UFC Light Heavyweight Rankings

Last Updated: Sunday March 8, 2026

RankFighterRatingWLPrevChngPwrOffDef
1
Carlos Ulberg 9-1
Pwr: 3 | Off: 5 | Def: 2
1.825911352
2
Alex Pereira 10-2
Pwr: 1 | Off: 2 | Def: 1
1.6821022121
3
Azamat Murzakanov 6-0
Pwr: 2 | Off: 4 | Def: 4
1.521603244
4
Magomed Ankalaev 12-2
Pwr: 5 | Off: 1 | Def: 10
1.35212245110
5
Jiri Prochazka 6-2
Pwr: 4 | Off: 3 | Def: 6
0.942625436
6
Dustin Jacoby 10-6
Pwr: 7 | Off: 9 | Def: 7
0.891066797
7
Bogdan Guskov 4-1
Pwr: 6 | Off: 12 | Def: 3
0.8854176123
8
Navajo Stirling 3-0
Pwr: 12 | Off: 6 | Def: 26
0.87530812626
9
Billy Elekana 3-1
Pwr: 17 | Off: 14 | Def: 18
0.639319171418
10
Alonzo Menifield 10-6
Pwr: 20 | Off: 22 | Def: 15
0.60310610202215
11
Philipe Lins 4-2
Pwr: 21 | Off: 15 | Def: 23
0.5924211211523
12
Khalil Rountree Jr. 10-8
Pwr: 14 | Off: 8 | Def: 24
0.5891081214824
13
Volkan Oezdemir 9-7
Pwr: 8 | Off: 10 | Def: 9
0.57997138109
14
Dominick Reyes 9-5
Pwr: 9 | Off: 16 | Def: 5
0.56395149165
15
Oumar Sy 3-1
Pwr: 13 | Off: 13 | Def: 14
0.5533115131314
16
Modestas Bukauskas 7-5
Pwr: 24 | Off: 23 | Def: 28
0.5357516242328
17
Zhang Mingyang 3-1
Pwr: 11 | Off: 20 | Def: 8
0.528311711208
18
1
Johnny Walker 8-6
Pwr: 15 | Off: 17 | Def: 12
0.37186191151712
19
1
Jan Blachowicz 12-8
Pwr: 10 | Off: 7 | Def: 17
0.35912818110717
20
Jimmy Crute 6-4
Pwr: 22 | Off: 32 | Def: 11
0.3546420223211
21
6
Rodolfo Bellato 2-1
Pwr: 19 | Off: 18 | Def: 16
0.34921276191816
22
1
Nikita Krylov 12-9
Pwr: 18 | Off: 21 | Def: 13
0.307129211182113
23
1
Jamahal Hill 7-4
Pwr: 16 | Off: 11 | Def: 21
0.28674221161121
24
Uran Satybaldiev 1-1
Pwr: 27 | Off: 28 | Def: 25
0.2371124272825
25
Bruno Lopes 1-1
Pwr: 32 | Off: 29 | Def: 32
0.1811125322932
26
Magomed Gadzhiyasulov 1-1
Pwr: 34 | Off: 37 | Def: 34
0.1571126343734
27
1
Ovince Saint Preux 15-13
Pwr: 29 | Off: 30 | Def: 30
0.0981513281293030
28
1
Anthony Smith 13-12
Pwr: 23 | Off: 19 | Def: 29
0.0841312291231929
29
1
Ion Cutelaba 8-10
Pwr: 28 | Off: 33 | Def: 20
0.076810301283320
30
2
Paul Craig 9-10
Pwr: 25 | Off: 25 | Def: 19
0.069910322252519
31
Tuco Tokkos 1-2
Pwr: 31 | Off: 31 | Def: 31
0.0611231313131
32
1
Julius Walker 1-2
Pwr: 33 | Off: 27 | Def: 36
0.00712331332736
33
1
Da Woon Jung 3-4
Pwr: 30 | Off: 26 | Def: 33
-0.00534341302633
34
1
Aleksandar Rakic 6-5
Pwr: 26 | Off: 24 | Def: 22
-0.03165351262422
35
1
Marcin Prachnio 4-7
Pwr: 37 | Off: 35 | Def: 39
-0.06547361373539
36
4
Diyar Nurgozhay 1-2
Pwr: 41 | Off: 40 | Def: 40
-0.08212404414040
37
1
Brendson Ribeiro 2-4
Pwr: 35 | Off: 41 | Def: 27
-0.08224381354127
38
1
Ibo Aslan 2-3
Pwr: 36 | Off: 36 | Def: 35
-0.09423371363635
39
Junior Tafa 2-5
Pwr: 39 | Off: 39 | Def: 37
-0.2752539393937
40
1
Caio Machado 0-3
Pwr: 40 | Off: 34 | Def: 41
-0.40703411403441
41
1
Ivan Erslan 0-3
Pwr: 38 | Off: 38 | Def: 38
-0.43303421383838
42
1
Anton Turkalj 0-4
Pwr: 42 | Off: 42 | Def: 43
-0.44704431424243
43
1
Rafael Cerqueira 0-4
Pwr: 43 | Off: 43 | Def: 42
-0.72504441434342
*NR = Not Previously Ranked
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About the Rankings

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
Fighters must have competed in at least 2 fights to be ranked
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