By Alistair Hendrie
To determine
the best fighter in the world, you need to consider plenty of factors:
form, skill, opposition and dominance, for example. If a champion defends
his or her crown via a string of finishes, does that equal or better a run of
decisions? Should Conor McGregor top the list despite his inactivity, or should
Tyron Woodley set the pace regardless of a couple of boring fights?
It’s a debate
which rings all
over the world, and that’s exactly why Alistair Hendrie Sport will be releasing
its pound-for-pound list at the start of every month.
To qualify
for the list, a fighter should be considered active, so although Georges St-Pierre is one of the most dominant fighters on the planet, he vacated
his middleweight title, leaving him dormant for the moment.
On the other
hand, Jon Jones, whose latest victory over Daniel Cormier at UFC 214 was downgraded to a no-contest when “Bones” failed a drugs test, is yet to receive a
potential suspension, so is still considered active. Moreover, McGregor
still holds his UFC lightweight crowd despite fighting as a boxer
since winning his gold, so he is also judged to be active.
Now that you
know the criteria we’re looking for, take a look
at the pound-for-pound best mixed martial artists in the world.
Male –
January 2018
1 –
Demetrious Johnson (125lbs) (USA)
2 – Max
Holloway (145lbs) (USA)
3 – Daniel
Cormier (205lbs) (USA)
4 – Jon Jones
(205lbs) (USA)
4 – Conor
McGregor (155lbs) (IRL)
5 – Stipe
Miocic (265lbs) (USA)
6 – Tyron
Woodley (170lbs) (USA)
7 – Robert
Whittaker (185lbs) (AUS)
8 – Tony
Ferguson (155lbs) (USA)
9 – TJ
Dillashaw (135lbs) (USA)
10 – Jose
Aldo (145lbs) (BRA)
11 – Cody
Garbrandt (135lbs) (USA)
12 – Rafael
Dos Anjos (170lbs) (BRA)
13 – Francis
Ngannou (265lbs) (FRA)
14 – Robbie
Lawler (170lbs) (USA)
15 – Stephen
Thompson (170lbs) (USA)
16 – Dominic
Cruz (135lbs) (USA)
17 – Khabib
Nurmagomedov (155lbs) (RUS)
18 – Frankie
Edgar (145lbs) (USA)
19 - Volkan
Ozdemir (205lbs) (SWI)
20 – Michael
Bisping (185lbs) (GBR)
21 – Luke
Rockhold (185lbs) (USA)
22 – Edson
Barboza (155lbs) (BRA)
23 – Alexander
Gustafsson (205lbs) (SWE)
24 – Brian
Ortega (145lbs) (USA)
25 – Kelvin
Gastulem (185lbs) (USA)
Female - January 2018
1 – Amanda
Nunes (135lbs) (BRA)
2 – Rose
Namajunas (115lbs) (USA)
3 – Joanna
Jedrzjeckyzk (115lbs) (POL)
4 – Cris
Cyborg (145lbs) (BRA)
5 – Valentina
Shevchenko (135lbs) (KYR)
6 – Tecia
Torres (115lbs) (USA)
7 – Jessica
Andrade (115lbs) (BRA)
8 – Raquel
Pennington (135lbs) (USA)
9 – Holly
Holm (135lbs) (USA)
10 – Claudia
Gadelha (115lbs) (BRA)
11 – Nicco
Montano (125lbs) (USA)
12 – Tonya
Evinger (135lbs) (USA)
13 – Megan
Anderson (145lbs) (AUS)
14 – Karolina
Kowalkiewicz (115lbs) (POL)
15 – Barb Honchak
(125lbs) (USA)
16 – Cynthia
Calvillo (115lbs) (USA)
17 – Felice
Herrig (115lbs) (USA)
18 – Paige
Van Zant (115lbs) (USA)
19 – Germaine
de Randamie (145lbs) (NED)
20 – Alexis Davis
(125lbs) (CAN)
21 – Sara
McMann (135lbs) (USA)
22 – Julliana
Pena (135lbs) (USA)
23 – Angela
Lee (105lbs) (CAN)
24 - Jennifer
Maia (125lbs) (BRA)
25 – Angela
Hill (115lbs) (USA)
Whether you
agree or disagree with the list, join in the discussion and let us know your
pound-for-pound rankings on Twitter.
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