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Fight Matrix

Lightweight

Lightweight (150-161.9 lbs) fighter ranks

The rankings presented are computerized and provided by the FightMatrix ranking system, which utilizes a comprehensive MMA fight database to provide objective rankings. Please note, that these rankings ONLY contain fighters who have had at least one professional fight some time in the 450 days prior to the ranking date.

Issue Date: 11/08/2026 (Official Release: #1049)
Rating Formula:
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Rank [Overall] Fighter  (Age) Record Points
1 [1]
US Justin Gaethje  (37) 28-5-0
2677
Last Fight: 6/14/2026 [UFC] vs  [#2 LW] Ilia Topuria
 
2 [2]
ES Ilia Topuria  (29) 17-1-0
2193
Last Fight: 6/14/2026 [UFC] vs  [#1 LW] Justin Gaethje
 
3 [3]
BR Charles Oliveira  (37) • 37-11-0
2015
Last Fight: 3/07/2026 [UFC] vs  [#5 LW] Max Holloway
Next Fight: 12/12/2026 [UFC] vs [#3 FW] Diego Lopes
4 [4]
AM Arman Tsarukyan  (30) 24-3-0
1752
Last Fight: 9/19/2026 [UFC] vs  [#9 LW] Mauricio Ruffy
 
5 [5]
US Max Holloway  (34) 28-9-0
1203
Last Fight: 7/11/2026 [UFC] vs  [#176 WW] Conor McGregor
 
6 [7]
UK Paddy Pimblett  (31) 24-4-0
895
Last Fight: 7/11/2026 [UFC] vs  [#10 LW] Benoit St. Denis
 
7 [8]
AU Quillan Salkilld  (26) 13-1-0
823
Last Fight: 8/08/2026 [UFC] vs  [#12 LW] Mateusz Gamrot
Next Fight: 2/07/2027 [UFC] vs [#10 LW] Benoit St. Denis
8 [9]
BR Mauricio Ruffy  (30) •• 14-3-0
637
Last Fight: 9/19/2026 [UFC] vs  [#4 LW] Arman Tsarukyan
 
9 [10]
FR Benoit St. Denis  (30) 17-4-0
628
Last Fight: 7/11/2026 [UFC] vs  [#7 LW] Paddy Pimblett
Next Fight: 2/07/2027 [UFC] vs [#8 LW] Quillan Salkilld
10 [11]
AZ Rafael Fiziev  (33) •• 14-5-0
592
Last Fight: 6/27/2026 [UFC] vs  [#30 LW] Manuel Torres
 
11 [12]
PL Mateusz Gamrot  (35) • 26-5-0
491
Last Fight: 8/08/2026 [UFC] vs  [#8 LW] Quillan Salkilld
 
12 [13]
AU Tom Nolan  (26) • 12-1-0
489
Last Fight: 10/31/2026 [UFC] vs  [#18 LW] Renato Carneiro
 
13 [14]
FR Salahdine Parnasse  (28) • 24-2-0
463
Last Fight: 9/05/2026 [UFC] vs  [#20 LW] Dan Hooker
 
14 [17]
US Beneil Dariush  (37) •• 23-8-1
410
Last Fight: 5/02/2026 [UFC] vs  [#8 LW] Quillan Salkilld
 
15 [18]
BR Renato Carneiro  (37) • 21-8-1
410
Last Fight: 10/31/2026 [UFC] vs  [#13 LW] Tom Nolan
 
16 [20]
NZ Dan Hooker  (36) •• 24-15-0
383
Last Fight: 9/05/2026 [UFC] vs  [#14 LW] Salahdine Parnasse
Next Fight: 11/21/2026 [UFC] vs [#13 FW] Brian Ortega
17 [21]
US Grant Dawson  (32) • 25-3-1
377
Last Fight: 10/24/2026 [UFC] vs  [#70 LW] Nurullo Aliev
 
18 [23]
AZ Tofiq Musayev  (36) 24-6-0
346
Last Fight: 8/01/2026 [UFC] vs  [#52 LW] Ludovit Klein
 
19 [25]
US Jalin Turner  (31) 16-9-0
343
Last Fight: 8/15/2026 [UFC] vs  [#86 LW] Kaue Fernandes
 
20 [28]
US Alexander Hernandez  (34) 19-9-0
315
Last Fight: 10/03/2026 [UFC] vs  [#76 LW] Rafael dos Anjos
 
21 [29]
AR Esteban Ribovics  (30) 17-3-0
305
Last Fight: 10/03/2026 [UFC] vs  [#68 LW] King Green
 
22 [30]
MX Manuel Torres  (31) • 17-4-0
304
Last Fight: 6/27/2026 [UFC] vs  [#11 LW] Rafael Fiziev
 
