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UFC Heavyweight Rankings

Updated: 22 May, 2025

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UFC Heavyweight Champion

Jon
Jones

28-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
United States flag Miocic (20-4-0) KO 3 16-Nov-2024
Time inactive
188 days - (6 months & 7 days)
Won against
flag Gane (11-1-0) SUB 1 04-Mar-2023
Time held
811 days - (2 years & 2 months)
Total defences
1
Nov 16 2024
KO 3 United States flag Miocic (20-4-0)
Activity average
Every 811 days - (2 years & 2 months)
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UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion

Tom
Aspinall

15-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
United States flag Blaydes (18-4-0) KO 1 27-Jul-2024
Time inactive
300 days - (9 months & 27 days)
Won against
Russian Federation flag Pavlovich (18-1-0) KO 1 11-Nov-2023
Time held
559 days - (1 year & 6 months)
Total defences
1
Jul 27 2024
KO 1 United States flag Blaydes (18-4-0)
Activity average
Every 559 days - (1 year & 6 months)
1
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Tom Aspinall photo
Aspinall

15-3-0

2
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Ciryl Gane photo
1
Gane

13-2-0

3
Russian Federation flag
Alexander Volkov photo
2
Volkov

38-11-0

4
Russian Federation flag
Sergei Pavlovich photo
3
Pavlovich

19-3-0

5
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Curtis Blaydes photo
4
Blaydes

18-5-0

6
Brazil flag
Jailton Almeida photo
5
Almeida

22-3-0

7
Ukraine flag
Sergey Spivac photo
6
Spivac

17-5-0

8
Poland flag
Marcin Tybura photo
7
Tybura

27-9-0

9
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Derrick Lewis photo
8
Lewis

28-12-0

10
Australia flag
Tai Tuivasa photo
9
Tuivasa

14-8-0

11
Dominican Republic flag
Waldo Cortes-Acosta photo
10
Cortes-Acosta

13-1-0

12
Russian Federation flag
Shamil Gaziev photo
11
Gaziev

14-1-0

13
United Kingdom flag
Michael Parkin photo
12
Parkin

10-1-0

14
Brazil flag
Talisson Teixeira photo
13
Teixeira

8-0-0

15
Slovakia flag
Martin Buday photo
14
Buday

15-2-0

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BELLATOR Heavyweight Rankings

Updated: 14 Dec, 2023

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Bellator Heavyweight Champion

Ryan
Bader

31-8-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Russian Federation flag Emelianenko (40-6-0) KO 1 04-Feb-2023
Time inactive
839 days - (2 years & 3 months)
Won against
Russian Federation flag Emelianenko (38-5-0) KO 1 26-Jan-2019
Time held
2309 days - (6 years & 3 months)
Total defences
4
Feb 04 2023
KO 1 Russian Federation flag Emelianenko (40-6-0)
May 06 2022
UD 5 flag Kongo (31-11-2)
Jan 29 2022
UD 5 Ukraine flag Moldavsky (11-1-0)
Sep 07 2019
NC 1 flag Kongo (30-10-2)
Activity average
Every 577 days - (1 year & 6 months)
1
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Vassell

24-10-0

2
Ukraine flag
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1
Moldavsky

14-4-0

3
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2
Mowry

10-2-1

4
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3
Saricam

9-2-0

5
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Daniel James photo
4
James

15-7-1

6
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Tyrell Fortune photo
5
Fortune

14-3-0

7
Brazil flag
Marcelo Golm photo
6
Golm

10-6-0

8
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Timothy Johnson photo
7
Johnson

18-12-0

9
Tunisia flag
Slim Trabelsi photo
8
Trabelsi

8-0-0

10
Russian Federation flag
Oleg Popov photo
9
Popov

20-2-0

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TAPOLOGY Heavyweight Rankings

Updated: 22 May, 2025

1
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Aspinall

15-3-0

2
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Jon Jones photo
1
Jones

28-1-0

3
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Alexander Volkov photo
2
Volkov

38-11-0

4
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3
Gane

13-2-0

5
United States flag
Curtis Blaydes photo
4
Blaydes

18-5-0

6
Russian Federation flag
Sergei Pavlovich photo
5
Pavlovich

19-3-0

7
Brazil flag
Jailton Almeida photo
6
Almeida

22-3-0

8
Cameroon flag
Francis NGannou photo
7
N'Gannou

18-3-0

9
Ukraine flag
Sergey Spivac photo
8
Spivac

17-5-0

10
Poland flag
Marcin Tybura photo
9
Tybura

27-9-0

11
Russian Federation flag
Shamil Gaziev photo
10
Gaziev

14-1-0

12
United States flag
Derrick Lewis photo
11
Lewis

28-12-0

13
Russian Federation flag
Vadim Nemkov photo
12
Nemkov

18-2-0

14
Afghanistan flag
Denis Goltsov photo
13
Goltsov

36-8-0

15
Dominican Republic flag
Waldo Cortes-Acosta photo
14
Cortes-Acosta

13-1-0

Heavyweight Rankings

Updated: 01 Jan, 1970

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Lucas Camacho
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6-1-0
Records
3-0-0
LFA 209
Saturday, May 24 2025
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17-5-0
Records
13-1-0
UFC 316
Saturday, Jun 07 2025
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Wrzosek
26-6-0
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6-0-0
KSW 107
Saturday, Jun 14 2025
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Abdelwahab
10-4-0
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6-0-0
UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree
Saturday, Jun 21 2025
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Rizvan Kuniev
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Kuniev
18-5-0
Records
12-2-1
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Saturday, Jun 21 2025
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14-4-0
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19-3-0
PFL 2025 World Tournament: Semifinals 3
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12-3-0
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20-2-0
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13-4-0
Records
10-3-0
PFL 2025 World Tournament: Semifinals 3
Friday, Jun 27 2025
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Tafa
8-1-0
Records
7-5-0
UFC 317
Saturday, Jun 28 2025
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Vitor Petrino photo
Austen Lane
Petrino
Lane
11-2-0
Records
13-6-0
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira
Saturday, Jul 12 2025
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Recent Heavyweight results

