Welcome to the inaugural MMA Fighting global rankings, where our esteemed panel of experts team up to sort out the best of the best in an ever-shifting MMA landscape.
Our eight-person voting panel consists of MMA Fighting staffers Shaun Al-Shatti, Alexander K. Lee, Guilherme Cruz, Mike Heck, E. Casey Leydon, Steven Marrocco, Damon Martin and Jed Meshew.
Let’s make one thing clear: The greatest ranking system of all will always be pitting two fighters together with a referee, a group of judges on the outside, and a pair of gloves covering their knuckles.