> MMA LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
378 athletes · 378 with verified records
> FIGHTERS
Dennis Reed
45 - 62 - 1
Travis Wiuff
"The Diesel"
75 - 21
Igor Vovchanchyn
"Ice Cold"
55 - 10
Ukraine
Vernon White
"Tiger"
26 - 33 - 2
Anthony Smith
"Lionheart"
38 - 22
USA
Jaime Jara
"El Cucui"
38 - 18
Anthony Ruiz
"El Toro"
33 - 22
Ron Faircloth
33 - 20
Aaron Brink
26 - 26
Dave Dalgliesh
30 - 19 - 2
Quinton Jackson
"Rampage"
37 - 12
Wanderlei Silva
"The Axe Murderer"
35 - 13 - 1
Brazil
Renato Sobral
"Babalu"
37 - 11
Brazil
Antony Rea
"Wild Thing"
33 - 15
Ken Shamrock
"The World's Most Dangerous Man"
28 - 17 - 2
Nick Rossborough
"Leatherface"
26 - 19 - 1
Chael Sonnen
29 - 15 - 1
USA
Ovince Saint Preux
27 - 18
Haiti
Yasuhito Namekawa
25 - 16 - 4
Maxim Grishin
"Maximus"
32 - 10 - 2
Russia
Ed Herman
"Short Fuse"
27 - 16
USA
Glover Teixeira
33 - 9
Brazil
Nikita Krylov
"The Miner"
31 - 11
Russia
Mikhail Iloukhine
30 - 11 - 1
Jan Blachowicz
29 - 11 - 2
Mauricio Rua
"Shogun"
27 - 14 - 1
Brazil
Rodney Wallace
"Shonuff the Master"
26 - 15 - 1
Igor Pokrajac
"The Duke"
28 - 13
Croatia
Wayne Cole
16 - 25
Jiří Procházka
"Denisa"
32 - 6 - 1
Czechia
★ UFC Light Heavyweight Championship (2022–2024) (former)
Emanuel Newton
"The Hardcore Kid"
26 - 12 - 1
Krzysztof Soszynski
"The Polish Experiment"
26 - 12 - 1
Homer Moore
"The Rock"
26 - 9 - 2
Francis Carmont
"Limitless"
25 - 12
Moise Rimbon
"Swamp"
23 - 11 - 3
Mike Kyle
"MAK"
22 - 14 - 1
USA
Chris Haseman
"The Hammer"
20 - 17
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
"The African Assassin"
18 - 18
Mike Whitehead
27 - 8
Vladimir Matyushenko
"The Janitor"
27 - 8
Fabio Maldonado
"Caipira de Aco"
23 - 11
Brazil
Ryan Spann
"Superman"
23 - 11
USA
Kazuhiro Nakamura
"Kaz"
21 - 13
George Allen
13 - 19 - 2
Bas Rutten
"El Guapo"
28 - 4 - 1
Chuck Grigsby
"The Reverend"
23 - 10
Rogerio Nogueira
"Minotouro"
23 - 10
Hans Stringer
22 - 8 - 3
Netherlands
Tanner Boser
"The Bulldozer"
22 - 10 - 1
Canada
Thiago Santos
"Marreta"
22 - 11
Brazil
Dequan Townsend
"The Tarantula"
21 - 12
USA
James Zikic
"The Messenger"
21 - 10 - 2
Houston Alexander
"The Assassin"
17 - 15 - 1
Kevin Randleman
"The Monster"
17 - 16
USA
John Doyle
"The Iron Bull"
11 - 22
Zak Cummings
25 - 7
USA
Dustin Jacoby
"The Hanyak"
22 - 9 - 1
USA
Ion Cutelaba
"The Hulk"
20 - 11 - 1
Moldova
Askar Mozharov
19 - 13
Ukraine
Tito Ortiz
"The People's Champ"
19 - 12 - 1
Ike Villanueva
"Hurricane"
18 - 14
Brazil
Alex Stiebling
"The Brazilian Killa"
19 - 11 - 1
Antonio Mendes
"Samurai"
18 - 13
Ryo Kawamura
18 - 9 - 4
Cyrille Diabate
"The Snake"
19 - 10 - 1
Randy Couture
"The Natural"
19 - 11
Jason Brilz
"Hitman"
22 - 6 - 1
Chuck Liddell
"The Iceman"
21 - 8
