Heavyweight rankings.
The top 30 heavyweights by the First Light Rating, a skill score built from in-cage performance and results, with each one’s First Light Index: fame against what that skill predicts. Jon Jones leads at 2,201.
Movement since 24 Sep 2026 · Updated · All divisions
Heavyweight
| Rank | Fighter | FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill | FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Jones | 2,201 | +0.10— |
| 2 | Ciryl Gane | 2,141 | 0.00▲ +0.03 |
| 3 | Francis Ngannou 2 | 2,130 | +0.33▼ −0.11 |
| 4 | Vadim Nemkov 1 | 2,127 | −0.49— |
| 5 | Alexander Volkov 1 | 2,103 | −0.06▲ +0.02 |
| 6 | Phil De Fries | 2,086 | −0.66— |
| 7 | Sergei Pavlovich | 2,072 | +0.07▲ +0.03 |
| 8 | Denis Goltsov 1 | 2,058 | −0.75— |
| 9 | Waldo Cortes-Acosta 2 | 2,047 | −0.02— |
| 10 | Anatoly Malykhin 2 | 2,044 | −0.16▲ +0.09 |
| 11 | Tom Aspinall 1 | 2,026 | +0.50▲ +0.06 |
| 12 | Oleg Popov 2 | 2,017 | −0.78Last 29 days: −0.79 → −0.78 |
| 13 | Alexander Romanov 1 | 2,016 | −0.34— |
| 14 | Curtis Blaydes 1 | 2,011 | +0.11▲ +0.04 |
| 15 | Kirill Kornilov | 2,003 | −0.87Last 31 days: −0.87 → −0.87 |
| 16 | Evgeniy Goncharov | 1,998 | −0.61▲ +0.03 |
| 17 | Shamil Erdogan 1 | 1,998 | −0.81 |
| 18 | Vitor Petrino 1 | 1,991 | −0.24▼ −0.07 |
| 19 | Jailton Almeida 2 | 1,989 | +0.07▲ +0.03 |
| 20 | Sergey Bilostenniy | 1,963 | — |
| 21 | Alikhan Vakhaev | 1,957 | — |
| 22 | Tyrell Fortune | 1,948 | −0.42▲ +0.03 |
| 23 | Linton Vassell 2 | 1,945 | −0.66— |
| 24 | Valter Walker 1 | 1,941 | +0.58— |
| 25 | Serghei Spivac 3 | 1,937 | +0.07— |
| 26 | Josh Hokit 1 | 1,931 | +0.65▲ +0.02 |
| 27 | Marcin Tybura 2 | 1,925 | +0.11— |
| 28 | Derrick Lewis 2 | 1,922 | +0.45— |
| 29 | Amir Aliakbari 2 | 1,921 | +0.68— |
| 30 | Shamil Gaziev 4 | 1,921 | +0.13▲ +0.06 |
Where the UFC panel disagrees.
- Josh HokitFLR 26th · panel 4th22 lower here
- Serghei SpivacFLR 25th · panel 9th16 lower here
- Derrick LewisFLR 28th · panel 12th16 lower here
- Valter WalkerFLR 24th · panel 11th13 lower here
- Tom AspinallFLR 11th · panel 1st10 lower here
Better than their audience knows.
- Kirill KornilovFLR 15th−0.87
- Shamil ErdoganFLR 17th−0.81
- Oleg PopovFLR 12th−0.78
Bigger names than their skill predicts.
- Amir AliakbariFLR 29th+0.68
- Josh HokitFLR 26th+0.65
- Valter WalkerFLR 24th+0.58
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
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