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A division-by-division-agnostic look at the best fighters in the sport right now, straight from the pound-for-pound board.
The pound-for-pound list is the one ranking that throws weight out the window and asks a simpler question: who is the best, full stop? No divisions, no size, just resumes stacked against each other. Right now the top of that board belongs to Islam Makhachev of Russia, and the records behind him tell a clear story about who earned their spot and who is climbing.
Let the numbers do the talking, and follow along as you build your own bracket.
#1 Islam Makhachev (28-1-0) owns the cleanest sheet at the summit. A single loss across 29 fights is the kind of record that lands you first on a list like this, and Russia has its man right where the resume says he should be.
Just behind him, #2 Alexander Volkanovski (28-4-0) of Australia matches Makhachev’s 28 wins. The four losses are the only gap between them on paper, but 28 victories at this level is exactly why the Australian is second and no lower.
#3 Petr Yan (20-5-0), the second Russian in the top three, and #4 Justin Gaethje (28-5-0) of the USA round out the elite tier. Gaethje carries the same 28 wins as the two men above him, with five losses accounting for his position.
Then comes the outlier resume: #5 Ilia Topuria (17-1-0) of Georgia. Only one man on the entire board can match a single-loss record, and it is Makhachev at the very top. Seventeen wins and one defeat at #5 is a flashing signal that Topuria is nowhere near done climbing.
The middle of the list is where the intrigue lives:
Brazil’s presence is impossible to miss. #8 Pereira (13-4-0), #13 Alexandre Pantoja (30-6-0), and #14 Charles Oliveira (37-11-0) give the country three names on the list, and Oliveira’s 37 wins are the most of anyone ranked here — a career of volume that speaks for itself.
Rounding out the fifteen: #11 Khamzat Chimaev (15-1-0) of the United Arab Emirates, whose single loss mirrors the sport’s very best; #12 Ciryl Gane (14-2-0) of France; and #15 Arman Tsarukyan.
A few threads worth tracking as the board shifts:
The pound-for-pound board is a map of the whole sport in one column. Keep an eye on these fifteen, watch how the single-loss names hold up, and put your own reads to the test — assemble your bracket for their next cards and see who you’d rank when the records collide.