UFC Light Heavyweight Rankings: ChalkEdge Fight Rating
The best Light Heavyweight fighters right now, out of 100, from fight Elo, performance per minute and recent form, updated daily.
| # | ± | Fighter | Fight Rating | Division | Record | Finishes | Strike diff / min |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Carlos Ulberg | 99 | Light Heavyweight | 10-0 | 7 | +6.25 |
| 2 | – | Navajo Stirling | 95 | Light Heavyweight | 7-0 | 4 | +4.89 |
| 3 | – | Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev | 93 | Light Heavyweight | 5-0 | 5 | +20.08 |
| 4 | ▲2 | Dominick Reyes | 90 | Light Heavyweight | 5-2 | 4 | +3.51 |
| 5 | ▼1 | Reinier de Ridder | 86 | Light Heavyweight | 5-2 | 4 | +3.18 |
| 6 | ▼1 | Volkan Oezdemir | 79 | Light Heavyweight | 4-3 | 3 | +3.72 |
| 7 | ▲1 | Iwo Baraniewski | 77 | Light Heavyweight | 4-1 | 4 | +5.19 |
| 8 | ▲1 | Magomed Ankalaev | 75 | Light Heavyweight | 7-1 | 3 | -2.55 |
| 9 | ▲2 | Modestas Bukauskas | 70 | Light Heavyweight | 8-2 | 4 | +0.24 |
| 10 | – | Billy Elekana | 70 | Light Heavyweight | 3-1 | 2 | -0.88 |
| 11 | ▲2 | Alonzo Menifield | 65 | Light Heavyweight | 8-4 | 4 | -1.46 |
| 12 | – | Paulo Costa | 64 | Light Heavyweight | 3-3 | 1 | +0.47 |
| 13 | ▲1 | Jiri Prochazka | 64 | Light Heavyweight | 4-3 | 4 | -1.22 |
| 14 | ▲1 | Bogdan Guskov | 61 | Light Heavyweight | 4-2 | 4 | +0.64 |
| 15 | ▲1 | Diyar Nurgozhay | 61 | Light Heavyweight | 3-2 | 2 | +2.28 |
| 16 | ▼9 | Azamat Murzakanov | 58 | Light Heavyweight | 6-2 | 5 | +0.27 |
| 17 | – | Khalil Rountree Jr. | 57 | Light Heavyweight | 5-2 | 3 | -0.21 |
| 18 | – | Dustin Jacoby | 56 | Light Heavyweight | 7-5 | 5 | +0.9 |
| 19 | – | Jimmy Crute | 56 | Light Heavyweight | 2-2 | 2 | -0.02 |
| 20 | – | Robert Whittaker | 55 | Light Heavyweight | 4-4 | 2 | +0.44 |
| 21 | ▲1 | Ion Cutelaba | 54 | Light Heavyweight | 4-6 | 3 | -0.37 |
| 22 | ▲1 | Magomed Gadzhiyasulov | 53 | Light Heavyweight | 2-1 | 0 | +1.24 |
| 23 | ▲1 | Zhang Mingyang | 51 | Light Heavyweight | 4-2 | 4 | +2.42 |
| 24 | ▲1 | Oumar Sy | 46 | Light Heavyweight | 3-3 | 2 | +1 |
| 25 | ▲1 | Rodolfo Bellato | 43 | Light Heavyweight | 3-3 | 3 | -0.26 |
| 26 | ▼5 | Nikita Krylov | 42 | Light Heavyweight | 4-5 | 3 | -0.27 |
| 27 | – | Roman Dolidze | 38 | Light Heavyweight | 6-5 | 4 | -3.14 |
| 28 | – | Ibo Aslan | 37 | Light Heavyweight | 3-3 | 3 | +7.05 |
| 29 | – | Jamahal Hill | 36 | Light Heavyweight | 4-3 | 3 | -0.01 |
| 30 | – | Felipe Franco | 33 | Light Heavyweight | 1-3 | 1 | -0.02 |
| 31 | – | Brendson Ribeiro | 31 | Light Heavyweight | 4-6 | 3 | -0.51 |
| 32 | – | Julius Walker | 28 | Light Heavyweight | 2-3 | 1 | -12.05 |
| 33 | – | Caio Machado | 27 | Light Heavyweight | 1-3 | 0 | +2.95 |
| 34 | – | Rafael Tobias | 21 | Light Heavyweight | 1-2 | 1 | -3.06 |
| 35 | – | Jan Blachowicz | 19 | Light Heavyweight | 1-4 | 1 | -2.27 |
| 36 | – | Junior Tafa | 19 | Light Heavyweight | 3-6 | 3 | +0.74 |
| 37 | – | Paul Craig | 18 | Light Heavyweight | 2-6 | 2 | -0.84 |
| 38 | – | Marcin Prachnio | 18 | Light Heavyweight | 2-4 | 0 | +2.54 |
| 39 | – | Tuco Tokkos | 18 | Light Heavyweight | 1-4 | 1 | -1.15 |
| 40 | – | Ivan Erslan | 18 | Light Heavyweight | 1-3 | 0 | -1.77 |
| 41 | – | Kevin Christian | 15 | Light Heavyweight | 1-2 | 1 | -1.62 |
| 42 | – | Anthony Smith | 13 | Light Heavyweight | 2-6 | 1 | -4.05 |
| 43 | – | Bruno Lopes | 13 | Light Heavyweight | 2-4 | 1 | -3.45 |
| 44 | – | Austen Lane | 9 | Light Heavyweight | 2-5 | 1 | -3.41 |
| 45 | – | Levi Rodrigues Jr. | 5 | Light Heavyweight | 0-2 | 0 | -2.93 |
| 46 | – | Gerald Meerschaert | 4 | Light Heavyweight | 4-9 | 4 | -3.56 |
| 47 | – | Sedriques Dumas | 4 | Light Heavyweight | 4-6 | 1 | -3.4 |
| 48 | – | Rafael Cerqueira | 3 | Light Heavyweight | 0-4 | 0 | -11.21 |
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How the rating works
- 60% fight Elo: every stored fight moves the rating, and finishes count 25% more than decisions.
- 25% performance: significant strikes landed minus absorbed per minute, takedowns, control time, knockdowns and submission attempts over the last 6 fights, each compared with the opponent in the same fight.
- 15% recent form: the last 3 results, most recent counts most.
- Ranked: 3+ fights and a fight in the last two years. Division = the weight class of the latest fight.
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