Division Rankings

Light Heavyweight

Updated

November 2, 2025

Fighters

33

Source

FightMatrix

Top 15 Contenders

The elite fighters vying for championship gold

1

Alex Pereira

Alex PereiraTop 5“Poatan”

2

Magomed Ankalaev

Magomed AnkalaevTop 5

3

Jiri Prochazka

Jiri ProchazkaTop 5

4

Carlos Ulberg

Carlos UlbergTop 5“Black Jag”

5

Corey Anderson

Corey AndersonTop 5“Overtime”

6

Jan Blachowicz

7

Khalil Rountree Jr.

Khalil Rountree Jr.

8

Jamahal Hill

Jamahal Hill“Sweet Dreams”

9

Dominick Reyes

Dominick Reyes“The Devastator”

11

Phil Davis

Phil Davis“Mr. Wonderful”

12

Azamat Murzakanov

Azamat Murzakanov“The Professional”

13

Antonio Carlos Junior

Antonio Carlos Junior“Cara de Sapato”

14

Volkan Oezdemir

Volkan Oezdemir“No Time”

15

Johnny Walker

16

Bogdan Guskov

Bogdan Guskov“Czarevitch”

Full Rankings

18 additional fighters

18

Dustin Jacoby

Dustin Jacoby“The Hanyak”

19

Modestas Bukauskas

Modestas Bukauskas“The Baltic Gladiator”

20

Rob Wilkinson

Rob Wilkinson“Razor”

21

Alonzo Menifield

Alonzo Menifield“Atomic”

22

Zhang Mingyang

Zhang Mingyang“Mountain Tiger”

24

Aleksandar Rakic

Aleksandar Rakic“Rocket”

26

Ivan Shtyrkov

Ivan Shtyrkov“Ural Hulk”

28

Jimmy Crute

29

Ion Cutelaba

Ion Cutelaba“The Hulk”

30

Maxim Grishin

Maxim Grishin“Maximus”

31

Khadis Ibragimov

Khadis Ibragimov

32

Oumar Sy

34

Nikita Krylov

Nikita Krylov“The Miner”

36

Navajo Stirling

Navajo Stirling

39

Ovince Saint Preux

Ovince Saint Preux

46

Tom Breese

48

CJ

50

Leonardo Silva de Oliveira

Leonardo Silva de Oliveira“Cabecao”

Light Heavyweight rankings data provided by FightMatrix. Last updated November 2, 2025.