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102 active · mean Elo 1539 · updated Oct 17, 2026
Our ranking ≠ UFC rankings. UFC's official list is set by a media panel with political considerations. Ours is purely numeric: the Elo rating below is the standard Elo discounted by uncertainty, so a thin-sample star with one big win can't outrank a proven contender. The current champion is marked with C, interim champion with IC. See methodology →
# Fighter Elo
1 Merab Dvalishvili 1677 ±31
2 Petr Yan C 1648 ±43
3 Song Yadong 1643 ±38
4 Farid Basharat 1640 ±20
5 Sean O'Malley 1632 ±38
6 Mario Bautista 1631 ±24
7 Umar Nurmagomedov 1620 ±33
8 Cory Sandhagen 1604 ±40
9 Bryce Mitchell 1598 ±36
10 David Martinez 1598 ±20
11 Raul Rosas Jr. 1597 ±27
12 Payton Talbott 1591 ±29
13 Raoni Barcelos 1580 ±36
14 Montel Jackson 1580 ±30
15 Aiemann Zahabi 1575 ±23
16 Deiveson Figueiredo 1571 ±36
17 Henry Cejudo 1570 ±47
18 Adrian Yanez 1570 ±33
19 Daniel Marcos 1569 ±27
20 Chris Gutierrez 1564 ±36
21 Elijah Smith 1563 ±20
22 Marlon Vera 1561 ±37
23 Brady Hiestand 1557 ±34
24 Jonathan Martinez 1549 ±33
25 Rob Font 1546 ±40
26 Said Nurmagomedov 1543 ±36
27 Cody Garbrandt 1538 ±32
28 Suyoung You +8 1533 ±33
29 Ricky Simon 1528 ±30
30 Jean Matsumoto 1518 ±31
31 Alatengheili 1517 ±34
32 Pedro Munhoz 1514 ±32
33 Kyler Phillips 1512 ±40
34 Rinya Nakamura 1507 ±40
35 Dan Ige 1506 ±33
36 Victor Henry 1503 ±39
37 Charles Jourdain 1501 ±38
38 Rafael Estevam 1501 ±34
39 Davey Grant 1495 ±35
40 Javid Basharat 1490 ±35
41 Da'Mon Blackshear 1489 ±34
42 Cody Stamann 1488 ±32
43 Santiago Luna 1488 ±32
44 Serhiy Sidey 1480 ±41
45 Benardo Sopaj 1479 ±41
46 Jafel Filho 1475 ±41
47 Colby Thicknesse 1472 ±39
48 Kai Asakura 1469 ±36
49 Changho Lee 1465 ±43
50 John Castaneda 1464 ±37
51 Caolan Loughran 1455 ±43
52 Cristian Quinonez 1454 ±34
53 Cameron Saaiman 1453 ±39
54 Timmy Cuamba +4 1446 ±41
55 Muin Gafurov 1441 ±41
56 Brad Katona 1438 ±37
57 Jake Hadley 1436 ±37
58 John Yannis 1429 ±39
59 Garrett Armfield 1424 ±40
60 Nathan Fletcher 1421 ±40
61 Bekzat Almakhan 1419 ±36
62 Aoriqileng 1413 ±36
63 Quang Le 1407 ±37
64 Luan Lacerda 1406 ±31
65 Malcolm Wellmaker 1402 ±41
66 Cameron Smotherman 1396 ±34
67 Chad Anheliger −6 1394 ±40
68 Xiao Long 1391 ±31
69 Toshiomi Kazama 1388 ±39
70 Vince Morales 1384 ±31
71 Luis Gurule 1383 ±31
72 Kris Moutinho 1365 ±20
73 Cody Gibson 1364 ±32
74 Saimon Oliveira 1357 ±20
Provisional Show 28 fighters with too little data for a firm ranking
Ethyn Ewing 1533 ±20 2-0-0
Jakub Wiklacz 1526 ±20 2-0-0
Aleksandre Topuria 1523 ±20 2-0-0
Cody Haddon 1523 ±20 2-0-0
Hector Santiago 1509 ±20 1-0-0
Juan Diaz 1508 ±20 1-0-0
Francesco Nuzzi 1506 ±20 1-0-0
Borislav Nikolic 1506 ±20 1-0-0
Ilimbek Akylbek 1506 ±20 1-0-0
Hecher Sosa 1505 ±20 1-0-0
Abdul Hussein 1505 ±20 1-0-0
John Garza 1491 ±20 0-1-0
Adrian Luna Martinetti 1488 ±20 0-1-0
Cody Chovancek 1487 ±20 0-1-0
Mahammadali Osmanli 1487 ±20 0-1-0
Louis Jourdain 1485 ±20 0-1-0
Jamie Siraj 1484 ±20 0-1-0
Carlos Vera 1469 ±39 1-1-0
Mark Vologdin 1462 ±24 0-1-1
Otari Tanzilovi 1459 ±43 1-1-0

The Elo rating shown above already includes the uncertainty discount (Global Elo − σ). The raw Global Elo point estimate is hover-revealed next to each rating. This penalizes thin sample sizes so a 1-fight newcomer can't outrank a proven top-10. See methodology →