THE FIRST OFFICIAL UFC RANKINGS ARE ANNOUNCED BY FIGHT METRICS
Rankings were generated by a voting panel made up of media members. The media members were asked to vote for who they feel are the top fighters in the UFC by weight-class and pound-for-pound. A fighter is only eligible to be voted on if they are in active status in the UFC and a fighter can only appear in one weight division at a time. The champion and interim champion are considered to be in the top positions of their respective divisions and therefore are not eligible for voting by weight-class. However, the champions can be voted on for the pound-for-pound rankings.
As of 2/4/2013
| 1 | Anderson Silva |
| 2 | Jon Jones |
| 3 | Georges St-Pierre |
| 4 | Jose Aldo |
| 5 | Benson Henderson |
| 6 | Cain Velasquez |
| 7 | Dominick Cruz |
| 8 | Demetrious Johnson |
| 9 | Frankie Edgar |
| 10 | Dan Henderson |
| 1 | Chad Mendes |
| 2 | Ricardo Lamas |
| 3 | Chan Sung Jung |
| 4 | Frankie Edgar |
| 5 | Dennis Siver |
| 6 | Cub Swanson |
| 7 | Dustin Poirier |
| 8 | Nik Lentz |
| 9 | Erik Koch |
| 10 | Clay Guida |



