The Nordic rankings have been updated with top-ranked fighters from or living in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Since 2011, MMA Viking has published the Nordic MMA rankings used by local and international promotions.
Men Rankings
Flyweight (125 lbs / 56.7 kg)
1 – Amir Albazi, Sweden, 12-1 (-)
2 – Mikael Silander, Finland, 19-7 (-)
3 – Aleksi Toivonen, Finland, 7-1, 1 NC (-)
4 – Abdul Hussein, Finland, 7-1 (-)
5 – Serdar Altas, Sweden, 4-1 (-)
6 – Binh Son Le, Sweden, 5-4, 1 NC (-)
7 – Anton Larsson, Sweden, 3-6 (new)
Contenders : Karri Itkonen, Navi Shahi
Inactive / Retired : Bilal Musa, Luan Jashari Frantzen, Julian Bengtsen
Bantamweight (135 lbs / 61.2 kg)
1 – Jonas Mågard, Denmark, 11-4 (-)
2 – Fernando Flores, Sweden, 6-7 (+4)
3 – Janne Elonen-Kulmala, Finland, 15-8-1, 1 NC (-1)
4 – Bartosz Wojcikiewicz, Sweden, 6-0 (+3)
5 – Toni Tauru, Finland, 11-8-1 (new)
6 – Tuomas Grönvall, Finland, 6-2-1 (new)
7 – Hamza Bougamza, Sweden, 3-2 (new)
8 – Hannan Housmand, Finland, 3-0-1 (-2)
9 – Delshad Morad, Sweden, 2-1 (new)
10 – Ole-Jørgen Johnsen, Norway, 3-0 (new)
Contenders : Ali Taleb, Amir Malekpour, Edris Rafigh, Renato Vidovic, Christoffer Darre, Jari Illikainen, Rune Bjerregaard Petersen, Joni Sarkala, Kevin Osorio, Nils Henrik Tjikkom, Eli Elias, Hoger Salih, Shoeb Karar
Inactive / Retired : Ville Kyllönen, Roger Huerta, Sirwan Kakai, Timo-Juhani Hirvikangas, Martin Akhtar, Mika Hamalainen, Kristian Skogmo, Joel Moya
Featherweight (145 lbs / 65.8 kg)
1 – Makwan Amirkhani, Finland, 15-4 (-)
2 – Mads Burnell, Denmark, 13-3 (-)
3 – Daniel Teymur, Sweden, 7-4 (-)
4 – Frantz Slioa, Sweden, 6-1 (-)
5 – Rafael Macedo, Sweden, 10-4 (-)
6 – Edward Walls, Finland, 10-5 (-)
7 – Tobias Harila, Sweden, 6-1 (new)
8 – Jerry Kvarnström, Finland, 15-14 (new)
9 – Simon Sköld, Sweden, 9-7 (-2)
10 – Sten Saaremäe, Estonia, 6-2 (new)
11 – Michel Ersoy, Sweden, 8-4 (new)
12 – Markus Rytöhonka, Finland, 7-3-1 (new)
13 – Bjarki Omarsson, Iceland, 2-1 (new)
14 – Bilal Tipsaev, Sweden, 2-0 (new)
Contenders : Jonas Courdt Nielsen, Robert Nystrom, Joel Arolainen, Marko Tani, Jani Hägg, Alar Hutrov, Espen Kolltviet, Haci Firat, Martin Fouda
Inactive / Retired : Viktor Gustavsson, Joni Salovaara, Matthias Lodahl, Kenneth Evensen, Jonathan Svensson
Lightweight (155 lbs / 70.3 kg)
1 – David Teymur, Sweden, 8-2 (-)
2 – Damir Hadzovic, Denmark, 13-6 (-)
3 – Soren Bak, Denmark, 14-1 (-)
4 – Mark O. Madsen, Denmark, 10-0 (new)
5 – Guram Kutateladze, Sweden, 11-2 (-)
6 – Anton Kuivanen, Finland, 26-12 (-2)
7 – Aleksi Mäntykivi, Finland, 13-6 (-)
8 – Teemu Packalen, Finland, 8-3 (new)
9 – Alexander Jacobsen, Norway, 9-5 (new)
10 – Patrik Pietilä, Finland, 11-8 (new)
11 – Jani Salmi, Finland, 12-4 (new)
12 – Danny Mathiasen, Denmark, 5-0 (new)
13 – Toni Lampinen, Finland, 7-3 (new)
14 – David Jacobsson, Sweden, 6-2 (new)
15 – Adam Westlund, Sweden, 3-0 (new)
16 – Mohammad Babadivand, Sweden, 6-0 (new)
17 – Joachim Tollefsen, Norway, 5-2-1 (new)
18 – Arman Popal, Sweden, 5-2-0 (new)
Contenders : Arman Popal, Sameer Siraj, Kim Thinghaugen, Niko Skonbäck, Patrik Kapanen, Saeed Ganji, Aleksi Savolainen
Inactive / Retired : Reza Madadi, Jani Ridasmaa, Niko Myllynen, Erik Carlsson, Birgir Tomasson, Aleksi Nurminen, Mattias Rosenlind, Thor Palsson, Dilmurod Movlonov
Welterweight (170 lbs / 77.1 kg)
1 – Gunnar Nelson, Iceland, 17-5-1 (-)
2 – Nicolas Dalby, Denmark, 18-3-1 (+2)
3 – Emil Weber Meek, Norway, 9-5, 1 NC (-1)
4 – Zebaztian Kadestam, Sweden, 12-5 (+3)
5 – David Bielkheden, Sweden, 26-13 (-2)
6 – Oliver Enkamp, Sweden, 7-2 (+4)
7 – Khamzat Chimaev, Sweden, 6-0 (new)
8 – Juho Valamaa, Finland, 16-6 (-2)
9 – Andreas Ståhl, Sweden, 12-4 (-)
