UFC Light Heavyweight Rankings

Last Updated: Sunday June 7, 2026

RankFighterRatingWLPrevChngPwrOffDef
1
Carlos Ulberg 10-1
Pwr: 2 | Off: 3 | Def: 1
2.0321011231
2
Alex Pereira 10-2
Pwr: 1 | Off: 1 | Def: 2
1.6811022112
3
Magomed Ankalaev 12-2
Pwr: 3 | Off: 2 | Def: 9
1.3131223329
4
Navajo Stirling 4-0
Pwr: 10 | Off: 6 | Def: 18
1.12240410618
5
Azamat Murzakanov 6-1
Pwr: 6 | Off: 7 | Def: 7
0.987615677
6
5
Iwo Baraniewski 3-0
Pwr: 9 | Off: 17 | Def: 4
0.885301159174
7
1
Dustin Jacoby 10-6
Pwr: 7 | Off: 11 | Def: 5
0.883106617115
8
1
Bogdan Guskov 4-1
Pwr: 4 | Off: 13 | Def: 3
0.85641714133
9
1
Alonzo Menifield 11-6
Pwr: 17 | Off: 18 | Def: 15
0.73411681171815
10
1
Jiri Prochazka 6-3
Pwr: 5 | Off: 5 | Def: 8
0.7186391558
11
1
Dominick Reyes 10-5
Pwr: 12 | Off: 15 | Def: 6
0.70510510112156
12
Billy Elekana 3-1
Pwr: 21 | Off: 14 | Def: 22
0.623112211422
13
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev 2-0
Pwr: 15 | Off: 22 | Def: 12
0.5922013152212
14
Volkan Oezdemir 9-7
Pwr: 11 | Off: 10 | Def: 11
0.5879714111011
15
Khalil Rountree Jr. 10-8
Pwr: 14 | Off: 9 | Def: 27
0.5561081514927
16
Paulo Costa 8-4
Pwr: 8 | Off: 4 | Def: 16
0.584168416
17
Jimmy Crute 6-4
Pwr: 22 | Off: 33 | Def: 10
0.4096417223310
18
Rodolfo Bellato 2-1
Pwr: 19 | Off: 16 | Def: 20
0.3682118191620
19
Jan Blachowicz 12-8
Pwr: 13 | Off: 8 | Def: 21
0.3641281913821
20
Nikita Krylov 12-9
Pwr: 20 | Off: 21 | Def: 17
0.31212920202117
21
Ion Cutelaba 9-10
Pwr: 25 | Off: 30 | Def: 19
0.28791021253019
22
Jamahal Hill 7-4
Pwr: 16 | Off: 12 | Def: 25
0.2697422161225
23
Oumar Sy 3-2
Pwr: 26 | Off: 23 | Def: 26
0.2683223262326
24
Uran Satybaldiev 1-1
Pwr: 28 | Off: 27 | Def: 24
0.2581124282724
25
Zhang Mingyang 3-2
Pwr: 23 | Off: 32 | Def: 14
0.2563225233214
26
Johnny Walker 8-7
Pwr: 18 | Off: 19 | Def: 13
0.2238726181913
27
Magomed Gadzhiyasulov 1-1
Pwr: 37 | Off: 39 | Def: 36
0.1311127373936
28
Ovince Saint Preux 15-13
Pwr: 30 | Off: 31 | Def: 30
0.076151328303130
29
Anthony Smith 13-12
Pwr: 24 | Off: 20 | Def: 29
0.07131229242029
30
1
Bruno Lopes 1-2
Pwr: 35 | Off: 37 | Def: 33
0.05412311353733
31
1
Paul Craig 9-10
Pwr: 27 | Off: 28 | Def: 23
0.043910301272823
32
Julius Walker 1-2
Pwr: 32 | Off: 25 | Def: 39
0.0161232322539
33
Marcin Prachnio 4-7
Pwr: 39 | Off: 38 | Def: 42
-0.0294733393842
34
Da Woon Jung 3-4
Pwr: 31 | Off: 26 | Def: 32
-0.0353434312632
35
Aleksandar Rakic 6-5
Pwr: 29 | Off: 24 | Def: 28
-0.0496535292428
36
Diyar Nurgozhay 1-2
Pwr: 43 | Off: 41 | Def: 43
-0.0621236434143
37
1
Ibo Aslan 2-3
Pwr: 36 | Off: 35 | Def: 34
-0.07523381363534
38
1
Ivan Erslan 1-3
Pwr: 33 | Off: 29 | Def: 38
-0.11513391332938
39
1
Tuco Tokkos 1-3
Pwr: 34 | Off: 34 | Def: 37
-0.12713401343437
40
3
Junior Tafa 3-6
Pwr: 38 | Off: 40 | Def: 35
-0.20636373384035
41
Kevin Christian 0-2
Pwr: 44 | Off: 45 | Def: 41
-0.320241444541
42
Brendson Ribeiro 2-5
Pwr: 41 | Off: 43 | Def: 31
-0.3262542414331
43
Caio Machado 0-3
Pwr: 40 | Off: 36 | Def: 44
-0.3910343403644
44
Austen Lane 1-5
Pwr: 42 | Off: 42 | Def: 40
-0.41544424240
45
Rafael Cerqueira 0-4
Pwr: 45 | Off: 44 | Def: 45
-0.6890445454445
*NR = Not Previously Ranked
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UFC rankings are updated on Sundays following live events
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Fighters who have not competed in the UFC for more than 730 days are excluded from the rankings
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