Our fighter rankings are determined by a panel of Inside Fights staff members and outside sources. A first place vote is worth 10 points, second place is 9 points, and so on. The votes are then totaled and placed in the order in which they score.
They are published near the beginning of every month and take into account every show from the previous month.
POUND FOR POUND
1. Georges St. Pierre
2. Anderson Silva
3. Fedor Emelianenko
4. Lyoto Machida
5. BJ Penn
6. Mike Brown
7. Miguel Torres
8. Rashad Evans
9. Gegard Mousasi
10. Quinton Jackson
HEAVYWEIGHT
1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Brock Lesnar
3. Josh Barnett
4. Frank Mir
5. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
6. Randy Couture
7. Alistair Overeem
8. Shane Carwin
9. Cain Velasquez
10. Brett Rogers
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
1. Lyoto Machida
2. Rashad Evans
3. Quinton Jackson
4. Forrest Griffin
5. Mauricio Rua
6. Renato Sobral
7. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
8. Rich Franklin
9. Luiz Cane
10. Gegard Mousasi
MIDDLEWEIGHT
1. Anderson Silva
2. Dan Henderson
3. Nate Marquardt
4. Demian Maia
5. Yushin Okami
6. Vitor Belfort
7. Jorge Santiago
8. Yoshihiro Akiyama
9. Robbie Lawler
10. Nick Diaz
WELTERWEIGHT
1. Georges St. Pierre
2. Thiago Alves
3. Jon Fitch
4. Jake Shields
5. Martin Kampmann
6. Mike Swick
7. Carlos Condit
8. Josh Koscheck
9. Paulo Thiago
10. Dan Hardy
LIGHTWEIGHT
1. BJ Penn
2. Shinya Aoki
3. Eddie Alvarez
4. Kenny Florian
5. Joachim Hansen
6. Tatsuya Kawajiri
7. Gray Maynard
8. Diego Sanchez
9. Frank Edgar
10. Gesias Calvancante
