UFC star Henry Cejudo has fended off stiff competition from Israel Adesanya and Jorge Masvidal to be named 'MMA Fighter of the Year' for 2019.
Tapology updated its annual rankings for the current year and the 32-year-old Cejudo, who is third in UFC's pound-for-pound rankings, is at the top of the pile.
The publication based its rankings on votes registered by Tapology members, with the top 100 last updated on Monday.
UFC bantamweight and flyweight champ Cejudo has fought twice in 2019 and defeated both TJ Dillashaw and Marlon Moraes.
Posted below are the top 100 MMA fighters of 2019, according to Tapology.
100. Molly 'Meatball' McCann
99. Diego 'Nightmare' Sanchez
98. Desmond 'The Predator' Green
97. Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic
96. Alistair 'The Demolition Man' Overeem
95. Rogerio Bontorin
94. Kai Asakura
93. Paige '12 Gauge' VanZant
92. Katlyn 'Blonde Fighter' Chookagian
91. Islam Makhachev
90. Ciryl 'Bon Gamin' Gane
89. Lance 'The Party' Palmer
88. Walt 'The Big Ticket' Harris
87. Paulo 'The Eraser' Costa
86. 'The California Kid' Urijah Faber
85. Dominick 'The Devastator' Reyes
84. 'Dynamite' Dan Ige
83. Ismail 'The Austrian Wonderboy' Naurdiev
82. Patricky Pitbull
81. Roman Bogatov
80. Gilbert 'Durinho' Burns
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79. Marlon 'Chito' Vera
78. Salman 'The Angry' Zhamaldaev
77. Ricky Simon
76. Dan 'The Hangman' Hooker
75. Niko 'The Hybrid' Price
74. Yaroslav 'Dynamo' Amosov
73. Ryo Okada
72. Jairzinho 'Bigi Boy' Rozenstruik
71. Michael 'Venom' Page
70. Cynthia Calvillo
69. Alonzo Menifield
68. Adriano 'Mikinho' Moraes
67. 'The Karate Hottie' Michelle Waterson
66. Jared 'Killa Gorilla' Cannonier
65. Maycee 'The Future' Barber
64. Andre 'Touchy' Fili
63. Timofey Nastyukhin
62. Said Nurmagomedov
61. Jussier Formiga
60. Pedro 'The Young Punisher' Munhoz
59. Juan 'Spaniard' Archuleta
58. Andrea 'KGB' Lee
57. Tony Gravely
56. Elizeu 'Capoeira' Zaleski
55. Aung 'The Burmese Python' La Nsang
54. Tatiana Suarez
53. Chance 'Black Eagle' Rencountre
52. Edmen 'The Golden Boy' Shahbazyan
51. Jingnan 'The Panda' Xiong
50. Henry 'OK' Corrales
49. Nate Diaz
48. Josh Emmett
47. Junior 'Cigano' dos Santos
46. Max 'Blessed' Holloway
45. Nate 'The Snake' Andrews
44. Amanda 'The Lioness' Nunes
43. Brianna 'The Bull' Van Buren
42. Demian Maia
41. Jose Aldo 'Junior'
40. Paul 'The Irish Dragon' Felder
39. Vicente 'The Silent Assassin' Luque
38. Glover Teixeira
37. Leon 'Rocky' Edwards
36. Douglas 'The Phenom' Lima
35. Patricio Pitbull
34. 'Funky' Ben Askren
33. Khabib 'The Eagle' Nurmagomedov
32. Zabit Magomedsharipov
31. Daniel 'The American Predator' James
30. Stipe Miocic
29 'Bad MoFo' Joanne Calderwood
28. Charles 'do Bronx' Oliveira
27. Yosuke 'Tobizaru' Saruta
26. 'Magic' Marlon Moraes
25. Alexander 'The Great' Volkanovski
24. Anthony 'Showtime' Pettis
23. Jessica 'Bate Estaca' Andrade
22. Tony 'El Cucuy' Ferguson
21. Aljamain 'Funk Master' Sterling
20. Jack 'The Joker' Hermansson
19. Thiago 'Marreta' Santos
18. Geoff 'Handz of Steel' Neal
17. 'Magnum' Weili Zhang
16. Valentina 'Bullet' Shevchenko
15. Petr 'No Mercy' Yan
14. Justin 'The Highlight' Gaethje
13. Cory Sandhagen
12. Gregor 'The Gift' Gillespie
11. Joseph 'The Beefcake' Benavidez
10. Dustin 'The Diamond' Poirier
9. Ryan 'Darth' Bader
8. Johnny Walker
7. Jon 'Bones' Jones
6. Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone
5. Francis 'The Predator' N'Gannou
4. Kamaru 'The Nigerian Nightmare' Usman
3. Jorge 'Gamebred' Masvidal
2. Israel 'The Last Stylebender' Adesanya
1. Henry 'The Messenger' Cejudo
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