Ranking by fighting base

Best Grapplers in the UFC

Fighters whose primary base prioritizes ground control, transitions and submission threats.

Ranking

120 fighters

Ordered by current Elo

1

Charles Oliveira

BRLightweight37-11-0 (1 NC)

2106

Elo

2

Alexandre Pantoja

BRFlyweight30-6-0

2072

Elo

3

Diego Lopes

BRFeatherweight28-8-0

1910

Elo

4

Brandon Moreno

MXFlyweight23-10-2

1898

Elo

5

Brendan Allen

USMiddleweight27-7-0

1888

Elo

6

Shavkat Rakhmonov

KZWelterweight19-0-0

1870

Elo

7

SB

Sean Brady

USWelterweight19-2-0

1852

Elo

8

PP

Paddy Pimblett

GBLightweight24-4-0

1846

Elo

9

Renato Moicano

BRLightweight21-7-1

1835

Elo

10

Tatsuro Taira

JPFlyweight18-2-0

1820

Elo

11

Deiveson Figueredo

BRBantamweight25-7-1

1812

Elo

12

YA

Yaroslav Amosov

UAWelterweight30-1-0

1812

Elo

13

Caio Borralho

BRMiddleweight18-2-0 (1 NC)

1809

Elo

14

Benoit Saint-Denis

FRLightweight17-4-0 (1 NC)

1796

Elo

15

GD

Grant Dawson

USLightweight24-3-1

1784

Elo

16

Brian Ortega

USFeatherweight16-5-0 (1 NC)

1757

Elo

17

AA

Asu Almabayev

KZFlyweight25-3-0

1745

Elo

18

BM

Bryce Mitchell

USBantamweight19-3-0

1741

Elo

19

YZ

Youssef Zalal

MAFeatherweight18-6-1

1734

Elo

20

PS

Pat Sabatini

USFeatherweight22-5-0

1733

Elo

21

Valter Walker

BRHeavyweight16-1-0

1732

Elo

22

Mike Malott

CAWelterweight14-2-1

1726

Elo

23

JM

Jake Matthews

AUWelterweight23-8-0

1722

Elo

24

Nursulton Ruziboev

UZMiddleweight37-9-2 (2 NC)

1719

Elo

25

SS

Serghei Spivac

MDHeavyweight18-6-0

1715

Elo

26

Sam Patterson

GBWelterweight15-3-1

1703

Elo

27

BR

Brandon Royval

USFlyweight18-9-0

1701

Elo

28

Beneil Dariush

USLightweight23-8-1

1700

Elo

29

Said Nurmagomedov

RUBantamweight18-5-0

1700

Elo

30

JA

Joel Alvarez

ESWelterweight23-4-0

1697

Elo

31

Diego Ferreira

BRLightweight19-7-0

1693

Elo

32

VP

Vitor Petrino

BRHeavyweight14-2-0

1690

Elo

33

RD

Reinier de Ridder

NLMiddleweight21-4-0

1686

Elo

34

Jimmy Crute

AULight Heavyweight14-4-2

1684

Elo

35

RD

Roman Dolidze

GEMiddleweight15-5-0

1684

Elo

36

Rafael dos Anjos

BRWelterweight32-17-0

1678

Elo

37

CR

Cam Rowston

AUMiddleweight15-3-0

1663

Elo

38

AA

Amir Albazi

IQFlyweight17-3-0

1662

Elo

39

EC

Edgar Cháirez

MXFlyweight14-6-0

1660

Elo

40

MV

Marvin Vettori

ITMiddleweight19-9-1

1658

Elo

41

RB

Ramiz Brahimaj

USWelterweight13-6-0

1657

Elo

42

Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev

TRLight Heavyweight10-0-0

1657

Elo

43

DB

Da'Mon Blackshear

USBantamweight17-8-1

1652

Elo

44

TU

Tagir Ulanbekov

RUFlyweight17-3-0

1648

Elo

45

CH

Chase Hooper

USLightweight17-5-1

1646

Elo

46

AN

Allan Nascimento

BRFlyweight22-7-0

1645

Elo

47

Jim Miller

USLightweight39-19-0 (1 NC)

1643

Elo

48

RN

Rinya Nakamura

JPBantamweight10-1-0

1633

Elo

49

JM

Joseph Morales

USFlyweight14-2-0

1625

Elo

50

JM

Jonathan Micallef

AUWelterweight10-1-0

1621

Elo

51

JF

Jafel Filho

BRFlyweight17-5-0

1620

Elo

52

JW

Jeremiah Wells

USWelterweight13-4-1

1620

Elo

53

RS

Ryan Spann

USHeavyweight24-11-0

1618

Elo

54

AC

Alden Coria

USFlyweight13-3-0 (1 NC)

1617

Elo

55

BE

Billy Elekana

USLight Heavyweight10-2-0

1610

Elo

56

Kyle Daukaus

USMiddleweight17-5-0 (1 NC)

