UFC Light Heavyweight Rankings

Last Updated: Sunday April 26, 2026

RankFighterRatingWLPrevChngPwrOffDef
1
Carlos Ulberg 10-1
Pwr: 2 | Off: 3 | Def: 1
2.0811011231
2
Alex Pereira 10-2
Pwr: 1 | Off: 1 | Def: 2
1.6721022112
3
Magomed Ankalaev 12-2
Pwr: 3 | Off: 2 | Def: 10
1.3112233210
4
Navajo Stirling 4-0
Pwr: 10 | Off: 6 | Def: 19
1.14940410619
5
Azamat Murzakanov 6-1
Pwr: 6 | Off: 7 | Def: 9
0.971615679
6
1
Bogdan Guskov 4-1
Pwr: 4 | Off: 12 | Def: 3
0.941714123
7
1
Dustin Jacoby 10-6
Pwr: 7 | Off: 13 | Def: 6
0.895106617136
8
Jiri Prochazka 6-3
Pwr: 5 | Off: 5 | Def: 8
0.745638558
9
Dominick Reyes 10-5
Pwr: 11 | Off: 15 | Def: 5
0.705105911155
10
Billy Elekana 3-1
Pwr: 19 | Off: 14 | Def: 21
0.6413110191421
11
Iwo Baraniewski 2-0
Pwr: 13 | Off: 20 | Def: 4
0.636201113204
12
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev 2-0
Pwr: 17 | Off: 22 | Def: 13
0.5932012172213
13
Volkan Oezdemir 9-7
Pwr: 9 | Off: 10 | Def: 11
0.59971391011
14
Modestas Bukauskas 7-5
Pwr: 24 | Off: 21 | Def: 27
0.5697514242127
15
Alonzo Menifield 10-6
Pwr: 22 | Off: 24 | Def: 22
0.56210615222422
16
Khalil Rountree Jr. 10-8
Pwr: 16 | Off: 9 | Def: 28
0.5521081616928
17
Zhang Mingyang 3-1
Pwr: 14 | Off: 23 | Def: 7
0.5311714237
18
Paulo Costa 8-4
Pwr: 8 | Off: 4 | Def: 16
0.46984188416
19
Jan Blachowicz 12-8
Pwr: 12 | Off: 8 | Def: 20
0.3841281912820
20
1
Jimmy Crute 6-4
Pwr: 23 | Off: 33 | Def: 12
0.37764211233312
21
1
Rodolfo Bellato 2-1
Pwr: 21 | Off: 16 | Def: 18
0.36921201211618
22
Nikita Krylov 12-9
Pwr: 20 | Off: 18 | Def: 15
0.31612922201815
23
Oumar Sy 3-2
Pwr: 26 | Off: 25 | Def: 26
0.2913223262526
24
Jamahal Hill 7-4
Pwr: 18 | Off: 11 | Def: 24
0.2857424181124
25
Uran Satybaldiev 1-1
Pwr: 29 | Off: 30 | Def: 25
0.2611125293025
26
Johnny Walker 8-7
Pwr: 15 | Off: 17 | Def: 14
0.2538726151714
27
Ion Cutelaba 9-10
Pwr: 27 | Off: 31 | Def: 17
0.23691027273117
28
Magomed Gadzhiyasulov 1-1
Pwr: 37 | Off: 40 | Def: 37
0.1311128374037
29
Ovince Saint Preux 15-13
Pwr: 31 | Off: 32 | Def: 31
0.077151329313231
30
Anthony Smith 13-12
Pwr: 25 | Off: 19 | Def: 30
0.068131230251930
31
Tuco Tokkos 1-2
Pwr: 33 | Off: 34 | Def: 32
0.0621231333432
32
Bruno Lopes 1-2
Pwr: 36 | Off: 39 | Def: 35
0.031232363935
33
Paul Craig 9-10
Pwr: 28 | Off: 28 | Def: 23
0.01691033282823
34
Julius Walker 1-2
Pwr: 34 | Off: 29 | Def: 38
0.0061234342938
35
Da Woon Jung 3-4
Pwr: 32 | Off: 27 | Def: 34
-0.033435322734
36
1
Marcin Prachnio 4-7
Pwr: 39 | Off: 37 | Def: 42
-0.0447371393742
37
1
Aleksandar Rakic 6-5
Pwr: 30 | Off: 26 | Def: 29
-0.05165361302629
38
Diyar Nurgozhay 1-2
Pwr: 43 | Off: 42 | Def: 43
-0.0611238434243
39
Ibo Aslan 2-3
Pwr: 35 | Off: 35 | Def: 36
-0.0932339353536
40
Junior Tafa 2-5
Pwr: 40 | Off: 41 | Def: 39
-0.2522540404139
41
Brendson Ribeiro 2-5
Pwr: 41 | Off: 44 | Def: 33
-0.3152541414433
42
Ivan Erslan 0-3
Pwr: 38 | Off: 38 | Def: 40
-0.3980342383840
43
Caio Machado 0-3
Pwr: 42 | Off: 36 | Def: 45
-0.4280343423645
44
Austen Lane 1-5
Pwr: 44 | Off: 43 | Def: 41
-0.4471544444341
45
Rafael Cerqueira 0-4
Pwr: 45 | Off: 45 | Def: 44
-0.7010445454544
*NR = Not Previously Ranked
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About the Rankings

UFC rankings are updated on Sundays following live events
Rankings, records, and statistics do not include any MMA competition outside the UFC
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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