UFC Light Heavyweight Rankings

Men’s Divisions
Heavyweight (265) – Light Heavyweight (205) – Middleweight (185)Welterweight (170)Lightweight (155)Featherweight (145)Bantamweight (135)Flyweight (125)

Women’s Divisions
Women’s Featherweight (145)Women’s Bantamweight (135)Women’s Flyweight (125) –  Women’s Strawweight (115)

RankFighterOVRUFCLast 3 FightsNext Fight
1Jiri Prochazka29-3-13-0W-Glover Teixeira (SUB)
W-Dominick Reyes (KO)
W-Volkan Oezdemir (KO)
2Jamahal Hill13-17-1W-Glover Teixeira (DEC)
W-Thiago Santos (TKO)
W-Johnny Walker (KO)
3Magomed Ankalaev16-1-19-1-1D-Jan Blachowicz (DEC)
W-Anthony Smith (TKO)
W-Thiago Santos (DEC)
4Jan Blachowicz29-9-112-6-1D-Magomed Ankalaev (DEC)
W-Aleksandar Rakic (TKO)
L-Glover Teixeira (SUB)
5Aleksandar Rakic14-36-2L-Jan Blachowicz (TKO)
W-Thiago Santos (DEC)
W-Anthony Smith (DEC)
6Nikita Krylov30-911-7W-Ryan Spann (SUB)
W-Volkan Oezdemir (DEC)
W-Alexander Gustafsson (KO)
7Johnny Walker21-77-4W-Anthony Smith (DEC)
W-Paul Craig (TKO)
W-Ion Cutelaba (SUB)
8Anthony Smith36-1811-8L-Johnny Walker (DEC)
L-Magomed Ankalaev (TKO)
W-Ryan Spann (SUB)
9Ryan Spann21-87-3L-Nikita Krylov (SUB)
W-Dominick Reyes (KO)
W-Ion Cutelaba (SUB)
10Volkan Oezdemir18-66-6L-Nikita Krylov (DEC)
W-Paul Craig (DEC)
L-Magomed Ankalaev (DEC)
11Paul Craig16-6-18-6-1L-Johnny Walker (TKO)
L-Volkan Oezdemir (DEC)
W-Nikita Krylov (SUB)
12Dominick Reyes12-46-4L-Ryan Spann (KO)
L-Jiri Prochazka (KO)
L-Jan Blachowicz (TKO)
13Khalil Rountree11-57-5W-Dustin Jacoby (DEC)
W-Karl Roberson (TKO)
W-Modestas Bukauskas (TKO)
14Azamat Murzakanov13-03-0W-Dustin Jacoby (DEC)
W-Devin Clark (TKO)
W-Tafon Nchukwi (KO)
15Carlos Ulberg7-14-1W-Ihor Potieria (TKO)
W-Nicolae Negumereanu (KO)
W-Tafon Nchukwi (TKO)
16Dustin Jacoby18-7-16-4-1L-Azamat Murzakanov (DEC)
L-Khalil Rountree (DEC)
W-Da Un Jung (KO)
17Nicolae Negumereanu13-24-2L-Carlos Ulberg (KO)
W-Igor Potieria (TKO)
W-Kennedy Nzechukwu (DEC)
18Kennedy Nzechukwu12-36-3W-Devin Clark (TKO)
W-Ion Cutelaba (TKO)
W-Karl Roberson (TKO)
19Ion Cutelaba17-9-16-8-1W-Tanner Boser (TKO)
L-Kennedy Nzechukwu (TKO)
L-Johnny Walker (SUB)
