Fight Matrix
At a glance
- Current and historical rankings for every men's and women's division
- Tracks lineal championship lineages
- Hands out its own annual awards
Overview
Fight Matrix is an English-language MMA rankings site run by Fight Matrix LLC. Its rankings are calculated by an algorithm based on fight results, with no media vote involved. The site covers every men's and women's division, plus a pound-for-pound ranking across all weight classes.
The rankings are kept current, with an update in September 2026 at the time this profile was written. The site also keeps historical rankings, so you can see where a fighter stood on a given date, long before they reached the top of their division or fought for a title. If you are researching a matchup, those snapshots help you judge the quality of a fighter's past opponents at the time they met.
What you'll find
You get division and pound-for-pound rankings, fighter records, stats and lineal title histories. The lineal champion is the fighter who beat the previous champion: Fight Matrix tracks those lineages fighter by fighter, regardless of which belts each promotion hands out along the way.
The site also gives out its own annual awards. In 2016, for example, it named Dominick Cruz its Comeback Fighter of the Year. These awards are based on the year's results and sit alongside the honors handed out by media outlets and by the promotions themselves. For each fighter, the site's profile page brings together their record, their current rank and how their ranking has moved over the course of their career.
Why follow
Fight Matrix gives you rankings computed from results alone, with no voting panel and no input from any promotion. They include fighters from every organization, which lets you place a PFL fighter or someone from a regional promotion against the UFC's ranked names.
The historical rankings and lineal histories are useful in debates about the best fighters in a division. Instead of comparing records from memory, you can check who was ranked where, at what point, and who beat whom in the title lineage. You can also trace how a fighter climbed the rankings, fight by fight, and see which wins moved them the most.
MMA Official's take
Fight Matrix is for fans who like numbers, rankings and divisional history. It also suits analysts and bettors who want to place fighters from different promotions against each other before a fight.
Start with the ranking for the division you follow and compare it with the official UFC rankings. Then open that division's lineal history to see how the title passed from one fighter to the next over the years. Finish with the profile of a fighter you follow to see how their rank shifted after each fight, and which results pushed them up or dropped them down the list.