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: 12/04/2022 (Official Release: #843)

Rank

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Fighter (Age)

Record

Points

26

Thiago Moises (27)	16-6-0	245
Last Fight: 6/25/2022 [UFC] vs [#96 LW] Christos Giagos
Next Fight: 1/21/2023 [UFC] vs [#50 LW] Guram Kutateladze

27

Alexandr Shabliy (29)	22-3-0	245
Last Fight: 6/24/2022 [BellatorFC] vs [#54 LW] Brent Primus

28

Alex Martinez (28)	10-3-0	238
Last Fight: 8/05/2022 [Professional Fighters League] vs [#8 LW] Olivier Aubin-Mercier

29

Clay Collard (29)	21-10-0	237
Last Fight: 6/17/2022 [Professional Fighters League] vs [#28 LW] Alex Martinez

30

Mansour Barnaoui (30)	20-4-0	229
Last Fight: 10/29/2022 [BellatorFC] vs [#81 LW] Adam Piccolotti

31

Jalin Turner (27)	13-5-0	216
Last Fight: 7/02/2022 [UFC] vs [#60 LW] Brad Riddell

32

Alexander Sarnavskiy (33)	40-8-0	209
Last Fight: 5/21/2022 [Absolute Championship Akhmat] vs [#103 LW] Herdeson Batista

33

Damir Ismagulov (31)	24-1-0	208
Last Fight: 6/18/2022 [UFC] vs [#50 LW] Guram Kutateladze
Next Fight: 12/17/2022 [UFC] vs [#14 LW] Arman Tsarukyan

34

Stevie Ray (32)	25-11-0	205
Last Fight: 11/25/2022 [Professional Fighters League] vs [#8 LW] Olivier Aubin-Mercier

35

Ben Henderson (39)	30-11-0	196
Last Fight: 9/23/2022 [BellatorFC] vs [#83 LW] Peter Queally

36

Islam Mamedov (33)	22-2-1	196
Last Fight: 10/01/2022 [BellatorFC] vs [#100 LW] Nick Browne

37

Joel Alvarez (29)	19-3-0	195
Last Fight: 2/26/2022 [UFC] vs [#14 LW] Arman Tsarukyan

38

Salahdine Parnasse (25)	17-1-0	194
Last Fight: 11/12/2022 [KSW] vs [#164 LW] Sebastian Rajewski

39

Drakkar Klose (34)	13-2-1	191
Last Fight: 7/30/2022 [UFC] vs [#76 LW] Rafa Garcia

40

Kai Tang (26)	15-2-0	189
Last Fight: 8/26/2022 [One Fighting Championship] vs [#67 LW] Thanh Le

41

Marcin Held (30)	28-9-0	188
Last Fight: 8/20/2022 [Professional Fighters League] vs [#181 LW] Myles Price

42

1

Alexander Hernandez (30)	13-5-0	174
Last Fight: 2/12/2022 [UFC] vs [#17 LW] Renato Carneiro
Next Fight: 12/10/2022 [UFC] vs [#58 FW] Billy Quarantillo

43

1

Patricky Freire (36)	24-11-0	174
Last Fight: 11/18/2022 [BellatorFC] vs [#23 LW] Usman Nurmagomedov

44

Gadzhi Rabadanov (29)	17-5-1	173
Last Fight: 7/22/2022 [BellatorFC] vs [#113 LW] Bobby King
Next Fight: 12/31/2022 [Rizin Fighting Federation] vs [#118 LW] Koji Takeda

45

Marian Ziolkowski (32)	25-8-1	173
Last Fight: 6/18/2022 [KSW] vs [#164 LW] Sebastian Rajewski

46

Spike Carlyle (29)	14-4-0	171
Last Fight: 10/01/2022 [BellatorFC] vs [#9 LW] A.J. McKee

47

Daud Shaikhaev	13-4-0	169
Last Fight: 8/27/2022 [Absolute Championship Akhmat] vs [#103 LW] Herdeson Batista

48

Mark O. Madsen (38)	12-1-0	168
Last Fight: 11/05/2022 [UFC] vs [#12 LW] Grant Dawson

49

Claudio Puelles (26)	12-4-0	167
Last Fight: 11/12/2022 [UFC] vs [#11 LW] Dan Hooker

50

Guram Kutateladze (30)	12-3-0	165
Last Fight: 6/18/2022 [UFC] vs [#33 LW] Damir Ismagulov
Next Fight: 1/21/2023 [UFC] vs [#26 LW] Thiago Moises

Issue Date: 12/04/2022 (Official Release: #843)

Previous Official Release: 11/26/2022

Fighters who have dropped out: [#249] Darren Smith Jr.+, [#318] Felipe da Silva Maia+, [#325] Carson Frei+, [#345] Magnus Kelly Conrado+, [#401] Luigi Vendramini*, [#402] Byung Hee Lim!, [#424] Richie Smullen-, [#470] Ozan Aslaner+, [#478] Adam Cook!, [#538] Dmytrii Hrytsenko+, [#629] Konmon Deh-, [#714] Jerry Kvarnstrom-, [#746] Charlie Ontiveros!, [#748] Alexey Oleinik!, [#749] Carlos Belloso!, [#750] Jonay Sanchez!

Drop out symbols: * = Inactive (450d), + = Moved Divisions (Up), - = Moved Divisions (Down), % = Forced, ! = Results/Other