20Jim Crute12-3-14-3-1D-Alonzo Menifield (DEC)
L-Jamahal Hill (KO)
L-Anthony Smith (TKO)
21Philipe Lins17-53-2W-Maxim Grishin (DEC)
W-Ovince St.Preux (KO)
W-Marcin Prachnio (DEC)
22Devin Clark14-88-8L-Kennedy Nzechukwu (TKO)
W-Da Un Jung (DEC)
L-Azamat Murzakanov (TKO)
23Da Un Jung15-4-14-2-1L-Devin Clark (DEC)
L-Dustin Jacoby (KO)
W-Kennedy Nzechukwu (TKO)
24Marcin Prachnio16-63-4W-William Knight (DEC)
L-Philipe Lins (DEC)
W-Isaac Villanueva (KO)
25Ovince St.Preux26-1714-12L-Philipe Lins (KO)
W-Mauricio Rua (DEC)
L-Tanner Boser (TKO)
26Alonzo Menifield13-3-16-3-1D-Jim Crute (DEC)
W-Misha Cirkunov (KO)
W-Askar Mozharov (TKO)
27Maxim Grishin32-10-22-3L-Philipe Lins (DEC)
W-William Knight (DEC)
L-Dustin Jacoby (DEC)
28Modestas Bukauskas14-52-3W-Tyson Pedro (DEC)
W-Chuck Campbell (KO)
W-Lee Chadwick (DEC)
29Tyson Pedro9-45-4LModestas Bukauskas (DEC)
W-Harry Hunsucker (TKO)
W-Isaac Villanueva (KO)
30Zac Pauga6-11-1W-Jordan Wright (DEC)
L-Mohammed Usman (KO)
W-Jordan Heiderman (TKO)
31Ihor Potieria20-41-2L-Carlos Ulberg (TKO)
W-Mauricio Rua (TKO)
L-Nicolae Negumereanu (TKO)
32Vitor Petrino8-01-0W-Anton Turkalj (DEC)
W-Rodolfo Bellato (KO)
W-Gadzhimurad Antigulov (KO)
21Tanner Boser20-10-14-5L-Ion Cutelaba (TKO)
L-Rodrigo Nascimento (DEC)
W-Ovince St.Preux (KO)
33Tafon Nchukwi6-32-3L-Carlos Ulberg (TKO)
L-Azamat Murzakanov (KO)
W-Mike Rodriguez (DEC)
34Alexander Gustafsson18-810-8L-Nikita Krylov (KO)
L-Fabricio Werdum (SUB)
L-Anthony Smith (SUB)
35Anton Turkalj8-20-2L-Vitor Petrino (DEC)
L-Jailton Almeida (SUB)
W-Acacio dos Santos (DEC)
Ineligible for Rankings
* Suspension
* Inactivity>15 months
* Moving Divisions
* Yet to debut
Aleksa Camur6-21-2L-Nicolae Negumereanu (DEC)
L-William Knight (DEC)
W-Justin Ledet (DEC)
Mingyang Zhang16-60-0W-George Tokkos (KO)
W-Changsheng Huo (TKO)
W-Caibao Zhang (TKO)
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Here is the rankings criteria that encompasses a fighter ranking:
- Most recent performance
- Performance against top competition
- Estimated ability against future competition
- Strength of competition
- Activity in the last 3 years
- Last 5 fights

