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UFC Lightweight Rankings

Updated: 05 Jun, 2025

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UFC Lightweight Champion

Vacant

1
Armenia flag
Arman Tsarukyan photo
Tsarukyan
2
Brazil flag
Charles Oliveira photo
1
Oliveira
3
United States flag
Justin Gaethje photo
2
Gaethje
4
United States flag
Max Holloway photo
3
Holloway
5
United States flag
Dustin Poirier photo
4
Poirier
6
New Zealand flag
Dan Hooker photo
5
Hooker
7
Poland flag
Mateusz Gamrot photo
6
Gamrot
8
United Kingdom flag
Paddy Pimblett photo
7
Pimblett
9
United States flag
Beneil Dariush photo
8
Dariush
10
Brazil flag
Renato Moicano photo
9
Moicano
11
Kyrgyzstan flag
Rafael Fiziev photo
10
Fiziev
12
United States flag
Michael Chandler photo
11
Chandler
13
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Benoit Saint-Denis photo
12
Saint-Denis
14
United States flag
Grant Dawson photo
13
Dawson
15
Spain flag
Joel Alvarez photo
14
Alvarez

22-3-0

BELLATOR Lightweight Rankings

Updated: 14 Dec, 2023

Russian Federation flag
Usman Nurmagomedov photo

Bellator Lightweight Champion

Usman
Nurmagomedov

19-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Australia flag Hughes (13-1-0) MD 5 25-Jan-2025
Time inactive
134 days - (4 months & 14 days)
Won against
Brazil flag Pitbull (24-10-0) UD 5 18-Nov-2022
Time held
933 days - (2 years & 6 months)
Total defences
4
Jan 25 2025
MD 5 Australia flag Hughes (13-1-0)
Sep 07 2024
UD 5 Russian Federation flag Shabliy (24-3-0)
Oct 07 2023
UD 5 United States flag Primus (12-3-0)
Mar 10 2023
SUB 1 United States flag Henderson (30-11-0)
Activity average
Every 233 days - (7 months & 21 days)
1
Russian Federation flag
Alexander Shabliy photo
1
Shabliy
2
Azerbaijan flag
Tofiq Musayev photo
2
Musayev

22-5-0

3
Brazil flag
Patricky Pitbull photo
Pitbull
4
United States flag
Brent Primus photo
3
Primus
5
United States flag
AJ McKee Jr photo
5
McKee Jr
6
Russian Federation flag
Islam Mamedov photo
6
Mamedov

23-3-1

7
United States flag
Sidney Outlaw photo
4
Outlaw
8
Russian Federation flag
Gadzhi Rabadanov photo
7
Rabadanov

25-4-1

9
United States flag
Archie Colgan photo
9
Colgan
10
New Zealand flag
Jay Jay Wilson photo
8
Wilson

11-1-0

TAPOLOGY Lightweight Rankings

Updated: 05 Jun, 2025

1
Armenia flag
Arman Tsarukyan photo
Tsarukyan
2
Brazil flag
Charles Oliveira photo
2
Oliveira
3
United States flag
Justin Gaethje photo
1
Gaethje
4
United States flag
Dustin Poirier photo
3
Poirier
5
Poland flag
Mateusz Gamrot photo
4
Gamrot
6
United Kingdom flag
Paddy Pimblett photo
5
Pimblett
7
New Zealand flag
Dan Hooker photo
6
Hooker
8
Russian Federation flag
Islam Makhachev photo
7
Makhachev
9
Brazil flag
Renato Moicano photo
8
Moicano
10
Kyrgyzstan flag
Rafael Fiziev photo
9
Fiziev
11
United States flag
Grant Dawson photo
10
Dawson
12
United States flag
Beneil Dariush photo
11
Dariush
13
Spain flag
Joel Alvarez photo
12
Alvarez

22-3-0

14
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Benoit Saint-Denis photo
13
Saint-Denis
15
Chile flag
Ignacio Bahamondes photo
14
Bahamondes

17-5-0

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Vacant

UFC Lightweight Champion

  1. Armenia flag Arman Tsarukyan
    (22-3-0) -
  2. Brazil flag Charles Oliveira
    (35-10-0) -
  3. United States flag Justin Gaethje
    (26-5-0) -
  4. United States flag Max Holloway
    (26-8-0) -
  5. United States flag Dustin Poirier
    (30-9-0) -
  6. New Zealand flag Dan Hooker
    (24-12-0) -
  7. Poland flag Mateusz Gamrot
    (25-3-0) -
  8. United Kingdom flag Paddy Pimblett
    (23-3-0) -
  9. United States flag Beneil Dariush
    (22-6-1) -
  10. Brazil flag Renato Moicano
    (20-6-1) -
  11. Kyrgyzstan flag Rafael Fiziev
    (12-4-0) -
  12. United States flag Michael Chandler
    (23-10-0) -
  13.  flag Benoit Saint-Denis
    (14-3-0) -
  14. United States flag Grant Dawson
    (23-2-1) -
  15. Spain flag Joel Alvarez
    (22-3-0) -
BELLATOR Lightweight
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Russian Federation flag Usman Nurmagomedov (19-0-0)

Bellator Lightweight Champion

  1. Russian Federation flag Alexander Shabliy
    (24-4-0) 1
  2. Azerbaijan flag Tofiq Musayev
    (22-5-0) 1
  3. Brazil flag Patricky Pitbull
    (25-14-0) 2
  4. United States flag Brent Primus
    (16-4-0) -
  5. United States flag AJ McKee Jr
    (22-2-0) 1
  6. Russian Federation flag Islam Mamedov
    (23-3-1) 1
  7. United States flag Sidney Outlaw
    (17-6-0) 2
  8. Russian Federation flag Gadzhi Rabadanov
    (25-4-1) -
  9. United States flag Archie Colgan
    (11-0-0) 1
  10. New Zealand flag Jay Jay Wilson
    (11-1-0) 1
TAPOLOGY Lightweight
  1. Armenia flag Arman Tsarukyan
    (22-3-0) -
  2. Brazil flag Charles Oliveira
    (35-10-0) 1
  3. United States flag Justin Gaethje
    (26-5-0) 1
  4. United States flag Dustin Poirier
    (30-9-0) -
  5. Poland flag Mateusz Gamrot
    (25-3-0) -
  6. United Kingdom flag Paddy Pimblett
    (23-3-0) -
  7. New Zealand flag Dan Hooker
    (24-12-0) -
  8. Russian Federation flag Islam Makhachev
    (27-1-0) -
  9. Brazil flag Renato Moicano
    (20-6-1) -
  10. Kyrgyzstan flag Rafael Fiziev
    (12-4-0) -
  11. United States flag Grant Dawson
    (23-2-1) -
  12. United States flag Beneil Dariush
    (22-6-1) -
  13. Spain flag Joel Alvarez
    (22-3-0) -
  14.  flag Benoit Saint-Denis
    (14-3-0) -
  15. Chile flag Ignacio Bahamondes
    (17-5-0) -