MMA Legends
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 81 of the greatest mma players of all time.
Brazilian
Alex Pereira
MMA Fighter / Kickboxer
Brazilian mixed martial artist and former kickboxer, two-division UFC champion known for his devasta…
Mexican
Alexa Grasso
Flyweight
Mexican mixed martial artist and former UFC Women's Flyweight Champion, known for her striking skill…
Australian
Alexander Volkanovski
Featherweight
Australian mixed martial artist and former UFC Featherweight Champion, widely considered one of the …
Brazilian
Alexandre Pantoja
Flyweight
Brazilian mixed martial artist and UFC Flyweight Champion, known for his well-rounded fighting skill…
American
Aljamain Sterling
Bantamweight
American mixed martial artist and former UFC Bantamweight Champion, known for his grappling skills a…
Brazilian
Amanda Nunes
Bantamweight/Featherweight
Brazilian mixed martial artist widely considered the greatest female fighter of all time, former two…
Brazilian
Anderson Silva
MMA Fighter
Brazilian mixed martial artist widely regarded as the greatest middleweight fighter of all time, kno…
American
Anthony Smith
Light Heavyweight
American mixed martial artist and former UFC light heavyweight contender known for his striking powe…
British
Arnold Allen
Featherweight
British mixed martial artist competing in the UFC featherweight division, known for his well-rounded…
American
Belal Muhammad
Welterweight
American mixed martial artist who became UFC Welterweight Champion in 2024, known for his grappling …
American
BJ Penn
Lightweight/Welterweight
American mixed martial artist and Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner, first non-Brazilian to win BJJ W…
Mexican
Brandon Moreno
Flyweight
Mexican mixed martial artist and former UFC Flyweight Champion, first Mexican-born fighter to win a …
American
Brian Ortega
Featherweight
American mixed martial artist and former UFC featherweight title challenger known for his elite Braz…
American
Bryce Mitchell
Featherweight
American mixed martial artist competing in the UFC featherweight division, known for his grappling s…
American
Cain Velasquez
Heavyweight
American mixed martial artist and former two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion, known for his dominant w…
American
Carla Esparza
Strawweight
American mixed martial artist and former two-time UFC Women's Strawweight Champion, first inaugural …
Brazilian
Charles Oliveira
MMA Fighter
Do Bronx — most submission wins in UFC history and a two-time title contender whose journey from pov…
American
Chuck Liddell
Light Heavyweight
American mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, known as 'The Iceman' for h…
French
Ciryl Gane
Heavyweight
French mixed martial artist competing in the UFC heavyweight division, known for his striking and te…
Irish
Conor McGregor
MMA Fighter
Irish mixed martial artist who became the first fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two weight …
American
Cory Sandhagen
Bantamweight
American mixed martial artist competing in the UFC bantamweight division, known for his elite striki…
Brazilian
Cristiane Justino (Cyborg)
Featherweight
Brazilian mixed martial artist widely considered one of the greatest female MMA fighters of all time…
American
Curtis Blaydes
Heavyweight
American mixed martial artist competing in the UFC heavyweight division, known for his wrestling-hea…
American
Dan Henderson
Welterweight
American mixed martial artist and Olympic wrestler, known for his powerful right hand and victories …
American
Daniel Cormier
Heavyweight
American mixed martial artist and former two-division UFC champion, holding both light heavyweight a…
Brazilian
Deiveson Figueiredo
Flyweight
Brazilian mixed martial artist and former UFC Flyweight Champion, known for his knockout power and m…
American
Demetrious Johnson
Flyweight
Mighty Mouse — holder of the UFC record for consecutive title defences with 11 and considered the mo…
American
Derrick Lewis
Heavyweight
American mixed martial artist and UFC heavyweight contender known for his knockout power and holding…
South African
Dricus du Plessis
Middleweight
South African mixed martial artist and current UFC Middleweight Champion, known for his well-rounded…
American
Dustin Poirier
MMA Fighter
American mixed martial artist and former interim UFC Lightweight Champion, known for his striking po…
Russian
Fedor Emelianenko
Heavyweight
The Last Emperor — widely considered the greatest MMA heavyweight of all time, with a 10-year unbeat…
Cameroonian
Francis Ngannou
Heavyweight
Cameroonian former UFC heavyweight champion whose awe-inspiring physical power, devastating knockout…
Canadian
Georges St-Pierre
Welterweight/Middleweight
Canada's greatest MMA fighter — two-weight world champion who never lost a championship defence.…
Brazilian
Glover Teixeira
Light Heavyweight
Brazilian light-heavyweight former champion who at 42 years old became the oldest UFC champion in hi…
American
Henry Cejudo
Bantamweight
American mixed martial artist and Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling, former UFC flyweight…
Georgian
Ilia Topuria
Featherweight
Georgian-Spanish mixed martial artist who became UFC Featherweight Champion in 2024, known for his k…
Russian
Islam Makhachev
MMA Fighter
Russian mixed martial artist and UFC Lightweight Champion, known for his dominant grappling and wres…
Nigerian
Israel Adesanya
Middleweight
The Last Stylebender — the most technically gifted striker in middleweight history and a five-time U…
Australian
Jack Della Maddalena
Welterweight
Australian mixed martial artist competing in the UFC welterweight division, known for his striking a…
American
Jamahal Hill
Light Heavyweight
American mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, known for his striking abil…
Polish
Jan Błachowicz
Light Heavyweight
