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MMA Pound-for-Pound Top 100 (March 2023)

Ratings for events through February 28, 2023. All weight classes/pound-for-pound.

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

Feb
Rank
Mar
Rank
Fighter WC Rating Rated Record Org February results
1 1  Francis Ngannou HW 86.65  11-2-0 UFC  --last rated win -13 months.
2 2  Leon Edwards WW 76.12  15-2-0 UFC  [active p4p champion]
6 3  Islam Makhachev LW 75.32  14-1-0 UFC  Beat #5 Alexander Volkanovski
3 4  Khabib Nurmagomedov LW 73.95  15-0-0 UFC  --last rated win -28 months.
4 5  Kamaru Usman WW 65.06  15-1-0 UFC  --last rated win -15 months.
7 6  Jon Jones LH 57.72  20-1-0 UFC  --last rated win -36 months.
8 7  Vadim Nemkov LH 56.20  10-2-0 Bell  
9 8  Alex Pereira MW 56.17  4-0-0 UFC  
10 9  Patricio Freire FW 54.35  22-5-0 Rizi  
11 10  Stipe Miocic HW 53.19  15-4-0 UFC  --last rated win -30 months.
12 11  Aljamain Sterling BW 51.99  16-3-0 UFC  
13 12  Charles Oliveira LW 49.42  24-9-0 UFC  
14 13  Israel Adesanya MW 49.40  12-2-0 UFC  
5 14  Alexander Volkanovski LW 45.92  15-1-0 UFC  Lost to #6 Islam Makhachev
16 15  Belal Muhammad WW 43.39  17-3-0 UFC  
15 16  Henry Cejudo BW 43.35  10-2-0 UFC  --last rated win -33 months.
20 17  Johnny Eblen MW 43.18  10-0-0 Bell  Beat #192 Anatoly Tokov
17 18  Jiri Prochazka LH 42.36  14-1-1 UFC  
18 19  Jan Blachowicz LH 42.00  22-7-1 UFC  
19 20  Dustin Poirier LW 41.73  24-7-0 UFC  
21 21  Beneil Dariush LW 41.14  17-4-1 UFC  
22 22  Robert Whittaker MW 40.50  16-6-0 UFC  
23 23  A.J. McKee LW 40.14  14-1-0 Rizi  
24 24  Khamzat Chimaev MW 38.05  9-0-0 UFC  
25 25  Gegard Mousasi MW 37.39  40-8-2 Bell  --last rated win -12 months.
27 26  Brandon Moreno FL 35.95  11-3-2 UFC  
28 27  Magomed Ankalaev LH 35.51  11-1-1 UFC  
69 28  Fabricio Andrade BW 35.48  6-0-0 One  Beat #26 John Lineker
29 29  Sergio Pettis BW 34.66  15-5-0 Bell  --last rated win -14 months.
30 30  Curtis Blaydes HW 33.79  13-3-0 UFC  
37 31  Ryan Bader HW 33.23  24-7-0 Bell  Beat #208 Fedor Emelianenko
47 32  Yaroslav Amosov WW 32.63  9-0-0 Bell  Beat #65 Logan Storley
31 33  Christian Lee WW 32.58  11-3-0 One  
32 34  Merab Dvalishvili BW 32.15  9-2-0 UFC  
33 35  Ciryl Gane HW 32.09  9-1-0 UFC  
34 36  Philip De Fries HW 31.90  15-6-0 KSW  
35 37  Demetrious Johnson FL 31.39  22-4-1 One  
36 38  Movlid Khaybulaev FW 30.94  8-0-1 Prof  --last rated win -16 months.
38 39  Jamahal Hill LH 30.67  9-1-0 UFC  
39 40  Colby Covington WW 30.64  11-3-0 UFC  
41 41  Olivier Aubin-Mercier LW 30.20  12-4-0 Prof  
42 42  Jarred Brooks FL 30.01  11-2-0 One  
43 43  Gilbert Burns WW 29.61  14-5-0 UFC  
44 44  Stephen Loman BW 29.41  8-0-0 One  
45 45  Movsar Evloev FW 29.40  11-0-0 UFC  
46 46  Kai Tang FW 27.85  5-0-0 One  
49 47  Grant Dawson LW 27.16  12-1-1 UFC  
50 48  Shavkat Rakhmonov WW 27.11  9-0-0 UFC  
