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2026 · TRUE CONTENDER MMA

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Ranking by fighting base

Best Grapplers in the UFC

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

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114 fighters

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1

Photo of Charles Oliveira

Charles Oliveira

BRLightweightProfessional record: 37-11-0 (1 NC)

2106

Elo

2

Photo of Alexandre Pantoja

Alexandre Pantoja

BRFlyweightProfessional record: 30-7-0

2036

Elo

3

Photo of Brandon Moreno

Brandon Moreno

MXFlyweightProfessional record: 24-10-2

1914

Elo

4

Photo of Diego Lopes

Diego Lopes

BRFeatherweightProfessional record: 28-8-0

1910

Elo

5

Photo of Brendan Allen

Brendan Allen

USMiddleweightProfessional record: 27-7-0

1888

Elo

6

Sean Brady

USWelterweightProfessional record: 19-2-0

1852

Elo

7

Paddy Pimblett

GBLightweightProfessional record: 24-4-0

1846

Elo

8

Photo of Renato Moicano

Renato Moicano

BRLightweightProfessional record: 21-7-1

1835

Elo

9

Photo of Tatsuro Taira

Tatsuro Taira

JPFlyweightProfessional record: 18-2-0

1820

Elo

10

Photo of Deiveson Figueiredo

Deiveson Figueiredo

BRBantamweightProfessional record: 25-7-1

1812

Elo

11

Yaroslav Amosov

UAWelterweightProfessional record: 30-1-0

1812

Elo

12

Photo of Caio Borralho

Caio Borralho

BRMiddleweightProfessional record: 18-2-0 (1 NC)

1809

Elo

13

Photo of Benoit Saint-Denis

Benoit Saint-Denis

FRLightweightProfessional record: 17-4-0 (1 NC)

1796

Elo

14

Photo of Grant Dawson

Grant Dawson

USLightweightProfessional record: 24-3-1

1784

Elo

15

Photo of Brian Ortega

Brian Ortega

USFeatherweightProfessional record: 16-5-0 (1 NC)

1757

Elo

16

Asu Almabayev

KZFlyweightProfessional record: 25-3-0

1745

Elo

17

Bryce Mitchell

USBantamweightProfessional record: 19-3-0

1741

Elo

18

Photo of Reinier de Ridder

Reinier de Ridder

NLLight HeavyweightProfessional record: 22-4-0

1738

Elo

19

Photo of Vitor Petrino

Vitor Petrino

BRHeavyweightProfessional record: 15-2-0

1736

Elo

20

Youssef Zalal

MAFeatherweightProfessional record: 18-6-1

1734

Elo

21

Pat Sabatini

USFeatherweightProfessional record: 22-5-0

1733

Elo

22

Photo of Valter Walker

Valter Walker

BRHeavyweightProfessional record: 16-1-0

1732

Elo

23

Photo of Mike Malott

Mike Malott

CAWelterweightProfessional record: 14-2-1

1726

Elo

24

Jake Matthews

AUWelterweightProfessional record: 23-8-0

1722

Elo

25

Photo of Raul Rosas Jr.

Raul Rosas Jr.

MXBantamweightProfessional record: 12-1-0

1717

Elo

26

Photo of Diego Ferreira

Diego Ferreira

BRLightweightProfessional record: 20-7-0

1707

Elo

27

Photo of Sam Patterson

Sam Patterson

GBWelterweightProfessional record: 15-3-1

1703

Elo

28

Brandon Royval

USFlyweightProfessional record: 18-9-0

1701

Elo

29

Photo of Beneil Dariush

Beneil Dariush

USLightweightProfessional record: 23-8-1

1700

Elo

30

Photo of Said Nurmagomedov

Said Nurmagomedov

RUBantamweightProfessional record: 18-5-0

1700

Elo

31

Photo of Nursulton Ruziboev

Nursulton Ruziboev

UZMiddleweightProfessional record: 37-10-2 (2 NC)