Volkan Oezdemir
"No Time"
21 - 8
Switzerland
Tatsuya Mizuno
16 - 12 - 1
Japan
Bryan Pardoe
"Pain Inducer"
13 - 16
Justin Davis
"Dangerous"
13 - 16
Ryan Bader
"Darth"
23 - 5
USA
Anthony Johnson
"Rumble"
22 - 6
USA
Gadzhimurad Antigulov
20 - 8
Russia
Derrick Mehmen
"Caveman"
19 - 9
USA
Rashad Evans
"Suga"
19 - 8 - 1
USA
Victor Valimaki
"The Matrix"
18 - 10
Paul Craig
"Bearjew"
17 - 10 - 1
Scotland
Katsuhisa Fujii
"Shamoji"
9 - 18 - 1
Muhammed Lawal
"King Mo"
21 - 6
USA
Tomasz Drwal
"Gorilla"
21 - 5 - 1
Brendson Ribeiro
"The Gorilla"
17 - 10
Brazil
James Irvin
"The Sandman"
17 - 10
Wes Combs
"The Soldier"
20 - 6
Forrest Griffin
19 - 7
Francimar Barroso
"Bodao"
19 - 7
Brazil
Modestas Bukauskas
"The Baltic Gladiator"
19 - 7
Lithuania
Zhang Mingyang
"Mountain Tiger"
19 - 7
China
Alexander Gustafsson
"The Mauler"
18 - 8
Sweden
Doug Marshall
"The Rhino"
18 - 8
Marcin Prachnio
17 - 9
Poland
Sean O'Connell
"The Real OC"
17 - 9
USA
Mark Coleman
"The Hammer"
16 - 10
USA
Edson Silva
"Paredao"
14 - 12
Brazil
Mike Cook
13 - 13
Leo Sylvest
"Lethal"
10 - 16
Thiago Silva
19 - 6
Brazil
David Heath
18 - 7
Anthony Perosh
"The Hippo"
15 - 10
Australia
Ryan Jimmo
"The Big Deal"
19 - 5
Aaron Rosa
18 - 6
Alexandre Ferreira
"Cacareco"
18 - 6
Alonzo Menifield
"Atomic"
17 - 6 - 1
USA
Misha Cirkunov
15 - 9
Latvia
Stephan Bonnar
"The American Psycho"
15 - 9
Yan Pellerin
"Wild Thing"
11 - 13
Philip Preece
10 - 14
Jeremy Lang
21 - 2
Linton Vassell
"The Swarm"
18 - 5
United Kingdom
Philipe Lins
"Monstro"
18 - 5
Brazil
Jimi Manuwa
"Poster Boy"
17 - 6
England
Emiliano Sordi
"He-Man"
16 - 7
Argentina
Goran Reljic
15 - 8
Croatia
Jeremy Kimball
15 - 8
USA
Yukiya Naito
15 - 6 - 2
Devin Clark
"Brown Bear"
14 - 9
USA
Vinny Magalhaes
"Pezao"
14 - 9
Brazil
Bogdan Guskov
"Hitman"
18 - 3 - 1
Uzbekistan
Carmelo Marrero
"The Fury"
16 - 6
Da Woon Jung
"Sseda"
15 - 6 - 1
South Korea
Virgil Zwicker
"RezDog"
15 - 6 - 1
USA
Roy Boughton
"Black Dynamite"
14 - 8
Seth Petruzelli
"The Silverback"
14 - 8
Artenus Young
10 - 12
Chad Cook
10 - 12
Abdul-Kerim Edilov
17 - 4
Russia
Ednaldo Oliveira
"Lula"
17 - 3 - 1
Phil Davis
"Mr. Wonderful"
17 - 4
USA
Daniel Spohn
"Dragon"
15 - 6
USA
Matheus Scheffel
"Buffa"
14 - 7
Brazil
Austen Lane
13 - 8
USA
Amir Rahnavardi
11 - 10
Jorge Gonzalez
"Street"
16 - 4
Mexico
Todd Brown
"Bulldog"
16 - 4
Aleksandar Rakic
"Rocket"
14 - 6
Serbia
Ivan Erslan
14 - 6
Croatia
Jimmy Crute
14 - 4 - 2
Australia
Joachim Christensen
14 - 6
Denmark
John Allan
13 - 7
Brazil
Larry Parker
13 - 6 - 1
Darren Stewart
"The Dentist"
12 - 8
England
Matt Hamill
"The Hammer"
12 - 8
USA
Elvis Sinosic
"The King of Rock n' Rumble"
7 - 11 - 2
Jake O'Brien
"Irish"
15 - 4
Klidson Abreu
"White Bear"
15 - 4
Brazil
