REAL COMBAT MEDIA MMA RANKINGS
Revised By: Real Combat Media MMA Editorial Staff
(Rankings as of 02/27/2021)
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Real Combat Media MMA ratings are based on the following criteria.
1. Overall Performance
2. Recent Performance
3. Strength of Opposition
*If a fighter has not competed in a 24 month period, that fighter will be eliminated from the rankings.
MEN’S MMA
RCM MMA Rankings – Heavyweight:
1. Stipe Miocic (20-3) “UFC CHAMPION”
2. Daniel Cormier (21-3)
3. Francis Ngannou (15-3)
4. Jairzinho Rozenstruik (11-1)
5. Derrick Lewis (25-7)
6. Curtis Blaydes (14-3)
7. Alexander Volkov (33-8)
8. Ciryl Gane (7-0)
9. Alistair Overeem (47-19)
10. Ryan Bader (27-5) “BELLATOR CHAMPION”
11. Junior dos Santos (21-9)
12. Shamil Abdurakhimov (20-6)
13. Augusto Sakai (15-3)
14. Blagoy Ivanov (18-4,1NC)
15. Marcin Tybura (21-6)
16. Chris Daukaus (11-3)
17. Oleksiy Oliynyk (59-15-1)
18. Fabricio Werdum (24-9-1)
19. Linton Vassell (19-8)
20. Fedor Emelianenko (38-5)
21. Ali Isaev (9-0)
22. Timothy Johnson (15-6)
23. Sergei Kharitonov (29-7-2NC)
24. Justin Willis (8-2)
Honorable Mention:
RCM MMA Rankings – Light Heavyweights:
1. Jon Jones (25-1) – “Leaving For UFC Heavyweight division.”
2. Jan Blachowicz (27-8) “UFC CHAMPION”
3. Glover Teixeira (32-7)
4. Dominick Reyes (12-2)
5. Vadim Nemkov (12-2)”BELLATOR CHAMP”
6. Ryan Bader (27-6)
7. Thiago Santos (21-8)
8. Jiri Prochazka (27-3)
9. Jamahal Hill (9-0)
10. Aleksandar Rakic (13-2)
11. Phil Davis (21-5)
12. Anthony Smith (34-16)
13. Volkan Oezdemir (17-6)
14. Corey Anderson (14-5)
15. Nikita Krylov (26-7)
16. Johnny Walker (18-5)
17. Magomed Ankalaev (14-1)
18. Alexander Gustafsson (18-7)
19. Luke Rockhold (16-5)
20. Misha Cirkunov (15-5)
21. Jim Crute (12-1)
22. Ryan Spann (18-6)
Honorable Mention: Liam McGeery
RCM MMA Rankings – Middleweights:
1. Israel Adesanya (20-0) “UFC CHAMP”
2. Robert Whitaker (22-5)
3. Paulo Costa (12-1)
4. Yoel Romero (13-5) “Moving to 205lbs in Bellator to face Anthony Johnson.”
5. Gegard Mousasi (47-7-2)
6. Marvin Vettori (16-4-1)
7. Darren Till (18-3-1)
8. Jared Cannonier (13-5)
9. Uriah Hall (16-9)
10. Kevin Holland (21-5)
11. Jack Hermansson (21-6)
12. Ronaldo Souza (26-9)
13. Derek Brunson (21-7)
14. Chris Weidman (15-5)
15. Kelvin Gastelum (16-6)
16. Ian Heinisch (14-4)
17. Omari Akhmedov (20-5-1)
18. Krzysztof Jotko (22-4)
Honorable Mention: Rafael Carvalho
RCM MMA Rankings -Welterweight:
1. Kamaru Usman (18-2)”UFC CHAMPION”
2. Colby Covington (16-2)
3. Jorge Masvidal (34-1)
4. Leon Edwards (18-3)
5. Gilbert Burns (19-4)
6. Douglas Lima (32-8)”BELLATOR CHAMPION”
7. Michael Chiesa (18-4)
8. Stephen Thompson (15-4-1)
9. Tyron Woodley (19-6-1)
10. Neal Magny (24-8)
11. Demian Maia (28-10)
12. Jingliang Li (18-6)
13. Rafael dos Anjos (30-13)
14. Robbie Lawler (27-15)
15. Rory MacDonald (21-6-1)
16. Geoff Neal (13-3)
17. Vicente Luque (19-7-1)
18. Santiago Ponzinibbio (27-4)
19. Michael Page (18-1)
20. Khazmat Chimaev (9-0)
21. Nate Diaz (20-11)
22. Neiman Gracie (10-1)
Honorable Mention: : Neiman Gracie, Timofey Nastyukhin
RCM MMA Rankings – Lightweights:
1. Khabib Nurmagomedov (29-0) “UFC CHAMPION”
2. Justin Gaethje (22-2)
3. Charles Oliveira (29-8)
4. Dustin Poirier (26-6)
5. Michael Chandler (21-6)
6. Tony Ferguson (25-5)
