The Your MMA team produce the longest standing and most trusted UK MMA rankings, published in print at Your MMA Magazine and online, with representatives from around Britain contributing to the output each month. Whilst all rankings remain somewhat subjective, the Your MMA panel aren't tied to any organisation or fighter and are key figures in the UK MMA scene, having been around the sport for many years.

Criteria:

• Any fighter that hasn't been active in the last 365 days will be ineligible for consideration (with the caveat being a booked fight within a month of them being 'inactive').
• Fighters eligible need to be either UK/Irish nationals or located in the UK full time (for two years or more).
• Fighters moving around in weightclasses will be ranked in the lowest weightclass they have competed in within the last three fights.
• Fighters competing in catchweight bouts or fighters moving down in weightclasses cannot be ranked at the lower weightclass until they have made the limit and fought there - e.g. a fighter taking on a fight at 73kg after competing at 77kg will not be ranked at lightweight until he has reached the proper weight category.
• Rankings are based on quality of performance and level of opposition, as well as wins and finishes, with domestic promotional titles not figuring in how highly a fighter is ranked. It is more than a numbers game.

You can find the UK MMA Rankings from flyweight to heavyweight in the Fighters Section (just click on the UK tab). Check back regularly to see how big events shape the top tens.

The UFC made their annual trip to our shores, which has an affect at the top of some divisions. There were also big cards elsewhere, including BAMMA 10. The September 1st events were included in the last update.

Next monthly update October 31st.

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UK MMA Flyweight Top 20 Rankings:

1. Phil Harris
2. Neil Seery
3. Kris Edwards
4. Mark Platts
5. Giorgio Andrews
6. Brian Hyslop
7. Niko Gjoka
8. Spencer Hewitt
9. Pietro Menga
10. Ian Malone
11. Walter Caydas
12. Owen Gayle
13. Karl Harrison
14. James McAllister
15. Shamsul Haque
16. Mark Handley
17. Ritchie Ivory
18. Josh Foster
19. Joe Laurence
20. Lee Russell

UK MMA Bantamweight Top 20 Rankings:

1. Brad Pickett
2. Vaughan Lee
3. Paul McVeigh
4. James Doolan
5. James Brum
6. Paddy Holohan
7. Davey Grant
8. Dino Gambatesa
9. James Saville
10. James Pennington
11. Cory Tait
12. Chris Garry
13. Mike Wootten
14. Martin McDonough
15. Damien Rooney
16. Joe Orrey
17. Liam James
18. Karsten Lenjoint
19. Jody Collins
20. Brent Crawley

UK MMA Featherweight Top 30 Rankings:

1. Ross Pearson
2. Ronnie Mann
3. Jason Young
4. Conor McGregor
5. Rob Whiteford
6. Graham Turner
7. Ashleigh Grimshaw
8. Andy Ogle
9. Dave Hill
10. Nathan Beer
11. Owen Roddy
12. Paul Reed
13. Dave Lee
14. Robbie Olivier
15. Diego Vital
16. Mike Wilkinson
17. Andrew Fisher
18. John Cullen
19. Steve O’Keeffe
20. Jay Furness
21. Antanas Jazbutis
22. Artem Lobov
23. Shay Walsh
24. Alex Enlund
25. Saul Rogers
26. Gary Kelly
27. Brian Moore
28. Josh Ramage
29. Joe Clarke
30. David Galbraith

UK MMA Lightweight Top 25 Rankings:

1. Paul Sass
2. Terry Etim
3. Rob Sinclair
4. Curt Warburton
5. Andre Winner
6. Paul Kelly
7. Tim Radcliffe
8. Joe Duffy
9. Colin Fletcher
10. Jason Ball
11. Norman Parke
12. Martin Stapleton
13. Greg Loughran
14. Tim Newman
15. Michael Pastou
16. Steven Ray
17. Daniel Thomas
18. Richie Downes
19. Martin Delaney
20. Lewis Long
21. Chris Fishgold
22. Chris Hoban
23. Ali Maclean
24. Lee Wieczorek
25. Mark Glover
26. Wes Murch
27. Dale Hardiman
28. Tommy Maguire
29. Jeremy Petley
30. Tom Maguire

UK MMA Welterweight Top 25 Rankings:

1. Dan Hardy
2. John Hathaway
3. Paul Daley
4. Che Mills
5. Jim Wallhead
6. John Maguire
7. Jess Liaudin
8. Cathal Pendred
9. Ali Arish
10. Wayne Murrie
11. Danny Mitchell
12. Jake Bostwick
13. Alan Johnston
14. Alexei Roberts
15. Bola Omoyele
16. Danny Roberts
17. Henrique Santana
18. Dean Caldwell
19. Ryan Scope
20. Bradley Scott
21. Tom Breese
22. Warren Kee
23. Aaron Wilkinson
24. Jack Mason
25. Qasim Shafiq

UK MMA Middleweight Top 25 Rankings:

1. Michael Bisping
2. Tom Watson
3. Karlos Vemola
4. Zelg Galesic
5. Claudio Henrique Da Silva
6. John Phillips
7. Chris Fields
8. James Zikic
9. Jack Marshman
10. Denniston Sutherland
11. Valentino Petrescu
12. Andrew Punshon
13. Eugene Fadiora
14. Chris Scott
15. Leeroy Barnes
16. Matt Ewin
17. John Michael Shiel
18. Brett Bassett
19. Carl Noon
20. Allan Love
21. Luke Barnatt
22. Mike Ling
23. Lee Chadwick
24. Matt Howard
25. Stu Tyrie

UK MMA Light-Heavyweight Top 20 Rankings:

1. Jimi Manuwa
2. Linton Vassell
3. Przemyslaw Mysiala
4. James McSweeney
5. Anth Taylor
6. Fraser Opie
7. Robert Krecicki
8. Kevin Thompson
9. Max Nunes
10. Ryan White
11. Rab Truesdale
12. Sam Mensah
13. Sam Hooker
14. Tony Moran
15. Chris Konieczny
16. Ben Smith
17. Iain Martell
18. Neil Bittong
19. Nick Chapman
20. Thomas Denham

UK MMA Heavyweight Top 20 Rankings:

1. Phil Defries
2. Rob Broughton
3. Neil Grove
4. Stavros Economou
5. Neil Wain
6. Oli Thompson
7. Dave Keeley
8. James Thompson
9. Martin Thompson
10. Mark Godbeer
11. Dayman Lake
12. Jay Mortimore
13. Colin Robinson
14. Chris Petrie
15. Deividas Banaitis
16. Darren Towler
17. Mark Potter
18. Adam Parkes
19. Karl Etherington
20. Andy Spiers

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The team that helped comprise the UK MMA rankings this month includes:

Jay Furness (England): YourMMA.tv editor, former online editor for MMA Unltd and FIGHT! Magazine and professional fighter. 
Ricky Wright (Wales): Long-time UK MMA industry man and top MC.
David Bateman (Scotland): Editor of SFB Mag and radio show, commentator and writer.
Dean Parr (England): Owner of BritMMA.co.uk and writer for many boxing and MMA sites, including fightmagazine.com.
David Lethaby (England): Long time MMA writer, photographer and radio host, currently at Sherdog.com.
Colm Marren (Ireland): Journalist covering mixed martial arts in Ireland.
Steve Wickett (South West): Southern MMA specialist and co-owner at AddictedMMA.com.