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Mixed martial arts champions and combat sports legends.
The All-Time Greatest MMA Players
Ranked by career honours, records and our FSP GOAT Score.
All MMA Athletes
Browse 98 of the greatest mma players of all time.
Brazilian
Alex Pereira
Light Heavyweight
Brazilian striker and former kickboxing champion who became the 9th UFC fighter to win titles in…
Mexican
Alexa Grasso
Women's Flyweight
Mexican flyweight who upset Valentina Shevchenko in 2023 for the title, later lost it back to her…
Australian
Alexander Volkanovski
Featherweight
Dominant featherweight regarded among the greatest in the division's history, reclaimed the title…
Brazilian
Alexandre Pantoja
Flyweight
Grappling-heavy Brazilian flyweight who won the belt in 2023 and made four defenses before losing…
American
Aljamain Sterling
Featherweight
American who won bantamweight gold via DQ over Petr Yan, defended three straight times, then lost…
Brazilian
Amanda Nunes
Bantamweight/Featherweight (retired)
Retired Brazilian two-division champion who ended her career in 2023 with a title-defense win,…
Brazilian
Anderson Silva
Middleweight (retired)
Legendary Brazilian who dominated the middleweight division for nearly seven years and once held…
American
Anthony Smith
Light Heavyweight (retired from UFC)
Veteran, durable light heavyweight contender who challenged for UFC gold in 2019 and has since…
British
Arnold Allen
Featherweight
English featherweight known for a lengthy undefeated UFC stretch, now competing against top-ranked…
American
Belal Muhammad
Welterweight
Chicago-born welterweight who won the title from Leon Edwards in 2024 before losing it in his first…
American
BJ Penn
Lightweight/Welterweight
BJ Penn is a UFC Hall of Famer who became the second fighter in UFC history to win titles in two…
Mexican
Brandon Moreno
Flyweight
Brandon Moreno is a two-time former UFC Flyweight Champion known for his historic four-fight…
American
Brian Ortega
Featherweight
Brian Ortega is a former RFA Featherweight Champion known for come-from-behind submission finishes…
American
Bryce Mitchell
Featherweight
Bryce Mitchell 'Thug Nasty' is a grappler known for elite ground control and submission grappling.
American
Cain Velasquez
Heavyweight
Cain Velasquez is a two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion regarded as one of the greatest heavyweights…
American
Carla Esparza
Strawweight
Carla Esparza is a two-time former UFC Women's Strawweight Champion and accomplished collegiate…
Brazilian
Charles Oliveira
Lightweight
Charles Oliveira is a former UFC Lightweight Champion and the UFC's all-time leader in submissions…
American
Chuck Liddell
Light Heavyweight
Chuck Liddell is a UFC Hall of Famer and former Light Heavyweight Champion famed for devastating…
French
Ciryl Gane
Heavyweight
Ciryl Gane 'Bon Gamin' is a former Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion known for exceptional footwork…
Irish
Conor McGregor
Lightweight/Welterweight
Conor McGregor is a former two-division UFC Champion whose career has been marked by long…
American
Cory Sandhagen
Bantamweight
Cory 'The Sandman' Sandhagen is a long-tenured UFC bantamweight contender known for spectacular…
Brazilian
Cristiane Justino (Cyborg)
Featherweight
Cris Cyborg is regarded as one of the greatest female MMA fighters ever, the only fighter in…
American
Curtis Blaydes
Heavyweight
Curtis Blaydes built his UFC heavyweight career on dominant wrestling and ground-and-pound,…
American
Dan Henderson
Middleweight/Light Heavyweight
Dan 'Hendo' Henderson was a two-time Olympic wrestler turned MMA legend, famed for his overhand…
American
Daniel Cormier
Light Heavyweight/Heavyweight
Daniel Cormier is a former two-division UFC champion and Olympic wrestler widely regarded as one of…
Brazilian
Deiveson Figueiredo
Bantamweight (former Flyweight)
Deiveson Figueiredo is a hard-hitting Brazilian former two-time UFC Flyweight Champion now…
American
Demetrious Johnson
Flyweight
Demetrious 'Mighty Mouse' Johnson is the inaugural UFC Flyweight Champion who set the promotion's…
American
Derrick Lewis
Heavyweight
Derrick 'The Black Beast' Lewis is a fan-favorite UFC heavyweight who holds the promotion's…
South African
Dricus du Plessis
Middleweight
Dricus du Plessis made history as the first South African UFC champion, winning the middleweight…
American
Dustin Poirier
Lightweight (formerly Featherweight)
Dustin 'The Diamond' Poirier retired in 2025 as a beloved UFC lightweight legend, a former interim…
Russian
Fedor Emelianenko
Heavyweight
