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The Light Heavyweight Division is a weight class in combat sports. The UFC Light Heavyweight Division limits between 186.1 lbs to 205 lbs (84 to 93 kg).
The Light Heavyweight Title was known as the Middleweight Title prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). In 2007, the Pride World Middleweight Championship was unified with the UFC Light Heavyweight Title on when Quinton Jackson defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 75.
The UFC Light Heavyweight Title has been held by the likes of Frank Shemrock, Tito Ortiz, Randy Couture, Vitor Belfort, Chuck Liddell, Quinton Jackson, Forest Griffin, Rashad Evans, Lyoto Machida, and Mauricio Rua.
At UFC 128, Jon Jones won the Light Heavyweight Title for the first time in his career after defeating Mauricio Rua. Jones held the title for 1501 days and defended it 8 times before being stripped off the title due to a hit and run issue. Daniel Cormier won the vacant belt by beating Anthony Johnson at UFC 187.
Cormier, who became the second fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two weight classes simultaneously and is the first to defend them in two divisions, vacated his Light Heavyweight Championship 174 days after winning the Heavyweight title. Jon Jones won the vacant belt for the second time in his career after defeating Alexander Gustafsson and defended it against Anthony Smith, Thiago Santos and Dominick Reyes before vacating it to move upto the Heavyweight division.
Glover Teixeira became the current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion after defeating Jan Blachowicz at UFC 267.
Current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion: Glover Teixeira [33–7]
Rank | Fighters | Record | M | Win Streak | Result | Last Fight | Next Fight |
C | Glover Teixeira | 33–7 | - | 6 (0 def) | Win | UFC 267 Jan Błachowicz | UFC 275 Jiří Procházka |
1 | Jan Błachowicz | 28–9 | - | 0 | Loss | UFC 267 Glover Teixeira | UFC on ESPN 36 Aleksandar Rakić |
2 | Jiří Procházka | 28–3–1 | - | 12 | Win | UFC on ESPN 23 Dominick Reyes | UFC 275 Glover Teixeira |
3 | Aleksandar Rakić | 14–2 | - | 2 | Win | UFC 259 Thiago Santos | UFC on ESPN 36 Jan Błachowicz |
4 | Magomed Ankalaev | 17–1 | - | 8 | Win | UFC Fight Night 203 Thiago Santos | TBD |
5 | Anthony Smith | 36–16 | - | 3 | Win | UFC Fight Night 192 Ryan Spann | TBD |
6 | Thiago Santos | 22–10 | - | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 203 Magomed Ankalaev | TBD |
7 | Dominick Reyes | 12–3 | - | 0 | Loss | UFC on ESPN 23 Jiří Procházka | TBD |
8 | Paul Craig | 16–4–1 | - | 4 | Win | UFC Fight Night 204 Nikita Krylov | TBD |
9 | Volkan Oezdemir | 17–6 | - | 0 | Loss | UFC 267 Magomed Ankalaev | TBD |
10 | Jamahal Hill | 10–1 (1 NC) | - | 2 | Win | UFC Fight Night 201 Johnny Walker | TBD |
11 | Nikita Krylov | 26–9 | - | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 204 Paul Craig | UFC Fight Night 212 Alexander Gustafsson |
12 | Johnny Walker | 18–7 | - | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 201 Jamahal Hill | TBD |
13 | Ryan Spann | 19–7 | - | 0 | Loss | UFC Fight Night 192 Anthony Smith | UFC on ESPN 36 Ion Cuțelaba |
14 | Jimmy Crute | 12–3 | - | 0 | Loss | UFC on ESPN 33 Jamahal Hill | TBD |
15 | Dustin Jacoby | 17–5–1 | - | 3 | Win | UFC 272 Michał Oleksiejczuk | UFC Fight Night 211 Da Un Jung |
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* Last Updated April 13th, 2022
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