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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: 9/14/2025 (Official Release: #989)

Rank [Overall]

Fighter (Age)

Record

Points

1 [1]

Islam Makhachev (33)	27-1-0	3298
Last Fight: 1/18/2025 [UFC] vs [#13 LW] Renato Carneiro
Next Fight: 11/15/2025 [UFC] vs [#1 WW] Jack Della Maddalena

2 [2]

Ilia Topuria (28)	17-0-0	2967
Last Fight: 6/28/2025 [UFC] vs [#4 LW] Charles Oliveira

3 [3]

Max Holloway (33)	27-8-0	1486
Last Fight: 7/19/2025 [UFC] vs [NR] Dustin Poirier

4 [4]

Charles Oliveira (35)	35-11-0	1361
Last Fight: 6/28/2025 [UFC] vs [#2 LW] Ilia Topuria
Next Fight: 10/11/2025 [UFC] vs [#11 LW] Rafael Fiziev

5 [5]

Justin Gaethje (36)	26-5-0	1188
Last Fight: 3/08/2025 [UFC] vs [#11 LW] Rafael Fiziev

6 [6]

Dan Hooker (35) •••	24-12-0	721
Last Fight: 8/17/2024 [UFC] vs [#7 LW] Mateusz Gamrot

7 [7]

Mateusz Gamrot (34)	25-3-0	721
Last Fight: 5/31/2025 [UFC] vs [#43 LW] Ludovit Klein

8 [8]

Beneil Dariush (36)	23-6-1	694
Last Fight: 6/28/2025 [UFC] vs [#13 LW] Renato Carneiro

9 [10]

Paddy Pimblett (30)	23-3-0	589
Last Fight: 4/12/2025 [UFC] vs [#24 LW] Michael Chandler

10 [11]

Rafael Fiziev (32) •	13-4-0	573
Last Fight: 6/21/2025 [UFC] vs [#25 LW] Ignacio Bahamondes
Next Fight: 10/11/2025 [UFC] vs [#4 LW] Charles Oliveira

11 [13]

Renato Carneiro (36) •	20-7-1	547
Last Fight: 6/28/2025 [UFC] vs [#8 LW] Beneil Dariush

12 [15]

Grant Dawson (31)	23-2-1	463
Last Fight: 1/18/2025 [UFC] vs [#40 LW] Diego Ferreira

13 [18]

Benoit St. Denis (29)	15-3-0	378
Last Fight: 9/06/2025 [UFC] vs [#49 LW] Mauricio Ruffy

14 [19]

Joel Alvarez (32)	22-3-0	338
Last Fight: 12/14/2024 [UFC] vs [#45 LW] Drakkar Klose

15 [21]

Alexander Hernandez (32)	18-8-0	327
Last Fight: 9/13/2025 [UFC] vs [#40 LW] Diego Ferreira

16 [24]

Michael Chandler (39)	23-10-0	305
Last Fight: 4/12/2025 [UFC] vs [#10 LW] Paddy Pimblett

17 [25]

Ignacio Bahamondes (28) •	18-6-0	297
Last Fight: 6/21/2025 [UFC] vs [#11 LW] Rafael Fiziev

18 [29]

Jalin Turner (30) •••	14-9-0	284
Last Fight: 3/08/2025 [UFC] vs [#25 LW] Ignacio Bahamondes

19 [34]

Myktybek Orolbai (27)	14-2-2	252
Last Fight: 6/21/2025 [UFC] vs [#83 LW] Tofiq Musayev

20 [37]

Rafa Garcia (31)	18-4-0	238
Last Fight: 9/13/2025 [UFC] vs [#57 LW] Jared Gordon

21 [38]

Fares Ziam (28)	17-4-0	233
Last Fight: 2/01/2025 [UFC] vs [#130 LW] Mike Davis

22 [40]

Diego Ferreira (40)	19-7-0	228
Last Fight: 9/13/2025 [UFC] vs [#21 LW] Alexander Hernandez

23 [41]

Nasrat Haqparast (30)	18-5-0	227
Last Fight: 3/01/2025 [UFC] vs [#56 LW] Esteban Ribovics

24 [43]

Ludovit Klein (30)	23-5-1	218
Last Fight: 5/31/2025 [UFC] vs [#7 LW] Mateusz Gamrot
Next Fight: 10/25/2025 [UFC] vs [#55 LW] Mateusz Rebecki

25 [45]

