Flyweight

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Flyweight - Champion:

Bantamweight

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Bantamweight - Champion:

Featherweight

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Featherweight - Champion: Alexander Volkanovski

Lightweight

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Lightweight - Champion: Khabib Nurmagomedov

Welterweight

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Welterweight - Champion: Kamaru Usman

Middleweight

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Middleweight - Champion: Israel Adesanya

Light Heavyweight

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Light Heavyweight - Champion: Jon Jones

Heavyweight

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Heavyweight - Champion: Stipe Miocic

Women’s Strawweight

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Women’s Strawweight - Champion: Weili Zhang

Women’s Flyweight

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Women’s Flyweight - Champion: Valentina Shevchenko

Women’s Bantamweight

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Women’s Bantamweight - Champion: Amanda Nunes

Statistics

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Ranking Variability (higher index means more disagreement among voters)

Class Ranked Fighters Index
Welterweight 21 195
Women’s Flyweight 24 164
Bantamweight 24 158
Heavyweight 20 115
Lightweight 24 113
Featherweight 24 109
Middleweight 22 107
Women’s Bantamweight 19 102
Women’s Strawweight 20 94
Flyweight 17 92
Light Heavyweight 22 92

Consensus Ranks

Fighter Class Rank
Max Holloway Featherweight 1
Justin Gaethje Lightweight 1

Inactive Fighters (No UFC fights in the last 15 months)

Fighter Weight Class Last UFC Fight
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Light Heavyweight 2018-09-22
Felice Herrig Women’s Strawweight 2018-10-06
Brian Ortega Featherweight 2018-12-08
Ashlee Evans-Smith Women’s Flyweight 2019-02-17
Marion Reneau Women’s Bantamweight 2019-03-09

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Notable Omissions

Voter Fighter Class UFC Rank
Scott Lewis (Inside Fighting Radio) Brian Ortega Featherweight 3
Armando Romo (Boxeo Mundial) Tyron Woodley Welterweight 5
Rob DeMello (KHON Honolulu) Jose Aldo Bantamweight 6
Scott Lewis (Inside Fighting Radio) Frankie Edgar Featherweight 7
Scott Lewis (Inside Fighting Radio) Alexander Gustafsson Light Heavyweight 8
Brian Hemminger (MMA Oddsbreaker) Jeremy Stephens Featherweight 9
Scott Lewis (Inside Fighting Radio) Jeremy Stephens Featherweight 9
Scott Lewis (Inside Fighting Radio) Kevin Lee Lightweight 9
Scott Lewis (Inside Fighting Radio) Rafael dos Anjos Welterweight 9
Christoffer Esping (bursprak.se) Dan Ige Featherweight 10
Brian Hemminger (MMA Oddsbreaker) Al Iaquinta Lightweight 10
Scott Lewis (Inside Fighting Radio) Al Iaquinta Lightweight 10
Ariel Shnerer (Fight Network) Geoff Neal Welterweight 10
Ken Pishna (MMAWeekly.com) Geoff Neal Welterweight 10
Christoffer Esping (bursprak.se) Maycee Barber Women’s Flyweight 10
Ashah Tafari (MMA NYTT) Rob Font Bantamweight 11
Igor Sidirov (Blood & Sweat) Brandon Royval Flyweight 11
Brian Hemminger (MMA Oddsbreaker) Alexis Davis Women’s Flyweight 11

