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Lists about fighters who compete in mixed martial arts and the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

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Back in the early days of MMA when weight classes didn&rsquo;t exist, it was the big, towering guys that drew the most attention. Now, even with several smaller weight classes, heavyweights are more exciting than ever. It&rsquo;s a common misconception that heavyweights are slow and dopey. Don&rsquo;t let their size fool you - the best heavyweights have&nbsp;as much martial arts skills as they have size.&nbsp;

Some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/quickest-ufc-knockouts-of-all-time/kipp-tribble">quickest knockouts in the UFC</a> were by heavyweights. These colossal athletes have heavy but quick hands, packing well over 200 lbs behind each punch. Their knockout power is unmatched.

And don&rsquo;t underestimate their ground game - you definitely don&rsquo;t want one of these guys trying to submit you. Just imagine arms with biceps the size of your head putting you in a choke hold. Heavyweights use their size to their advantage&nbsp;and have some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/quickest-ufc-submissions-of-all-time/kipp-tribble">quickest submissions in the UFC</a>.&nbsp;

The heavyweight division has its share of <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/mma-legends">legendary MMA fighters</a>. From some of the most beloved pioneers to the most reviled villains of the sport, fans love watching these giants go at it, waiting for that next big knockout. Because the bigger they are, the harder they fall (and punch, kick,&nbsp;knee, and elbow). Check out this power rankings list and vote up the best heavyweight mixed martial arts fighters. Then head over and check out the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-retired-ufc-fighters/ranker-sports" target="_blank">best retired fighters in UFC history</a>.

Weighing in at 155 pounds, here are the best UFC lightweights currently fighting today. Fighters in this weight class are generally skinny, agile, and deadly strikers. With so many great lightweight mixed martial artists&nbsp;in UFC, MMA fans have the chance to vote on current rankings for UFC lightweights. Who is the best UFC lightweight fighter now?&nbsp;When it comes to the best current UFC lightweights, fighters like Nate Diaz, Anthony Pettis, &nbsp;Dustin Poirier, and current UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor&nbsp;are ranked high. Other notable UFC lightweights include Sage Northcutt, Clay Guida, and Ross Pearson.&nbsp;Vote for the fighters you think are currently the best lightweights in the UFC. Feel free to add any top&nbsp;UFC lightweights missing from this list and vote down the lightweight fighters who are currently underperforming.&nbsp;

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The greatest MMA legends of all time are all here on this list. Some of the best MMA fighters have come up from nothing more than street scrappers to become the best fighters in the world. With intense training and tremendous mental and physical focus, these famous men have earned the title of greatest MMA legend.

Some of the men on the list of the top MMA legends are new to the sport and have come up through the UFC organization, while others can be considered MMA pioneers. Some, like Chuck Liddell, have become pop culture icons and UFC legends while a fighter like Royce Gracie is considered to be one the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/toughest-professional-fighters-in-history?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">toughest MMA fighters</a> to have entered the octagon. All these factors- the toughest MMA fighter, the best grappler in the MMA, the best conditioned MMA fighter- come together to determine what makes the best MMA fighter and who can truly be called the greatest MMA legend of all time.

Who are the greatest MMA fighters of all time? Who are the top MMA legends? What MMA fighter is the best of all time? These are the questions we seek to answer with this votable list of the greatest MMA legends ever, ranked by MMA &amp; UFC fans like you. If your favorite MMA fighter isn&#39;t on the list, make sure to add him so he can do battle with other MMA athletes as they slug it out for the top spot and title of best MMA fighter ever.

For fighters who stuck to UFC, head over and check out the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-retired-ufc-fighters/ranker-sports" target="_blank">best retired UFC fighters</a>&nbsp;and the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/oldest-current-ufc-fighters/ranker-sports" target="_blank">oldest fighters in UFC</a> right now.

