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The Greatest Light Heavyweight MMA Fights of All Time
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What are MMA's greatest 205lb. fights of all time?
Wanderlei Silva. Quinton Jackson. "Shogun" Rua. Chuck Liddell. Rashad Evans. They and other light heavyweights have combined for some of the division's greatest fights. Our rankings update in real time to track them here. Create YOUR own ranking today.
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- Griffin vs. Bonnar I
- Forrest Griffin | Decision
- 2005 | The Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale
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2
- Silva vs. Jackson II
- Wanderlei Silva | KO/TKO | Round 2
- 2004 | Pride 28
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3
- Liddell vs. Silva
- Chuck Liddell | Decision
- 2007 | UFC 79
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4
- Henderson vs. Rua
- Dan Henderson | Decision
- 2011 | UFC 139
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5
- Couture vs. Liddell I
- Randy Couture | KO/TKO | Round 3
- 2003 | UFC 43
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6
- Rua vs. Nogueira
- Mauricio Rua | Decision
- 2005 | Pride Critical Countdown 2005
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- Machida vs. Rua I
- Lyoto Machida | Decision
- 2009 | UFC 104
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- Jackson vs. Henderson
- Quinton Jackson | Decision
- 2007 | UFC 75
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- Machida vs. Evans
- Lyoto Machida | KO/TKO | Round 2
- 2009 | UFC 98
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- Griffin vs. Jackson
- Forrest Griffin | Decision
- 2008 | UFC 86
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- Quinton Jackson vs. Ricardo Arona | 2004 - Pride Critical Countdown 2004
- Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin | 2009 - UFC 101
- Forrest Griffin vs. Mauricio Rua I | 2007 - UFC 76
- Frank Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz | 1999 - UFC 22
- Wanderlei Silva vs. Quinton Jackson I | 2003 - Pride Final Conflict 2003
- Jon Jones vs. Mauricio Rua | 2011 - UFC 128
- Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski II | 2010 - UFC 116
- Dan Henderson vs. Wanderlei Silva II | 2007 - Pride 33
- Randy Couture vs. Tito Ortiz | 2003 - UFC 44
- Mauricio Rua vs. Lyoto Machida II | 2010 - UFC 113
- Vitor Belfort vs. Wanderlei Silva I | 1998 - UFC 17.5
- Chuck Liddell vs. Randy Couture II | 2005 - UFC 52
- Rich Franklin vs. Chuck Liddell | 2010 - UFC 115
- Chuck Liddell vs. Alistair Overeem | 2003 - Pride Total Elimination 2003
- Jon Jones vs. Lyoto Machida | 2011 - UFC 140
- Wanderlei Silva vs. Kazushi Sakuraba III | 2003 - Pride Total Elimination 2003
- Quinton Jackson vs. Chuck Liddell I | 2003 - Pride Final Conflict 2003
- Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva | 2009 - UFC 99
- Mauricio Rua vs. Alistair Overeem I | 2005 - Pride Final Conflict 2005
- Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz II | 2006 - UFC 66
- Dan Henderson vs. Rich Franklin | 2009 - UFC 93
- Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin I | 2006 - UFC 59
- Rashad Evans vs. Chuck Liddell | 2008 - UFC 88
- Mauricio Rua vs. Ricardo Arona | 2005 - Pride Final Conflict 2005
- Wanderlei Silva vs. Kazushi Sakuraba II | 2001 - Pride 17
- Chuck Liddell vs. Randy Couture III | 2006 - UFC 57
- Tito Ortiz vs. Ryan Bader | 2011 - UFC 132
- Rich Franklin vs. Evan Tanner I | 2003 - UFC 42
- Jon Jones vs. Quinton Jackson | 2011 - UFC 135
- Mauricio Rua vs. Chuck Liddell | 2009 - UFC 97
- Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Stephan Bonnar I | 2010 - UFC 110
