1. Anderson Silva

Anderson Silva is ranked 1st in MMA Pound for Pound
Points: 167 (8 first-place votes)
Affiliation: UFC
Weight class: Middleweight (UFC middleweight champion)
Hometown: Curitiba, Brazil
Record: 24-4 (won last 10)
Last month’s ranking: 1
Most recent result: def. Forrest Griffin, R1 KO, Aug. 8

Analysis: Matchup with Demian Maia is underwhelming, but you can’t blame Silva or the UFC for this one, since Vitor Belfort had to pull out of their scheduled April 10 fight with an injury and Maia was the best available option.

Anderson da Silva (born April 14, 1975) is a Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter. He is the current UFC Middleweight Champion. With 10 consecutive wins, Silva holds the longest active winning streak in the UFC and the record for the longest winning streak in UFC history. Anderson holds a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira who follows Gracie Lineage through Carlson Gracie, ergo Murilo Bustamante and the Brazilian Top Team.

He currently trains with UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida through Black House. Silva is currently ranked as the number one middleweight in the world by multiple MMA publications; Sherdog and Yahoo! rank Silva as the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world.