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Weighing in at 185&nbsp;pounds, here are the best UFC middleweights currently fighting today. Fighters in this weight class are generally known to be some of the best all around fighters in UFC.&nbsp;With so many great middleweight mixed martial artists&nbsp;in UFC, MMA fans have the chance to vote on current rankings for UFC middleweights. Who is the best UFC middleweight fighter now?&nbsp;

When it comes to the best current UFC middleweights, fighters like Lyoto Machida, Vitor Belfort, Anderson Silva, and current UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping&nbsp;are ranked high. Other notable UFC middleweights include Rashad Evans, Johny Hendricks, and Luke Rockhold.&nbsp;

Vote for the fighters you think are currently the best middleweights in the UFC. Feel free to add any top&nbsp;UFC middleweights missing from this list and vote down the middleweight fighters who are currently underperforming. When you&#39;re done, head over and check out the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-left-handed-ufc-fighters/ranker-sports" target="_blank">best lefty fighters in the UFC</a>.

The top female MMA fighters are some of the best athletes in the sport who make their living attempting to crush their opponents into submission. While fighting isn&#39;t traditionally considered a woman&#39;s sport, there is no doubt that a female MMA champion could hold her own in the ring - even if she was pitted against a man. This list seeks to determine who <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-female-voice-ever?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the best female</a> MMA fighters are and rank them from best to worst.

These women of MMA fighting are as tough as they are hard-working, and it&#39;s no surprise that female MMA fighters who work out and train for a living would look knock-out gorgeous outside of the ring, so it shouldn&#39;t be any surprise either that some of the top MMA girl fighters are also some of the hottest female athletes in America and the rest of the world. Mixed martial arts is no joke - these women are ripped!

Who are the best female MMA fighters in the world? This list of the top MMA fighters who are women seeks to answer that question and rank the greatest female MMA fighters from best to worst based on the votes of MMA fans like you. Your votes shape the list - and remember, you are voting on the fighting skills of these famous women, not which one you like the best. Don&#39;t see the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-retired-ufc-fighters/ranker-sports?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">MMA fighters names</a> you expected? Well, if your favorite female fighter is missing from the list, make sure to add her so she can vie for the top spot. When you&#39;re done, head over and check out the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-current-female-ufc-fighters/ranker-sports" target="_blank">best current UFC women fighters</a>&nbsp;and the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/oldest-current-ufc-fighters/ranker-sports" target="_blank">oldest fighters in the octagon</a>.

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Over the past decade, MMA and UFC fights have risen from the underground into a legitimate sport, spawning countless pay-per-view events and a reality TV show. Two fighters in an octagon ring is considered by many to be the closest sport we have to a refined street brawl. The fighting movies on this list cover all genres, although most of them are action and dramas. As MMA becomes more entrenched in our sports culture, we can expect to see even more good MMA fight movies making their way into our theaters.&nbsp;Never Back Down, Warrior, and Undisputed, are among the best fighting movies and&nbsp;also streaming on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon.

These top MMA fighting&nbsp;films that focus on the sport of mixed martial arts as a central theme. We&#39;ve also included a few other fighting movies, because they&#39;re awesome. What are the best MMA movies? What&#39;s your favorite fight movie? If there are any MMA films you believe we missed, please feel free to add them to the list yourself.&nbsp;

If you like these movies, be sure to check out the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/boxing-movies-and-films/reference" target="_blank">best boxing movies</a>.

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Weighing in at 265 pounds, here are the best UFC heavyweights currently fighting today. Fighters in this weight class are generally built like tanks, standing over six feet, and pack immense power in their punches. With so many great heavyweight mixed martial artists&nbsp;in UFC, MMA fans have the chance to vote on current rankings for UFC heavyweights. Who is the best UFC heavyweight fighter now?&nbsp;

When it comes to the best current UFC heavyweights, fighters like Junior Dos Santos, Frank Mir, Stefan Struve, and current UFC Heavyweight Champion&nbsp;Stipe Miocic&nbsp;are ranked high. Other notable UFC heavyweights include Cain Velasquez, Mark Hunt, and Fabricio Werdum.&nbsp;

Vote for the fighters you think are currently the best heavyweights in the UFC. Feel free to add any top&nbsp;UFC heavyweights missing from this list and vote down the heavyweight fighters who are currently underperforming. When you&#39;re done head over and check out some of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-left-handed-ufc-fighters/ranker-sports" target="_blank">best southpaw fighters</a> in UFC history.

