MMA Light Heavyweight Division Rankings Top 25 

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

2. Lyoto Machida (19-3, 11-3 UFC)

3. Dan Henderson (29-9, 6-3 UFC) *Next Fight: Rashad Evans #4

4. Rashad Evans (16-3-1, 11-3-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Dan Henderson #3

5. Phil Davis (10-1, 6-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Vinny Magalhaes #25

6. Alexander Gustafsson (15-1, 7-1 UFC)

7. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (22-6, 6-4 UFC) *Next Fight: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira #10

8. Gegard Mousasi (34-3-2, 1-0 UFC) 

9. Ryan Bader (15-3, 8-3 UFC)

10. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (21-5, 4-2 UFC) *Next Fight: Shogun Rua #7

11. Glover Teixeira (20-2, 3-0 UFC) *Next Fight: James Te-Huna #14

12. Forrest Griffin (19-7, 10-5 UFC)

13. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (32-11, 7-5 UFC) 

14. James Te-Huna (16-5, 5-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Glover Teixeira #11

15. Anthony Johnson (15-4, 2-0 WSOF) 

16. Muhammad Lawal (9-2-1, 1-1 BFC)

17. Attila Vegh (29-4-2, 5-0 BFC) *Next Fight: Emanuel Newton #20

18. Matt Hamil (11-4, 10-4 UFC)

19. Wanderlei Silva (35-12-1, 5-7 UFC)

20. Emanuel Newton (21-7-1, 4-1 BFC) *Next Fight: Attila Vegh #17

21. Mikhail Zayats (21-7, 2-1 BFC)

22. Renato Sobral (37-9, 0-1 BFC)

23. Ryan Jimmo (17-2, 1-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Igor Pokrajac #NR

24. Jimi Manuwa (13-0, 2-0 UFC)

25. Vinny Magalhaes (10-5, 1-2 UFC) *Next Fight: Phil Davis #5

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Rafael Cavalcante (11-3, 0-0 UFC) *Next Fight: Thiago Silva

Thiago Silva (14-3, 5-3-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Rafael Cavalcante

*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*