MMA Light Heavyweight Division Rankings Top 25 

1. Jon Jones (17-1, 11-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Chael Sonnen #2 at MW

2. Dan Henderson (28-8, 6-2 UFC) 

3. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (22-5, 6-3 UFC) *Next Fight: Alexander Gustafsson #6

4. Lyoto Machida (18-3, 10-3 UFC)

5. Rashad Evans (16-2-1, 11-2-1 UFC)  

6. Alexander Gustafsson (14-1, 6-1 UFC) *Next Fight: “Shogun” Rua #3

7. Ryan Bader (14-3, 7-3 UFC) 

8. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (32-10, 7-4 UFC) 

9. Gegard Mousasi (32-3-2, 3-1-1 Strikeforce)

10. Forrest Griffin (19-7, 10-5 UFC) *Next Fight: Phil Davis #12 

11. Rafael Cavalcante (11-3, 4-2 Strikeforce) *Suspended a Year*

12. Phil Davis (10-1, 6-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Forrest Griffin #10

13. Muhammad Lawal (8-1-1, 0-0 Bellator)   

14. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (20-5, 3-2 UFC) 

15. Glover Teixeira (18-2, 2-0 UFC) 

16. Thiago Silva (14-3, 5-3 UFC) *Next Fight: Stanislav Nedkov #21

17. Renato Sobral (37-9, 1-0 One FC) 

18. Matt Hamil (11-4, 10-4 UFC) 

19. Mike Kyle (19-9-1, 3-4-1 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Dion Starling #NR

20. Vladimir Matyushenko (26-6, 7-4 UFC) 

21. Stanislav Nedkov (12-0, 1-0 UFC) *Next Fight: Thiago Silva #16

22. Ryan Jimmo (17-1, 1-0 UFC) 

23. Stephan Bonnar (14-8, 8-7 UFC)

24. James Te-Huna (15-5, 4-1 UFC) 

25. Vinny Magalhaes (10-5-1, 1-2 UFC)

*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* 

*The legend Tito Ortiz (16-11-1, 15-11-1 UFC) removed from the list due to Retirement*