The best UFC fighters right now all have dreams of being considered the best overall MMA fighter in the world. It is hard to compare fighters of different weight classes and divisions, but some talents just stand out above the rest, top lightweight UFC fighters like Khabib Nurmagomedov and a light heavyweight like Jon Jones clearly among the best in the sport.

All of the top current UFC fighters active right now with an impressive record and maybe a belt or two in the bag are featured below.&nbsp;The most popular UFC fighters of 2020 include famous&nbsp;names like Stipe Miocic, Henry Cejudo,&nbsp;and Conor McGregor, who all stand up well against the rising stars of the MMA world.

So check out the list of the best current UFC fighters, and vote up for the best to help decide&nbsp;just which of these famous fighters currently rules the octagon.

Weighing in at 155 pounds, here are the best MMA lightweights currently fighting today. With so many great lightweight mixed martial artists, MMA fans have the chance to vote on current rankings for MMA lightweights. Who is the best MMA lightweight fighter now?&nbsp;When it comes to the best current MMA lightweights, fighters like Khabib Nurmagomedov, Nate Diaz, Eddie Alvarez&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;current UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor&nbsp;and current Bellator&nbsp;Lightweight Champion Brent Primus&nbsp;are ranked high. Other notable MMA lightweights include Benson Henderson, Kevin Lee, and Tony Ferguson.&nbsp;Vote for the fighters you think are currently the best lightweights in the MMA. Feel free to add any top&nbsp;MMA lightweights missing from this list and vote down the lightweight fighters who are currently underperforming.&nbsp;

Weighing in at 265 pounds, here are the best Bellator heavyweights currently fighting today. Fighters in this weight class are generally built like tanks, standing over six feet, and pack immense power in their punches. With so many great heavyweight mixed martial artists&nbsp;in Bellator, MMA fans have the chance to vote on current rankings for Bellator heavyweights. Who is the best Bellator heavyweight fighter now?&nbsp;When it comes to the best current Bellator heavyweights, fighters like Cheick Kongo, Matt Mitrione, and Ken Shamrock&nbsp;are ranked high. Other notable Bellator heavyweights include Fedor Emelianenko, Joey Beltran, and Dan Charles.&nbsp;Vote for the fighters you think are currently the best heavyweights in the Bellator. Feel free to add any top&nbsp;Bellator heavyweights missing from this list and vote down the heavyweight fighters who are currently underperforming.&nbsp;

Weighing in at 170 pounds, here are the best MMA welterweights currently fighting today. With so many great welterweight mixed martial artists, MMA fans have the chance to vote on current rankings for MMA welterweights. Who is the best MMA welterweight fighter now?&nbsp;When it comes to the best current MMA welterweights, fighters like Robbie Lawler, Rory MacDonald, Demian Maia&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;current UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley and current Bellator Welterweight Champion Douglas Lima&nbsp;are ranked high. Other notable MMA welterweights include Stephen Thompson, Neil Magny, and Ben Askren.&nbsp;Vote for the fighters you think are currently the best welterweights in the MMA. Feel free to add any top&nbsp;MMA welterweights missing from this list and vote down the welterweight fighters who are currently underperforming.&nbsp;

Weighing in at 185 pounds, here are the best MMA middleweights currently fighting today. With so many great middleweight mixed martial artists, MMA fans have the chance to vote on current rankings for MMA middleweights. Who is the best MMA middleweight fighter now?&nbsp;When it comes to the best current MMA middleweights, fighters like Luke Rockhold, Yoel Romero, Chris Weidman&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;current UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping&nbsp;and current Bellator Middleweight Champion Rafael Carvalho&nbsp;are ranked high. Other notable MMA middleweights include Lyoto Machida, Derek Brunson, and Gegard Mousasi.&nbsp;Vote for the fighters you think are currently the best middleweights in the MMA. Feel free to add any top&nbsp;MMA middleweights missing from this list and vote down the middleweight fighters who are currently underperforming.&nbsp;

