Top 10 MMA fighters from all across the world in each of the seven most widely accepted weight classes.

Taken into consideration are a fighter’s performance in addition to his win-loss record, head-to-head and common opponents, difficulty of opponents, and numerous other factors in what is the most comprehensive rankings system in the sport.

Fighters who are currently serving drug-related suspensions are not eligible for Top 10 consideration until they have fought one time after the completion of their suspension.

Fighters must also have competed within the past 12 months in order to be eligible for Top 10 consideration.

HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (over 205 pounds)

#1 Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Fedor Emelianenko

2. Brock Lesnar

3. Frank Mir

4. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

5. Cain Velasquez

6. Junior Dos Santos

7. Brett Rogers

8. Shane Carwin

9. Fabricio Werdum

10. Alistair Overeem

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LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (205-pound limit)

#1 Light Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Lyoto Machida

2. Rashad Evans

3. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua

4. Quinton Jackson

5. Anderson Silva

6. Gegard Mousasi

7. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

8. Forrest Griffin

9. Thiago Silva

10. Jon Jones

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MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION (185-pound limit)

#1 Middleweight Fighter in the World%

Here are the TheMMAspace.com’s Top 10 Rankings as of March 26, 2009. We created a special category in the Forum section for everybody to discuss these Rankings. Click here to go to the Forums.

These MMA Rankings include Lightweight thru Heavyweight divisions. TheMMAspace.com will include more divisions and a “Pound 4 Pound” Rankings next month. Here are the TheMMAspace.com’s Rankings:

 

Heavyweight Division:

1.       Fedor Emelianenko (29-1)

2.       Josh Barnett (24-5)

3.       Frank Mir (12-3)

4.       Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (31-5-1)

5.       Andrei Arlovski (14-6)

6.       Brock Lesnar (3-1)

7.       Randy Couture (16-9)

8.       Alistair Overeem (29-11)

9.       Tim Sylvia (24-5)

10.   Shane Carwin (11-0)

Light Heavyweight Division:

1.       Rashad Evans (13-0-1)

2.       Lyoto Machida (14-0)

3.       Rampage Jackson (30-7) 4.       Forrest Griffin (16-5)