7. Conor McGregor (22-5)
8. Dan Hooker (19-8)
9. Beneil Dariush (19-4-1)
10. Rafael dos Anjos (30-13)
11. Diego Ferreira (17-3)
12. Anthony Pettis (24-10)
13. Patricio Freire (31-4) “BELLATOR CHAMPION”
14. Donald Cerrone (36-15-1)
15. Al Iaquinta (15-6-1)
16. Paul Felder (18-5)
17. Kevin Lee (17-5)
18. Drew Dober (23-9)
19. Islam Makhachev (18-1)
20. Tofiq Musayev (18-3)
Honorable Mention:
RCM MMA Rankings – Featherweights:
1. Alexander Volkanovski (22-1) “UFC CHAMPION”
2. Max Holloway (22-6)
3. Brian Ortega (15-1)
4. Patricio Freire (31-4) “BELLATOR CHAMPION”
5. Zabit Magomedsharipov (18-1)
6. Korean Zombie (16-6)
7. Josh Emmett (16-2)
8. Frankie Edgar (24-9-1)
9. AJ McKee (17-0)
10. Calvin Kattar (22-5)
11. Yair Rodriguez (13-2)
12. Dan Ige (14-3)
13. Edson Barbosa (21-9)
14. Ilia Topuria (10-0)
15. Renato Moicano (14-4-1) “moved to 155lbs”
16. Jeremy Stephens (28-18)
17. Shane Burgos (13-2)
18. Sodiq Yusuff (11-1)
19. Arnold Allen (16-1)
20. Damon Jackson (18-4)
21. Mirsad Bektic (13-4)
22. Lance Palmer (22-3)
23. Emmanuel Sanchez (20-4)
24. Ryan Hall (8-1)
25. Darrion Caldwell (15-4)
Honorable Mention: Mateusz Gamrot, Lance Palmer
RCM MMA Rankings – Bantamweights:
1. Petr Yan (15-1) “UFC CHAMP”
2. Aljamain Sterling (19-3)
3. Cory Sandhagen (14-2)
4. Marlon Moraes (23-8-1)
5. Jose Aldo (28-7)
6. Frankie Edgar (24-9-1)
7. Pedro Munhoz (18-5)
8. Cody Garbrandt (12-3)
9. Dominick Cruz (22-3)
10. Jimmie Rivera (23-4)
11. Marlon Vera (16-7)
12. Kai Asakura (15-2)
13. Cody Stamann (19-3-1)
14. Kyoji Horiguchi (28-3-0)
15. Raphael Assuncao (27-8)
16. Rob Font (17-4)
17. Urijah Faber (35-11)
18. Juan Archuleta (25-2) “Bellator Champion”
19. Raoni Barcelos (16-1)
20. Brett Johns (17-2)
21. John Lineker (33-9)
22. Merab Dvalishvili (12-4)
Honorable Mention:
RCM MMA Rankings – Flyweights:
1. Deiveson Figueiredo (20-1-1)
2. Demetrious Johnson (30-3-1)
3. Brandon Moreno (18-5)
4. Joseph Benavidez (28-7-0)
5. Askar Askarov (12-0-1)
6. Alex Perez (24-6)
7. Alexandre Pantoja (23-5)
8. Jussier Da Silva (23-8)
9. Azamat Kerefov (13-0)
10. Brandon Royval (12-5)
11. Manel Kape (15-5)
12. Ray Borg (13-5)
13. Matt Schnell (14-5)
14. Dustin Ortiz (19-8)
15. David Dvorak (19-3)
16. John Moraga (19-7)
17. Kai Kara-France (21-9-1NC)
18. Rogerio Bontorin (16-2)
19. Raulian Paiva (20-3)
20. Zhalgas Zhumagulov (13-5)
Honorable Mention:
WOMEN’S MMA
RCM MMA Rankings – Featherweights:
1. Amanda Nunes (20-4) “UFC CHAMPION”
2. Cristiane Justino (23-2) “BELLATOR CHAMPION”
3. Julia Budd (14-3)
4. Felicia Spencer (8-2)
5. Kayla Harrison (8-0)
6. Larissa Pacheco (13-4)
7. Sarah Kaufman (21-5)
8. Megan Anderson (11-4)
9. Alene Blencowe (13-8)
10. Cat Zingano (11-4)
11. Pam Sorenson (8-3)
12. Jesse Miele (9-4)
RCM MMA Rankings – Bantamweights:
1. Amanda Nunes (20-4) “UFC CHAMPION”
2. Germaine de Randamie (10-4)
3. Holly Holm (14-5)
4. Aspen Ladd (9-1)
5. Raquel Pennington (11-8)
6. Julianna Peña (11-4)
7. Irene Aldana (12-6)
8. Yana Kunitskaya (14-5)
9. Ketlen Vieira (11-2)
10. Sara McMann (12-6)
11. Lina Lansberg (10-5)
12. Macy Chiasson (7-1)
13. Sijara Eubanks (6-6)
14. Julia Avila (8-2)
15. Pannie Kianzad (14-5)
16. Marion Reneau (9-6-1)
17. Bethe Correia (10-5-1)
18. Rin Nakai (22-2-1)
Honorable Mention: Pannie Kianzad
RCM MMA Rankings- Flyweights:
1. Valentina Shevchenko (20-3) “UFC Champion”