Polarizing Fighters

Fighter Class Rank High Low Gini index
Dominick Cruz Bantamweight 12 1 14 0.177
Jose Aldo Bantamweight 6 1 13 0.311
Geoff Neal Welterweight 10 4 15 0.115
Jose Aldo Featherweight 11 2 13 0.268
Junior dos Santos Heavyweight 5 4 15 0.182
Viviane Araujo Women’s Flyweight 8 4 15 0.120
Islam Makhachev Lightweight 11 5 15 0.111
Alexey Oleinik Heavyweight 11 5 14 0.091
Alexis Davis Women’s Flyweight 11 6 15 0.085
Andrea Lee Women’s Flyweight 9 5 14 0.083
Cody Stamann Bantamweight 10 6 15 0.115
Conor McGregor Lightweight 4 2 11 0.224
Conor McGregor Welterweight 16 6 15 0.144
Diego Ferreira Lightweight 8 5 14 0.117
Jussier Formiga Flyweight 6 3 12 0.142
Michael Chiesa Welterweight 8 6 15 0.099
Nate Diaz Welterweight 11 6 15 0.123
Omari Akhmedov Middleweight 11 6 15 0.080
Rafael dos Anjos Welterweight 9 6 15 0.098

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Favourite Fighters

Voter Fighter Class Rank UFC Rank
Christoffer Esping (bursprak.se) Ilir Latifi Heavyweight 5 18
Ariel Shnerer (Fight Network) Claudio Silva Welterweight 7 19
Bruno Massami (Gazeta Esportiva) Nate Diaz Lightweight 8 20
Christoffer Esping (bursprak.se) Mara Romero Borella Women’s Flyweight 7 18
Ken Pishna (MMAWeekly.com) Dominick Cruz Bantamweight 1 12
Christoffer Esping (bursprak.se) Urijah Faber Bantamweight 9 19
David Brown (Cherokee Scout) Chris Weidman Middleweight 9 19
Ariel Shnerer (Fight Network) Conor McGregor Welterweight 6 16
Christoffer Esping (bursprak.se) Cub Swanson Featherweight 10 19
Armando Romo (Boxeo Mundial) Marlon Vera Bantamweight 8 17
Ariel Shnerer (Fight Network) Jose Aldo Featherweight 2 11
Ariel Shnerer (Fight Network) Anthony Pettis Lightweight 8 17
Ariel Shnerer (Fight Network) Anderson Silva Middleweight 9 18
Christoffer Esping (bursprak.se) Jose Aldo Featherweight 3 11
Ken Pishna (MMAWeekly.com) Jose Aldo Featherweight 3 11
Ken Pishna (MMAWeekly.com) Ronaldo Souza Middleweight 8 16
David Brown (Cherokee Scout) Ronaldo Souza Middleweight 8 16
Ariel Shnerer (Fight Network) Tyson Nam Flyweight 8 16
Ariel Shnerer (Fight Network) Ronaldo Souza Middleweight 8 16
Ryan Frederick (Wrestling Observer) Dominick Cruz Bantamweight 4 12
Ryan Frederick (Wrestling Observer) Ronaldo Souza Middleweight 8 16
Christoffer Esping (bursprak.se) Donald Cerrone Lightweight 6 13
Ken Pishna (MMAWeekly.com) Anthony Pettis Welterweight 7 14
Armando Romo (Boxeo Mundial) Tyson Nam Flyweight 9 16
Armando Romo (Boxeo Mundial) Ben Rothwell Heavyweight 10 17
Armando Romo (Boxeo Mundial) Nicco Montaño Women’s Bantamweight 9 16
Jeff Cain (MMAWeekly.com) Donald Cerrone Lightweight 6 13
Jeff Cain (MMAWeekly.com) Anthony Pettis Welterweight 7 14
Andreas Hale (FightNews) Conor McGregor Welterweight 9 16
Scott Lewis (Inside Fighting Radio) Yadong Song Bantamweight 8 15
Scott Lewis (Inside Fighting Radio) Beneil Dariush Lightweight 8 15
Scott Lewis (Inside Fighting Radio) Marvin Vettori Middleweight 7 14
Daniel Vreeland (Top Turtle Podcast) Conor McGregor Welterweight 9 16
David Brown (Cherokee Scout) Anthony Pettis Lightweight 10 17
Brian Hemminger (MMA Oddsbreaker) Edson Barboza Featherweight 10 17
Bruno Massami (Gazeta Esportiva) Jose Aldo Featherweight 4 11
Igor Sidirov (Blood & Sweat) Donald Cerrone Lightweight 6 13
Ashah Tafari (MMA NYTT) Ronaldo Souza Middleweight 9 16