Drakkar Klose (37)	16-3-1	209
Last Fight: 8/16/2025 [UFC] vs [#141 LW] Edson Barboza

26 [46]

Chris Duncan (32)	14-2-0	202
Last Fight: 8/02/2025 [UFC] vs [#55 LW] Mateusz Rebecki

27 [49]

Mauricio Ruffy (29) •	12-2-0	196
Last Fight: 9/06/2025 [UFC] vs [#18 LW] Benoit St. Denis

28 [50]

Bobby Green (39) •	32-17-1	196
Last Fight: 3/08/2025 [UFC] vs [#49 LW] Mauricio Ruffy

29 [55]

Mateusz Rebecki (32)	20-3-0	184
Last Fight: 8/02/2025 [UFC] vs [#46 LW] Chris Duncan
Next Fight: 10/25/2025 [UFC] vs [#43 LW] Ludovit Klein

30 [56]

Esteban Ribovics (29)	15-2-0	182
Last Fight: 8/02/2025 [UFC] vs [#106 LW] Elves Brener

31 [57]

Jared Gordon (37)	21-8-0	180
Last Fight: 9/13/2025 [UFC] vs [#37 LW] Rafa Garcia

32 [59]

Michael Johnson (39)	24-19-0	174
Last Fight: 7/19/2025 [UFC] vs [#97 LW] Daniel Zellhuber

33 [61]

Nazim Sadykhov (31)	11-1-1	171
Last Fight: 6/21/2025 [UFC] vs [#167 LW] Nikolas Motta

34 [62]

Manuel Torres (30)	16-3-0	169
Last Fight: 3/29/2025 [UFC] vs [#79 LW] Drew Dober

35 [65]

Mason Jones (30)	17-2-0	161
Last Fight: 9/06/2025 [UFC] vs [#202 LW] Bolaji Oki

36 [67]

Matt Frevola (35) ••	11-5-1	155
Last Fight: 9/28/2024 [UFC] vs [#38 LW] Fares Ziam
Next Fight: 10/18/2025 [UFC] vs [#50 FW] Kyle Nelson

37 [68]

Thiago Moises (30)	19-9-0	155
Last Fight: 5/17/2025 [UFC] vs [#57 LW] Jared Gordon

38 [69]

Trey Ogden (35)	18-7-0	154
Last Fight: 1/11/2025 [UFC] vs [#68 LW] Thiago Moises

39 [71]

Kaue Fernandes (30)	11-2-0	152
Last Fight: 9/06/2025 [UFC] vs [#271 LW] Harry Hardwick

40 [75]

Chase Hooper (26)	16-4-1	147
Last Fight: 8/16/2025 [UFC] vs [#21 LW] Alexander Hernandez

41 [79]

Drew Dober (36) ••	27-15-0	138
Last Fight: 3/29/2025 [UFC] vs [#62 LW] Manuel Torres
Next Fight: 10/18/2025 [UFC] vs [#217 LW] Kyle Prepolec

42 [80]

Jim Miller (42) •	38-19-0	137
Last Fight: 4/12/2025 [UFC] vs [#75 LW] Chase Hooper

43 [83]

Tofiq Musayev (35) •	22-6-0	136
Last Fight: 6/21/2025 [UFC] vs [#34 LW] Myktybek Orolbai

44 [85]

Joaquim Silva (36)	14-5-0	134
Last Fight: 9/13/2025 [UFC] vs [#117 LW] Claudio Puelles

45 [86]

Chris Padilla (30)	16-6-0	134
Last Fight: 3/22/2025 [UFC] vs [#121 LW] Jai Herbert

46 [88]

Loik Radzhabov (34)	19-6-1	133
Last Fight: 7/20/2024 [UFC] vs [#69 LW] Trey Ogden

47 [97]

Daniel Zellhuber (26)	15-3-0	123
Last Fight: 7/19/2025 [UFC] vs [#59 LW] Michael Johnson

48 [102]

Nurullo Aliev (25)	10-0-0	120
Last Fight: 1/11/2025 [UFC] vs [NR] Joe Solecki

49 [104]

Mairon Santos (25)	16-1-0	116
Last Fight: 5/17/2025 [UFC] vs [#187 LW] Sodiq Yusuff

50 [106]

Elves Brener (27) •	16-6-0	113
Last Fight: 8/02/2025 [UFC] vs [#56 LW] Esteban Ribovics

51 [108]