10 – Louis Glismann, Denmark, 6-1 (new)
11 – Olli Santalahti, Finland, 11-4 (new)
12 – Jesse Urholin, Finland, 6-0 (new)
13 – Fernando Gonzalez, Sweden, 9-2 (new)
14 – Rostem Akman, Sweden, 6-2 (new)
15 – Tuukka Repo, Finland, 7-1 (new)
16 – Henri Lintula, Finland, 5-0 (new)
17 – Håkon Foss, Norway, 9-8 (new)
18 – Aleksi Lukkarinen, Finland, 4-0 (new)
Contenders : Oskar Biller, Oskar Sivard, Jussi Halonen, Quinten De Vreught, Stefan Ydstie, Robin Roos, Thomas Jessing, Frodi Vitalis Hansen, Per Franklin
Inactive / Retired : Kai Karar, Dmitrijs Homjakovs
Middleweight (185 lbs / 83.9 kg)
1 – Jack Hermansson, Sweden/Norway, 20-5 (-)
2 – Nicholas Musoke, Sweden, 16-5-1 (+3)
3 – Sadibou Sy, Sweden 8-5-2 (-1)
4 – Jonatan Westin, Sweden, 11-4 (new)
5 – Glenn Sparv, Finland 22-7 (-2)
6 – Andreas Gustafsson, Sweden, 5-0 (new)
7 – Thomas Robertsen, Norway, 8-3 (new)
8 – Diego Gonzalez, Sweden, 20-14 (new)
9 – Torbjörn Madsen, Norway, 5-1 (-2)
10 – Ole Magnor, Norway, 6-6 (new)
11 – Mikkel Kasper, Denmark, 3-2 (new)
Contenders : Andrius Ordoyan, Diego Björn Valencia, Mikko Ahmala, Moraad Moreno, Mika Kuronen, Matias Rantala
Inactive / Retired : Alan Carlos, Gard Olve Sagen, Papy Abedi, Victor Cheng, Alexander Bergman
Light Heavyweight (205 lbs / 93 kg)
1 – Karl Albrektsson, Sweden, 9-3 (+2)
2 – Marthin Nielsen, Norway, 6-1 (+4)
3 – Kenneth Bergh, Norway, 8-0, 1 NC (+2)
4 – Joachim Christensen, Denmark, 15-8 (-)
5 – Herdem Alacabek, Sweden, 5-1 (+2)
6 – Zvonimir Kralj, Sweden, 5-3 (new)
7 – Anton Turkalj, Sweden, 4-0 (new)
8 – Christoffer Hillsjo, Sweden, 2-0 (new)
Inactive / Retired : Max Nunes, Alexander Gustafsson, Saku Heikkola, Kristian Lapsley, Simon Carlsen
Heavyweight (265 lbs / 120.2 kg) +
1 – Ilir Latifi, Sweden 14-8, 1 draw (new)
2 – Nick Barno, Denmark, 8-2 (-1)
3 – Toni Valtonen, Finland, 28-17 (-1)
4 – Irman Smajic, Sweden, 2-0 (-)
5 – Thomas Narmo, Norway, 3-0 (new)
6 – Kim Johansen, Norway, 3-1 (-1)
7 – Matias Anttila, Finland, 1-0 (-1)
Inactive / Retired : Christian Colombo, Junior Karanta Fatty, Malik Jahmaze
Women Rankings
Strawweight (115 lbs / 52.2 kg) or Lower
1 – Minna Grusander, Finland, 6-3 (-)
2 – Sunna Davidsdottir, Iceland, 3-1 (new)
3 – Celine Haga, Norway, 11-17 (-1)
4 – Camila Rivarola, Sweden, 3-2-1 (new)
5 – Fannie Redman, Sweden, 2-1 (-2)
6 – Veera Nykanen, Finland, 2-2 (-2)
7 – Filippa Ikoona, Sweden, 1-0 (-2)
8 – Anna Astvik, Sweden, 0-2 (-2)
9 – Tiia Kohtamaki, Finland, 0-3 (-2)
Flyweight (125 lbs / 56.7 kg)
1 – Suvi Salmimies, Finland, 11-5-1, 1 NC (new)
2 – Malin Hermansson, Sweden, 4-1 (-1)
3 – Maiju Suotama, Finland, 8-5 (new)
4 – Elin Öberg, Sweden, 2-1 (-2)
5 – Chamia Chabbi, Finland 2-2 (-1)
6 – Annette Österberg, Finland, 0-1 (new)
Bantamweight (135 lbs / 61.2 kg) +
1 – Lina Lansberg, Sweden, 10-5 (+1)
2 – Pannie Kianzad, Sweden, 12-5 (-1)
3 – Bea Malecki, Sweden, 2-0 (+2)
4 – Cornelia Holm, Sweden, 4-2 (new)
Inactive / Retired : Iman Darabi, Eeva Siiskonen, Gabriella Ringblom, Anna Hyvärinen
Ranking Criteria
A fighter can be ranked if he/she was raised in or is permanently living in one of the Nordic countries (Iceland, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden). We are also including Estonian fighters that are actively fighting in the Nordics.
Quality of wins, not an opinion regarding which fighter would win in a match-ups or an athlete’s potential, is the main criteria for the rankings. More recent wins and losses are weighed heavier than older wins and losses. Fighters are listed as inactive if they have not fought a professional MMA in a year and do not have plans to fight in the near future.
For more information regarding MMA Viking’s ranking criteria and full listing of previous rankings.
