As Stipe Miocic moves into pound-for-pound rankings, who falls out?
Which MMA fighter is the best, regardless of weight division or fight promotion?
ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, Marc Raimondi, Ariel Helwani and Jeff Wagenheim provide their top-10 picks, and their votes produce our consensus men’s and women’s pound-for-pound lists.
(You can find Okamoto’s division-by-division rankings here.)
Note: Rankings were updated Aug. 21.
1. Jon Jones
Record: 25-1, 1 NC
Weight class: Light heavyweight
Last: W (SD) Thiago Santos, July 6
Next: TBD
Record: 27-0
Weight class: Lightweight
Last: W (SUB4) Conor McGregor, Oct. 6
Next: Sept. 7 vs. Dustin Poirier
3. Henry Cejudo
Record: 15-2
Weight class: Flyweight/bantamweight
Last: W (TKO3) Marlon Moraes, June 8
Next: TBD
4. Stipe Miocic
Record: 19-3
Weight class: Heavyweight
Last: W (TKO4) Daniel Cormier, Aug. 17
Next: TBD
Record: 22-2, 1 NC
Weight class: Heavyweight
Last: L (TKO4) Stipe Miocic, Aug. 17
Next: TBD
Record: 25-3
Weight class: Lightweight
Last: W (TKO2) Donald Cerrone, June 8
Next: TBD
Record: 29-3-1
Weight class: Flyweight
Last: W (UD) Tatsumitsu Wada, Aug. 2
Next: TBD
Record: 20-4
Weight class: Middleweight
Last: W (SD) Yoel Romero, June 9, 2018
Next: Oct. 6 vs. Israel Adesanya
T-9. Dustin Poirier
Record: 25-5
Weight class: Lightweight
Last: W (UD) Max Holloway, April 13
Next: Sept. 7 vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov
T-9. Kamaru Usman
Record: 15-1
Weight class: Welterweight
Last: W (UD) Tyron Woodley, March 2
Next: TBD
Other fighters receiving votes: Max Holloway and Israel Adesanya.
Brett Okamoto
1. Jon Jones
2. Khabib Nurmagomedov
3. Henry Cejudo
4. Tony Ferguson
5. Robert Whittaker
6. Stipe Miocic
7. Daniel Cormier
8. Demetrious Johnson
9. Max Holloway
10. Kamaru Usman
Marc Raimondi
1. Jon Jones
2. Khabib Nurmagomedov
3. Daniel Cormier
4. Henry Cejudo
5. Tony Ferguson
6. Stipe Miocic
7. Demetrious Johnson
8. Robert Whittaker
9. Kamaru Usman
10. Dustin Poirier
Ariel Helwani
1. Jon Jones
2. Khabib Nurmagomedov
3. Henry Cejudo
4. Stipe Miocic
5. Daniel Cormier
6. Tony Ferguson
7. Kamaru Usman
8. Dustin Poirier
9. Max Holloway
10. Israel Adesanya
Jeff Wagenheim
1. Jon Jones
2. Khabib Nurmagomedov
3. Henry Cejudo
4. Stipe Miocic
5. Demetrious Johnson
6. Daniel Cormier
7. Dustin Poirier
8. Max Holloway
9. Tony Ferguson
10. Kamaru Usman
1. Amanda Nunes
Record: 18-4
Weight class: Bantamweight/featherweight
Last: W (TKO1) Holly Holm, July 6
Next: Dec. 14 vs. Germaine de Randamie
Record: 18-3
Weight class: Flyweight
Last: W (UD) Liz Carmouche, Aug. 10
Next: TBD
3. Cris Cyborg
Record: 21-2, 1 NC
Weight class: Featherweight
Last: W (UD) Felicia Spencer, July 27
Next: TBD
Record: 20-6
Weight class: Strawweight
Last: W (TKO2) Rose Namajunas, May 11
Next: Aug. 31 vs. Zhang Weili
Record: 9-4
Weight class: Strawweight
Last: L (TKO2) Jessica Andrade, May 11
Next: TBD
Record: 15-3
Weight class: Flyweight
Last: L (UD) Valentina Shevchenko, Dec. 8
Next: Oct. 12 vs. Michelle Waterson
T-7. Germaine de Randamie
Record: 9-3
Weight class: Bantamweight
Last: W (TKO1) Aspen Ladd, July 13
Next: Dec. 14 vs. Amanda Nunes
T-7. Tatiana Suarez
Record: 8-0
Weight class: Strawweight
Last: W (UD) Nina Ansaroff, June 8
Next: TBD
9. Holly Holm
Record: 12-5
Weight class: Bantamweight
Last: L (TKO1) Amanda Nunes, July 6
Next: TBD
10. Ketlen Vieira
Record: 10-0
Weight class: Bantamweight
Last: W (SD) Cat Zingano, March 3, 2018
Next: TBD
Other fighters receiving a vote: Julia Budd, Ayaka Hamasaki and Zhang Weili.
Brett Okamoto
1. Amanda Nunes
2. Valentina Shevchenko
3. Cris Cyborg
4. Jessica Andrade
5. Rose Namajunas
6. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
7. Germaine de Randamie
8. Tatiana Suarez
9. Ketlen Vieira
10. Holly Holm
Marc Raimondi
1. Amanda Nunes
2. Valentina Shevchenko
3. Cris Cyborg
4. Jessica Andrade
5. Rose Namajunas
6. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
7. Tatiana Suarez
8. Germaine de Randamie
9. Holly Holm
10. Ayaka Hamasaki
Ariel Helwani
1. Amanda Nunes
2. Valentina Shevchenko
3. Cris Cyborg
4. Jessica Andrade
5. Rose Namajunas
6. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
7. Tatiana Suarez
8. Germaine de Randamie
9. Holly Holm
10. Julia Budd
Jeff Wagenheim
1. Amanda Nunes
2. Cris Cyborg
3. Valentina Shevchenko
4. Jessica Andrade
5. Rose Namajunas
6. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
7. Germaine de Randamie
8. Tatiana Suarez
9. Holly Holm
10. Zhang Weili