UFC Light Heavyweight Rankings

Last Updated: Sunday March 29, 2026

RankFighterRatingWLPrevChngPwrOffDef
1
Carlos Ulberg 9-1
Pwr: 2 | Off: 5 | Def: 2
1.788911252
2
Alex Pereira 10-2
Pwr: 1 | Off: 2 | Def: 1
1.6881022121
3
Azamat Murzakanov 6-0
Pwr: 3 | Off: 4 | Def: 4
1.483603344
4
Magomed Ankalaev 12-2
Pwr: 5 | Off: 1 | Def: 10
1.32512245110
5
3
Navajo Stirling 4-0
Pwr: 9 | Off: 6 | Def: 17
1.14940839617
6
1
Jiri Prochazka 6-2
Pwr: 4 | Off: 3 | Def: 7
0.9416251437
7
Bogdan Guskov 4-1
Pwr: 6 | Off: 12 | Def: 3
0.8874176123
8
2
Dustin Jacoby 10-6
Pwr: 7 | Off: 9 | Def: 8
0.88610662798
9
Billy Elekana 3-1
Pwr: 17 | Off: 13 | Def: 20
0.641319171320
10
Iwo Baraniewski 2-0
Pwr: 12 | Off: 20 | Def: 6
0.639201012206
11
Volkan Oezdemir 9-7
Pwr: 8 | Off: 10 | Def: 11
0.587971181011
12
1
Khalil Rountree Jr. 10-8
Pwr: 14 | Off: 8 | Def: 26
0.58110813114826
13
1
Alonzo Menifield 10-6
Pwr: 20 | Off: 22 | Def: 18
0.571106121202218
14
Modestas Bukauskas 7-5
Pwr: 23 | Off: 21 | Def: 27
0.5697514232127
15
Dominick Reyes 9-5
Pwr: 10 | Off: 15 | Def: 5
0.546951510155
16
Zhang Mingyang 3-1
Pwr: 13 | Off: 19 | Def: 9
0.524311613199
17
Johnny Walker 8-6
Pwr: 15 | Off: 16 | Def: 13
0.3928617151613
18
2
Rodolfo Bellato 2-1
Pwr: 19 | Off: 14 | Def: 16
0.36921202191416
19
Jan Blachowicz 12-8
Pwr: 11 | Off: 7 | Def: 19
0.361281911719
20
2
Jimmy Crute 6-4
Pwr: 21 | Off: 32 | Def: 12
0.35564182213212
21
Oumar Sy 3-2
Pwr: 24 | Off: 23 | Def: 23
0.3063221242323
22
Nikita Krylov 12-9
Pwr: 18 | Off: 18 | Def: 14
0.29412922181814
23
Jamahal Hill 7-4
Pwr: 16 | Off: 11 | Def: 22
0.2857423161122
24
Ion Cutelaba 9-10
Pwr: 25 | Off: 29 | Def: 15
0.25491024252915
25
Uran Satybaldiev 1-1
Pwr: 28 | Off: 27 | Def: 25
0.241125282725
26
1
Magomed Gadzhiyasulov 1-1
Pwr: 35 | Off: 38 | Def: 35
0.14411271353835
27
1
Anthony Smith 13-12
Pwr: 22 | Off: 17 | Def: 28
0.0851312281221728
28
1
Ovince Saint Preux 15-13
Pwr: 29 | Off: 30 | Def: 30
0.0731513291293030
29
1
Tuco Tokkos 1-2
Pwr: 31 | Off: 31 | Def: 31
0.06212301313131
30
4
Bruno Lopes 1-2
Pwr: 34 | Off: 37 | Def: 33
0.0312264343733
31
Paul Craig 9-10
Pwr: 27 | Off: 25 | Def: 21
0.02491031272521
32
Julius Walker 1-2
Pwr: 32 | Off: 28 | Def: 36
0.0051232322836
33
Da Woon Jung 3-4
Pwr: 30 | Off: 26 | Def: 32
-0.023433302632
34
Aleksandar Rakic 6-5
Pwr: 26 | Off: 24 | Def: 24
-0.0346534262424
35
Diyar Nurgozhay 1-2
Pwr: 41 | Off: 40 | Def: 41
-0.051235414041
36
Marcin Prachnio 4-7
Pwr: 38 | Off: 35 | Def: 40
-0.0574736383540
37
Ibo Aslan 2-3
Pwr: 33 | Off: 33 | Def: 34
-0.0682337333334
38
Brendson Ribeiro 2-4
Pwr: 36 | Off: 42 | Def: 29
-0.132438364229
39
Junior Tafa 2-5
Pwr: 39 | Off: 39 | Def: 37
-0.2752539393937
40
2
Ivan Erslan 0-3
Pwr: 37 | Off: 36 | Def: 38
-0.39803422373638
41
1
Anton Turkalj 0-4
Pwr: 43 | Off: 41 | Def: 44
-0.40804401434144
42
1
Caio Machado 0-3
Pwr: 40 | Off: 34 | Def: 42
-0.41203411403442
43
Austen Lane 1-5
Pwr: 42 | Off: 43 | Def: 39
-0.4481543424339
44
Rafael Cerqueira 0-4
Pwr: 44 | Off: 44 | Def: 43
-0.720444444443
*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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