Weighing in at 135 pounds, here are the best MMA bantamweights currently fighting today. With so many great bantamweight mixed martial artists, MMA fans have the chance to vote on current rankings for MMA bantamweights. Who is the best MMA bantamweight fighter now?&nbsp;When it comes to the best current MMA bantamweights, fighters like TJ Dillashaw, Dominick Cruz, John Dodson&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;current UFC Bantamweight Champion Cody&nbsp;Garbrandt&nbsp;and current Bellator&nbsp;Bantamweight Champion Eduardo Dantas&nbsp;are ranked high. Other notable MMA bantamweights include John Lineker, Marlon Moraes, and Bryan Caraway.&nbsp;Vote for the fighters you think are currently the best bantamweights in the MMA. Feel free to add any top&nbsp;MMA bantamweights missing from this list and vote down the bantamweight fighters who are currently underperforming.&nbsp;

The battle for the spot as the &nbsp;best female UFC fighter features the&nbsp;women across all divisions hoping to prove their greatness. Ronda Rousey&rsquo;s success helped usher in a new era for girls and women in the sport, but her departure from the mixed martial arts world has seen many new candidates step up for the top spot in the women&rsquo;s division. Incredible talents like Amanda Nunes, Jessica Andrade, and Cris Cyborg are hoping to prove they are each the true best female MMA fighter.&nbsp;

All the top UFC women will be featured here as we look to compare the stars of each weight class and fighting style. The level of competition has as many great female athletes as any time in UFC history.

So&nbsp;which of these <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-female-mma-fighters?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">female MMA fighters</a> is the best of the bunch? Vote up for your favorite fighters as we aim to find the overall top female fighter in the UFC today!

Weighing in at 205 pounds, here are the best MMA light heavyweights currently fighting today. With so many great light heavyweight mixed martial artists, MMA fans have the chance to vote on current rankings for MMA light heavyweights. Who is the best MMA light heavyweight fighter now?&nbsp;When it comes to the best current MMA light heavyweights, fighters like Jon Jones, Alexander Gustafsson, Phil Davis&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier&nbsp;and current Bellator&nbsp;Light Heavyweight Champion Ryan Bader&nbsp;are ranked high. Other notable MMA light heavyweights include Glover Teixeira, Mauricio Rua, and Misha Cirkunov.&nbsp;Vote for the fighters you think are currently the best light heavyweights in the MMA. Feel free to add any top&nbsp;MMA light heavyweights missing from this list and vote down the light heavyweight fighters who are currently underperforming.&nbsp;

The best UFC southpaws have included some of the all-time great fighters in mixed martial arts history. Most sports have a hit list of talented left-handed athletes who prove <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/left-handed-problems-photos/ashley-reign?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">being a lefty</a> is not a disadvantage. Some of the top UFC southpaws include all-time greats like Anderson Silva, Conor McGregor, and Lyota Machida.&nbsp;

All the incredible fighters to develop the reputation as strong southpaws have could be&nbsp;considered among&nbsp;the best in UFC history. The best southpaw UFC fighters will be featured along with their fighting styles and weight classes.&nbsp;

So which UFC southpaw fighters stand out above the others. Which of them deserves to have the rank the highest based on the&nbsp;overall body of work? Vote up the best southpaw UFC fighters when comparing them against each other to figure out who is the top overall choice!

The most ridiculous UFC fighter nicknames use terms like &quot;Twinkle Toes,&quot; the &quot;Monstah Lobstah&quot; and &quot;The Barn Cat&quot; to describe grown men who make a living from mixed martial arts. These cheesy nicknames for the men of the Ultimate Fighting Championship not only sound incredibly silly but some are the least fierce ways to describe men who could rip your head off before you get done uttering their ridiculous nickname.It's easy to pick a nickname for a UFC fighter using a play on words with their name, but that does not make the nickname especially awesome. Take &quot;Minecraft,&quot; Christian Morecraft, &quot;Pee-Wee,&quot; Dave Herman, &quot;Darth,&quot; Ryan Bader and &quot;H20Man&quot; Ron Waterman for example. Sure the nicknames make sense with the fighters' names, but they are still on the cheesy side.Other UFC nicknames straddle the fence between straight up weird and just plain lame. Kristian Rothaermel, aka &quot;The Weather Underground,&quot; Marcus Davis, aka &quot;The Irish Hand Grenade,&quot; Elvis Sinosic, aka &quot;The King of Rock N Rumble&quot; and even Tito Ortiz, aka &quot;The Huntington Beach Bad Boy&quot; fall into that category.Anyone who watches UFC or other MMA competitions will tell you that these are some of the toughest athletes in all of sports. That however would be the last thing you'd think of simply by hearing their sissy nicknames like &quot;Mr. Wonderful,&quot; &quot;The Janitor&quot; and &quot;JLau.&quot; Go figure.What are the best UFC nicknames? Take a look here and see what are the best of the lot.

