UFC Light Heavyweight Rankings

Last Updated: Sunday April 12, 2026

RankFighterRatingWLPrevChngPwrOffDef
1
Carlos Ulberg 10-1
Pwr: 2 | Off: 3 | Def: 1
2.0871011231
2
Alex Pereira 10-2
Pwr: 1 | Off: 1 | Def: 2
1.711022112
3
1
Magomed Ankalaev 12-2
Pwr: 3 | Off: 2 | Def: 10
1.314122413210
4
1
Navajo Stirling 4-0
Pwr: 10 | Off: 6 | Def: 19
1.149405110619
5
2
Azamat Murzakanov 6-1
Pwr: 6 | Off: 7 | Def: 9
1.0076132679
6
1
Bogdan Guskov 4-1
Pwr: 4 | Off: 12 | Def: 3
0.88641714123
7
1
Dustin Jacoby 10-6
Pwr: 7 | Off: 11 | Def: 6
0.874106817116
8
2
Jiri Prochazka 6-3
Pwr: 5 | Off: 4 | Def: 7
0.7766362547
9
7
Dominick Reyes 10-5
Pwr: 11 | Off: 15 | Def: 5
0.72810516711155
10
1
Billy Elekana 3-1
Pwr: 19 | Off: 14 | Def: 22
0.6393191191422
11
1
Iwo Baraniewski 2-0
Pwr: 13 | Off: 20 | Def: 4
0.6362010113204
12
1
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev 2-0
Pwr: 17 | Off: 22 | Def: 13
0.59320111172213
13
1
Volkan Oezdemir 9-7
Pwr: 9 | Off: 10 | Def: 11
0.599712191011
14
Modestas Bukauskas 7-5
Pwr: 24 | Off: 21 | Def: 27
0.5687514242127
15
Alonzo Menifield 10-6
Pwr: 22 | Off: 24 | Def: 21
0.56210615222421
16
3
Khalil Rountree Jr. 10-8
Pwr: 15 | Off: 9 | Def: 28
0.55510813315928
17
Zhang Mingyang 3-1
Pwr: 14 | Off: 23 | Def: 8
0.502311714238
18
NR
Paulo Costa 8-4
Pwr: 8 | Off: 5 | Def: 16
0.47484NR8516
19
1
Jan Blachowicz 12-8
Pwr: 12 | Off: 8 | Def: 20
0.38712820112820
20
1
Rodolfo Bellato 2-1
Pwr: 20 | Off: 16 | Def: 18
0.3721191201618
21
Jimmy Crute 6-4
Pwr: 23 | Off: 34 | Def: 12
0.3546421233412
22
Oumar Sy 3-2
Pwr: 27 | Off: 25 | Def: 26
0.2923222272526
23
Nikita Krylov 12-9
Pwr: 21 | Off: 19 | Def: 15
0.28912923211915
24
Jamahal Hill 7-4
Pwr: 18 | Off: 13 | Def: 25
0.2727424181325
25
1
Uran Satybaldiev 1-1
Pwr: 29 | Off: 29 | Def: 24
0.26411261292924
26
8
Johnny Walker 8-7
Pwr: 16 | Off: 17 | Def: 14
0.25287188161714
27
2
Ion Cutelaba 9-10
Pwr: 26 | Off: 32 | Def: 17
0.246910252263217
28
1
Magomed Gadzhiyasulov 1-1
Pwr: 37 | Off: 40 | Def: 37
0.13111271374037
29
Ovince Saint Preux 15-13
Pwr: 31 | Off: 31 | Def: 31
0.087151329313131
30
2
Anthony Smith 13-12
Pwr: 25 | Off: 18 | Def: 29
0.0851312282251829
31
1
Tuco Tokkos 1-2
Pwr: 33 | Off: 33 | Def: 32
0.06112301333332
32
1
Bruno Lopes 1-2
Pwr: 36 | Off: 39 | Def: 35
0.02812311363935
33
1
Paul Craig 9-10
Pwr: 28 | Off: 28 | Def: 23
0.018910321282823
34
1
Julius Walker 1-2
Pwr: 34 | Off: 30 | Def: 38
0.00512331343038
35
1
Da Woon Jung 3-4
Pwr: 32 | Off: 27 | Def: 34
-0.0334341322734
36
Marcin Prachnio 4-7
Pwr: 39 | Off: 37 | Def: 42
-0.0584736393742
37
Diyar Nurgozhay 1-2
Pwr: 43 | Off: 42 | Def: 43
-0.061237434243
38
3
Aleksandar Rakic 6-5
Pwr: 30 | Off: 26 | Def: 30
-0.06865353302630
39
1
Ibo Aslan 2-3
Pwr: 35 | Off: 35 | Def: 36
-0.09223381353536
40
1
Junior Tafa 2-5
Pwr: 40 | Off: 41 | Def: 39
-0.27325391404139
41
1
Brendson Ribeiro 2-5
Pwr: 41 | Off: 44 | Def: 33
-0.31325401414433
42
1
Ivan Erslan 0-3
Pwr: 38 | Off: 38 | Def: 40
-0.39903411383840
43
1
Caio Machado 0-3
Pwr: 42 | Off: 36 | Def: 45
-0.42703421423645
44
1
Austen Lane 1-5
Pwr: 44 | Off: 43 | Def: 41
-0.44715431444341
45
1
Rafael Cerqueira 0-4
Pwr: 45 | Off: 45 | Def: 44
-0.70104441454544
*NR = Not Previously Ranked
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About the Rankings

UFC rankings are updated on Sundays following live events
Rankings, records, and statistics do not include any MMA competition outside the UFC
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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