23 [31]
CN Zhu Rong  (26) 29-6-0
286
Last Fight: 9/12/2026 [UFC] vs  [#34 LW] Rafa Garcia
 
24 [34]
MX Rafa Garcia  (32) 19-5-0
265
Last Fight: 9/12/2026 [UFC] vs  [#31 LW] Zhu Rong
 
25 [36]
US Michael Chandler  (40) 23-11-0
259
Last Fight: 6/14/2026 [UFC] vs  [#9 LW] Mauricio Ruffy
 
26 [42]
BR Diego Ferreira  (41) 20-7-0
221
Last Fight: 8/08/2026 [UFC] vs  [#268 LW] Billy Quarantillo
 
27 [43]
FR Axel Sola  (29) 13-1-1
216
Last Fight: 9/05/2026 [UFC] vs  [#66 LW] Fares Ziam
 
28 [44]
US Chris Padilla  (31) 18-6-1
212
Last Fight: 8/22/2026 [UFC] vs  [#88 LW] Nasrat Haqparast
Next Fight: 12/12/2026 [UFC] vs [#102 LW] Chase Hooper
29 [45]
US Drew Dober  (38) • 29-15-0
211
Last Fight: 3/07/2026 [UFC] vs  [#108 LW] Michael Johnson
Next Fight: 11/14/2026 [UFC] vs [#46 LW] Chris Duncan
30 [46]
UK Chris Duncan  (33) 15-3-0
208
Last Fight: 4/04/2026 [UFC] vs  [#18 LW] Renato Carneiro
Next Fight: 11/14/2026 [UFC] vs [#45 LW] Drew Dober
31 [50]
US Jim Miller  (43) • 39-19-0
199
Last Fight: 5/09/2026 [UFC] vs  [#78 LW] Jared Gordon
Next Fight: 11/14/2026 [UFC] vs [#83 LW] Terrance McKinney
32 [51]
US Marquel Mederos  (29) 12-1-1
195
Last Fight: 8/22/2026 [UFC] vs  [#79 LW] Mason Jones
 
33 [52]
SK Ludovit Klein  (31) 24-6-1
193
Last Fight: 8/01/2026 [UFC] vs  [#23 LW] Tofiq Musayev
 
34 [53]
US Thomas Gantt  (33) • 13-0-0
189
Last Fight: 9/12/2026 [UFC] vs  [#74 LW] Drakkar Klose
 
35 [56]
BR Manoel Sousa  (29) • 15-1-0
181
Last Fight: 8/08/2026 [UFC] vs  [#101 LW] Richie Miranda
 
36 [59]
UK Jai Herbert  (38) 15-6-1
178
Last Fight: 10/10/2026 [UFC] vs  [#106 LW] Matheus Camilo
 
37 [61]
PL Mateusz Rebecki  (34) 21-5-0
175
Last Fight: 8/01/2026 [UFC] vs  [#382 LW] Kyle Prepolec
 
38 [66]
FR Fares Ziam  (29) 18-6-0
161
Last Fight: 9/05/2026 [UFC] vs  [#43 LW] Axel Sola
 
39 [67]
BR Mairon Santos  (26) 17-1-0
161
Last Fight: 12/06/2025 [UFC] vs  [#85 FW] Muhammadjon Naimov
Next Fight: 12/05/2026 [UFC] vs [#35 LW] Akbar Abdullaev
40 [68]
US King Green  (40) 36-18-1
161
Last Fight: 10/03/2026 [UFC] vs  [#29 LW] Esteban Ribovics
 
41 [70]
TJ Nurullo Aliev  (27) 12-1-0
153
Last Fight: 10/24/2026 [UFC] vs  [#21 LW] Grant Dawson
 
42 [74]
US Drakkar Klose  (38) 16-4-1
145
Last Fight: 9/12/2026 [UFC] vs  [#53 LW] Thomas Gantt
 
43 [76]
BR Rafael dos Anjos  (42) 32-18-0
142
Last Fight: 10/03/2026 [UFC] vs  [#28 LW] Alexander Hernandez
 
44 [78]
US Jared Gordon  (38) • 21-9-0
138
Last Fight: 5/09/2026 [UFC] vs  [#50 LW] Jim Miller
Next Fight: 11/14/2026 [UFC] vs [#20 FW] Melquizael Costa
45 [79]
UK Mason Jones  (31) 18-3-0
137
Last Fight: 8/22/2026 [UFC] vs  [#51 LW] Marquel Mederos
 
46 [82]
US Lance Gibson Jr.  (31) •• 10-2-0
134
Last Fight: 3/28/2026 [UFC] vs  [#102 LW] Chase Hooper
 
