MMA Light Heavyweight Division Rankings Top 25 

1. Jon Jones (13-1, 7-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Rampage Jackson #4 

2. Rashad Evans (16-1-1, 11-1-1 UFC) 

3. Maurico Rua (19-5, 3-3 UFC) *Next Fight: Forrest Griffin #6

4. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (32-8, 7-2 UFC) *Next Fight: Jon Jones #1 

5. Lyoto Machida (17-2, 9-2 UFC) 

6. Forrest Griffin (18-6, 9-4 UFC) *Next Fight: Maurico Rua #3

7. Dan Henderson (27-8, 3-1 Strikeforce) 

8. Thiago Silva (14-2, 5-2 UFC)

9. Phil Davis (9-0, 5-0 UFC) 

10. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (19-5, 2-2 UFC) *Next Fight: Rich Franklin #11

11. Rich Franklin (28-6, 12-5 UFC) *Next Fight: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira #10

12. Rafael Cavalcante (10-2, 3-1 Strikeforce) 

13. Muhammad Lawal (7-1, 2-1 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Roger Gracie #23 

14. Gegard Mousasi (31-3-2, 2-1-1 Strikeforce) 

15. Ryan Bader (12-2, 5-2 UFC)

16. Renato Sobral (36-9, 2-2 Strikeforce)

17. Alexander Gustafsson (12-1, 4-1 UFC)

18. Mike Kyle (18-8-1, 1-1 Strikeforce)

19. Vladimir Matyushenko (26-5, 7-3 UFC)  

20. Glover Teixeira (15-2, 4-0 BC)

21. Ryan Jimmo (15-1, 9-1 MFC)

22. Stanislav Nedkov (11-0, 0-0 UFC) *Next Fight: Luiz Cane #25

23. Roger Gracie (4-0, 2-0 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Muhammad Lawal #13 

24. Tito Ortiz (16-9-1, 15-9-1 UFC)

25. Luiz Cane (11-3, 4-3 UFC) *Next Fight: Stanislav Nedkov #22  

*NR = Not Ranked*

*The legend Chuck Liddell (21-8, 16-7 UFC) removed from the list due to Retirement*

*The legend Randy Couture (19-11, 16-8 UFC) removed from the list due to Retirement* 

*Matt Hamill (10-4, 9-4 UFC) has been removed from the list due to Retirement*