Please note that the rankings are voted on by a panel of MMA Freak writers. Also previous ranks in parenthesis:
Top 10 P4P Fighters (3/7/16)
1) Jon Jones (N/A) – Certainly looked like he was working off ring rust but won at UFC 197 just the same.
2) Demetrious Johnson (1)
3) Robbie Lawler (2)
4) Rafael dos Anjos (3)
5) Daniel Cormier (4)
6) Fabricio Werdum (5)
7) Luke Rockhold (6)
8) Dominick Cruz (7)
9) T.J. Dillashaw (8)
10) Conor McGregor (9)
Honorable Mentions
Jose Aldo, Chris Weidman, Cain Velasquez, Cristiane Justino, Johny Hendricks, Miesha Tate
Top 10 MMA Flyweights (2/26/16)
1) Demetrious Johnson (1) Has almost cleared out his division but can still fight Jussier da Silva this year.
2) John Dodson (2)
3) Joseph Benavidez (3)
4) Henry Cejudo (4)
5) Jussier da Silva (5)
6) Ian McCall (6)
7) Kyoji Horiguchi (7)
8) John Moraga (8)
9) Zach Makovsky (9)
10) Ali Bagautinov (10)
Honorable Mentions
Chris Cariaso, Dustin Ortiz, Justin Scoggins, Ray “The Taxmexican Devil” Borg, Sergio Pettis
Top 10 MMA Featherweights (3/11/16)
1) Conor McGregor (1) – Definitely will not be fighting at UFC 200 but will fight sometime this summer.
2) Jose Aldo (2)
3) Frankie Edgar (3)
4) Chad Mendes (4)
5) Ricardo Lamas (5)
6) Max Holloway (6)
7) Cub Swanson (7)
8) Charles Oliveira (8)
9) Daniel Straus (9)
10) Patricio Freire (10)
Honorable Mentions
Dennis ‘The Menace’ Bermudez, Pat Curran, Mizuto ‘Pug Prince’ Hirota, Myles Jury, Lance Palmer
Top 10 MMA Lightweights (2/26/16)
1) Rafael dos Anjos (1) – Foot injury is heeling and he is now set to defend his title at a UFC Fight Night in July.
2) Khabib Nurmagomedov (N/A)
3) Donald Cerrone (2)
4) Benson Henderson (3)
5) Eddie Alvarez (4)
6) Edson Barboza (N/A)
7) Anthony Pettis (N/A)
8) Will Brooks (5)
9) Michael Chandler (6)
10) Nate Diaz (7)
Honorable Mentions
Michael Johnson, Justin Gaethje, Tony Ferguson, Dustin Poirier, Josh Thomson, Shinya Aoki,
Top 10 MMA Welterweights (2/26/16)
1) Robbie Lawler (1) – At minimum will have been out for over six months whenever he steps back into the cage.
2) Rory MacDonald (2)
3) Carlos Condit (3)
4) Stephen Thompson (4)
5) Johny Hendricks (5)
6) Matt Brown (6)
7) Ben Askren (7)
8) Demian Maia (8)
9) Neil Magny (9)
10) Hector Lombard (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Tarec Saffiedine, Erick Silva, Dong Hyun Kim, Jon Fitch, Andrey Kodreshkov
Top 10 MMA Light Heavyweights (2/26/16)
1) Jon Jones (N/A) – Returned after over a year off and is now set to fight at UFC 200 against Daniel Cormier.
2) Daniel Cormier (1)
3) Anthony Johnson (2)
4) Alexander Gustafsson (3)
5) Glover Teixeira (4)
6) Ryan Bader (5)
7) Phil Davis (6)
8) Ovince St. Preux (7)
9) Liam McGeary (8)
10) Muhammed Lawal (10)
Honorable Mentions
Rashad Evans, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Nikita Krylov, Jimi Manuwa
Top 10 MMA Heavyweights (2/26/16)
1) Fabricio Werdum (1) – Will defend his title at UFC 198 against contender Stipe Miocic in Curitiba, Brazil.
2) Cain Velasquez (2)
3) Stipe Miocic (3)
4) Alistair Overeem (4)
5) Junior dos Santos (5)
6) Andrei Arlovski (6)
7) Travis Browne (7)
8) Mark Hunt (8)
9) Ben Rothwell (9)
10) Josh Barnett (10)
Honorable Mentions
Vitaly Minakov, Roy “Big Country” Nelson, Frank Mir, Jared Rosholt, Stefan Struve, Antonio Silva