2. Jessica Andrade (21-7)
3. Juliana Vazquez (11-0) “Bellator Champion”
4. Liz Carmouche (14-7)
5. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (11-1)
6. Katlyn Chookagian (15-4)
7. Jennifer Maia (18-7-1)
8. Lauren Murphy (14-4)
9. Cynthia Calvillo (9-2-1)
10. Jessica Eye (15-9)
11. Joanne “Jo Jo” Calderwood (14-5)
12. Viviane Araujo (10-2)
13. Alexa Grasso (13-3)
14. Roxanne Modafferi (25-18)
15. Maryna Moroz (10-3)
16. Andrea Lee (11-5)
17. Alexis Davis (19-10)
18. Talia Santos (17-1)
19. Antonina Shevchenko (9-2)
20. Maycee Barber (8-2)
22. Mayra Bueno Silva (7-1)
RCM MMA Rankings – Strawweights:
1. Weili Zhang (21-1) “UFC CHAMPION”
2. Jessica Andrade (21-7)
3. Rose Namajunas (9-4)
4. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (16-4)
5. Tatiana Suarez (8-0)
6. Carla Esparza (16-6)
7. Marina Rodriguez (13-1-2)
8. Yan Xiaonan (13-1,1NC)
9. Nina Anseroff (10-6)
10. Claudia Gadelha (18-5)
11. Cynthia Calvillo (9-1-1)
12. Michelle Waterson (18-8)
13. Amanda Ribas (10-2)
14. Alexa Grasso (12-3)
15. Tecia Torres (11-5)
16. Mackenzie Dern (9-1)
17. Angela Hill (12-9)
18. Virna Janiroba (16-2)
19. Brianna Van Buren (9-3)
20. Livia Renata Souza (14-2)
POUND FOR POUND RANKINGS:
1. Khabib Nurmagomedov
2. Jon Jones
3. Stipe Miocic
4. Henry Cejudo
5. Israel Adesanya
6. Kamaru Usman
7. Amanda Nunes
8. Alexander Volkanovski
9. Max Holloway
10. Peter Yan
11. Valentina Shevchenko
12. Deiveson Figueiredo
13. Weili Zhang
Honorable Mention: Colby Covington, Cristiane Justino, Yoel Romero, Demetrious Johnson, Robert Whitaker,
MMA HISTORICAL RANKINGS
JULY 2013
MMA Rankings-Heavyweight:
1. Cain Velasquez
2. Junior Dos Santos
3. Daniel Cormier
4. Fabricio Werdum
5. Antonio Silva
6. Josh Barnett
7. Alistair Overeem
8. Frank Mir
9. Mark Hunt
10. Travis Browne
11. Stipe Miocic
MMA Rankings-Light Heavyweights:
2. Lyoto Machida
4. Glover Teixeira
6. Dan Henderson
7. Phil Davis
8. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
9. Mauricio Rua
10. Ryan Bader
MMA Rankings-Middleweights:
2. Anderson Silva
3. Vitor Belfort
4. Chael Sonnen
7. Yushin Okami
9. Ronaldo Souza
10. Luke Rockhold
MMA Rankings-Welterweights:
2. Johny Hendricks
3. Carlos Condit
4. Rory Macdonald
5. Demian Maia
6. Nick Diaz
7. Jake Ellenberger
8. Ben Askren
9. Martin Kampmann
10. Jake Shields
MMA Rankings-Lightweights
2. Gilbert Melendez
3. TJ Grant
5. Michael Chandler
6. Gray Maynard
8. Nate Diaz
9. Eddie Alvarez
10. Khabib Nurmagomedov
11. Donald Cerrone
MMA Rankings- Featherweights:
2. Ricardo Lamas
3. Frankie Edgar
4. Chad Mendez
5. Pat Curran
7. Chan Sung Jung
8. Clay Guida
9. Erik Koch
MMA Rankings- Bantamweights:
2. Urijah Faber
3. Michael McDonald
4. Eddie Wineland
6. Brad Pickett
7. Raphael Assuncao
8. Eduardo Dantas
MMA Rankings- Featherweights:
Pound For Pound List
1. Jon Jones
2. Jose Aldo
3. Georges St. Pierre
4. Anderson Silva
5. Chris Weidman
6. Cain Velasquez
7. Demetrious Johnson
8. Renan Barao
9. Gilbert Melendez
10. Urijah Faber
WOMENS MMA 2013
The Unified Women’s Professional MMA Rankings are assembled each month by a panel of journalists from multiple MMA websites and publications. These rankings were the first women’s mixed martial arts rankings by division and weight class and are considered by most media outlets as the official women’s MMA rankings.