Zhu Rong (25)	27-6-0	112
Last Fight: 8/23/2025 [UFC] vs [#177 LW] Austin Hubbard

52 [113]

Quillan Salkilld (25)	9-1-0	105
Last Fight: 6/07/2025 [UFC] vs [#192 LW] Yanal Ashmouz

53 [116]

Marquel Mederos (28)	11-1-0	102
Last Fight: 6/07/2025 [UFC] vs [#258 LW] Mark Choinski

54 [117]

Claudio Puelles (29)	12-6-0	102
Last Fight: 9/13/2025 [UFC] vs [#85 LW] Joaquim Silva

55 [119]

Ismael Bonfim (29)	20-5-0	102
Last Fight: 2/15/2025 [UFC] vs [#61 LW] Nazim Sadykhov

56 [121]

Jai Herbert (37)	13-6-1	102
Last Fight: 3/22/2025 [UFC] vs [#86 LW] Chris Padilla

57 [125]

Dom Mar Fan (25) •	8-2-0	100
Last Fight: 8/22/2025 [UFC] vs [#300 LW] Jae Hyun Park

58 [130]

Mike Davis (32)	12-3-0	99
Last Fight: 7/12/2025 [UFC] vs [#392 LW] Mitch Ramirez

59 [131]

Terrance McKinney (30)	17-7-0	98
Last Fight: 6/28/2025 [UFC] vs [#234 LW] Viacheslav Borshchev

60 [135]

Jordan Leavitt (30)	12-3-0	95
Last Fight: 5/31/2025 [UFC] vs [#164 LW] Kurt Holobaugh

61 [138]

Tony Ferguson (41)	25-11-0	93
Last Fight: 8/03/2024 [UFC] vs [#19 WW] Michael Chiesa

62 [141]

Edson Barboza (39) •	24-13-0	91
Last Fight: 8/16/2025 [UFC] vs [#45 LW] Drakkar Klose

63 [142]

Guram Kutateladze (33)	13-5-0	91
Last Fight: 3/22/2025 [UFC] vs [#71 LW] Kaue Fernandes

64 [151]

Clay Guida (43) ••	38-25-0	85
Last Fight: 12/07/2024 [UFC] vs [#75 LW] Chase Hooper

65 [154]

Tom Nolan (25)	9-1-0	83
Last Fight: 2/08/2025 [UFC] vs [#234 LW] Viacheslav Borshchev
Next Fight: 9/27/2025 [UFC] vs [NR] Charlie Campbell

66 [157]

Yuji Ephoevi-Ga (25) •	11-1-0	82
Last Fight: 5/23/2025 [UFC] vs [#125 LW] Dom Mar Fan

67 [158]

Gabriel Green (32)	12-5-0	81
Last Fight: 5/17/2025 [UFC] vs [#268 LW] Matheus Camilo

68 [164]

Kurt Holobaugh (39)	21-10-0	79
Last Fight: 5/31/2025 [UFC] vs [#135 LW] Jordan Leavitt

69 [165]

Evan Elder (28)	10-2-0	78
Last Fight: 4/26/2025 [UFC] vs [#227 LW] Gauge Young

70 [166]

Mansher Khera (33)	10-0-0	78
Last Fight: 5/22/2025 [UFC] vs [#323 LW] Aziz Khaydarov

71 [167]

Nikolas Motta (32)	15-6-0	78
Last Fight: 6/21/2025 [UFC] vs [#61 LW] Nazim Sadykhov

72 [168]

Roosevelt Roberts (31)	12-6-0	78
Last Fight: 9/28/2024 [UFC] vs [#43 LW] Ludovit Klein

73 [177]

Austin Hubbard (33)	16-10-0	74
Last Fight: 8/23/2025 [UFC] vs [#108 LW] Zhu Rong

74 [187]

Sodiq Yusuff (32)	13-5-0	67
Last Fight: 5/17/2025 [UFC] vs [#104 LW] Mairon Santos

75 [192]

Yanal Ashmouz (30)	8-2-0	66
Last Fight: 6/07/2025 [UFC] vs [#113 LW] Quillan Salkilld

76 [202]

Bolaji Oki (29)	10-3-0	64
Last Fight: 9/06/2025 [UFC] vs [#65 LW] Mason Jones

77 [215]

Kaynan Kruschewsky (34)	15-3-0	59
Last Fight: 7/20/2024 [UFC] vs [#164 LW] Kurt Holobaugh

78 [217]

