MMA Rankings

Here is a list of the current pound for pound and divisional mixed martial arts rankings. Pound for pound rankings will be updated quarterly (4 times a year). Divisional rankings will be updated monthly. Click highlighted fighters to see their profiles. More profiles will be added on a regular basis.

Pound for pound rankings: Updated August 18, 2008 (3rd quarter)
Divisional Rankings: Updated August 18, 2008

Note: Click here to see an explanation of the pound for pound rankings.

Pound for Pound

Rank	Fighter
#01	Fedor Emelianenko
#02	BJ Penn
#03	Anderson Silva
#04	George St. Pierre
#05	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
#06	Urijah Faber
#07	Randy Couture
#08	Miguel Torres
#09	Chuck Liddell
#10	Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto

Heavyweight

Rank	Fighter
#01	Fedor Emelianenko
#02	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
#03	Josh Barnett
#04	Randy Couture
#05	Andrei Arlovski
#06	Tim Sylvia
#07	Fabricio Werdum
#08	Gabriel Gonzaga
#09	Mirko Filipovic
#10	Ben Rothwell

Light Heavyweight

Rank	Fighter
#01	Forrest Griffin
#02	Quinton Jackson
#03	Chuck Liddell
#04	Lyoto Machida
#05	Wanderlei Silva
#06	Mauricio Rua
#07	Thiago Silva
#08	Keith Jardine
#09	Rashad Evans
#10	Dan Henderson

Middleweight

Rank	Fighter
#01	Anderson Silva
#02	Paulo Filho
#03	Rich Franklin
#04	Dan Henderson
#05	Robbie Lawler
#06	Yushin Okami
#07	Matt Lindland
#08	Nathan Marquardt
#09	Kazuo Misaki
#10	Michael Bisping

Welterweight

Rank	Fighter
#01	Georges St. Pierre
#02	Jon Fitch
#03	Jake Shields
#04	Thiago Alves
#05	Josh Koscheck
#06	Matt Hughes
#07	Diego Sanchez
#08	Carlos Condit
#09	Matt Serra
#10	Karo Parisyan

Lightweight

Rank	Fighter
#01	BJ Penn
#02	Takanori Gomi
#03	Shinya Aoki
#04	Sean Sherk
#05	Gesias Calvancante
#06	Eddie Alvarez
#07	Joachim Hansen
#08	Josh Thomson
#09	Tatsuya Kawajiri
#10	Kenny Florian

Featherweight

Rank	Fighter
#01	Urijah Faber
#02	Norifumi Yamamoto
#03	Masakazu Imanari
#04	Akitoshi Tamura
#05	Mike Brown
#06	Jeff Curran
#07	Wagnney Fabiano (tie)
#07	Hatsu Hioki (tie)
#09	Dokojonsuke Mishima
#10	Takeshi Inoue

Pound for pound rankings are developed by RedSweat.com. Divisional rankings are courtesy of The Official Wamma Rankings. Wamma Rankings are compiled by the Wamma Rankings Committee which is chaired by Sam Caplan and includes 14 of the most knowledgeable MMA experts ever assembled.