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UFC Tier List Maker
Rank UFC fighters, from Jon Jones, Islam Makhachev and Conor McGregor to Khabib, Anderson Silva and Georges St-Pierre.
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Meet every fighter (31)
These 31 fighters load into the maker above. Each write-up covers what the fighter is and what to weigh when you rank it. Facts were last checked on .
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Jon Jones
An American fighter who competed from 2008 to 2025, a two-time Light Heavyweight Champion who held the title from 2011 to 2015 and 2018 to 2020, and the Heavyweight Championship from 2023 to 2025.
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Islam Makhachev
A Russian former sambo competitor, a former UFC Lightweight Champion who has since moved up to Welterweight, where Wikipedia lists him as champion. He became a combat sambo world champion in 2016.
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Conor McGregor
An Irish fighter and a former UFC Featherweight and Lightweight Champion, the first to hold UFC championships in two weight classes simultaneously. He began competing professionally in 2008.
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Khabib Nurmagomedov
A Russian lightweight who held the title longer than anyone, from April 2018 to March 2021 (1,134 days). He retired with 29 wins and no losses, and was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.
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Anderson Silva
A Brazilian former UFC Middleweight Champion with the longest title reign in UFC history, 2,457 days from 2006 to 2013, which included a then-record 16 consecutive victories.
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Georges St-Pierre
A Canadian also known as GSP, widely regarded as one of the greatest MMA fighters ever. He was a two-division UFC champion, winning titles at welterweight and middleweight.
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Israel Adesanya
A Nigerian-New Zealander former kickboxer and a two-time UFC Middleweight Champion. He was also a Glory Middleweight title challenger in kickboxing before his run in the UFC.
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Alex Pereira
A Brazilian former professional kickboxer who became a two-time UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and a former Middleweight Champion, before moving up to compete at Heavyweight.
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Leon Edwards
An English welterweight and a former UFC Welterweight Champion. He was professional from 2011 and formerly competed for BAMMA, where he was the welterweight champion.
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Dricus du Plessis
Known as DDP, a South African and the first South African to win a UFC championship. He is a former UFC Middleweight Champion, and earlier held Extreme Fighting Championship titles.
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Max Holloway
A Hawaiian former UFC Featherweight Champion considered one of the greatest featherweights ever, who holds UFC records for most significant strikes and total strikes landed.
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Alexander Volkanovski
An Australian and the first Australian-born fighter to win a UFC title, a two-time UFC Featherweight Champion. He also competed as a professional boxer in 2015.
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Ilia Topuria
A Georgian and Spanish fighter, the first undefeated fighter to win UFC championships in two divisions. He is a former Featherweight and Lightweight Champion.
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Charles Oliveira
A Brazilian lightweight and fourth-degree black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, a former UFC Lightweight Champion and the symbolic UFC "BMF" titleholder.
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Dustin Poirier
An American who competed from 2009 to 2025 at featherweight and lightweight, an interim UFC Lightweight Champion who challenged three times for the undisputed lightweight title.
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Nate Diaz
An American who fought in the UFC for over 15 years after winning The Ultimate Fighter 5, with 16 UFC bonus awards, the third most. He challenged for the lightweight title in 2012.
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Francis Ngannou
A Cameroonian and French heavyweight who fought in the UFC from 2015 to 2022 and was the reigning champion when he left. He later fought in PFL and boxing.
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Stipe Miocic
An American and two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion, widely regarded as the greatest UFC heavyweight of all time. He holds divisional records including most heavyweight title-fight wins.
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Daniel Cormier
An American former freestyle wrestler and UFC color commentator, the second fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two weight classes at once and the first with defenses in two divisions.
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Ronda Rousey
The first American woman to win an Olympic medal in judo, a bronze in 2008. She became the last Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion and is best known for the UFC and WWE.
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Amanda Nunes
A Brazilian-American, a former UFC Women's Featherweight Champion and two-time Women's Bantamweight Champion, ranked number one in the women's pound-for-pound rankings in 2022.
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Valentina Shevchenko
A Kyrgyz and Peruvian fighter who won professional championships in MMA, Muay Thai and kickboxing. She is a two-time former UFC Women's Flyweight Champion and the first Kyrgyz UFC champion.
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Khamzat Chimaev
A Russian-Emirati freestyle wrestler and former UFC Middleweight Champion, and a three-time Swedish national freestyle champion in wrestling.
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Sean O'Malley
An American bantamweight from Montana and a former UFC Bantamweight Champion. He earned his UFC contract with a first-round knockout on Dana White's Contender Series, then made his UFC debut in 2017.
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Merab Dvalishvili
A Georgian and American sambo practitioner, considered one of the greatest bantamweights, and the first Georgian-born champion in UFC history, a former UFC Bantamweight Champion.
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Tom Aspinall
An English heavyweight and a former UFC Heavyweight Champion, who trained in jiu-jitsu from age seven and won the British Open in every belt class except black.
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Kamaru Usman
A Nigerian-American former freestyle wrestler and The Ultimate Fighter 21 winner, a former UFC Welterweight Champion who holds the division's record winning streak of 15.
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José Aldo
A Brazilian who was the inaugural and longest-reigning UFC Featherweight Champion, becoming champion after the UFC and WEC merger. He is also a former interim Featherweight Champion.
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Demetrious Johnson
An American former UFC Flyweight Champion, the inaugural one, with a record 11 consecutive title defenses. He later competed in ONE Championship, winning the flyweight Grand Prix.
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Michael Bisping
An English sports commentator, analyst and former fighter who held the UFC middleweight title and became the first British fighter to compete in a UFC main event, at UFC 78.
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Chuck Liddell
An American known as "The Iceman," a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion from 2005 to 2007, widely credited with helping bring MMA into the mainstream of American sports.
UFC tier list questions
Why does the list avoid saying who the current champion is?
Titles change hands on every big card, and fighters retire or move divisions, so the write-ups describe titles and career facts and not current form. Check UFC.com for the latest champions.
Are retired fighters on this list?
Yes. Legends such as Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre and Chuck Liddell are on the list alongside active fighters, so you can rank across generations.
How should I rank UFC fighters?
Common criteria include accomplishments, dominance, entertainment value, skill and impact on the sport. Many fans rank by weight class or by era, since eras are hard to compare.
Sources
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