Paulo Costa
"The Eraser"
15 - 4
Brazil
Acacio Dos Santos
"Pequeno"
14 - 5
Brazil
Corey Anderson
"Overtime"
14 - 5
USA
Henrique da Silva
"Frankenstein"
14 - 5
Brazil
Ricardo Arona
"The Brazilian Tiger"
14 - 5
Francisco France
"Kiko"
13 - 5 - 1
Brazil
Chris Daukaus
12 - 7
USA
Rafael Cavalcante
"Feijao"
12 - 7
Brazil
James Lee
15 - 3
Matt Lucas
"Luke Duke"
15 - 3
Ibo Aslan
"The Last Ottoman"
14 - 4
Türkiye
Razak Al-Hassan
13 - 5
Roger Hollett
"The Hulk"
13 - 5
TJ Cook
13 - 5
Brian Stann
"All American"
12 - 6
Gary Padilla
12 - 6
Mike Rodriguez
"Slo Mike"
11 - 7
USA
Alexander Otsuka
"The Diet Butcher"
5 - 13
Bruno Lopes
"The Brazilian Cowboy"
14 - 3
Brazil
Darko Stosic
13 - 4
Serbia
Mario Sperry
"Zen Machine"
13 - 4
Rodolfo Bellato
"Trator"
13 - 3 - 1
Brazil
Jordan Wright
"The Beverly Hills Ninja"
12 - 5
USA
Antwain Britt
"The Juggernaut"
11 - 6
Clint Hester
"Headbussa"
11 - 6
USA
Kyle Kingsbury
"Kingsbu"
11 - 6
Allan Goes
10 - 5 - 2
Hector Ramirez
"Sick Dog"
10 - 6 - 1
Patrick Cummins
"Durkin"
10 - 7
USA
Tom Blackledge
10 - 7
Azamat Murzakanov
"The Professional"
16 - 0
Russia
Ivan Shtyrkov
"Ural Hulk"
15 - 0 - 1
Rafael Tobias
"Bipolar"
14 - 2
Brazil
Mikheil Sazhiniani
"Spartan"
13 - 3
Georgia
Ivan Serati
12 - 4
Michael Patt
12 - 4
Vitor Vianna
12 - 3 - 1
Hirotaka Yokoi
"Kaibatsu-Kun"
11 - 5
Jamal Pogues
11 - 5
USA
Tuco Tokkos
11 - 5
England
William Knight
"Knightmare"
11 - 5
USA
Bobby Southworth
10 - 6
Bojan Mihajlovic
10 - 6
Serbia
Brad Morris
10 - 6
Tom Lawlor
"Filthy"
10 - 6
USA
Ariel Gandulla
7 - 9
Rodrigo Gripp de Sousa
"Riscado"
7 - 9
Jeremy Freitag
6 - 10
Shamil Gamzatov
14 - 1
Russia
Nicolae Negumereanu
13 - 2
Romania
Jordan Johnson
12 - 2 - 1
USA
Paulo Renato Junior
12 - 3
Wagner Prado
"Caldeirao"
12 - 3
Brazil
Danilo Marques
11 - 4
Brazil
Jakob Lovstad
"The Striking Viking"
11 - 4
Rafael Cerqueira
"The Lion"
11 - 4
Tyson Pedro
10 - 5
Australia
Karl Roberson
"Baby K"
9 - 6
USA
Justin Hawes
"The Hawk"
6 - 9
Chris Hawk
5 - 10
James Wade
4 - 11
Alex Pereira
"Poatan"
12 - 2
Brazil Glover Teixeira MMA
★ UFC Light Heavyweight Champion (former)
★ UFC Middleweight Champion (former)
Liam McGeary
12 - 2
Oumar Sy
12 - 2
France
Stanislav Nedkov
"Stucky"
12 - 2
Steve Bosse
"The Boss"
12 - 2
Chad Griggs
"The Grave Digger"
11 - 3
Nick Penner
"The Quiet Assassin"
11 - 3
Ricardo Romero
11 - 3
Eliot Marshall
"Fire"
10 - 4
Sam Hoger
"The Alaskan Assassin"
10 - 4
Gareth Joseph
9 - 5
Mike Nickels
9 - 5
Todd Gouwenberg
9 - 5
Vinicius Moreira
"Mamute"
9 - 5
Brazil
Jacob Noe
"Psycho"
3 - 11
Miguel Cosio
1 - 13
Diyar Nurgozhay
11 - 2
Kazakhstan
Jeremiah Billington
11 - 2
Joao Zaiden
10 - 3
Justin Ledet
"El Blanco"
9 - 4
USA
Rashad Coulter
"Daywalker"
9 - 4
USA
Cody Donovan