47 [83]
US Terrance McKinney  (32) • 18-9-0
133
Last Fight: 7/11/2026 [UFC] vs  [#68 LW] King Green
Next Fight: 11/14/2026 [UFC] vs [#50 LW] Jim Miller
48 [86]
BR Kaue Fernandes  (31) 11-3-0
130
Last Fight: 8/15/2026 [UFC] vs  [#25 LW] Jalin Turner
 
49 [87]
BR Elves Brener  (29) • 17-6-0
129
Last Fight: 9/26/2026 [UFC] vs  [#392 LW] Josiah Harrell
 
50 [88]
DE Nasrat Haqparast  (31) • 18-7-0
128
Last Fight: 8/22/2026 [UFC] vs  [#44 LW] Chris Padilla
 
51 [91]
MX Cristian Perez  (27) 16-2-0
126
Last Fight: 10/17/2026 [UFC] vs  [#112 LW] Kyle Nelson
 
52 [95]
BR Joaquim Silva  (37) 14-5-0
122
Last Fight: 9/13/2025 [UFC] vs  [#137 LW] Claudio Puelles
 
53 [96]
US Kody Steele  (31) 9-1-0
121
Last Fight: 10/24/2026 [UFC] vs  [#218 LW] Noah Gugnon
 
54 [99]
CA Mandel Nallo  (37) 15-4-0
115
Last Fight: 10/17/2026 [UFC] vs  [#293 LW] Nate Landwehr
 
55 [101]
US Richie Miranda  (32) 13-2-0
113
Last Fight: 8/08/2026 [UFC] vs  [#56 LW] Manoel Sousa
 
56 [102]
US Chase Hooper  (27) • 17-5-1
113
Last Fight: 7/18/2026 [UFC] vs  [#459 LW] Mitch Ramirez
Next Fight: 12/12/2026 [UFC] vs [#44 LW] Chris Padilla
57 [104]
RU Magomed Zaynukov  (31) 9-0-0
113
Last Fight: 7/25/2026 [UFC] vs  [#249 LW] Damian Rzepecki
 
58 [106]
BR Matheus Camilo  (25) • 11-4-0
111
Last Fight: 10/10/2026 [UFC] vs  [#59 LW] Jai Herbert
 
59 [107]
US Stanley Dorsainvil  (26) ••• 6-0-0
110
Last Fight: 8/22/2026 [UFC] vs  [#115 LW] Gauge Young
 
60 [108]
US Michael Johnson  (40) 24-20-0
109
Last Fight: 3/07/2026 [UFC] vs  [#45 LW] Drew Dober
 
61 [112]
CA Kyle Nelson  (35) •• 17-8-1
106
Last Fight: 10/17/2026 [UFC] vs  [#91 LW] Cristian Perez
 
62 [115]
US Gauge Young  (26) ••• 11-4-0
103
Last Fight: 8/22/2026 [UFC] vs  [#107 LW] Stanley Dorsainvil
 
63 [116]
BR Thiago Moises  (31) 19-10-0
103
Last Fight: 4/18/2026 [UFC] vs  [#115 LW] Gauge Young
 
64 [117]
US Nazim Sadykhov  (32) • 11-3-1
103
Last Fight: 6/27/2026 [UFC] vs  [#106 LW] Matheus Camilo
 
65 [118]
MX Daniel Zellhuber  (27) • 15-4-0
102
Last Fight: 2/28/2026 [UFC] vs  [#68 LW] King Green
 
66 [137]
PE Claudio Puelles  (30) 12-6-0
93
Last Fight: 9/13/2025 [UFC] vs  [#95 LW] Joaquim Silva
 
67 [138]
JO Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady  (31) 16-4-0
90
Last Fight: 3/21/2026 [UFC] vs  [#274 LW] Shaqueme Rock
 
68 [147]
AU Jamie Mullarkey  (32) • 18-9-0
86
Last Fight: 1/31/2026 [UFC] vs  [#8 LW] Quillan Salkilld
 
69 [156]
AR Francisco Prado  (24) • 13-5-0
83
Last Fight: 10/10/2026 [UFC] vs  [#391 WW] Ismael Bonfim
 
70 [160]
BR Edson Barboza  (40) 24-15-0
81
Last Fight: 8/15/2026 [UFC] vs  [#29 LW] Esteban Ribovics
 
71 [161]
US Matt Frevola  (36) 11-6-1
80
Last Fight: 10/18/2025 [UFC] vs  [#112 LW] Kyle Nelson
 
