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UFC Light Heavyweight Power Rankings

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Four Top 15 Light Heavyweights are due to compete in the month of February. Ryan Bader gets another shot to add a big name victory to his resume in a battle with Quinton “Rampage” Jackson at UFC 144, while Alexander Gustaffson can extend his winning streak to five if he beats Antonio Rogerio Nogueira in his native Sweden at UFC on Fuel TV 1. Phil Davis, fresh off a demoralizing loss to new #1 contender Rashad Evans at UFC on Fox 2, is going to need to regroup quickly if he wants to avoid being leapfrogged in the coming months by a man he previously defeated. Perhaps a matchup with Forrest Griffin would do the trick. Rich Franklin continues to drop due to inactivity. Maybe an opportunity to avenge his loss to Lyoto Machida would restore him to relevancy. At the bottom of the division, Stephan Bonnar is looking for a step up in competition as he looks to notch a fourth straight win, and possibly break through to the Top 10-15 range. Unfortunately, he may have to settle for a lower-profile matchup, with so many fighters currently paired up..

* Last Rank Light Heavyweight Recent UFC Record Recent Finishes Streak Overall Record Last Fight Date Last Fight Next Fight Next Fight Date
C N/A Jon Jones 8 – 1 7 W6 15 – 1 12/10/2011 UFC 140 UFC 145 4/21/2012
1 N/A Rashad Evans 4 – 1 1 W4 16 – 1 – 1 1/28/2012 UFC on Fox 2 UFC 145 4/21/2012
2 N/A Dan Henderson 2 – 0 1 W1 29 – 8 11/19/2011 UFC 139
3 N/A Mauricio Rua 4 – 2 4 L1 20 – 6 11/19/2011 UFC 139
4 N/A Quinton Jackson 2 – 2 2 L1 32 – 9 9/24/2011 UFC 135 UFC 144 2/26/2012
5 N/A Lyoto Machida 1 – 3 1 L1 17 – 3 12/10/2011 UFC 140
6 N/A Forrest Griffin 2 – 2 0 L1 18 – 7 8/27/2011 UFC 134
7 N/A Phil Davis 5 – 1 2 L1 9 – 1 1/28/2012 UFC on Fox 2
8 N/A Alexander Gustafsson 5 – 1 5 W4 13 – 1 12/30/2011 UFC 141 UFC on Fuel TV 1 2/15/2012
9 N/A Antonio Rogerio Nogueira 3 – 2 2 W1 20 – 5 12/10/2011 UFC 140 UFC on Fuel TV 1 2/15/2012
10 N/A Vladimir Matyushenko 4 – 2 2 L1 26 – 6 12/30/2011 UFC 141
S N/A Thiago Silva 1 – 2 1 L1 14 – 2 1/1/2011 UFC 125
11 N/A Tito Ortiz 1 – 4 1 L2 16 – 10 – 1 12/10/2011 UFC 140
12 N/A Ryan Bader 5 – 1 2 W1 13 – 2 11/19/2011 UFC 139 UFC 144 2/26/2012
13 N/A Rich Franklin 2 – 2 1 L1 28 – 6 2/5/2011 UFC 126
14 N/A Anthony Perosh 2 – 1 2 W2 12 – 6 11/5/2011 UFC 138 UFC on FX 2 3/3/2012
15 N/A Cyrille Diabate 2 – 2 1 L1 17 – 8 – 1 11/5/2011 UFC 138 UFC on Fuel TV 2 4/14/2012
16 N/A Stanislav Nedkov 1 – 0 1 W1 12 – 0 8/27/2011 UFC 134
17 N/A Luiz Cane 3 – 4 2 L1 12 – 4 8/27/2011 UFC 134
18 N/A Stephan Bonnar 3 – 3 1 W3 14 – 7 11/19/2011 UFC 139
19 N/A Kyle Kingsbury 4 – 1 1 L1 11 – 3 11/19/2011 UFC 139
20 N/A Brandon Vera 3 – 2 1 W1 12 – 5 10/29/2011 UFC 137
21 N/A James Te-Huna 2 – 1 2 W1 13 – 5 9/24/2011 UFC 135 UFC on FX 2 3/3/2012
22 N/A Igor Pokrajac 3 – 3 2 W2 24 – 8 12/10/2011 UFC 140
23 N/A Krzysztof Soszynski 5 – 3 3 L1 26 – 12 – 1 12/10/2011 UFC 140
24 N/A Aaron Rosa 1 – 1 0 W1 17 – 4 11/12/2011 UFC on Fox 1 UFC on FX 2 3/3/2012
N N/A Nick Penner 11 – 1 UFC on FX 2 3/3/2012
N N/A Jörgen Kruth 5 – 0 UFC on Fuel TV 2 4/14/2012

* key
C = Champion
N = New to the Promotion
R = Retired
S = Suspended, or recently returning from suspension
W = New to the Weight Class

Note that these are not the official MMA Ratings divisional rankings. These UFC Power Rankings are intended to indicate where UFC fighters in each division rank in relation to one another. Taking into account wins, losses, quality of opposition, nature of wins/losses, and the recency of those wins/losses, it is meant to illustrate who fits where in each division, and which fighters’ stocks are rising and falling.

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