UFC Light Heavyweight Rankings

Last Updated: Sunday May 31, 2026

RankFighterRatingWLPrevChngPwrOffDef
1
Carlos Ulberg 10-1
Pwr: 2 | Off: 3 | Def: 1
2.0321011231
2
Alex Pereira 10-2
Pwr: 1 | Off: 1 | Def: 2
1.6811022112
3
Magomed Ankalaev 12-2
Pwr: 3 | Off: 2 | Def: 9
1.3141223329
4
Navajo Stirling 4-0
Pwr: 9 | Off: 6 | Def: 18
1.124049618
5
Azamat Murzakanov 6-1
Pwr: 6 | Off: 7 | Def: 7
0.988615677
6
Dustin Jacoby 10-6
Pwr: 7 | Off: 11 | Def: 5
0.90710667115
7
Bogdan Guskov 4-1
Pwr: 4 | Off: 13 | Def: 3
0.8574174133
8
6
Alonzo Menifield 11-6
Pwr: 17 | Off: 17 | Def: 15
0.732116146171715
9
Jiri Prochazka 6-3
Pwr: 5 | Off: 5 | Def: 8
0.719639558
10
2
Dominick Reyes 10-5
Pwr: 11 | Off: 15 | Def: 6
0.7061058211156
11
1
Iwo Baraniewski 2-0
Pwr: 13 | Off: 19 | Def: 4
0.6382010113194
12
1
Billy Elekana 3-1
Pwr: 21 | Off: 14 | Def: 22
0.63131111211422
13
1
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev 2-0
Pwr: 15 | Off: 22 | Def: 12
0.59220121152212
14
1
Volkan Oezdemir 9-7
Pwr: 10 | Off: 10 | Def: 11
0.58797131101011
15
Khalil Rountree Jr. 10-8
Pwr: 14 | Off: 9 | Def: 27
0.5571081514927
16
Paulo Costa 8-4
Pwr: 8 | Off: 4 | Def: 16
0.49284168416
17
1
Jimmy Crute 6-4
Pwr: 22 | Off: 33 | Def: 10
0.40864181223310
18
1
Rodolfo Bellato 2-1
Pwr: 19 | Off: 16 | Def: 20
0.36821191191620
19
1
Jan Blachowicz 12-8
Pwr: 12 | Off: 8 | Def: 21
0.36412820112821
20
1
Nikita Krylov 12-9
Pwr: 20 | Off: 21 | Def: 17
0.312129211202117
21
1
Ion Cutelaba 9-10
Pwr: 25 | Off: 30 | Def: 19
0.288910221253019
22
1
Jamahal Hill 7-4
Pwr: 16 | Off: 12 | Def: 25
0.26974231161225
23
1
Oumar Sy 3-2
Pwr: 26 | Off: 23 | Def: 26
0.26832241262326
24
1
Uran Satybaldiev 1-1
Pwr: 28 | Off: 27 | Def: 24
0.25811251282724
25
8
Zhang Mingyang 3-2
Pwr: 23 | Off: 32 | Def: 14
0.25632178233214
26
Johnny Walker 8-7
Pwr: 18 | Off: 18 | Def: 13
0.2238726181813
27
Magomed Gadzhiyasulov 1-1
Pwr: 38 | Off: 39 | Def: 37
0.131127383937
28
1
Ovince Saint Preux 15-13
Pwr: 30 | Off: 31 | Def: 30
0.0761513291303130
29
1
Anthony Smith 13-12
Pwr: 24 | Off: 20 | Def: 29
0.0711312281242029
30
Paul Craig 9-10
Pwr: 27 | Off: 28 | Def: 23
0.03891030272823
31
Bruno Lopes 1-2
Pwr: 35 | Off: 38 | Def: 33
0.0281231353833
32
Julius Walker 1-2
Pwr: 32 | Off: 25 | Def: 39
0.0171232322539
33
Marcin Prachnio 4-7
Pwr: 39 | Off: 37 | Def: 42
-0.0284733393742
34
Da Woon Jung 3-4
Pwr: 31 | Off: 26 | Def: 32
-0.0333434312632
35
Aleksandar Rakic 6-5
Pwr: 29 | Off: 24 | Def: 28
-0.0486535292428
36
Diyar Nurgozhay 1-2
Pwr: 42 | Off: 41 | Def: 43
-0.0621236424143
37
Junior Tafa 3-5
Pwr: 37 | Off: 40 | Def: 34
-0.083537374034
38
Ibo Aslan 2-3
Pwr: 36 | Off: 36 | Def: 35
-0.092338363635
39
Ivan Erslan 1-3
Pwr: 33 | Off: 29 | Def: 38
-0.1151339332938
40
Tuco Tokkos 1-3
Pwr: 34 | Off: 34 | Def: 36
-0.1181340343436
41
Kevin Christian 0-2
Pwr: 44 | Off: 44 | Def: 41
-0.3070241444441
42
Brendson Ribeiro 2-5
Pwr: 41 | Off: 43 | Def: 31
-0.3262542414331
43
Caio Machado 0-3
Pwr: 40 | Off: 35 | Def: 44
-0.3890343403544
44
Austen Lane 1-5
Pwr: 43 | Off: 42 | Def: 40
-0.4161544434240
45
Rafael Cerqueira 0-4
Pwr: 45 | Off: 45 | Def: 45
-0.690445454545
*NR = Not Previously Ranked
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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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