Division Rankings

Lightweight

Updated

November 2, 2025

Fighters

31

Source

FightMatrix

Top 15 Contenders

The elite fighters vying for championship gold

1

Islam Makhachev

Islam MakhachevTop 5

2

Ilia Topuria

Ilia TopuriaTop 5“El Matador”

3

Charles Oliveira

Charles OliveiraTop 5“Do Bronxs”

4

Max Holloway

Max HollowayTop 5“Blessed”

5

Justin Gaethje

Justin GaethjeTop 5“The Highlight”

6

Umar Nurmagomedov

Umar Nurmagomedov

7

Beneil Dariush

8

Dan Hooker

Dan Hooker“The Hangman”

9

Mateusz Gamrot

Mateusz Gamrot“Gamer”

10

Paddy Pimblett

Paddy Pimblett“The Baddy”

12

Rafael Fiziev

Rafael Fiziev“Ataman”

15

Grant Dawson

Grant Dawson“KGD”

18

Benoit Saint Denis

Benoit Saint Denis“God of War”

22

Alexander Hernandez

Alexander Hernandez“El Gran Chango”

23

Sidney Outlaw

Full Rankings

16 additional fighters

24

Michael Chandler

Michael Chandler“Iron”

25

Ignacio Bahamondes

Ignacio Bahamondes“La Jaula”

28

Jalin Turner

Jalin Turner“The Tarantula”

30

Brent Primus

31

Quillan Salkilld

Quillan Salkilld

33

Ludovit Klein

Ludovit Klein“Mr. Highlight”

35

Rafa Garcia

Rafa Garcia“Gifted”

36

Fares Ziam

Fares Ziam“The Smile Killer”

37

Albert Tumenov

Albert Tumenov“Einstein”

38

Diego Ferreira

39

Losene Keita

Losene Keita“Black Panther”

42

Drakkar Klose

43

Chris Duncan

Chris Duncan“The Problem”

46

Mauricio Ruffy

48

Juan Miranda

49

Clay Collard

Clay Collard“Cassius”

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