Dominated PRIDE and never lost for a decade, later fought in Strikeforce, M-1, Rizin, and Bellator…
Cameroonian
Francis Ngannou
Heavyweight
Rose from poverty in Cameroon to become UFC Heavyweight Champion, then left for PFL and boxing,…
Canadian
Georges St-Pierre
Welterweight (also Middleweight)
Set UFC records for most consecutive welterweight title defenses (9) and became the fourth fighter…
Brazilian
Glover Teixeira
Light Heavyweight
Submitted Jan Błachowicz to win the title in 2021, then lost it to Jiří Procházka in his first…
American
Henry Cejudo
Flyweight/Bantamweight
Dethroned Demetrious Johnson for the flyweight title, then moved up to win the bantamweight belt,…
Georgian
Ilia Topuria
Featherweight (former)/Lightweight (former)
Knocked out Alexander Volkanovski to win the featherweight title in 2024, then finished Charles…
Russian
Islam Makhachev
Lightweight (former)/Welterweight (current)
Held the UFC Lightweight title from 2022-2025 with four defenses, then moved up to win the…
Nigerian
Israel Adesanya
Middleweight
Unified the middleweight title in 2019, defended it five times, lost and regained it in 2022, then…
Australian
Jack Della Maddalena
Welterweight
Rose from Australian regional promotions to beat Belal Muhammad for the UFC welterweight title in…
American
Jamahal Hill
Light Heavyweight
Won the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight title over Glover Teixeira at UFC 283 in January 2023, then…
Polish
Jan Błachowicz
Light Heavyweight
Polish LHW who won UFC gold via a stunning 2020 KO of Dominick Reyes, then upset Israel Adesanya to…
Brazilian
Jessica Andrade
Strawweight/Flyweight
Explosive Brazilian 'Bate Estaca' known for a 2019 slam KO of Rose Namajunas to win the strawweight…
Czech
Jiří Procházka
Light Heavyweight
Unorthodox Czech striker who won UFC gold submitting Glover Teixeira in 2022 but vacated it due to…
Polish
Joanna Jędrzejczyk
Strawweight
Pioneering Polish striker who dominated the strawweight division with five consecutive title…
American
Jon Jones
Light Heavyweight / Heavyweight
Dominant two-division champion whose only loss is a disputed 2009 DQ; retired in 2025 after…
Brazilian
Junior dos Santos
Heavyweight
Brazilian heavyweight knockout artist who won UFC gold with a 64-second KO of Cain Velasquez in…
Nigerian
Kamaru Usman
Welterweight
Wrestling-based Nigerian-American who won UFC gold in 2019 and defended it five times before losing…
American
Kayla Harrison
Bantamweight (formerly PFL Lightweight)
Dominant judoka-turned-fighter who won two PFL lightweight tournament titles before capturing UFC…
Russian
Khabib Nurmagomedov
Lightweight
Dominant Dagestani wrestler who retired undefeated after submitting Justin Gaethje in 2020,…
British
Leon Edwards
Welterweight
Jamaican-born British striker who claimed the welterweight title with a stunning head-kick KO of…
Brazilian
Lyoto Machida
Light Heavyweight (also fought Middleweight)
'The Dragon' used unorthodox karate footwork to become one of the most defensively gifted strikers…
Russian
Magomed Ankalaev
Light Heavyweight
A dominant wrestler-striker who beat Alex Pereira for the title, then lost it back in the immediate…
French
Manon Fiorot
Women's Flyweight
Ex-karate/kickboxing standout who built a long UFC win streak before a title-fight loss to…
Ecuadorian
Marlon Vera
Bantamweight
Known for violent leg-kick finishes; twice challenged unsuccessfully for the UFC bantamweight title…
American
Matt Hughes
Welterweight
Dominant wrestling-based champion widely considered one of the greatest welterweights in MMA…
Brazilian
Maurício Rua
Light Heavyweight
A PRIDE Grand Prix winner who later captured UFC gold before an iconic rivalry with Jon Jones and…
American
Max Holloway
Featherweight
A volume-striking phenom who set UFC career-strike records and became the first-ever 'BMF'…
Georgian
Merab Dvalishvili
Bantamweight
A relentless cardio/wrestling machine who dethroned Sean O'Malley and has defended the bantamweight…
American
Miesha Tate
Women's Bantamweight
A pioneer of women's MMA who won titles in Strikeforce and the UFC before retiring, then returned…
Croatian
Mirko Cro Cop
Heavyweight
One of the most feared head-kick finishers in MMA history, headlining PRIDE and UFC heavyweight…
American
Nate Diaz
Lightweight/Welterweight
Stockton-born standout with a 3rd-degree BJJ black belt under Cesar Gracie, famed for back-to-back…
British
Paddy Pimblett
Lightweight
Former Cage Warriors Featherweight Champion who moved to UFC lightweight and became a top-10…
Brazilian
Paulo Costa
Middleweight
Belo Horizonte-born knockout artist known for a granite chin and explosive Muay Thai/BJJ style.
