UFC Light Heavyweight Rankings

Last Updated: Sunday June 28, 2026

RankFighterRatingWLPrevChngPwrOffDef
1
Carlos Ulberg 10-1
Pwr: 1 | Off: 3 | Def: 1
1.9861011131
2
Navajo Stirling 5-0
Pwr: 4 | Off: 2 | Def: 12
1.4125024212
3
Magomed Ankalaev 12-2
Pwr: 2 | Off: 1 | Def: 10
1.24612232110
4
Azamat Murzakanov 6-1
Pwr: 5 | Off: 6 | Def: 7
0.955614567
5
Dustin Jacoby 10-6
Pwr: 7 | Off: 9 | Def: 5
0.8911065795
6
Iwo Baraniewski 3-0
Pwr: 9 | Off: 16 | Def: 3
0.8843069163
7
Bogdan Guskov 4-1
Pwr: 3 | Off: 12 | Def: 2
0.8534173122
8
4
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev 3-0
Pwr: 11 | Off: 19 | Def: 4
0.8453012411194
9
1
Alonzo Menifield 11-6
Pwr: 18 | Off: 17 | Def: 17
0.68711681181717
10
1
Dominick Reyes 10-5
Pwr: 12 | Off: 15 | Def: 6
0.6581059112156
11
1
Jiri Prochazka 6-3
Pwr: 6 | Off: 5 | Def: 8
0.65363101658
12
1
Billy Elekana 3-1
Pwr: 20 | Off: 13 | Def: 21
0.61931111201321
13
Volkan Oezdemir 9-7
Pwr: 10 | Off: 10 | Def: 11
0.5519713101011
14
Khalil Rountree Jr. 10-8
Pwr: 17 | Off: 8 | Def: 27
0.5081081417827
15
Paulo Costa 8-4
Pwr: 8 | Off: 4 | Def: 15
0.49484158415
16
Jimmy Crute 6-4
Pwr: 21 | Off: 31 | Def: 9
0.401641621319
17
Rodolfo Bellato 2-1
Pwr: 14 | Off: 14 | Def: 18
0.3892117141418
18
Jan Blachowicz 12-8
Pwr: 13 | Off: 7 | Def: 20
0.3441281813720
19
Nikita Krylov 12-9
Pwr: 19 | Off: 21 | Def: 16
0.30412919192116
20
1
Jamahal Hill 7-4
Pwr: 15 | Off: 11 | Def: 23
0.29674211151123
21
1
Oumar Sy 3-2
Pwr: 24 | Off: 22 | Def: 25
0.2932201242225
22
Uran Satybaldiev 1-1
Pwr: 26 | Off: 26 | Def: 24
0.2581122262624
23
Zhang Mingyang 3-2
Pwr: 22 | Off: 30 | Def: 14
0.2553223223014
24
Johnny Walker 8-7
Pwr: 16 | Off: 18 | Def: 13
0.2338724161813
25
Ion Cutelaba 9-11
Pwr: 27 | Off: 32 | Def: 19
0.19291125273219
26
Magomed Gadzhiyasulov 1-1
Pwr: 36 | Off: 38 | Def: 37
0.1071126363837
27
1
Ovince Saint Preux 15-13
Pwr: 29 | Off: 28 | Def: 29
0.0731513281292829
28
1
Bruno Lopes 1-2
Pwr: 33 | Off: 34 | Def: 31
0.07212271333431
29
Anthony Smith 13-12
Pwr: 23 | Off: 20 | Def: 28
0.053131229232028
30
Paul Craig 9-10
Pwr: 25 | Off: 25 | Def: 22
0.0491030252522
31
2
Da Woon Jung 3-4
Pwr: 30 | Off: 24 | Def: 32
-0.03634332302432
32
Marcin Prachnio 4-7
Pwr: 38 | Off: 37 | Def: 41
-0.0514732383741
33
2
Diyar Nurgozhay 1-2
Pwr: 42 | Off: 40 | Def: 42
-0.05912352424042
34
Aleksandar Rakic 6-5
Pwr: 28 | Off: 23 | Def: 26
-0.0596534282326
35
1
Ibo Aslan 2-3
Pwr: 34 | Off: 36 | Def: 33
-0.08123361343633
36
1
Ivan Erslan 1-3
Pwr: 31 | Off: 27 | Def: 36
-0.10513371312736
37
1
Tuco Tokkos 1-3
Pwr: 32 | Off: 29 | Def: 35
-0.10913381322935
38
7
Julius Walker 1-3
Pwr: 35 | Off: 33 | Def: 38
-0.14613317353338
39
Junior Tafa 3-6
Pwr: 37 | Off: 39 | Def: 34
-0.2063639373934
40
Brendson Ribeiro 2-5
Pwr: 40 | Off: 42 | Def: 30
-0.2642540404230
41
Kevin Christian 0-2
Pwr: 43 | Off: 44 | Def: 40
-0.3210241434440
42
Caio Machado 0-3
Pwr: 39 | Off: 35 | Def: 43
-0.3860342393543
43
Austen Lane 1-5
Pwr: 41 | Off: 41 | Def: 39
-0.41543414139
44
Rafael Cerqueira 0-4
Pwr: 44 | Off: 43 | Def: 44
-0.6870444444344
*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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