Unofficial M-1 Global rankings. The rankings are compiled by MMAtion staff, basing on the latest World MMA rankings. Currently, we rank the top 10 M-1 Global fighters in 7 weight classes and the top 20 pound-for-pound fighters.
Fighters not having a single fight in the promotion during the last 18 months or having less than 2 bouts under the M-1 Global banner (for newly signed fighters there has to be at least one bout) are not included in the lists.
Last Updated: August 30, 2018
Flyweight (under 125 lb / under 56.7 kg)
| Aleksander Doskalchuk (Champion) | Ukraine | |
| 1 | Chris Kelades | Canada |
| 2 | Mikael Silander | Finland |
| 3 | Arman Ashimov | Kazakhstan |
| 4 | Vazha Tsiptauri | Georgia |
| 5 | Vitali Branchuk | Ukraine |
| 6 | Oleg Lichkovakha | Russia |
| 7 | Gadzhimurad Aliev | Russia |
| 8 | Binh Son Le | Sweden |
| 9 | Dimitar Kostov | Bulgaria |
| 10 | Frederico Gutzwiller | Switzerland |
Bantamweight (125 – 135 lb / 56.7 — 61.3 kg)
| Movsar Evloev (Champion) | Russia | |
| 1 | Josh Rettinghouse | United States |
| 2 | Pavel Vitruk | Russia |
| 3 | Sergey Morozov | Kazakhstan |
| 4 | Rafael Dias | Brazil |
| 5 | Bair Shtepin | Russia |
| 6 | Huoyixibai Chuhayifu | China |
| 7 | Fabricio Sarraff | Brazil |
| 8 | Aleksandr Lunga | Ukraine |
| 9 | Selem Evloev | Russia |
| 10 | Vadim Malygin | Russia |
Featherweight (135 – 145 lb / 61.3 – 65.8 kg)
| Nate Landwehr (Champion) | United States | |
| 1 | Ivan Buchinger | Slovakia |
| 2 | Khamzat Dalgiev | Russia |
| 3 | Zalimbeg Omarov | Russia |
| 4 | Timur Nagibin | Russia |
| 5 | Andrey Lezhnev | Ukraine |
| 6 | Viktor Kolesnik | Russia |
| 7 | Daniel Swain | United States |
| 8 | Busurmankul Abdibait | Kyrgyzstan |
| 9 | Saba Bolaghi | Germany |
| 10 | Yuri Chobuka | Ukraine |
Lightweight (145 – 155 lb / 65.8 – 70.3 kg)
| Vacant | ||
| 1 | Pavel Gordeev | Russia |
| 2 | Roman Bogatov | Russia |
| 3 | Khamzat Aushev | Russia |
| 4 | Artem Damkovsky | Belarus |
| 5 | Mickael Lebout | France |
| 6 | Abubakar Mestoev | Russia |
| 7 | Alexey Makhno | Russia |
| 8 | Rubenilton Pereira | Brazil |
| 9 | Michel Silva | Brazil |
| 10 | Raul Tutarauli | Georgia |
Welterweight (155 – 170 lb / 70.3 – 77.1 kg)
| Alexey Kunchenko (Champion) | Russia | |
| 1 | Maksim Grabovich | Russia |
| 2 | Daniil Prikaza | Russia |
| 3 | Alexander Butenko | Russia |
| 4 | Oleg Olenichev | Russia |
| 5 | Shavkat Rakhmonov | Kazakhstan |
| 6 | Sergey Romanov | Russia |
| 7 | Juho Valamaa | Finland |
| 8 | Pablo Ortmann | Switzerland |
| 9 | Keith Johnson | United States |
| 10 | Kurbanjiang Tuluosibake | China |
Middleweight (170 – 185 lb / 77.1 – 84 kg)
| Artem Frolov (Champion) | Russia | |
| 1 | Alexander Shlemenko | Russia |
| 2 | Valery Myasnikov | Russia |
| 3 | Joe Riggs | United States |
| 4 | Boris Polezhay | Ukraine |
| 5 | Enoc Solves Torres | Spain |
| 6 | Mikhail Ragozin | Russia |
| 7 | Moses Murrietta | United States |
| 8 | Vitaliy Slipenko | Russia |
| 9 | Andrey Seledtsov | Russia |
| 10 | Ruslan Shamilov | Russia |
Light Heavyweight (185 – 205 lb / 84 – 93 kg)
| Khadis Ibragimov (Champion) | Russia |
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| 1 | Mikhail Zayats | Russia |
| 2 | Brandon Halsey | United States |
| 3 | Viktor Nemkov | Russia |
| 4 | Carlos Eduardo | Brazil |
| 5 | Stephan Puetz | Germany |
| 6 | Dimitriy Mikutsa | Ukraine |
| 7 | Caio Magalhaes | Brazil |
| 8 | Rafal Kijanczuk | Poland |
| 9 | Giga Kukhalashvili | Georgia / Russia |
| 10 | Rene Hoppe | Germany |
Heavyweight (over 205 lb / over 93 kg)
| Vacant | ||
| 1 | Sergei Kharitonov | Russia |
| 2 | Konstantin Gluhov | Latvia |
| 3 | Anton Vyazigin | Russia |
| 4 | Kleber Raimundo Silva | Brazil |
| 5 | Maksim Yakobyuk | Russia |
| 6 | Zaur Gadzhibabayev | Azerbaijan |
| 7 | Nikolay Savilov | Russia |
| 8 | Marcus Vinicius Lopes | Brazil |
| 9 | Daniil Arepyev | Russia |
| 10 | Adam Bogatyrev | Russia |
Pound-For-Pound
| 1 | Alexander Shlemenko | Middleweight | Russia |
| 2 | Alexey Kunchenko | Welterweight | Russia |
| 3 | Sergei Kharitonov | Heavyweight | Russia |
| 4 | Artem Frolov | Middleweight | Russia |
| 5 | Mikhail Zayats | Light heavyweight | Russia |
| 6 | Ivan Buchinger | Featherweight | Slovakia |
| 7 | Nate Landwehr | Featherweight | United States |
| 8 | Viktor Nemkov | Light heavyweight | Russia |
| 9 | Khadis Ibragimov | Light heavyweight | Russia |
| 10 | Movsar Evloev | Bantamweight | Russia |
| 11 | Brandon Halsey | Light heavyweight | United States |
| 12 | Khamzat Dalgiev | Featherweight | Russia |
| 13 | Maksim Grabovich | Welterweight | Russia |
| 14 | Zalimbeg Omarov | Featherweight | Russia |
| 15 | Timur Nagibin | Featherweight | Russia |
| 16 | Aleksander Doskalchuk | Flyweight | Ukraine |
| 17 | Valery Myasnikov | Middleweight | Russia |
| 18 | Joe Riggs | Middleweight | United States |
| 19 | Andrey Lezhnev | Featherweight | Ukraine |
| 20 | Stephan Puetz | Light heavyweight | Germany |