Polish mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, known for his knockout power …
Brazilian
Jessica Andrade
Strawweight/Flyweight
Brazilian mixed martial artist and former UFC Women's Strawweight Champion known for her aggressive …
Czech
Jiří Procházka
Light Heavyweight
Czech mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, known for his unorthodox strik…
Polish
Joanna Jędrzejczyk
Strawweight
Polish mixed martial artist and former UFC Women's Strawweight Champion, known for her striking prow…
American
Jon Jones
MMA Fighter
American mixed martial artist widely considered one of the greatest fighters of all time, former UFC…
Brazilian
Junior dos Santos
Heavyweight
Brazilian mixed martial artist and former UFC Heavyweight Champion, known for his elite boxing skill…
Nigerian
Kamaru Usman
MMA Fighter
Nigerian-American mixed martial artist and former UFC Welterweight Champion, known for his dominant …
American
Kayla Harrison
Lightweight/Featherweight
American mixed martial artist and judoka, two-time Olympic gold medalist in judo and current Profess…
Russian
Khabib Nurmagomedov
Lightweight
Russian mixed martial artist and former UFC Lightweight Champion who retired undefeated with a perfe…
British
Leon Edwards
MMA Fighter
British-Jamaican mixed martial artist and current UFC Welterweight Champion, known for his knockout …
Brazilian
Lyoto Machida
Light Heavyweight
Brazilian mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, known for his unique karat…
Russian
Magomed Ankalaev
Light Heavyweight
Russian mixed martial artist competing in the UFC Light Heavyweight division, known for his striking…
French
Manon Fiorot
Flyweight
French mixed martial artist competing in the UFC flyweight division, known for her striking skills a…
Ecuadorian
Marlon Vera
Bantamweight
Ecuadorian mixed martial artist competing in UFC bantamweight division, known for his striking abili…
American
Matt Hughes
Welterweight
American mixed martial artist and two-time UFC Welterweight Champion, widely regarded as one of the …
Brazilian
Maurício Rua
Light Heavyweight
Brazilian mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, known as 'Shogun', regarde…
American
Max Holloway
MMA Fighter
American mixed martial artist and former UFC Featherweight Champion, known for his striking volume a…
Georgian
Merab Dvalishvili
Bantamweight
Georgian mixed martial artist competing in UFC bantamweight division, known for relentless pace and …
American
Miesha Tate
Bantamweight
American mixed martial artist and former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion known for her grappling s…
Croatian
Mirko Cro Cop
Heavyweight
Croatian mixed martial artist and former kickboxer, known for his devastating left high kick and suc…
American
Nate Diaz
Lightweight/Welterweight
The most beloved underdog in MMA — his submission of Conor McGregor at 11 days' notice is the sport'…
British
Paddy Pimblett
MMA Fighter
British mixed martial artist known for his entertaining fighting style and charismatic personality, …
Brazilian
Paulo Costa
Middleweight
Brazilian mixed martial artist competing in the UFC middleweight division, known for his aggressive …
Russian
Petr Yan
Bantamweight
Russian mixed martial artist and former UFC Bantamweight Champion known for his technical striking a…
American
Randy Couture
Heavyweight/Light Heavyweight
American mixed martial artist and former UFC Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight Champion, known as 'T…
Australian
Robert Whittaker
Middleweight
Australian mixed martial artist and former UFC Middleweight Champion, known for his striking ability…
American
Ronda Rousey
Bantamweight
American mixed martial artist and judoka who revolutionized women's MMA as the first female UFC cham…
American
Rose Namajunas
Strawweight
American mixed martial artist and former two-time UFC Women's Strawweight Champion, known for her st…
Brazilian
Royce Gracie
Mixed Martial Artist
The father of modern MMA — three UFC tournament victories demonstrated the effectiveness of Brazilia…
American
Sean O'Malley
MMA Fighter
American mixed martial artist known for his striking ability and colorful personality, former UFC Ba…
Russian
Sergei Pavlovich
Heavyweight
Russian heavyweight mixed martial artist and UFC contender known for his knockout power and aggressi…
Kazakh
Shavkat Rakhmonov
Welterweight
Kazakh mixed martial artist competing in UFC welterweight division, known for his undefeated record …
American
Stipe Miocic
Heavyweight
The greatest UFC heavyweight champion — the most title defences in division history and a working fi…
Australian
Tai Tuivasa
Heavyweight
Australian heavyweight mixed martial artist competing in the UFC, known for his knockout power and p…
American
Tatiana Suarez
Strawweight
American mixed martial artist and former UFC strawweight contender known for her dominant wrestling …
American
Tito Ortiz
Light Heavyweight
American mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, known for his ground-and-po…
British
Tom Aspinall
Heavyweight
British mixed martial artist and UFC heavyweight contender known for his rapid finishes and technica…
Kyrgyzstani
Valentina Shevchenko
MMA Fighter
Kyrgyzstani-Peruvian mixed martial artist and former UFC Women's Flyweight Champion, widely regarded…
Brazilian
Wanderlei Silva
Light Heavyweight
Brazilian mixed martial artist known as 'The Axe Murderer', former PRIDE Middleweight Champion and o…
Mexican
Yair Rodriguez
Featherweight
Mexican mixed martial artist competing in UFC's featherweight division, known for spectacular finish…
Chinese
Zhang Weili
Strawweight
Chinese mixed martial artist and two-time UFC Strawweight Champion, first Chinese fighter to win a U…
MMA Nations
American
31
athletes
Brazilian
15
athletes
Russian
6
athletes
Australian
4
athletes
British
4
athletes
Mexican
3
athletes
French
2
athletes
Georgian
2
athletes