UFC President DANA WHITE, along with co-Owner, Chair & CEO LORENZO FERTITTA and co-Owner FRANK FERTITTA were tied at the top of MMAJunkie.com's inaugural list of the 25 Most Powerful People in MMA. Fox Sports co-Presidents & co-COOs ERIC SHANKS and RANDY FREER were tied for fourth on the list. Listed below are select execs who made the top 25 (MMA Junkie).
| RANK | NAME(S) | TITLE |
| 1t | Dana White | UFC President |
| 1t | Lorenzo Fertitta | UFC co-Owner, Chair & CEO |
| 1t | Frank Fertitta | UFC co-Owner |
| 2t | Joe Silva | UFC matchmaker |
| 2t | Sean Shelby | UFC matchmaker |
| 4t | Eric Shanks | Fox Sports co-President & co-COO |
| 4t | Randy Freer | Fox Sports co-President & co-COO |
| 7 | Bjorn Rebney | Bellator Chair & CEO |
| 8 | Marc Ratner | UFC VP/Regulatory Affairs |
| 9t | Kevin Kay | Spike President |
| 9t | Jon Slusser | Spike Senior VP/Sports & Multi-Platform Programming |
| 11 | Craig Piligian | "The Ultimate Fighter" Exec Producer |
| 13t | Mark Cuban | AXS TV Chair, CEO & President |
| 13t | Andrew Simon | AXS TV Fights CEO |
| 14 | Keith Kizer | Nevada State Athletic Commission Exec Dir |
| 16t | Ike Lawrence Epstein | UFC Exec VP & COO |
| 16t | Michael Mersch | UFC VP/Business & Legal Affairs |
| 17 | Ed Soares | RFA President |
| 18 | Sam Caplan | Bellator VP/Talent Relations |
| 19 | Shannon Knapp | Invicta Fighting Championships Owner & President |
| 21 | Malki Kawa | First Round Management President & CEO |
| 22 | Victor Cui | ONE Fighting Championship Owner & CEO |
| 23 | Mike Mossholder | UFC Senior VP/Global Marketing Partnerships |
