UFC Light Heavyweight Rankings

Last Updated: Monday June 15, 2026

RankFighterRatingWLPrevChngPwrOffDef
1
Carlos Ulberg 10-1
Pwr: 1 | Off: 2 | Def: 1
2.0191011121
2
1
Magomed Ankalaev 12-2
Pwr: 2 | Off: 1 | Def: 10
1.256122312110
3
1
Navajo Stirling 4-0
Pwr: 9 | Off: 4 | Def: 17
1.12240419417
4
1
Azamat Murzakanov 6-1
Pwr: 5 | Off: 6 | Def: 6
0.9556151566
5
2
Dustin Jacoby 10-6
Pwr: 6 | Off: 9 | Def: 4
0.91210672694
6
Iwo Baraniewski 3-0
Pwr: 8 | Off: 16 | Def: 3
0.8853068163
7
1
Bogdan Guskov 4-1
Pwr: 3 | Off: 12 | Def: 2
0.85541813122
8
1
Alonzo Menifield 11-6
Pwr: 15 | Off: 17 | Def: 14
0.71111691151714
9
2
Dominick Reyes 10-5
Pwr: 11 | Off: 15 | Def: 5
0.67110511211155
10
Jiri Prochazka 6-3
Pwr: 4 | Off: 5 | Def: 7
0.6586310457
11
1
Billy Elekana 3-1
Pwr: 20 | Off: 13 | Def: 21
0.6231121201321
12
1
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev 2-0
Pwr: 13 | Off: 21 | Def: 11
0.59420131132111
13
1
Volkan Oezdemir 9-7
Pwr: 10 | Off: 10 | Def: 9
0.5799714110109
14
1
Khalil Rountree Jr. 10-8
Pwr: 16 | Off: 8 | Def: 27
0.53810815116827
15
1
Paulo Costa 8-4
Pwr: 7 | Off: 3 | Def: 15
0.496841617315
16
1
Jimmy Crute 6-4
Pwr: 21 | Off: 32 | Def: 8
0.4076417121328
17
1
Rodolfo Bellato 2-1
Pwr: 18 | Off: 14 | Def: 19
0.36821181181419
18
1
Jan Blachowicz 12-8
Pwr: 12 | Off: 7 | Def: 20
0.34812819112720
19
1
Nikita Krylov 12-9
Pwr: 19 | Off: 20 | Def: 16
0.308129201192016
20
3
Oumar Sy 3-2
Pwr: 25 | Off: 22 | Def: 24
0.29432233252224
21
Ion Cutelaba 9-10
Pwr: 24 | Off: 29 | Def: 18
0.27991021242918
22
Jamahal Hill 7-4
Pwr: 14 | Off: 11 | Def: 25
0.2727422141125
23
1
Uran Satybaldiev 1-1
Pwr: 27 | Off: 26 | Def: 23
0.25811241272623
24
1
Zhang Mingyang 3-2
Pwr: 22 | Off: 31 | Def: 13
0.25432251223113
25
1
Johnny Walker 8-7
Pwr: 17 | Off: 18 | Def: 12
0.21787261171812
26
1
Magomed Gadzhiyasulov 1-1
Pwr: 36 | Off: 38 | Def: 35
0.13311271363835
27
1
Ovince Saint Preux 15-13
Pwr: 29 | Off: 30 | Def: 29
0.0721513281293029
28
2
Bruno Lopes 1-2
Pwr: 34 | Off: 36 | Def: 32
0.05612302343632
29
Anthony Smith 13-12
Pwr: 23 | Off: 19 | Def: 28
0.056131229231928
30
1
Paul Craig 9-10
Pwr: 26 | Off: 27 | Def: 22
0.033910311262722
31
1
Julius Walker 1-2
Pwr: 31 | Off: 24 | Def: 38
0.01612321312438
32
1
Marcin Prachnio 4-7
Pwr: 38 | Off: 37 | Def: 41
-0.03147331383741
33
1
Da Woon Jung 3-4
Pwr: 30 | Off: 25 | Def: 31
-0.03334341302531
34
1
Aleksandar Rakic 6-5
Pwr: 28 | Off: 23 | Def: 26
-0.05765351282326
35
1
Diyar Nurgozhay 1-2
Pwr: 42 | Off: 40 | Def: 42
-0.06112361424042
36
1
Ibo Aslan 2-3
Pwr: 35 | Off: 34 | Def: 33
-0.07623371353433
37
1
Ivan Erslan 1-3
Pwr: 32 | Off: 28 | Def: 37
-0.11613381322837
38
1
Tuco Tokkos 1-3
Pwr: 33 | Off: 33 | Def: 36
-0.12613391333336
39
1
Junior Tafa 3-6
Pwr: 37 | Off: 39 | Def: 34
-0.20536401373934
40
2
Brendson Ribeiro 2-5
Pwr: 40 | Off: 42 | Def: 30
-0.30325422404230
41
Kevin Christian 0-2
Pwr: 43 | Off: 44 | Def: 40
-0.320241434440
42
1
Caio Machado 0-3
Pwr: 39 | Off: 35 | Def: 43
-0.38903431393543
43
1
Austen Lane 1-5
Pwr: 41 | Off: 41 | Def: 39
-0.415441414139
44
1
Rafael Cerqueira 0-4
Pwr: 44 | Off: 43 | Def: 44
-0.68904451444344
*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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