Unified Women’s Pro MMA Rankings – JULY 2013
Featherweights (136-145 pounds)
1. Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino (12-1-0, 1 ND) – Invicta FC
2. Marloes “Rumina” Coenen (21-6-0) – Invicta FC
3. Ediane “India” Gomes (10-2-0) – Invicta FC
4. Julia “The Jewel” Budd (5-2-0) – Invicta FC
5. Hiroko “Cat’s Eye” Yamanaka (12-3-0, 1 ND) – Invicta FC
6. Tamikka “Boom Boom” Brents (2-0-0) – Invicta FC
7. Peggy “The Daywalker” Morgan (2-0-0) – CFA
8. Gabrielle “Gabanator” Holloway (3-0-0) – Regional
9. Fiona Muxlow (6-3-0) – Invicta FC
10. Pannie “Banzai” Kianzad (3-0-0) – Regional
Bantamweights (126-135 pounds)
1. “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey (7-0-0) – UFC
2. Sarah Kaufman (16-2-0) – UFC
3. “Alpha” Cat Zingano (8-0-0) – UFC
4. Alexis “Ally-Gator” Davis (14-5-0) – UFC
5. Sara McMann (7-0-0) – UFC
6. Miesha “Cupcake” Tate (13-4-0) – UFC
7. Liz “Girl-Rilla” Carmouche (8-3-0) – UFC
8. Shayna “The Queen of Spades” Baszler (15-8-0) – Invicta FC
9. Sarah “The Monster” D’Alelio (7-3-0) – Invicta FC
10. Leslie “The Peacemaker” Smith (5-3-1) – Invicta FC
Flyweights (116-125 pounds)
1. Barb “Little Warrior” Honchak (8-2-0) – Invicta FC
2. Jessica “Evil” Eye (10-1-0) – Bellator/NAAFS
3. Michelle “T-Cat” Ould (7-3-0, 2 NC) – Bellator
4. Vanessa Porto (15-6-0) – Invicta FC
5. Jennifer Maia (7-2-1) – Invicta FC
6. Munah “The Perfect Storm” Holland (5-2-0) – Bellator
7. Zoila “The Warrior Princess” Frausto Gurgel (12-3-0) – Invicta FC
8. Tonya “Triple Threat” Evinger (11-6-0) – Regional
9. Joanna Jędrzejczyk (4-0-0) – Regional
10. Brenda “Boom Boom” Gonzales (4-1-0) – KOTC/Pancrase
Strawweights (107-115 pounds)
1. Jessica “Jag” Aguilar (15-4-0) – Bellator
2. Megumi “Mega Megu” Fujii (26-2-0) – Bellator/Jewels/VTJ
3. Ayaka Hamasaki (9-0-0) – Jewels/Invicta FC
4. Carla “Cookie Monster” Esparza (9-2-0) – Invicta FC
5. Felice “Lil’ Bulldog” Herrig (9-4-0) – Bellator
6. Katja “Killer Bunny” Kankaanpää (8-0-1) – Invicta FC
7. Joanne “JoJo” Calderwood (6-0-0) – Invicta FC/Cage Warriors
8. “V.V” Mei Yamaguchi (11-5-1) – Jewels/VTJ
9. Emi “Kamikaze Angel” Fujino (12-6-0) – Jewels/Pancrase
10. Mizuki Inoue (5-1-0) – Jewels/Invicta FC
Atomweights (96-106 pounds)
1. Michelle “The Karate Hottie” Waterson (11-3-0) – Invicta FC
2. Jessica Penne (11-2-0) – Invicta FC
3. Seo Hee Ham (11-5-0) – Jewels/Gladiator
4. Naho “Sugi Rock” Sugiyama (8-3-0) – Jewels/Invicta FC
5. Kikuyo Ishikawa (9-3-0) – Jewels/Pancrase
6. Yasuko “Ikuko” Tamada (14-8-3) – Jewels
7. Lacey “The Ladie” Schuckman (9-6-0) – Invicta FC
8. Simona Soukupova (4-2-1) – Invicta FC
9. “Sassy” Cassie Rodish (4-4-0) – Invicta FC
10. Stephanie “Macaquinha” Frausto (4-5-0) – Invicta
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