UFC Light Heavyweight Rankings

Last Updated: Sunday May 17, 2026

RankFighterRatingWLPrevChngPwrOffDef
1
Carlos Ulberg 10-1
Pwr: 2 | Off: 3 | Def: 1
2.021011231
2
Alex Pereira 10-2
Pwr: 1 | Off: 1 | Def: 2
1.6841022112
3
Magomed Ankalaev 12-2
Pwr: 3 | Off: 2 | Def: 10
1.31712233210
4
Navajo Stirling 4-0
Pwr: 9 | Off: 6 | Def: 17
1.1174049617
5
Azamat Murzakanov 6-1
Pwr: 6 | Off: 7 | Def: 7
0.978615677
6
Dustin Jacoby 10-6
Pwr: 7 | Off: 12 | Def: 6
0.89910667126
7
Bogdan Guskov 4-1
Pwr: 4 | Off: 13 | Def: 3
0.8574174133
8
Dominick Reyes 10-5
Pwr: 11 | Off: 15 | Def: 5
0.72105811155
9
Jiri Prochazka 6-3
Pwr: 5 | Off: 5 | Def: 8
0.72639558
10
Iwo Baraniewski 2-0
Pwr: 13 | Off: 19 | Def: 4
0.639201013194
11
Billy Elekana 3-1
Pwr: 21 | Off: 14 | Def: 22
0.6313111211422
12
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev 2-0
Pwr: 17 | Off: 22 | Def: 13
0.5932012172213
13
Volkan Oezdemir 9-7
Pwr: 10 | Off: 10 | Def: 11
0.5869713101011
14
1
Alonzo Menifield 10-6
Pwr: 22 | Off: 21 | Def: 21
0.576106151222121
15
1
Khalil Rountree Jr. 10-8
Pwr: 16 | Off: 9 | Def: 28
0.55910816116928
16
1
Paulo Costa 8-4
Pwr: 8 | Off: 4 | Def: 15
0.492841718415
17
1
Zhang Mingyang 3-1
Pwr: 14 | Off: 23 | Def: 9
0.4553118114239
18
2
Jimmy Crute 6-4
Pwr: 23 | Off: 33 | Def: 12
0.40164202233312
19
2
Rodolfo Bellato 2-1
Pwr: 19 | Off: 16 | Def: 19
0.36821212191619
20
1
Jan Blachowicz 12-8
Pwr: 12 | Off: 8 | Def: 20
0.36412819112820
21
1
Nikita Krylov 12-9
Pwr: 20 | Off: 20 | Def: 16
0.312129221202016
22
5
Ion Cutelaba 9-10
Pwr: 25 | Off: 31 | Def: 18
0.289910275253118
23
1
Jamahal Hill 7-4
Pwr: 18 | Off: 11 | Def: 24
0.28474241181124
24
1
Oumar Sy 3-2
Pwr: 26 | Off: 24 | Def: 26
0.28332231262426
25
Uran Satybaldiev 1-1
Pwr: 29 | Off: 27 | Def: 25
0.2581125292725
26
Johnny Walker 8-7
Pwr: 15 | Off: 17 | Def: 14
0.2358726151714
27
1
Magomed Gadzhiyasulov 1-1
Pwr: 38 | Off: 39 | Def: 37
0.13111281383937
28
2
Anthony Smith 13-12
Pwr: 24 | Off: 18 | Def: 29
0.0911312302241829
29
2
Ovince Saint Preux 15-13
Pwr: 30 | Off: 32 | Def: 30
0.0731513312303230
30
2
Paul Craig 9-10
Pwr: 27 | Off: 29 | Def: 23
0.036910322272923
31
2
Bruno Lopes 1-2
Pwr: 35 | Off: 38 | Def: 33
0.02812332353833
32
2
Julius Walker 1-2
Pwr: 33 | Off: 28 | Def: 39
0.00712342332839
33
3
Marcin Prachnio 4-7
Pwr: 39 | Off: 37 | Def: 42
-0.02847363393742
34
1
Da Woon Jung 3-4
Pwr: 31 | Off: 26 | Def: 32
-0.03234351312632
35
2
Aleksandar Rakic 6-5
Pwr: 28 | Off: 25 | Def: 27
-0.03365372282527
36
2
Diyar Nurgozhay 1-2
Pwr: 42 | Off: 41 | Def: 43
-0.06112382424143
37
2
Junior Tafa 3-5
Pwr: 37 | Off: 40 | Def: 34
-0.08235392374034
38
2
Ibo Aslan 2-3
Pwr: 36 | Off: 36 | Def: 35
-0.0923402363635
39
5
Ivan Erslan 1-3
Pwr: 32 | Off: 30 | Def: 38
-0.11713445323038
40
11
Tuco Tokkos 1-3
Pwr: 34 | Off: 34 | Def: 36
-0.146132911343436
41
Kevin Christian 0-2
Pwr: 44 | Off: 44 | Def: 41
-0.3070241444441
42
Brendson Ribeiro 2-5
Pwr: 41 | Off: 43 | Def: 31
-0.3162542414331
43
Caio Machado 0-3
Pwr: 40 | Off: 35 | Def: 44
-0.3880343403544
44
1
Austen Lane 1-5
Pwr: 43 | Off: 42 | Def: 40
-0.41715451434240
45
1
Rafael Cerqueira 0-4
Pwr: 45 | Off: 45 | Def: 45
-0.69104461454545
*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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