There are many fighters sporting undefeated records from developing fight scenes, especially abroad. Something we take into consideration is the strength of competition they have faced. If a fighter has compiled a bunch of wins against competition that is lackluster they will likely have a difficult time moving up in the rankings until they face stiffer competition in order for us to accurately predict how they would perform against exceedingly tougher competition.

If a fighter has fought elite competition and fallen short, we factor in how they performed. If a fighter fairs well against a higher-ranked adversary, they could still move up in the rankings.

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50 Comments on this post.
  • Jorge Julio Agustino
    19 April 2023 at 8:56 AM
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    Bro Ed herman retired, remove him, and since you dont check the comments on 185, you should pull nick diaz from MW rankings as he been inactive for about 21 months now fam

  • Matt Nelson
    27 February 2023 at 8:38 AM
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    William Knight got released a few days ago.

  • Ty Doddicker
    14 February 2023 at 8:01 AM
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    Johnny Walker’s last 3 fight formatting needs to be adjusted

  • Ty kneeler
    23 January 2023 at 9:32 AM
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    Probably time to remove the now-retired Shogun Rua from rankings…sad day. Great career

  • Pat newberg
    2 November 2022 at 6:52 AM
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    Misha Cirkunov after his latest of many losses has finally been released by the UFC

  • German Valdez
    6 October 2022 at 1:59 PM
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    Potieria should be ranked 34th not 35th, right?

  • Pelu ladar
    31 August 2022 at 10:48 PM
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    Harry hunsucker was cut yesterday

  • Preston Khakel
    18 August 2022 at 8:20 AM
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    Reyes gotta get pulled from the rankings

  • Perry m
    7 August 2022 at 4:44 PM
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    Dominick Reyes has surpassed 15 months of inactivity and thus needs to be removed from rankings

  • Theonte Persons
    27 July 2022 at 8:36 AM
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    Hello mi familia – Shamil Gamzatov was released today.

  • Ty DiVekkio
    5 July 2022 at 8:28 AM
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    Almeida’s last fight was at HW and his next fight is at HW…so why is he still ranked in light heavyweight? Seems like it’s a drastic contradiction to how you’ve always ranked guys. You should maybe just rank Jorge Masvidal in lightweight since he fought there in 2011 once.

  • Nito Connors
    16 May 2022 at 7:48 AM
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    Ike Villanueva was released last week in the blood bath

    • D.C. Ross
      4 June 2022 at 4:25 PM
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      Thank you, updated!

  • TerrY hill
    24 February 2022 at 10:25 AM
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    Time to pull Shogun from the rankings as it’s surpassed 15 months since his last fight.

  • Darius N. bush
    15 December 2020 at 1:39 PM
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    yo my guy, Dom. Reyes did not lose by DEC to Jan. Homie got smashed bro. TKO.

  • TC
    9 December 2020 at 11:03 PM
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    My good man, Gadzhimurad Antigulov was released yesterday. Cheers.

  • TC
    20 October 2020 at 8:56 PM
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    Mate, you have also not created a profile for Antonio Arroyo

    • D.C. Ross
      21 October 2020 at 11:18 PM
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      Hi TC, Arroyo last fought at Middleweight and is ranked in that division.

  • TC
    20 October 2020 at 8:55 PM
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    Hi friends – small formatting adjustment, next to William Knight’s recent fights it shows:

    W-Aleksa Camur) (DEC

    the ) symbol is in the wrong spot

  • Romeo
    10 October 2020 at 3:27 PM
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    I wonder who Aleksandar Rakic and Jiri Prochazka will face next, each other or does the UFC want to hold that fight for later?

    • D.C. Ross
      14 October 2020 at 4:47 PM
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      Hi Romeo, definitely intrigued to see what is next for each. Jiri has the resume to move up quick and it’s great to see some new names rising through the ranks.

      • Wade reeve
        26 June 2022 at 3:50 PM
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        Jailton Almeida with back to back wins at heavyweight yet he’s listed in the 205s? How’s that make sense?

  • Migue Monstruo
    24 October 2019 at 12:13 PM
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    When will Chris Weidman be ranked in the light heavyweight division?

  • Nazeem
    5 August 2019 at 11:01 PM
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    where is alexander gustafsson on the ranking u must update the ranking

  • Derek Love
    27 April 2016 at 2:32 PM
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    Is there a definite way to know if you’ve updated your Rankings post UFC Cards? Your Rankings are the best out there and im always curious what you have to say about Fighter Rankings

    • D.C. Ross
      18 November 2016 at 12:53 AM
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      Hi Derek, I do my very best to update rankings within 24 hours of a UFC fight card. On the homepage, I also have a date stamp, so it will be easier to know when rankings have been updated. Thank you for the comment!

  • eMfAkz 267
    8 August 2015 at 1:16 AM
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    maulers all shit

  • D.C. Ross
    14 November 2014 at 10:48 PM
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    Thanks for the heads up, didn’t know Miranda was officially dropping down to MW.

