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Light Heavyweight

47 active · mean Elo 1540 · updated Mar 28, 2026
Our ranking ≠ UFC rankings. UFC's official list is set by a media panel with political considerations. Ours is a pure Elo-based ranking by LCB (Lower Confidence Bound). The current champion is marked with C, interim champion with IC. See methodology →
# Fighter Elo
1 Alex Pereira 1730 ±36
2 Magomed Ankalaev 1692 ±28
3 Carlos Ulberg C 1675 ±20
4 Azamat Murzakanov 1664 ±20
5 Jiri Prochazka 1650 ±37
6 Navajo Stirling 1604 ±20
7 Dominick Reyes 1621 ±37
8 Bogdan Guskov 1608 ±29
9 Jan Blachowicz 1623 ±42
10 Khalil Rountree Jr. 1578 ±29
11 Dustin Jacoby 1587 ±38
12 Volkan Oezdemir 1585 ±38
13 Jamahal Hill 1586 ±41
14 Nikita Krylov 1583 ±39
15 Jimmy Crute 1572 ±30
16 Alonzo Menifield 1574 ±35
17 Johnny Walker 1576 ±38
18 Billy Elekana 1563 ±34
19 Zhang Mingyang 1561 ±34
20 Anthony Smith 1560 ±35
21 Aleksandar Rakic 1560 ±35
22 Da Woon Jung 1541 ±34
23 Rodolfo Bellato 1538 ±35
24 Ovince Saint Preux 1542 ±38
25 Modestas Bukauskas 1534 ±32
26 Ion Cutelaba 1534 ±37
27 Oumar Sy 1527 ±38
28 Julius Walker 1476 ±34
29 Tuco Tokkos 1478 ±42
30 Bruno Lopes 1474 ±39
31 Brendson Ribeiro 1468 ±36
32 Diyar Nurgozhay 1467 ±43
33 Ibo Aslan 1454 ±37
34 Junior Tafa 1450 ±37
35 Marcin Prachnio 1452 ±39
36 Caio Machado 1424 ±20
37 Ivan Erslan 1424 ±20
38 Anton Turkalj 1416 ±20
39 Austen Lane 1405 ±30
40 Rafael Cerqueira 1388 ±20
Provisional Show 7 fighters with too little data for a firm ranking
Iwo Baraniewski 1548 ±20 2-0-0
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev 1532 ±20 1-0-0
Luke Fernandez 1513 ±20 0-1-0
Kevin Christian 1513 ±20 0-1-0
Rafael Tobias 1512 ±20 0-1-0
Uran Satybaldiev 1518 ±38 1-1-0
Magomed Gadzhiyasulov 1509 ±41 1-1-0

Fighters ranked by LCB (lower confidence bound) = Elo − σ. This penalizes thin sample sizes so a 1-fight newcomer can't outrank a proven top-10. See methodology →