"Donnybrook"
8 - 5
Mike van Arsdale
8 - 5
Harry Hunsucker
"The Hurricane"
7 - 6
USA
Matt Van Buren
"Gutter"
7 - 6
Satoshi Honma
4 - 6 - 3
Everett Cummings
12 - 0
Marcos Brigagao
"Ironside"
11 - 1
Billy Elekana
"Son of Susie"
10 - 2
USA
Felipe Franco
10 - 2
Brazil
Alexander Poppeck
9 - 3
Germany
Kevin Christian
9 - 3
Brazil
Marcel Fortuna
9 - 3
USA
Wallid Ismail
9 - 3
Adam Milstead
"The Prototype"
8 - 4
USA
Anton Turkalj
"The Pleasure Man"
8 - 4
Sweden
Bartosz Szewczyk
8 - 3 - 1
Poland
Jesse Murray
"Hollywood"
8 - 4
Khadis Ibragimov
8 - 4
Russia
Mike Zichelle
8 - 4
Jamelle Jones
"The Beast"
7 - 5
USA
Roy Jones
7 - 5
Josh Stansbury
"The Sandman"
4 - 8
USA
Wesley Little
4 - 8
Kaloyan Kolev
10 - 1
Bulgaria
Al Matavao
"Sweetness"
8 - 3
American Samoa
James Bochnovic
8 - 3
USA
Chris Birchler
"The Big Buck"
7 - 4
Fabio Cherant
"Water Buffalo"
7 - 4
USA
Guto Inocente
7 - 4
Brazil
Booker DeRousse
6 - 5
Junior Tafa
"The Juggernaut"
6 - 5
Australia
Makoto Takimoto
6 - 5
Mike Glenn
5 - 6
Joe Cason
9 - 1
Magomed Gadzhiyasulov
9 - 1
Bahrain
Nasrudin Nasrudinov
9 - 1
Uran Satybaldiev
"Gorilla"
9 - 1
Kyrgyzstan
Bruno Oliveira
8 - 2
Cory Walmsley
"Hardcore"
8 - 2
Abongo Humphrey
7 - 3
Cameron Olson
"Cap'n Crunch"
7 - 3
Chalid Arrab
"Die Faust"
7 - 3
Guilherme Viana
7 - 3
Brazil
Jonathan Wilson
"Johnny Bravo"
7 - 3
Reese Andy
"Riptide"
7 - 3
Ty Flores
"Big Medicine"
7 - 3
USA
Zac Pauga
"The High Chief"
7 - 3
USA
Justin McElfresh
6 - 4
Kevin Haley
"The North Woods Nightmare"
6 - 4
Antonio Schembri
"Nino"
5 - 5
Shane Primm
5 - 5
Cody Sons
3 - 7
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev
"The Hunter"
9 - 0
Türkiye
Navajo Stirling
9 - 0
New Zealand
Lucasz Sudolski
8 - 1
Ray Sloan
8 - 1
Timo Feucht
8 - 1
Germany
Julius Walker
"Juice Box"
7 - 2
USA
Murtaza Talha
7 - 2
Bahrain
Tony Johnson
7 - 2
Aleksa Camur
6 - 3
USA
Andre Gusmao
6 - 3
Jorge Oliveira
5 - 3 - 1
Luc Bondole
5 - 2 - 2
Rob MacDonald
"Maximus"
5 - 4
John Richard
3 - 5 - 1
Rafael Freitas
"Capoeira"
3 - 6
Fabio Silva
1 - 8
Iwo Baraniewski
"Rudy"
8 - 0
Poland
Kenneth Bergh
8 - 0
Norway
Nick Roehrick
7 - 1
USA
Simon Biyong
7 - 1
Cameroon
Alik Lorenz
6 - 2
USA
Mark Hughes
6 - 2
Phillip Latu
"The Doctor"
6 - 2
USA
Scott Lighty
6 - 2
Daniel Jolly
"The Werewolf of Texas"
5 - 3
USA
Lee Brousseau
"Manimal"
5 - 3
Richard Dalton
4 - 3 - 1
Miika Mehmet
3 - 5
Robert Drysdale
7 - 0
Jair De Oliveira
"Mamute"
6 - 1
Brazil
Karl Reed
"No Worries"
6 - 1
Luke Fernandez
6 - 1
USA
Dennis Bryant
"The Beard"
5 - 2
Dimitiri Wanderley
5 - 2
George Bush
5 - 2
Craig Zellner
"Big Z"
4 - 3
Jorge Interiano
4 - 3
Kristian Rothaermel
4 - 3
Carlos Zevallos
3 - 4
Joel Sutton
2 - 4 - 1
Isi Fitikefu
"Doxz"
6 - 0
Australia
Levi Rodrigues Jr.