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Josh Hokit
Eric Lunsford
Hokit
Lunsford
3-0-0
Records
7-4-0
KO 1
Result
KO 1
LFA 208
Friday, May 09 2025
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Mikio Ueda
Shoma Shibisai
Ueda
Shibisai
4-2-0
Records
10-3-0
KO 1
Result
KO 1
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Sunday, May 04 2025
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Tsuyoshi Sudario
Jose Augusto Azevedo
Sudario
Azevedo
8-3-0
Records
10-4-0
UD 3
Result
UD 3
RIZIN Otokomatsuri
Sunday, May 04 2025
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Marek Samociuk
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Samociuk
James
6-4-0
Records
15-7-0
UD 3
Result
UD 3
RIZIN Otokomatsuri
Sunday, May 04 2025
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Don Tale Mayes
Thomas Petersen
Mayes
Petersen
11-8-0
Records
9-3-0
UD 3
Result
UD 3
UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo
Saturday, May 03 2025
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Sergey Bilostenniy photo
Moldavsky
Bilostenniy
13-4-0
Records
13-3-0
UD 3
Result
UD 3
PFL 2025 World Tournament: First Round 4
Thursday, May 01 2025
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Oleg Popov
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Popov
Williams
19-2-0
Records
10-2-0
SD 3
Result
SD 3
PFL 2025 World Tournament: First Round 4
Thursday, May 01 2025
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Romanov
Johnson
18-3-0
Records
18-11-0
Sub 1
Result
Sub 1
PFL 2025 World Tournament: First Round 4
Thursday, May 01 2025
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Abraham Bably
Nascimento
Bably
11-3-0
Records
5-1-0
SD 3
Result
SD 3
PFL 2025 World Tournament: First Round 4
Thursday, May 01 2025
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Bajor
Sakai
25-11-0
Records
16-6-0
SD 3
Result
SD 3
KSW 105
Saturday, Apr 26 2025

Heavyweight MMA rankings

UFC Heavyweight
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United States flag Jon Jones (28-1-0)

UFC Heavyweight Champion

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United Kingdom flag Tom Aspinall (15-3-0)

UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion

  1. United Kingdom flag Tom Aspinall
    (15-3-0) -
  2. flag Ciryl Gane
    (13-2-0) -
  3. Russian Federation flag Alexander Volkov
    (38-11-0) -
  4. Russian Federation flag Sergei Pavlovich
    (19-3-0) -
  5. United States flag Curtis Blaydes
    (18-5-0) -
  6. Brazil flag Jailton Almeida
    (22-3-0) -
  7. Ukraine flag Sergey Spivac
    (17-5-0) -
  8. Poland flag Marcin Tybura
    (27-9-0) -
  9. United States flag Derrick Lewis
    (28-12-0) -
  10. Australia flag Tai Tuivasa
    (14-8-0) -
  11. Dominican Republic flag Waldo Cortes-Acosta
    (13-1-0) -
  12. Russian Federation flag Shamil Gaziev
    (14-1-0) -
  13. United Kingdom flag Michael Parkin
    (10-1-0) -
  14. Brazil flag Talisson Teixeira
    (8-0-0) -
  15. Slovakia flag Martin Buday
    (15-2-0) -
BELLATOR Heavyweight
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United States flag Ryan Bader (31-8-0)

Bellator Heavyweight Champion

  1. United Kingdom flag Linton Vassell
    (24-10-0) -
  2. Ukraine flag Valentin Moldavsky
    (14-4-0) -
  3. United States flag Steve Mowry
    (10-2-1) -
  4. Turkey flag Gokhan Saricam
    (9-2-0) -
  5. United States flag Daniel James
    (15-7-1) -
  6. United States flag Tyrell Fortune
    (14-3-0) -
  7. Brazil flag Marcelo Golm
    (10-6-0) -
  8. United States flag Timothy Johnson
    (18-12-0) -
  9. Tunisia flag Slim Trabelsi
    (8-0-0) -
  10. Russian Federation flag Oleg Popov
    (20-2-0) -
TAPOLOGY Heavyweight
  1. United Kingdom flag Tom Aspinall
    (15-3-0) -
  2. United States flag Jon Jones
    (28-1-0) -
  3. Russian Federation flag Alexander Volkov
    (38-11-0) -
  4. flag Ciryl Gane
    (13-2-0) -
  5. United States flag Curtis Blaydes
    (18-5-0) -
  6. Russian Federation flag Sergei Pavlovich
    (19-3-0) -
  7. Brazil flag Jailton Almeida
    (22-3-0) -
  8. Cameroon flag Francis NGannou
    (18-3-0) -
  9. Ukraine flag Sergey Spivac
    (17-5-0) -
  10. Poland flag Marcin Tybura
    (27-9-0) -
  11. Russian Federation flag Shamil Gaziev
    (14-1-0) -
  12. United States flag Derrick Lewis
    (28-12-0) -
  13. Russian Federation flag Vadim Nemkov
    (18-2-0) -
  14. Afghanistan flag Denis Goltsov
    (36-8-0) -
  15. Dominican Republic flag Waldo Cortes-Acosta
    (13-1-0) -
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