0 PFL  --last rated win -17 months.
44 41  Movlid Khaybulaev FW 29.27  11-0-1 Prof  Beat #1666 Jeremy Kennedy
39 42  A.J. McKee LW 29.21  16-2-0 PFL  --last rated win -14 months.
42 43  Shamil Musaev WW 28.92  7-0-1 PFL  
43 44  Carlos Ulberg LH 28.89  9-1-0 UFC  
45 45  Anthony Hernandez MW 28.84  10-2-0 UFC  
47 46  Evgeniy Goncharov HW 28.61  12-1-0 ACA  
48 47  Justin Gaethje LW 28.35  20-5-0 UFC  
49 48  Akbar Abdullaev FW 28.21  5-0-0 One  
60 49  Jesus Pinedo FW 28.13  6-1-0 Prof  Beat #261 Adam Borics
51 50  Caio Borralho MW 28.04  9-0-0 UFC  
52 51  Islam Omarov FW 28.03  9-0-0 ACA  
53 52  Brandon Royval FL 27.94  10-4-0 UFC  
50 53  Corey Anderson LH 27.80  13-5-0 Bell  --last rated win -13 months.
76 54  Jason Jackson WW 27.77  15-3-0 Prof  Beat #102 Andrey Koreshkov
61 55  Gadzhi Rabadanov LW 27.55  11-1-0 PFL  Beat #388 Marc Diakiese
73 56  Lerone Murphy FW 27.53  8-0-1 UFC  Beat #140 Josh Emmett
54 57  Karshyga Dautbek FW 27.30  7-0-0 Rizi  
55 58  Jack Della Maddalena WW 26.69  6-0-0 UFC  --last rated win -13 months.
90 59  Ian Garry WW 26.68  10-1-0 UFC  Beat #95 Carlos Prates
56 60  Naoki Inoue BW 26.38  16-4-0 Rizi  
86 61  Alexander Volkanovski FW 26.26  18-3-0 UFC  Beat #112 Diego Lopes
58 62  Ali Bagov LW 26.12  18-8-0 ACA  
59 63  Timur Khizriev FW 26.09  8-0-0 PFL  
57 64  Christian Lee LW 25.92  11-3-0 One  --last rated win -29 months.
62 65  Grant Dawson LW 25.61  16-2-1 UFC  
63 66  Muslim Magomedov LH 25.52  12-0-0 ACA  
64 67  Paul Hughes LW 25.42  8-2-0 PFL  
65 68  Hyder Amil FW 25.35  5-0-0 UFC  
66 69  Petr Yan BW 25.33  12-4-0 UFC  
67 70  Sean Strickland MW 24.98  23-7-0 UFC  
68 71  Roberto Satoshi de Souza LW 24.75  15-3-0 Rizi  
69 72  Dan Hooker LW 24.62  14-8-0 UFC  
70 73  Denis Goltsov HW 24.58  25-8-0 PFL  
71 74  Oumar Kane HW 24.53  2-0-0 One  
72 75  Mario Bautista BW 24.28  9-1-0 UFC  
74 76  Kezibayi Naertai FW 24.05  7-0-0 JCK  
75 77  Shinya Aoki LW 23.82  39-11-0 One  
77 78  Boris Medvedev WW 23.49  13-1-0 RCC  
78 79  Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov LW 23.40  11-1-0 ACA  
79 80  Joaquin Buckley WW 23.38  16-6-0 UFC  
80 81  Jiri Prochazka LH 23.34  16-3-1 UFC  
722 82  Yair Rodriguez FW 23.01  9-4-0 UFC  Beat #46 Patricio Freire
81 83  Michael Morales WW 22.87  5-0-0 UFC  
82 84  Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov LH 22.81  12-2-0 PFL  
83 85  Sergio Pettis BW 22.41  16-7-0 Rizi  --last rated win -22 months.
87 86  Joshua Van FL 22.26  8-1-0 UFC  
88 87  Mamed Khalidov MW 22.20  27-5-2 KSW  
89 88  Dias Erengaipov FL 22.12  3-0-0 Brav  
84 89  Dustin Poirier LW 22.12  25-9-0 UFC  --last rated win -13 months.
85 90  Kai Asakura FL 22.08  16-5-0 UFC  --last rated win -16 months.
91 91  Rinat Fakhretdinov WW 21.96  7-0-1 UFC  
92 92  Raufeon Stots BW 21.69  15-2-0 PFL  
94 93  Brandon Moreno FL 21.37  13-5-2 UFC  
96 94  Natan Schulte LW 21.05  15-3-1 PFL  --last rated win -22 months.
93 95  Kamaru Usman MW 21.03  15-3-0 UFC  --last rated win -41 months.
97 96  John Lineker LW 20.89  16-5-0 One  --last rated win -19 months.
98 97  Kairat Akhmetov FL 20.84  9-2-0 One  --last rated win -23 months.
99 98  Robert Whittaker MW 20.82  18-8-0 UFC  
100 99  Reece McLaren FL 20.80  10-6-0 One  
101 100  Mehdi Baydulaev BW 20.79  4-0-0 ACA  

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