Many MMA sites have a Top 10 pound-for-pound list and there is seldom much variation in those rankings of the best MMA fighters. Here at BestUFCOdds we have expanded that Top 10 to a Top 40, rated pound-for-pound across all weight classes (last updated March 25).
Top 40 MMA Fighters
01 Anderson Silva
02 Georges St-Pierre
03 Jon Jones
04 Jose Aldo
05 Dominick Cruz
06 Gilbert Melendez
07 Benson Henderson
08 Cain Velasquez
09 Renan Barao
10 Demetrious Johnson
11 Anthony Pettis
12 Johny Hendricks
13 Carlos Condit
14 Junior dos Santos
15 Lyoto Machida
16 Chris Weidman
17 Alexander Gustafsson
18 Nick Diaz
19 Mauricio Rua
20 Chael Sonnen
21 Chad Mendes
22 Pat Curran
23 Urijah Faber
24 Nate Diaz
25 Vitor Belfort
26 Rory MacDonald
27 Jake Ellenberger
28 Daniel Cormier
29 Joseph Benavidez
30 Dan Henderson
31 Glover Teixeira
32 Frank Mir
33 Antonio Silva
34 Demian Maia
35 Alistair Overeem
36 Frank Edgar
37 Michael McDonald
38 Gray Maynard
39 Clay Guida
40 Martin Kampmann