Kyle Prepolec (36)	18-9-0	59
Last Fight: 5/10/2025 [UFC] vs [#18 LW] Benoit St. Denis
Next Fight: 10/18/2025 [UFC] vs [#79 LW] Drew Dober

79 [221]

Sang Wook Kim (31)	13-3-0	59
Last Fight: 8/22/2025 [UFC] vs [#546 LW] Yawei Ren

80 [227]

Gauge Young (25) •	10-3-0	57
Last Fight: 8/23/2025 [UFC] vs [#364 LW] Maheshate Hayisaer

81 [234]

Viacheslav Borshchev (33) •	8-6-1	56
Last Fight: 6/28/2025 [UFC] vs [#131 LW] Terrance McKinney

82 [255]

Jordan Vucenic (29)	13-4-0	52
Last Fight: 3/22/2025 [UFC] vs [#46 LW] Chris Duncan

83 [258]

Mark Choinski (29)	8-1-0	52
Last Fight: 6/07/2025 [UFC] vs [#116 LW] Marquel Mederos

84 [268]

Matheus Camilo (24)	9-3-0	51
Last Fight: 5/17/2025 [UFC] vs [#158 LW] Gabriel Green
Next Fight: 10/25/2025 [UFC] vs [NR] Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady

85 [271]

Harry Hardwick •	13-4-1	50
Last Fight: 9/06/2025 [UFC] vs [#71 LW] Kaue Fernandes

86 [280]

Trevor Peek (30) •	9-3-0	50
Last Fight: 9/07/2024 [UFC] vs [#192 LW] Yanal Ashmouz

87 [286]

Jeremy Stephens (39)	29-22-0	49
Last Fight: 5/03/2025 [UFC] vs [#65 LW] Mason Jones

88 [300]

Jae Hyun Park (23) •	8-4-0	46
Last Fight: 8/22/2025 [UFC] vs [#125 LW] Dom Mar Fan

89 [309]

Vinc Pichel (42) •	14-5-0	45
Last Fight: 3/29/2025 [UFC] vs [#37 LW] Rafa Garcia

90 [323]

Aziz Khaydarov (31) •	23-7-0	44
Last Fight: 5/22/2025 [UFC] vs [#166 LW] Mansher Khera

91 [331]

Ricky Glenn (36)	22-9-2	43
Last Fight: 8/17/2024 [UFC] vs [#130 WW] Kenan Song

92 [339]

Kody Steele (30)	7-1-0	42
Last Fight: 2/08/2025 [UFC] vs [#108 LW] Zhu Rong

93 [364]

Maheshate Hayisaer (25) •	10-5-0	40
Last Fight: 8/23/2025 [UFC] vs [#227 LW] Gauge Young

94 [392]

Mitch Ramirez (32)	8-3-0	38
Last Fight: 7/12/2025 [UFC] vs [#130 LW] Mike Davis

95 [398]

Jack Becker (32) •	13-6-0	37
Last Fight: 5/23/2025 [UFC] vs [#300 LW] Jae Hyun Park

96 [401]

Rolando Bedoya (28)	14-4-0	37
Last Fight: 8/03/2024 [UFC] vs [#121 LW] Jai Herbert
Next Fight: 9/27/2025 [UFC] vs [NR] Jamie Mullarkey

97 [403]

Anshul Jubli (30)	7-2-0	37
Last Fight: 2/08/2025 [UFC] vs [#113 LW] Quillan Salkilld

98 [527]

Dennis Buzukja (27)	12-5-0	30
Last Fight: 8/24/2024 [UFC] vs [#251 FW] Francis Marshall

99 [530]

Damir Hadzovic (39)	14-8-0	30
Last Fight: 2/01/2025 [UFC] vs [#131 LW] Terrance McKinney

100 [534]

Ottman Azaitar (35) •	13-3-0	30
Last Fight: 12/14/2024 [UFC] vs [#59 LW] Michael Johnson

101 [546]

Yawei Ren (27)	9-4-0	30
Last Fight: 8/22/2025 [UFC] vs [#221 LW] Sang Wook Kim

102 [588]

Daichi Kamiya (26)	6-1-0	28
Last Fight: 5/23/2025 [UFC] vs [#221 LW] Sang Wook Kim

103 [930]

Deni Daffa (26)	6-2-0	20
Last Fight: 5/23/2025 [UFC] vs [#546 LW] Yawei Ren

2 thoughts on “Lightweight”

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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