Size matters in sports, and the tallest UFC fighters competing right now are evidence of that fact. Every fighter over 6-foot-4 competing in the octagon right now has an advantage over his opponents, with height and reach being major factors in any matchup.

Heavyweight Russian fighter Alexander Volkov has found success with his karate and kickboxing styles while competing at 6-foot-7, as one of the three tallest current UFC fighters. Other fighters like Maurice Greene and Daniel Spitz also clock in at 6-foot-7. But fighters like Alistair Overeem and Cyril Gane are not far behind at 6-foot-5 and are making the most of their size in the octagon.

But who is the best fighter coming in with a major height advantage over his opponents? Who is using his size to the best effect in the octagon? Which tall fighters competing in the UFC in 2019 are having the greatest success?

Weighing in at 145 pounds, here are the best UFC featherweights currently fighting today. Fighters in this weight class are generally small, lean, and deadly quick.&nbsp;With so many great featherweight mixed martial artists&nbsp;in UFC, MMA fans have the chance to vote on current rankings for UFC featherweights. Who is the best UFC featherweight fighter now?&nbsp;

When it comes to the best current UFC featherweights, fighters like Frankie Edgar, BJ&nbsp;Penn, Jose Aldo, and current UFC featherweight Champion Max Holloway&nbsp;are ranked high. Other notable UFC featherweights include Chad Mendes, Cub Swanson, and Renan Barao.&nbsp;

Vote for the fighters you think are currently the best featherweights in the UFC. Feel free to add any top&nbsp;UFC featherweights missing from this list and vote down the featherweight fighters who are currently underperforming. When you&#39;re done, head over and check out the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-current-female-ufc-fighters/ranker-sports" target="_blank">best women fighters in UFC</a> right now.

The worst UFC injuries provided painful and gruesome moments none of us would ever want to experience in our lives. Every UFC fight has the potential to end in a horrific way given the nature of violence in each fight. Some fights clearly stand out more for the worst injuries occurred during battle.

Submission specialists and knockout artists are the two styles of fighters that most cause injuries. The brutal shots to another fighter&rsquo;s head can cause severe damage and a referee stoppage. However, submissions are equally as dangerous with the specialists knowing exactly how to break bones. Not to mention the potential for a terrible eye injury.

Presented here are&nbsp;all the worst UFC injuries. Be warned, none of these videos is&nbsp;for the faint of heart. Compare these awful injuries&nbsp;and vote up for the painful moments that make you cringe. Help us find the worst of all the horrifying MMA injuries in the octagon.

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Weighing in at 265 pounds, here are the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-mma-heavyweights-of-all-time/steffi-victorioso?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best MMA heavyweights</a> currently fighting today. With so many great heavyweight mixed martial artists, MMA fans have the chance to vote on current rankings for MMA heavyweights. Who is the best MMA heavyweight fighter now?&nbsp;

When it comes to the best current MMA heavyweights, fighters like Fabricio Werdum, Cain Velasquez, Alistair Overeem&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;current UFC Heavyweight Champion Stipe Miocic&nbsp;are ranked high. Other notable MMA heavyweights include Junior dos Santos, Mark Hunt, and Ben Rothwell.&nbsp;

Vote for the fighters you think are currently the best heavyweights in the MMA. Feel free to add any top&nbsp;MMA heavyweights missing from this list and vote down the heavyweight fighters who are currently underperforming. Then head over and check out the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-left-handed-ufc-fighters/ranker-sports" target="_blank">best southpaw fighters in UFC history</a>.

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