UFC Light Heavyweight Rankings

Last Updated: Sunday September 14, 2025

RankFighterRatingWLPrevChngPwrOffDef
1
Magomed Ankalaev 12-1
Pwr: 2 | Off: 1 | Def: 9
1.8831211219
2
Carlos Ulberg 8-1
Pwr: 4 | Off: 5 | Def: 3
1.603812453
3
Alex Pereira 9-2
Pwr: 1 | Off: 2 | Def: 1
1.532923121
4
Azamat Murzakanov 5-0
Pwr: 3 | Off: 3 | Def: 4
1.265504334
5
Bogdan Guskov 4-1
Pwr: 6 | Off: 13 | Def: 2
0.8884156132
6
Alonzo Menifield 10-5
Pwr: 16 | Off: 16 | Def: 12
0.8271056161612
7
Dustin Jacoby 9-6
Pwr: 7 | Off: 10 | Def: 8
0.7859677108
8
Modestas Bukauskas 7-4
Pwr: 19 | Off: 18 | Def: 17
0.749748191817
9
Khalil Rountree Jr. 10-7
Pwr: 11 | Off: 7 | Def: 21
0.718107911721
10
Jiri Prochazka 5-2
Pwr: 5 | Off: 4 | Def: 7
0.6945210547
11
Dominick Reyes 9-4
Pwr: 8 | Off: 15 | Def: 5
0.67594118155
12
Navajo Stirling 2-0
Pwr: 17 | Off: 9 | Def: 27
0.642201217927
13
Philipe Lins 4-2
Pwr: 18 | Off: 14 | Def: 23
0.6264213181423
14
Oumar Sy 3-1
Pwr: 12 | Off: 11 | Def: 13
0.6013114121113
15
Zhang Mingyang 3-1
Pwr: 10 | Off: 20 | Def: 6
0.595311510206
16
Jan Blachowicz 12-8
Pwr: 9 | Off: 6 | Def: 16
0.415128169616
17
Johnny Walker 8-6
Pwr: 15 | Off: 19 | Def: 10
0.3948617151910
18
Jamahal Hill 7-4
Pwr: 13 | Off: 8 | Def: 20
0.349741813820
19
Volkan Oezdemir 8-7
Pwr: 14 | Off: 12 | Def: 15
0.3248719141215
20
Jimmy Crute 5-4
Pwr: 23 | Off: 37 | Def: 11
0.2695420233711
21
Uran Satybaldiev 1-1
Pwr: 29 | Off: 31 | Def: 30
0.2171121293130
22
Billy Elekana 1-1
Pwr: 30 | Off: 23 | Def: 37
0.2161122302337
23
Eric McConico 1-1
Pwr: 35 | Off: 30 | Def: 34
0.2141123353034
24
1
Bruno Lopes 1-1
Pwr: 34 | Off: 32 | Def: 32
0.20811251343232
25
1
Tyson Pedro 6-5
Pwr: 27 | Off: 28 | Def: 25
0.20865241272825
26
Julius Walker 1-1
Pwr: 28 | Off: 22 | Def: 35
0.1761126282235
27
Ion Cutelaba 8-10
Pwr: 26 | Off: 36 | Def: 18
0.16681027263618
28
Nikita Krylov 11-9
Pwr: 21 | Off: 24 | Def: 14
0.14911928212414
29
Magomed Gadzhiyasulov 1-1
Pwr: 39 | Off: 42 | Def: 38
0.1241129394238
30
Anthony Smith 13-12
Pwr: 22 | Off: 17 | Def: 26
0.12131230221726
31
Aleksandar Rakic 6-4
Pwr: 20 | Off: 21 | Def: 24
0.0896431202124
32
Cody Brundage 5-6
Pwr: 25 | Off: 29 | Def: 19
0.0875632252919
33
Ibo Aslan 2-2
Pwr: 36 | Off: 38 | Def: 36
0.0722233363836
34
Ovince Saint Preux 15-13
Pwr: 31 | Off: 34 | Def: 29
0.059151334313429
35
Paul Craig 9-10
Pwr: 24 | Off: 25 | Def: 22
0.03691035242522
36
Tuco Tokkos 1-2
Pwr: 33 | Off: 35 | Def: 31
0.0361236333531
37
Marcin Prachnio 4-7
Pwr: 42 | Off: 40 | Def: 42
0.0024737424042
38
1
Da Woon Jung 3-4
Pwr: 32 | Off: 26 | Def: 33
-0.02334391322633
39
1
Devin Clark 8-9
Pwr: 38 | Off: 27 | Def: 43
-0.02789381382743
40
Zac Pauga 1-3
Pwr: 43 | Off: 41 | Def: 41
-0.0731340434141
41
Brendson Ribeiro 2-4
Pwr: 41 | Off: 45 | Def: 28
-0.1072441414528
42
Junior Tafa 2-4
Pwr: 40 | Off: 43 | Def: 39
-0.1122442404339
43
Ivan Erslan 0-2
Pwr: 37 | Off: 33 | Def: 40
-0.2530243373340
44
Diyar Nurgozhay 0-2
Pwr: 47 | Off: 46 | Def: 47
-0.3380244474647
45
Anton Turkalj 0-4
Pwr: 45 | Off: 44 | Def: 46
-0.4030445454446
46
Caio Machado 0-3
Pwr: 44 | Off: 39 | Def: 45
-0.480346443945
47
Rafael Cerqueira 0-3
Pwr: 46 | Off: 47 | Def: 44
-0.5140347464744
*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
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