51 49  Arnold Allen FW 27.07  9-0-0 UFC  
83 50  Lorenz Larkin WW 26.98  16-7-0 Bell  Beat #113 Mukhamed Berkhamov
48 51  Justin Gaethje LW 26.91  17-4-0 UFC  --last rated win -15 months.
52 52  Raufeon Stots BW 26.74  13-1-0 Bell  
53 53  Jared Cannonier MW 26.33  9-6-0 UFC  
54 54  Kyoji Horiguchi FL 26.17  29-5-0 Rizi  
55 55  Alexandre Pantoja FL 26.08  10-3-0 UFC  
56 56  Patrick Mix BW 26.02  10-1-0 Bell  
57 57  Ilia Topuria FW 26.01  8-0-0 UFC  
58 58  Brendan Loughnane FW 25.92  10-3-0 Prof  
219 59  Yair Rodriguez FW 25.57  8-2-0 UFC  Beat #40 Josh Emmett
61 60  Tatsuki Saomoto FL 25.50  16-1-0 Rizi  
26 61  John Lineker BW 25.46  14-4-0 One  Lost to #69 Fabricio Andrade
62 62  Eduard Vartanyan LW 25.44  15-3-0 ACA  
60 63  Ali Bagov LW 25.31  15-7-0 ACA  --last rated win -14 months.
64 64  Magomedrasul Gasanov MW 24.93  6-0-0 ACA  
59 65  Rafael Lovato Jr. MW 24.88  7-0-0 IGF  --last rated win -44 months.
63 66  Roberto Soldic WW 24.72  9-1-0 One  --last rated win -14 months.
68 67  Jason Jackson WW 24.72  12-2-0 Bell  
66 68  Glover Teixeira LH 24.60  24-8-0 UFC  --last rated win -16 months.
67 69  Magomedrasul Khasbulaev FW 24.53  14-3-0 ACA  --last rated win -15 months.
70 70  Phil Davis LH 24.42  20-6-0 Bell  
71 71  Artem Reznikov LW 24.29  7-0-0 ACA  
72 72  Dricus Du Plessis MW 24.22  10-1-0 UFC  
73 73  Geoff Neal WW 24.02  10-3-0 UFC  
74 74  Ricky Simon BW 23.85  14-3-0 UFC  
75 75  Muslim Magomedov LH 23.81  9-0-0 ACA  
76 76  Anatoliy Malykhin HW 23.77  6-0-0 One  
160 77  Brendan Allen MW 23.51  14-4-0 UFC  Beat #101 Andre Muniz
77 78  Adriano Moraes FL 23.51  9-3-0 One  
78 79  Sadibou Sy WW 23.34  10-6-2 Prof  
79 80  Albert Tumenov WW 23.14  13-4-0 ACA  
81 81  Yuki Motoya BW 23.09  25-7-0 Rizi  
82 82  Sergei Pavlovich HW 23.02  11-1-0 UFC  
80 83  Deiveson Figueiredo FL 22.86  11-3-1 UFC  --last rated win -13 months.
84 84  Marlon Vera BW 22.85  14-5-0 UFC  
85 85  Rafael Fiziev LW 22.75  7-1-0 UFC  
87 86  Arman Tsarukyan LW 22.63  12-2-0 UFC  
86 87  Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov LW 22.43  9-1-0 ACA  --last rated win -15 months.
88 88  Tatsuya Ando BW 22.40  10-3-1 Shoo  
89 89  Sean O'Malley BW 22.31  8-1-0 UFC  
91 90  Evgeniy Goncharov HW 22.25  9-1-0 ACA  
92 91  Umar Nurmagomedov BW 22.20  6-0-0 UFC  
94 92  Juan Archuleta BW 22.08  15-4-0 Rizi  
90 93  Azamat Kerefov FL 22.03  7-0-0 UAE  --last rated win -18 months.
95 94  Vitaliy Slipenko WW 22.00  8-3-0 ACA  
93 95  Isao Kobayashi FW 21.82  24-5-2 Panc  --last rated win -21 months.
97 96  Kairat Akhmetov FL 21.79  8-2-0 One  
96 97  Corey Anderson LH 21.62  11-5-0 Bell  --last rated win -16 months.
99 98  Alikhan Suleymanov FW 21.57  6-0-0 ACA  
40 99  Josh Emmett FW 21.41  11-3-0 UFC  Lost to #219 Yair Rodriguez
98 100  Kai Asakura BW 21.40  14-4-0 Rizi  --last rated win -14 months.

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