MMA Light Heavyweight Division Rankings Top 25 

1. Jon Jones (14-1, 8-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Rashad Evans #3

2. Maurico Rua (20-5, 4-3 UFC) *Next Fight: Dan Henderson #6

3. Rashad Evans (16-1-1, 11-1-1 UFC)  *Next Fight: Jon Jones #1

4. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (32-9, 7-3 UFC) 

5. Lyoto Machida (17-2, 9-2 UFC) 

6. Dan Henderson (27-8, 5-2 UFC) *Next Fight: Mauricio “Shogun” Rua #2

7. Forrest Griffin (18-7, 9-5 UFC)  

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

9. Phil Davis (9-0, 5-0 UFC) 

10. Rafael Cavalcante (11-2, 4-1 Strikeforce)  

11. Rich Franklin (28-6, 12-5 UFC)

12. Muhammad Lawal (8-1, 3-1 Strikeforce)  

13. Gegard Mousasi (31-3-2, 2-1-1 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Ovince St. Preux #NR

14. Tito Ortiz (16-9-1, 15-9-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira #16

15. Ryan Bader (12-2, 5-2 UFC) *Next Fight: Jason Brilz #NR

16. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (19-5, 2-2 UFC) *Next Fight: Tito Ortiz #14

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

18. Alexander Gustafsson (12-1, 4-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Vladimir Matyushenko #20

19. Mike Kyle (19-8-1, 2-1 Strikeforce) 

20. Vladimir Matyushenko (26-5, 7-3 UFC) *Next Fight: Alexander Gustafsson #18   

21. Glover Teixeira (15-2, 4-0 BC)  

22. Stanislav Nedkov (12-0, 1-0 UFC)

23. Ryan Jimmo (16-1, 10-1 MFC)   

24. Roger Gracie (4-1, 2-1 Strikeforce)

25. Cyrille Diabate (17-7-1, 2-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Anthony Perosh #NR  

*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*