1692

Elo

32

Photo of Jimmy Crute

Jimmy Crute

AULight HeavyweightProfessional record: 14-4-2

1684

Elo

33

Photo of Serghei Spivac

Serghei Spivac

MDHeavyweightProfessional record: 18-7-0

1669

Elo

34

Photo of Cam Rowston

Cam Rowston

AUMiddleweightProfessional record: 15-3-0

1663

Elo

35

Amir Albazi

IQFlyweightProfessional record: 17-3-0

1662

Elo

36

Photo of Marvin Vettori

Marvin Vettori

ITMiddleweightProfessional record: 19-9-1

1658

Elo

37

Photo of Joel Alvarez

Joel Alvarez

ESWelterweightProfessional record: 23-5-0

1657

Elo

38

Photo of Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev

Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev

TRLight HeavyweightProfessional record: 10-0-0

1657

Elo

39

Da'Mon Blackshear

USBantamweightProfessional record: 17-8-1

1652

Elo

40

Jacob Malkoun

AUMiddleweightProfessional record: 10-3-0

1651

Elo

41

Tagir Ulanbekov

RUFlyweightProfessional record: 17-3-0

1648

Elo

42

Chase Hooper

USLightweightProfessional record: 17-5-1

1646

Elo

43

Photo of Nikita Krylov

Nikita Krylov

RULight HeavyweightProfessional record: 31-12-0

1646

Elo

44

Allan Nascimento

BRFlyweightProfessional record: 22-7-0

1645

Elo

45

Photo of Jim Miller

Jim Miller

USLightweightProfessional record: 39-19-0 (1 NC)

1643

Elo

46

Photo of Yadier del Valle

Yadier del Valle

CUFeatherweightProfessional record: 10-1-0

1634

Elo

47

Photo of Roman Dolidze

Roman Dolidze

GELight HeavyweightProfessional record: 15-6-0

1632

Elo

48

Photo of Edgar Cháirez

Edgar Cháirez

MXFlyweightProfessional record: 14-7-0

1624

Elo

49

Photo of Felipe Lima

Felipe Lima

BRFeatherweightProfessional record: 15-2-0

1624

Elo

50

Photo of Gunnar Nelson

Gunnar Nelson

ISWelterweightProfessional record: 19-6-1

1622

Elo

51

Jonathan Micallef

AUWelterweightProfessional record: 10-1-0

1621

Elo

52

Jafel Filho

BRFlyweightProfessional record: 17-5-0

1620

Elo

53

Photo of Ramiz Brahimaj

Ramiz Brahimaj

USWelterweightProfessional record: 13-7-0

1611

Elo

54

Billy Elekana

USLight HeavyweightProfessional record: 10-2-0

1610

Elo

55

Photo of Kyle Daukaus

Kyle Daukaus

USMiddleweightProfessional record: 17-5-0 (1 NC)

1609

Elo

56

Photo of Joseph Morales

Joseph Morales

USFlyweightProfessional record: 14-3-0

1609

Elo

57

Photo of Marcin Tybura

Marcin Tybura

PLHeavyweightProfessional record: 27-12-0

1608

Elo

58

Photo of Rodolfo Vieira

Rodolfo Vieira

BRMiddleweightProfessional record: 11-5-0

1603

Elo

59

Photo of Jakub Wikłacz

Jakub Wikłacz

PLBantamweightProfessional record: 17-3-2

1602

Elo

60

Photo of Tresean Gore

Tresean Gore

USMiddleweightProfessional record: 7-4-0

1601

Elo

61

Claudio Puelles

PELightweightProfessional record: 12-5-0

1596

Elo

62

Kaan Ofli

AUFeatherweightProfessional record: 14-4-1

1594

Elo

63

Hyun Sung Park

KRFlyweightProfessional record: 10-2-0

1588

Elo

64

Christian Rodriguez

USFeatherweightProfessional record: 13-4-0

1584

Elo

65

Jordan Leavitt

USFeatherweightProfessional record: 13-4-0

1582

Elo

66

Thiago Moisés

BRLightweightProfessional record: 19-10-0

1577

Elo

67

Gabe Green

USLightweightProfessional record: 12-5-0

1572

Elo

68

Nyamjargal Tumendemberel

MNFlyweightProfessional record: 10-1-0

1572

Elo

69

Photo of Ryan Spann

Ryan Spann

USHeavyweightProfessional record: 24-12-0

1569

Elo

70

Photo of Julian Erosa

Julian Erosa

USFeatherweightProfessional record: 31-13-0

1568

Elo

71

Juan Díaz

PEBantamweightProfessional record: 16-1-1

1563

Elo

72

Photo of Rodrigo Vera

Rodrigo Vera

PEFeatherweightProfessional record: 22-1-1

1563

Elo

73

Bruno Silva

BRFlyweightProfessional record: 15-9-2 (1 NC)

