The Light Heavyweight division is the 2nd heaviest UFC weight class in the promotion. It is for fighters for weigh up to 205 lbs.
The division has been home to some of MMA’s greatest ever fighters. It is the weight that Jon Jones became the youngest ever UFC Champion, when he finished Shogun Rua at only 23 years of age.
It has also produced legendary fighters such as Randy Couture, Daniel Cormier, Alex Gustaffson, Chuck Liddell, Rampage Jackson and many many more
This division has also given us it’s fair share of Hall Of Fame fights, such as; Jones v Gustaffson 1, Griffin v Bonnar 1 & Cormier v Gustaffson.
UFC rankings are made so that the best fighters of each weight class can be ranked according to skill and fighting record. The higher up the rankings you climb, the closer to a shot at the title you become.
With that being said, here are the top ranked Light Heavyweight fighters in the UFC:
UFC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS
| Rank | Fighter Name | Rank Change |
| (C) | Glover Teixeira | 0 |
| 1 | Jan Blachowicz | 0 |
| 2 | Jiri Prochazka | 0 |
| 3 | Aleksandar Rakic | 0 |
| 4 | Magomed Ankalaev | 0 |
| 5 | Anthony Smith | 0 |
| 6 | Thiago Santos | 0 |
| 7 | Dominick Reyes | 0 |
| 8 | Paul Craig | 0 |
| 9 | Volkan Oezdemir | +1 |
| 10 | Jamahal Hill | 0 |
| 11 | Nikita Krylov | 0 |
| 12 | Johnny Walker | 0 |
| 13 | Ryan Spann | 0 |
| 14 | Jimmy Crute | 0 |
| 15 | Dustin Jacoby | 0 |
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