Least Favourite Fighters

Voter Fighter Class Rank UFC Rank
Armando Romo (Boxeo Mundial) Junior dos Santos Heavyweight 15 5
Jeff Cain (MMAWeekly.com) Jose Aldo Bantamweight 13 6
Scott Lewis (Inside Fighting Radio) Conor McGregor Lightweight 11 4
Brian Hemminger (MMA Oddsbreaker) Viviane Araujo Women’s Flyweight 15 8
Igor Sidirov (Blood & Sweat) Gilbert Burns Welterweight 8 1
Igor Sidirov (Blood & Sweat) Michael Chiesa Welterweight 15 8
Christoffer Esping (bursprak.se) Cory Sandhagen Bantamweight 11 5
Ken Pishna (MMAWeekly.com) Diego Ferreira Lightweight 14 8
Ken Pishna (MMAWeekly.com) Joanne Calderwood Women’s Flyweight 9 3
Armando Romo (Boxeo Mundial) Jussier Formiga Flyweight 12 6
Armando Romo (Boxeo Mundial) Jeremy Stephens Featherweight 15 9
Armando Romo (Boxeo Mundial) Rafael dos Anjos Welterweight 15 9
Romain Cadot (vladusport.com) Nina Ansaroff Women’s Strawweight 11 5
Rob DeMello (KHON Honolulu) Stephen Thompson Welterweight 12 6
Andreas Hale (FightNews) Stephen Thompson Welterweight 12 6
Brian Hemminger (MMA Oddsbreaker) Julianna Pena Women’s Bantamweight 10 4
Eric Kowal (My MMA News) Jairzinho Rozenstruik Heavyweight 12 6
Christoffer Esping (bursprak.se) Zabit Magomedsharipov Featherweight 7 2
Christoffer Esping (bursprak.se) Geoff Neal Welterweight 15 10
Christoffer Esping (bursprak.se) Andrea Lee Women’s Flyweight 14 9
Ken Pishna (MMAWeekly.com) Demian Maia Welterweight 12 7
Armando Romo (Boxeo Mundial) Cory Sandhagen Bantamweight 10 5
Armando Romo (Boxeo Mundial) Kevin Lee Lightweight 14 9
Armando Romo (Boxeo Mundial) Xiaonan Yan Women’s Strawweight 15 10
Andreas Hale (FightNews) Cody Stamann Bantamweight 15 10
Andreas Hale (FightNews) Charles Oliveira Lightweight 11 6
Scott Lewis (Inside Fighting Radio) Kelvin Gastelum Middleweight 12 7
David Brown (Cherokee Scout) Raphael Assuncao Bantamweight 13 8
Brian Hemminger (MMA Oddsbreaker) Kai Kara France Flyweight 13 8
Brian Hemminger (MMA Oddsbreaker) Cynthia Calvillo Women’s Flyweight 7 2
Ariel Shnerer (Fight Network) Rogério Bontorin Flyweight 14 9
Ariel Shnerer (Fight Network) Petr Yan Bantamweight 8 3
Ariel Shnerer (Fight Network) Zabit Magomedsharipov Featherweight 7 2
Ariel Shnerer (Fight Network) Demian Maia Welterweight 12 7
Ariel Shnerer (Fight Network) Corey Anderson Light Heavyweight 9 4
Bruno Massami (Gazeta Esportiva) Diego Ferreira Lightweight 13 8
Bruno Massami (Gazeta Esportiva) Aspen Ladd Women’s Bantamweight 8 3
Igor Sidirov (Blood & Sweat) Alex Perez Flyweight 10 5
Igor Sidirov (Blood & Sweat) Dan Ige Featherweight 15 10