Russian
Petr Yan
Bantamweight
Dominant Russian bantamweight who has held the UFC belt across three separate reigns, undisputed,…
American
Randy Couture
Heavyweight/Light Heavyweight
Former Greco-Roman wrestler who became a legendary two-division UFC champion across a 14-year MMA…
Australian
Robert Whittaker
Middleweight
New Zealand-born, Sydney-raised fighter who became the first Australian to win a UFC title, first…
American
Ronda Rousey
Bantamweight
Pioneering women's MMA star who dominated the UFC bantamweight division with six consecutive title…
American
Rose Namajunas
Strawweight/Flyweight
Two-time UFC strawweight champion known for her striking and calm, composed fighting style; now…
Brazilian
Royce Gracie
Open weight (early UFC era)
Gracie Jiu-Jitsu icon whose tournament dominance in 1993-1994 launched the UFC and BJJ into…
American
Sean O'Malley
Bantamweight
Flamboyant, highlight-reel striker who won the UFC bantamweight title in 2023 before losing it to…
Russian
Sergei Pavlovich
Heavyweight
Russian heavyweight who rose from Fight Nights Global champion to a top UFC heavyweight contender…
Kazakhstani
Shavkat Rakhmonov
Welterweight
Unbeaten Kazakh welterweight renowned for finishing streaks, sidelined by knee injury in 2026…
American
Stipe Miocic
Heavyweight
Retired after a third-round TKO loss to Jon Jones at UFC 309 (Nov 2024), capping a legendary…
Australian
Tai Tuivasa
Heavyweight
Australian heavyweight known for viral shoey celebrations and holding the UFC heavyweight…
American
Tatiana Suarez
Strawweight (formerly Flyweight)
Former world-class freestyle wrestler and TUF winner who challenged for the UFC strawweight title…
American
Tito Ortiz
Light Heavyweight
Pioneering UFC light heavyweight champion whose 3.5-year title reign (2000-2003) remains the…
British
Tom Aspinall
Heavyweight
English heavyweight who won interim gold in 2023, was elevated to undisputed champion in 2025 after…
Kyrgyzstani
Valentina Shevchenko
Flyweight
Dominant two-time UFC Women's Flyweight Champion who reclaimed the title in September 2024 and has…
Brazilian
Wanderlei Silva
Middleweight (PRIDE) / Light Heavyweight (UFC)
Brazilian legend who dominated PRIDE's middleweight division through the early 2000s and later…
Mexican
Yair Rodriguez
Featherweight
Flashy Mexican featherweight who won interim gold via TKO of Brian Ortega in 2022 and remains a…
Chinese
Zhang Weili
Strawweight (also currently fights Flyweight)
Zhang Weili made history in 2019 as the first Chinese fighter to win a UFC title and became a…
American
Frank Shamrock
Light Heavyweight (then called Middleweight)
Frank Shamrock retired undefeated as UFC champion, going 5-0 in title fights, and later became the…
Dutch
Bas Rutten
Heavyweight
Bas Rutten won the UFC Heavyweight Championship in 1999 and retired from MMA undefeated in his…
American
Mark Coleman
Heavyweight
Mark Coleman, an Olympic-level wrestler, became the first UFC Heavyweight Champion and later won…
American
Rich Franklin
Middleweight
Rich Franklin, a former math teacher, won the UFC Middleweight Championship in 2005 and defended it…
American
Evan Tanner
Middleweight
Evan Tanner, a self-taught fighter, won the UFC Middleweight Championship at UFC 51 in 2005 before…
Brazilian
Vitor Belfort
Light Heavyweight (also fought Heavyweight/Middleweight)
Vitor Belfort, known as 'The Phenom,' won the UFC 12 heavyweight tournament as a teenager and later…
American
Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson
Light Heavyweight
Rampage Jackson became a star in Japan's Pride FC before unifying the Pride and UFC Light…
American
Forrest Griffin
Light Heavyweight
Forrest Griffin's classic TUF 1 finale win over Stephan Bonnar is credited with saving the UFC, and…
American
Rashad Evans
Light Heavyweight
Rashad Evans, a former NCAA Division I wrestler, won TUF 2 and later captured the UFC Light…
Brazilian
Thiago Silva
Light Heavyweight
Brazilian striker known for violent knockouts who fought for UFC, WSOF, and ACB across a turbulent…
American
Tony Ferguson
Lightweight
Gritty, unorthodox lightweight famous for his win streak and never getting an undisputed title shot…
American
TJ Dillashaw
Bantamweight
Pioneered a new-school movement-based bantamweight style, twice won UFC gold, and was later…
American
Dominick Cruz
Bantamweight
Pioneering unorthodox bantamweight movement fighter, widely regarded among the greatest 135-lb…
American
Holly Holm
Bantamweight
Former world champion boxer turned UFC bantamweight titleholder, still an active elite contender in…
American
Cat Zingano
Bantamweight
Hard-hitting wrestler-striker who reached title contention despite major injuries and personal…
American
Sean Strickland
Middleweight
Blunt-spoken pressure striker who won and lost the middleweight title before reclaiming it via…
American
Khalil Rountree Jr.
Light Heavyweight
Kickboxing-based light heavyweight known for heavy hands, who rose through the UFC 205-lb rankings…
MMA Nations
American
45
athletes
Brazilian
17
athletes
Russian
6
athletes
Australian
4
athletes
British
4
athletes
Mexican
3
athletes
French
2
athletes
Georgian
2
athletes