72 [166]
AU Dom Mar Fan  (26) • 9-3-0
79
Last Fight: 5/02/2026 [UFC] vs  [#96 LW] Kody Steele
Next Fight: 11/21/2026 [UFC] vs [NR] Nikolas Motta
73 [171]
US Mike Davis  (34) 12-4-0
78
Last Fight: 7/25/2026 [UFC] vs  [#70 LW] Nurullo Aliev
 
74 [218]
FR Noah Gugnon  (26) 10-3-0
63
Last Fight: 10/24/2026 [UFC] vs  [#96 LW] Kody Steele
 
75 [219]
ME Milos Janicic  (29) 19-4-0
63
Last Fight: 8/01/2026 [UFC] vs  [#218 LW] Noah Gugnon
 
76 [234]
CN Maheshate Hayisaer  (26) • 12-5-0
59
Last Fight: 8/28/2026 [UFC] vs  [#396 LW] Darrius Flowers
 
77 [249]
PL Damian Rzepecki  (24) 10-1-0
57
Last Fight: 7/25/2026 [UFC] vs  [#104 LW] Magomed Zaynukov
 
78 [268]
US Billy Quarantillo  (37) 18-8-0
52
Last Fight: 8/08/2026 [UFC] vs  [#42 LW] Diego Ferreira
 
79 [274]
IE Shaqueme Rock  (33) 12-3-1
51
Last Fight: 3/21/2026 [UFC] vs  [#138 LW] Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady
Next Fight: 11/14/2026 [PFL] vs [#333 LW] Connor Hughes
80 [293]
US Nate Landwehr  (38) 18-9-0
49
Last Fight: 10/17/2026 [UFC] vs  [#99 LW] Mandel Nallo
 
81 [382]
CA Kyle Prepolec  (37) 18-11-0
41
Last Fight: 8/01/2026 [UFC] vs  [#61 LW] Mateusz Rebecki
 
82 [392]
US Josiah Harrell  (27) 11-2-0
40
Last Fight: 9/26/2026 [UFC] vs  [#87 LW] Elves Brener
 
83 [396]
US Darrius Flowers  (32) • 13-9-1
40
Last Fight: 8/28/2026 [UFC] vs  [#234 LW] Maheshate Hayisaer
 
84 [401]
US Charlie Campbell  (31) 9-3-0
39
Last Fight: 9/27/2025 [UFC] vs  [#13 LW] Tom Nolan
 
85 [459]
US Mitch Ramirez  (34) 8-4-0
35
Last Fight: 7/18/2026 [UFC] vs  [#102 LW] Chase Hooper
 
86 [482]
US Artur Minev   7-1-0
33
Last Fight: 5/16/2026 [UFC] vs  [#53 LW] Thomas Gantt
 
87 [487]
PE Rolando Bedoya  (29) 14-5-0
32
Last Fight: 9/27/2025 [UFC] vs  [#147 LW] Jamie Mullarkey
 
88 [539]
US Lando Vannata  (34) 12-8-2
30
Last Fight: 4/04/2026 [UFC] vs  [#396 LW] Darrius Flowers
 
89 [549]
US Lucas Brennan  (26) 11-3-0
30
Last Fight: 4/25/2026 [UFC] vs  [#156 FW] Francis Marshall
 
90 [888]
US Victor Martinez  (35) • 13-7-0
22
Last Fight: 5/28/2026 [UFC] vs  [#31 LW] Zhu Rong
 

7 thoughts on “Lightweight”

  1. h says:
    March 16, 2026 at 8:46 pm

    Sorry, recapping since it looks like double-commenting replaces the old comment:

    Jeremy Stephens went from 281 to 1466 lightweight without fighting, what’s up with that?

    Reply
  2. h says:
    March 16, 2026 at 8:44 pm

    Sorry I didn’t mean unranked because it hasn’t been that long since his last fight, but going from 281 to last place without fighting is strange

    Reply
  3. h says:
    March 16, 2026 at 8:40 pm

    Jeremy Stephens #1466 lightweight: bug? He was #281 in the January quarterly ranking. He should be unranked for inactivity, not at last place

    Reply
  4. alex says:
    November 16, 2025 at 9:36 am

    where is tsarukyan

    Reply
    1. Oleg says:
      November 16, 2025 at 10:33 pm

      Inactive

      Reply
  5. Daniel Cerón Escudero says:
    December 22, 2024 at 10:17 pm

    Me gustaría reseñar que teneis puesto a joel alvarez (top 15 de la división del peso ligero de la ufc) con la bandera de Portugal cuando el es Español, asique me gustaría que arreglarais eso, un saludo

    Reply
    1. Oleg says:
      December 23, 2024 at 11:08 am

      Gracias, lo arreglaré.

      Reply

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