Light Heavyweight

Men's Light Heavyweight

  1. ChampionCarlos UlbergCarlos Ulberg
  2. #1 ContenderMagomed AnkalaevMagomed Ankalaev
  3. #2 ContenderJiří Procházka
  4. #3 ContenderAlex PereiraAlex Pereira
  5. #4 ContenderKhalil Rountree Jr.Khalil Rountree
  6. #5 ContenderNavajo Stirling
  7. #6 ContenderPaulo CostaPaulo Costa
  8. #7 ContenderDominick ReyesDominick Reyes
  9. #8 ContenderBogdan GuskovBogdan Guskov
  10. #9 ContenderJan Błachowicz
  11. #10 ContenderAzamat MurzakanovAzamat Murzakanov
  12. #11 ContenderRobert Whittaker PoolRobert Whittaker
  13. #12 ContenderAbdul Rakhman Yakhyaev
  14. #13 ContenderAlonzo MenifieldAlonzo Menifield
  15. #14 ContenderReinier de RidderReinier de Ridder
  16. #15 ContenderNikita KrylovNikita Krylov

Also on the Roster

Light heavyweight runs to 205 pounds, with sixty pounds of empty air between it and the heavyweight limit. That is the widest gap between any two divisions in the sport.

For most of the UFC’s history this was the marquee weight class. Liddell, Ortiz, Rampage, Jones, Cormier — the fighters who defined eras mostly did it at 205. It still takes traffic from both sides: middleweights who can no longer make the cut, and heavyweights who never needed to be that big.