- Anderson Silva vs. James Irvin | 2008 - UFC Fight Night 14
- Tito Ortiz vs. Vitor Belfort | 2005 - UFC 51
- Chuck Liddell vs. Renato Sobral II | 2006 - UFC 62
- Lyoto Machida vs. Thiago Silva | 2009 - UFC 94
- Rashad Evans vs. Forrest Griffin | 2008 - UFC 92
- Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz I | 2004 - UFC 47
- Lyoto Machida vs. Randy Couture | 2011 - UFC 129
- Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz II | 2009 - UFC 106
- Dan Henderson vs. Rafael Cavalcante | 2011 - Strikeforce
- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Jason Brilz | 2010 - UFC 114
- James Irvin vs. Terry Martin | 2005 - UFC 54
- Stephan Bonnar vs. Keith Jardine | 2006 - UFC Fight Night 4
- Rashad Evans vs. Thiago Silva | 2010 - UFC 108
- Tito Ortiz vs. Guy Mezger | 1999 - UFC 19
- Ricardo Arona vs. Alistair Overeem | 2006 - Pride Final Conflict Absolute
- Jon Jones vs. Stephan Bonnar | 2009 - UFC 94
- Matt Hamill vs. Keith Jardine | 2010 - The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale
- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Dan Henderson | 2005 - Pride Total Elimination 2005
- Tito Ortiz vs. Ken Shamrock I | 2002 - UFC 40
- Mauricio Rua vs. Quinton Jackson | 2005 - Pride Total Elimination 2005
- Keith Jardine vs. Brandon Vera | 2008 - UFC 89
- Quinton Jackson vs. Murilo Rua | 2005 - Pride 29
- Chuck Liddell vs. Vitor Belfort | 2002 - UFC 37.5
- Quinton Jackson vs. Chuck Liddell II | 2007 - UFC 71
- Rashad Evans vs. Quinton Jackson | 2010 - UFC 114
- Forrest Griffin vs. Rich Franklin | 2011 - UFC 126
- Rashad Evans vs. Tito Ortiz II | 2011 - UFC 133
- Jon Jones vs. Ryan Bader | 2011 - UFC 126
- Lyoto Machida vs. Tito Ortiz | 2008 - UFC 84
- Quinton Jackson vs. Keith Jardine | 2009 - UFC 96
- Mauricio Rua vs. Forrest Griffin II | 2011 - UFC 134
- Keith Jardine vs. Chuck Liddell | 2007 - UFC 76
- Guto Inocente vs. Virgil Zwicker | 2012 - Strikeforce
- Rashad Evans vs. Sean Salmon | 2007 - UFC Fight Night 8
- Mauricio Rua vs. Mark Coleman II | 2009 - UFC 93
- Chuck Liddell vs. Renato Sobral I | 2002 - UFC 40
- Murilo Rua vs. Mario Sperry | 2002 - Pride 20
- Jon Jones vs. Brandon Vera | 2010 - UFC on Versus 1
- Quinton Jackson vs. Murilo Bustamante | 2003 - Pride Total Elimination 2003
- Igor Pokrajac vs. Fabio Maldonado | 2012 - UFC on FUEL TV 3
- Rich Franklin vs. Ken Shamrock | 2005 - The Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale
- Rich Franklin vs. Edwin Dewees | 2003 - UFC 44
- Thiago Silva vs. Houston Alexander | 2007 - UFC 78
- Gilbert Yvel vs. Houston Alexander | 2012 - RFA 2
- Wanderlei Silva vs. Ricardo Arona II | 2005 - Pride Shockwave 2005
- Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Antonio Schembri | 2004 - Pride Critical Countdown 2004
- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Alistair Overeem I | 2005 - Pride 29
- Wanderlei Silva vs. Hidehiko Yoshida | 2005 - Pride Total Elimination 2005
- Wanderlei Silva vs. Hidehiko Yoshida I | 2003 - Pride Final Conflict 2003
- Randy Couture vs. Vitor Belfort III | 2004 - UFC 49
- Alistair Overeem vs. Vitor Belfort I | 2005 - Pride Total Elimination 2005
- Houston Alexander vs. Keith Jardine | 2007 - UFC 71
- Mauricio Rua vs. Alistair Overeem II | 2007 - Pride 33
- Dan Henderson vs. Carlos Newton | 1998 - UFC 17
- Kyle Kingsbury vs. Fabio Maldonado | 2011 - The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale
- Mauricio Rua vs. Yasuhito Namekawa | 2004 - Pride Bushido 5
- Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira | 2007 - Pride 33
- Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Kiyoshi Tamura | 2003 - Pride Total Elimination 2003
- Mauricio Rua vs. Cyrille Diabate | 2006 - Pride Final Conflict Absolute
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