1560

Elo

74

Murtazali Magomedov

KGFeatherweightProfessional record: 11-0-0

1554

Elo

75

Photo of Jovan Leka

Jovan Leka

RSHeavyweightProfessional record: 14-2-0

1553

Elo

76

Photo of Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani

Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani

USWelterweightProfessional record: 11-2-0

1552

Elo

77

Photo of José Montanha da Silva

José Montanha da Silva

BRHeavyweightProfessional record: 7-1-0

1548

Elo

78

Gabriel Santos

BRFeatherweightProfessional record: 12-2-0

1546

Elo

79

Photo of Elves Brener

Elves Brener

BRLightweightProfessional record: 16-6-0

1545

Elo

80

Photo of Borislav Nikolić

Borislav Nikolić

RSBantamweightProfessional record: 17-2-0

1544

Elo

81

Photo of Gerald Meerschaert

Gerald Meerschaert

USMiddleweightProfessional record: 37-22-0

1544

Elo

82

Carlos Vera

ECBantamweightProfessional record: 12-4-0

1541

Elo

83

Photo of Jackson McVey

Jackson McVey

USMiddleweightProfessional record: 8-2-0

1540

Elo

84

Kody Steele

USLightweightProfessional record: 8-1-0

1539

Elo

85

Photo of Dustin Stoltzfus

Dustin Stoltzfus

USMiddleweightProfessional record: 17-8-0

1539

Elo

86

Colby Thicknesse

AUBantamweightProfessional record: 9-1-0

1537

Elo

87

Uran Satybaldiev

KGLight HeavyweightProfessional record: 10-1-0

1533

Elo

88

Shane Collins

USFeatherweightProfessional record: 8-0-0

1531

Elo

89

Zach Reese

USMiddleweightProfessional record: 10-4-0 (1 NC)

1523

Elo

90

Photo of Oumar Sy

Oumar Sy

FRLight HeavyweightProfessional record: 12-3-0

1519

Elo

91

Photo of Robert Valentin

Robert Valentin

CHMiddleweightProfessional record: 12-6-0

1511

Elo

92

Photo of Luis Felipe Dias

Luis Felipe Dias

BRMiddleweightProfessional record: 18-6-0

1504

Elo

93

Clayton Carpenter

USFlyweightProfessional record: 8-3-0

1504

Elo

94

Yizha

CNFeatherweightProfessional record: 26-6-0

1503

Elo

95

Alberto Montes

VEFeatherweightProfessional record: 12-2-0

1499

Elo

96

Lucas Brennan

USLightweightProfessional record: 11-3-0

1472

Elo

97

Damien Anderson

USFeatherweightProfessional record: 5-1-0

1469

Elo

98

Carlston Harris

GYWelterweightProfessional record: 19-8-0

1465

Elo

99

Photo of Wes Schultz

Wes Schultz

USMiddleweightProfessional record: 9-4-0

1459

Elo

100

Luan Lacerda

BRBantamweightProfessional record: 13-4-0

1458

Elo

101

Photo of Damian Rzepecki

Damian Rzepecki

PLLightweightProfessional record: 10-1-0

1456

Elo

102

Marcus Buchecha

BRHeavyweightProfessional record: 5-3-1

1452

Elo

103

Matt Schnell

USFlyweightProfessional record: 17-11-0 (1 NC)

1449

Elo

104

Photo of Jessie Rosas

Jessie Rosas

MXFeatherweightProfessional record: 8-2-0

1448

Elo

105

Photo of Leon Shahbazyan

Leon Shahbazyan

USWelterweightProfessional record: 12-5-0

1448

Elo

106

Photo of Francisco Prado

Francisco Prado

ARWelterweightProfessional record: 12-5-0

1442

Elo

107

Jamie Siraj

CABantamweightProfessional record: 14-4-0

1438

Elo

108

Max Gimenis

BRHeavyweightProfessional record: 6-2-0

1437

Elo

109

Photo of Rafael Tobias

Rafael Tobias

BRLight HeavyweightProfessional record: 14-3-0

1412

Elo

110

Toshiomi Kazama

JPBantamweightProfessional record: 11-5-0

1403

Elo

111

Photo of Nick Klein

Nick Klein

USMiddleweightProfessional record: 6-3-0

1396

Elo

112

Photo of Bruno Lopes

Bruno Lopes

BRLight HeavyweightProfessional record: 14-4-0

1388

Elo

113

Kevin Christian

BRLight HeavyweightProfessional record: 9-4-0

1370

Elo

114

Saimon Oliveira

BRBantamweightProfessional record: 18-7-0

1320

Elo