1609

Elo

57

RV

Rodolfo Vieira

BRMiddleweight11-5-0

1603

Elo

58

Jakub Wikłacz

PLBantamweight17-3-2

1602

Elo

59

TG

Tommy Gantt

USLightweight12-0-0

1602

Elo

60

CP

Claudio Puelles

PELightweight12-5-0

1596

Elo

61

KO

Kaan Ofli

AUFeatherweight14-4-1

1594

Elo

62

HS

Hyun Sung Park

KRFlyweight10-2-0

1588

Elo

63

Yadier del Valle

CUFeatherweight9-1-0

1588

Elo

64

CR

Christian Rodriguez

USFeatherweight13-4-0

1584

Elo

65

JL

Jordan Leavitt

USFeatherweight13-4-0

1582

Elo

66

TM

Thiago Moisés

BRLightweight19-10-0

1577

Elo

67

GG

Gabe Green

USLightweight12-5-0

1572

Elo

68

NT

Nyamjargal Tumendemberel

MNFlyweight10-1-0

1572

Elo

69

RT

Rei Tsuruya

JPBantamweight11-1-0

1569

Elo

70

JE

Julian Erosa

USFeatherweight31-13-0

1568

Elo

71

Manoel Sousa

BRLightweight14-1-0

1567

Elo

72

TG

Tresean Gore

USMiddleweight6-4-0

1560

Elo

73

MM

Murtazali Magomedov

KGFeatherweight11-0-0

1554

Elo

74

Jovan Leka

RSHeavyweight14-2-0

1553

Elo

75

JL

Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani

USWelterweight11-2-0

1552

Elo

76

GS

Gabriel Santos

BRFeatherweight12-2-0

1546

Elo

77

EB

Elves Brener

BRLightweight16-6-0

1545

Elo

78

Borislav Nikolić

RSBantamweight17-2-0

1544

Elo

79

Gerald Meerschaert

USMiddleweight37-22-0

1544

Elo

80

CV

Carlos Vera

ECBantamweight12-4-0

1541

Elo

81

KS

Kody Steele

USLightweight8-1-0

1539

Elo

82

CT

Colby Thicknesse

AUBantamweight9-1-0

1537

Elo

83

SS

Serhiy Sidey

CABantamweight12-2-0

1535

Elo

84

US

Uran Satybaldiev

KGLight Heavyweight10-1-0

1533

Elo

85

TO

Trey Ogden

USLightweight17-7-0 (1 NC)

1532

Elo

86

EE

Ezra Elliott

USFeatherweight8-0-0

1531

Elo

87

SC

Shane Collins

USFeatherweight8-0-0

1531

Elo

88

ZR

Zach Reese

USMiddleweight10-4-0 (1 NC)

1523

Elo

89

FP

Fernando Padilla

MXFeatherweight16-6-0

1522

Elo

90

AB

Austin Bashi

USFeatherweight14-2-0

1522

Elo

91

WS

Wes Schultz

USMiddleweight9-3-0

1515

Elo

92

Robert Valentin

CHMiddleweight12-6-0

1511

Elo

93

AV

Austin Vanderford

USWelterweight13-3-0

1509

Elo

94

AP

Andre Petroski

USMiddleweight13-6-0

1505

Elo

95

CC

Clayton Carpenter

USFlyweight8-3-0

1504

Elo

96

Y

Yizha

CNFeatherweight26-6-0

1503

Elo

97

Jessie Rosas

MXBantamweight8-1-0

1500

Elo

98

José Montanha da Silva

BRHeavyweight6-1-0

1500

Elo

99

AM

Alberto Montes

VEFeatherweight12-2-0

1499

Elo

100

JM

Jackson McVey

USMiddleweight7-2-0

1484

Elo

101

MG

Mickey Gall

USWelterweight7-7-0

1484

Elo

102

DS

Dustin Stoltzfus

USMiddleweight16-8-0

1474

Elo

103

LB

Lucas Brennan

USLightweight11-3-0

1472

Elo

104

DA

Damien Anderson

USFeatherweight5-1-0

1469

Elo

105

CH

Carlston Harris

GYWelterweight19-8-0

1465

Elo

106

RT

Rafael Tobias

BRLight Heavyweight14-2-0

1461

Elo

107

Damian Rzepecki

PLLightweight10-1-0

1456

Elo

108

MB

Marcus Buchecha

BRHeavyweight5-3-1

1452

Elo

109

MS

Matt Schnell

USFlyweight17-11-0 (1 NC)

1449

Elo

110

LS

Leon Shahbazyan

USWelterweight12-5-0

1448

Elo

111

Bruno Lopes

BRLight Heavyweight14-3-0

1444

Elo

112

FP

Francisco Prado

ARWelterweight12-5-0

1442

Elo

113

JS

Jamie Siraj

CABantamweight14-4-0

1438

Elo

114

MG

Max Gimenis

BRHeavyweight6-2-0

1437

Elo

115

RL

Ryan Loder

USMiddleweight7-3-0

1437

Elo

116

WT

Wellington Turman

BRWelterweight18-8-0

1430

Elo

117

TK

Toshiomi Kazama

JPBantamweight11-5-0

1403

Elo

118

NK

Nick Klein

USMiddleweight6-3-0

1396

Elo

119

KC

Kevin Christian

BRLight Heavyweight9-4-0

1370

Elo

120

SO

Saimon Oliveira

BRBantamweight18-7-0

1320

Elo