  • Joe
    22 May 2014 at 4:00 AM
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    Quick questions …

    1. How did Gus fall from the #1 contender’s spot (i.e. ranked #2) with Glover doing worse than him in the title fight and Rashad not exactly shining and beating top contenders?

    2. What is the “Finishing Percentage” since it’s clearly not the % of wins by finish – For instance, Gus is 13/16 for a 81.25% finish rate, nor the % of his fights that didn’t go the distance – Gus is 14/18 for a 77.78%. Those are the only two things I could think of that fit, what have I missed?

  • Dan
    13 May 2014 at 5:43 PM
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    Lawlor vs Latifi is at MW. As such neither should be listed on here.

  • John
    23 June 2013 at 1:52 AM
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    Mauler gona take the belt home to SWEDEN!

  • Joe
    19 June 2013 at 2:17 AM
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    The UFC’s top 10 rankings are just pure BS.

    Glover #4??? Yeah, he’s a scary potential contender, but how can he be ranked above Rashad?? His best win is James Te-Huna!!! Rashad just beat Dan Henderson!!!

    I totally get why you guys use the UFC rankings as your top 10, but I have to say I liked it better when you did the top 10 rankings too. They made much more sense than the UFC rankings (which are more future marketing based than actual track record based).

    • D.C. Ross
      19 June 2013 at 5:16 PM
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      I hear ya. I am still torn. Hopefully, the current UFC rankings media panel will continue to put out inconsistent rankings and they will ultimately be scrapped…

  • Derek
    8 April 2013 at 3:49 PM
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    Kyle Kingsbury is retired

    • rankingmma
      9 April 2013 at 8:20 AM
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      I know it has been mentioned in a few interviews, but there is still no certainty. If you have a link that says so, please let me know.

      As of now Kyle Kingsbury, Paul Taylor, Shane Carwin, Sean Sherk, B.J. Penn, Tim Credeur, and Matt Serra are all rumored to be retired, but none of them to my knowledge have come out and stated they are officially retired.

  • John
    7 April 2013 at 3:00 AM
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    The Mauler is ready to take on Jones! I look forward to this megafight!

  • Joe
    25 November 2012 at 6:58 AM
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    Thiago Silva has been suspended 🙂

    • admin
      27 November 2012 at 1:05 PM
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      Yeah, Silva sure is making it hard on himself over the last few years. His days as a contender look to be fading quickly.

      • Joe
        10 December 2012 at 3:40 AM
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        Yup, not only as a contender, he’s also ricking his employment … I think if there were a tad more depth in the LWH division these days he’d be out of there … Not many fighters can boast a L-NC-L-NC record in their last 4 fights …

        Fighters that come back from suspensions are generally a bit more careful, at least for a while … I guess he’s not the sharpest tool in the shed … or maybe having the childhood he did, left him with some self-destructive demon that he can’t deal with … who am I to judge?

  • dWd
    17 October 2012 at 10:19 PM
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    Don’t get too excited too soon about Teixeira,Jimi Manuwa was just as impressive against Kingsbury but you only have him at 21.

    • admin
      21 October 2012 at 10:18 AM
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      The difference is Glover has a ground game. Manuwa still has a ways to go with his takedown defense. Glover does seem a bit high because he hasn’t beat a top name yet, but the mid-level LHWs are all struggling (Bader, Rampage, Forrest, Lil Nog, Thiago Silva).

      • Huston buttercurne
        7 September 2021 at 2:28 PM
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        Darren Stewart was released a couple days back

        • Ozzie
          20 December 2021 at 6:06 AM
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          I’m interested in (real) opinions on Paul Craig? I feel he’s overlooked a little, to choke out 2 not 1 but 2 Dagestani’s is no mean feat!! I feel he should be higher in rank but when you look above him, where does he fit

  • admin
    20 August 2012 at 9:46 PM
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    I listened to you guys, and now the full UFC rosters are in. Thank you for the suggestion.

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