UFC Light Heavyweight Rankings

Last Updated: Sunday August 24, 2025

RankFighterRatingWLPrevChngPwrOffDef
1
Magomed Ankalaev 12-1
Pwr: 2 | Off: 1 | Def: 9
1.9061211219
2
Carlos Ulberg 8-1
Pwr: 4 | Off: 5 | Def: 3
1.631812453
3
Alex Pereira 9-2
Pwr: 1 | Off: 2 | Def: 1
1.533923121
4
Azamat Murzakanov 5-0
Pwr: 3 | Off: 3 | Def: 4
1.282504334
5
1
Bogdan Guskov 4-1
Pwr: 6 | Off: 12 | Def: 2
0.83741616122
6
1
Dustin Jacoby 9-6
Pwr: 7 | Off: 9 | Def: 8
0.8039671798
7
1
Alonzo Menifield 10-5
Pwr: 15 | Off: 16 | Def: 12
0.79710581151612
8
1
Khalil Rountree Jr. 10-7
Pwr: 11 | Off: 7 | Def: 19
0.7381079111719
9
1
Jiri Prochazka 5-2
Pwr: 5 | Off: 4 | Def: 7
0.69952101547
10
1
Dominick Reyes 9-4
Pwr: 8 | Off: 13 | Def: 5
0.676941118135
11
1
Navajo Stirling 2-0
Pwr: 16 | Off: 10 | Def: 26
0.64120121161026
12
1
Philipe Lins 4-2
Pwr: 17 | Off: 14 | Def: 20
0.62542131171420
13
8
Zhang Mingyang 3-1
Pwr: 10 | Off: 20 | Def: 6
0.61315810206
14
Modestas Bukauskas 6-4
Pwr: 22 | Off: 23 | Def: 27
0.5546414222327
15
5
Johnny Walker 8-6
Pwr: 14 | Off: 18 | Def: 10
0.42386205141810
16
1
Jan Blachowicz 12-8
Pwr: 9 | Off: 6 | Def: 15
0.4121281519615
17
1
Oumar Sy 2-1
Pwr: 18 | Off: 15 | Def: 22
0.3921161181522
18
1
Volkan Oezdemir 8-7
Pwr: 12 | Off: 11 | Def: 13
0.35987171121113
19
1
Jamahal Hill 7-4
Pwr: 13 | Off: 8 | Def: 18
0.3577418113818
20
1
Jimmy Crute 5-4
Pwr: 23 | Off: 38 | Def: 11
0.24454191233811
21
NR
Uran Satybaldiev 1-1
Pwr: 28 | Off: 29 | Def: 29
0.21811NR282929
22
Eric McConico 1-1
Pwr: 33 | Off: 30 | Def: 32
0.2151122333032
23
Billy Elekana 1-1
Pwr: 30 | Off: 22 | Def: 38
0.2121123302238
24
Bruno Lopes 1-1
Pwr: 31 | Off: 31 | Def: 31
0.211124313131
25
4
Tyson Pedro 6-5
Pwr: 26 | Off: 27 | Def: 24
0.20865214262724
26
1
Julius Walker 1-1
Pwr: 27 | Off: 21 | Def: 34
0.17311251272134
27
1
Ion Cutelaba 8-10
Pwr: 25 | Off: 36 | Def: 17
0.142810281253617
28
2
Magomed Gadzhiyasulov 1-1
Pwr: 39 | Off: 40 | Def: 35
0.13511262394035
29
Nikita Krylov 11-9
Pwr: 20 | Off: 24 | Def: 14
0.12811929202414
30
3
Anthony Smith 13-12
Pwr: 21 | Off: 17 | Def: 25
0.1271312273211725
31
1
Aleksandar Rakic 6-4
Pwr: 19 | Off: 19 | Def: 21
0.12264301191921
32
Cody Brundage 5-6
Pwr: 24 | Off: 28 | Def: 16
0.0865632242816
33
Ovince Saint Preux 15-13
Pwr: 29 | Off: 32 | Def: 28
0.078151333293228
34
Ibo Aslan 2-2
Pwr: 35 | Off: 35 | Def: 36
0.0662234353536
35
4
Brendson Ribeiro 2-3
Pwr: 36 | Off: 43 | Def: 23
0.05323314364323
36
1
Tuco Tokkos 1-2
Pwr: 34 | Off: 34 | Def: 30
0.02512351343430
37
Marcin Prachnio 4-7
Pwr: 41 | Off: 39 | Def: 40
-0.0164737413940
38
2
Devin Clark 8-9
Pwr: 38 | Off: 25 | Def: 41
-0.03189362382541
39
1
Da Woon Jung 3-4
Pwr: 32 | Off: 26 | Def: 33
-0.05134381322633
40
Junior Tafa 2-4
Pwr: 40 | Off: 42 | Def: 37
-0.0842440404237
41
2
Zac Pauga 1-3
Pwr: 42 | Off: 41 | Def: 42
-0.08713392424142
42
1
Ivan Erslan 0-2
Pwr: 37 | Off: 33 | Def: 39
-0.25502411373339
43
NR
Diyar Nurgozhay 0-2
Pwr: 46 | Off: 45 | Def: 46
-0.32202NR464546
44
2
Anton Turkalj 0-4
Pwr: 44 | Off: 44 | Def: 45
-0.45904422444445
45
2
Caio Machado 0-3
Pwr: 43 | Off: 37 | Def: 44
-0.46303432433744
46
2
Rafael Cerqueira 0-3
Pwr: 45 | Off: 46 | Def: 43
-0.53203442454643
*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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