"Baby Monster"
6 - 0
Brazil
Anton Berzin
"The Body Snatcher"
5 - 1
Herdem Alacabek
5 - 1
Julius Anglickas
5 - 1
Lithuania
Keith Berish
"Sha Bang Bang"
5 - 1
USA
Lionel Lanham
5 - 1
Patryk Grabowski
"Czapla"
5 - 1
Poland
Rafael Pergentino
5 - 1
Brazil
Alton Cunningham
"The Bo-Man"
4 - 2
Hiroshi Izumi
4 - 2
Jeff Newton
4 - 2
Rex Holman
"Big Dog"
4 - 2
Erick Wanderlei
3 - 3
Jason Sharp
3 - 3
Andre Walker
1 - 5
Yoji Anjo
"Mr. 200%"
0 - 5 - 1
Ivan Gnizditskiy
5 - 0
Russia
Jorgen Kruth
"The Last Viking"
5 - 0
Francesco Mazzeo
4 - 1
Italy
Freddy Vidal
"The Barbarian"
4 - 1
USA
Mahamed Aly
4 - 1
Brazil
Sokun Koh
4 - 1
Fabio Gurgel
3 - 2
Sam Greco
3 - 1 - 1
Jeff Terry
2 - 3
Angelo Antonio
1 - 4
Yosuke Nishijima
0 - 5
Artem Vakhitov
3 - 1
Russia
Cory Hendricks
3 - 1
USA
Dashawn Boatwright
"Buck, the 400-pound Silverback"
3 - 1
Islem Masraf
"Lightning"
3 - 1
Algeria
John Paul Elias
3 - 1
Brandon Sene
2 - 2
Ricardo Barros
2 - 2
Dino Pezao
1 - 3
Jin Oh Kim
0 - 4
Brandon Hester
"The Beast"
3 - 0
Quentin Pasley
3 - 0
USA
Rhadi Ferguson
3 - 0
Dewey Cooper
"The Black Cobra"
2 - 1
Gokhan Saki
"The Rebel"
1 - 2
Türkiye
Jules Bruchez
1 - 2
Jack Morrison
0 - 3
Ralph Dillon
"Rage"
0 - 2 - 1
Eric Schwartz
2 - 0
Ion Cherdivara
1 - 1
Michael McDonald
"The Black Sniper"
1 - 1
USA
Dave Martin
0 - 2
Michiyoshi Ohara
0 - 2
Yuki Ishikawa
0 - 2
Pro Escobedo
1 - 0
Mack Brewer
0 - 1
Reza Nasri
0 - 1
Roland Payne
0 - 1
Roman Bravo-Young
0 - 1
Tatsuya Iwasaki
0 - 1
Travis Johnson
0 - 1
> EVENTS FEATURING THIS DIVISION
UFC 333
UPCOMING Oct 24, 2026
UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev
UPCOMING Oct 24, 2026
UFC Fight Night
UPCOMING Oct 10, 2026
UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Duncan
UPCOMING Oct 10, 2026
Contender Series 2026: Week 9
UPCOMING Oct 7, 2026
UFC Fight Night
UPCOMING Sep 26, 2026
Cage Warriors 210
UPCOMING Sep 26, 2026
UFC Fight Night: Rosas Jr. vs. Barcelos
UPCOMING Sep 26, 2026
Contender Series 2026: Week 7
UPCOMING Sep 23, 2026
UFC 331: Van vs. Pantoja 2
UPCOMING Sep 19, 2026
ACA 207: Goncharov vs Almeida
PAST Sep 12, 2026
OKTAGON 93: Roušal vs. Mågård
PAST Sep 12, 2026
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