MMA Rankings: Featherweight
On the first Wednesday of every month, theScore's MMA editors compile a list of the top 10 fighters in each of the major weight classes.
Rankings
Heavyweight | Light Heavyweight
Middleweight | Welterweight
Lightweight | Featherweight
Bantamweight | Flyweight
Women: Bantamweight | Strawweight
Featherweight
| Ranking | Fighter |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jose Aldo |
| 2 | Chad Mendes |
| 3 | Frankie Edgar |
| 4 | Conor McGregor |
| 5 | Ricardo Lamas |
| 6 | Max Holloway |
| 7 | Cub Swanson |
| 8 | Dennis Bermudez |
| 9 | Patricio Freire |
| 10 | Charles Oliveira |
- In the most anticipated featherweight bout in UFC history, long-time champion Jose Aldo will finally get to inflict violence on brash Irishman Conor McGregor at UFC 189 in July.
- Chad Mendes is the best 145-pounder in the world this side of Aldo, and solidified that status with an absolute pasting of fellow former title-challenger Ricardo Lamas at a Fight Night event in April.
- Frankie Edgar continued to prove himself as one of the greatest lighter-weight fighters to ever set foot in a cage when he took an easy decision over former WEC champion Urijah Faber in May.
- Bellator featherweight champion Patricio "Pitbull" Freire defends his title against Daniel Weichel at Bellator 138 in June. Friere is on a six-fight winning streak, while Weichel has won seven in a row.