The Tapology Consensus MMA Rankings
The Greatest Lightweight MMA Fights of All Time
Build This Ranking
Design New Ranking
- Official Rankings
- Current Rankings
- Best Pound-for-Pound
- Favorite Fighters
- Top Heavyweights - 265 lbs.
- Top Light Heavies - 205 lbs.
- Top Middleweights - 185 lbs.
- Top Welterweights - 170 lbs.
- Top Lightweights - 155 lbs.
- Top Featherweights - 145 lbs.
- Top Bantamweights - 135 lbs.
- Best Pound-for-Pound Women
- Top Flyweights - 125 lbs.
- Annual Rankings
- 2010 Fights of the Year
- 2009 Fights of the Year
- 2011 Fights of the Year
- 2010 KOs of the Year
- 2011 KOs of the Year
- 2010 Subs of the Year
- 2011 Subs of the Year
- 2011 Events of the Year
- 2012 Fights of the Year
- 2012 KOs of the Year
- 2012 Subs of the Year
- 2012 Events of the Year
- All Time Rankings
- All-Time Greatest Fighters
- All-Time Greatest Strikers
- All-Time Greatest Grapplers
- All-Time Greatest Fights
- All-Time Greatest Knockouts
- All-Time Greatest Submissions
- All-Time Biggest Upsets
- Greatest Heavyweight Fights
- Greatest Light Heavy Fights
- Greatest Middleweight Fights
- Greatest Welterweight Fights
- Greatest Lightweight Fights
- Greatest Featherweight Fights
- Greatest Bantamweight Fights
- All-Time Greatest Events
- All-Time Greatest Comebacks
- Designed Rankings
- Most Popular
- Fighter you would like ...
- The Shitlist
- Greatest chins in MMA H...
- All Time Greatest Nickn...
- Fighter You Would Most ...
- All Time Greatest Wrest...
- P4P Greatest Facial Hair
- Uncrowned Kings
- Fighter not in UFC who ...
- Fighters Deserving of U...
- Top Prospects in MMA
- Best UFC Event Poster
- Best P4P Bellator Fighters
- Fighters with the stron...
- Greatest TUF Alumni
- Latest
- Fighters Who Have Lost ...
- Favorite MMA Slams
- Fighters Bob Sapp could...
- Best Fat Fighter Ever
- Favorite title fights
- All Time Hardest Punchers
- Top UFC Lightweights Only
- Top Fighters Not In UFC
- Best Brazilian Fighter
- Hardest Punchers in the...
- View All
What are the greatest fights in the history of the lightweight division?
BJ Penn, Sean Sherk, Frankie Edgar, Diego Sanchez and others have banged heads for some of the most high octane bouts in MMA history. Here is the divisions's all-time best fight ranking. Create YOUR own ranking today.
Ranking last updated about 1 hour ago | Discuss Ranking | Contributors
-
1
- Pettis vs. Henderson
- Anthony Pettis | Decision
- 2010 | WEC 53
-
2
- Edgar vs. Maynard II
- Fight Ends in a Draw After 5 Rounds
- 2011 | UFC 125
-
3
- Sanchez vs. Guida
- Diego Sanchez | Decision
- 2009 | The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale
-
4
- Diaz vs. Gomi
- Fight Ends in a No Contest
- 2007 | Pride 33
-
5
- Henderson vs. Cerrone I
- Ben Henderson | Decision
- 2009 | WEC 43
-
6
- Penn vs. Sanchez
- BJ Penn | KO/TKO | Round 5
- 2009 | UFC 107
-
7
- Huerta vs. Guida
- Roger Huerta | Submission | Round 3
- 2007 | The Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale
-
8
- Huerta vs. Garcia
- Roger Huerta | Decision
- 2007 | UFC 69
-
9
- Edgar vs. Maynard III
- Frankie Edgar | KO/TKO | Round 4
- 2011 | UFC 136
-
10
- Griffin vs. Guida
- Tyson Griffin | Decision
- 2007 | UFC 72
11+
- Frankie Edgar vs. Tyson Griffin | 2007 - UFC 67
- Sam Stout vs. Spencer Fisher I | 2006 - UFC 58
- Jens Pulver vs. BJ Penn I | 2002 - UFC 35
- Michael Chandler vs. Eddie Alvarez | 2011 - Bellator 58
- BJ Penn vs. Sean Sherk | 2008 - UFC 84
- BJ Penn vs. Joe Stevenson | 2008 - UFC 80
- Eddie Alvarez vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri | 2008 - Dream 5
- Ben Henderson vs. Clay Guida | 2011 - UFC on FOX 1
- Frankie Edgar vs. BJ Penn I | 2010 - UFC 112
- Sean Sherk vs. Evan Dunham | 2010 - UFC 119
- Eddie Alvarez vs. Joachim Hansen | 2008 - Dream 3
- Gilbert Melendez vs. Josh Thomson II | 2009 - Strikeforce
- Toby Imada vs. Jorge Masvidal | 2009 - Bellator 5
- Frankie Edgar vs. BJ Penn II | 2010 - UFC 118
- Nate Diaz vs. Donald Cerrone | 2011 - UFC 141
- Ben Henderson vs. Frankie Edgar | 2012 - UFC 144
- Takanori Gomi vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri | 2005 - Pride Bushido 9
- BJ Penn vs. Kenny Florian | 2009 - UFC 101
- Donald Cerrone vs. Jamie Varner II | 2010 - WEC 51
- Nate Diaz vs. Kurt Pellegrino | 2008 - UFC Fight Night 13
- Jamie Varner vs. Donald Cerrone I | 2009 - WEC 38
- BJ Penn vs. Din Thomas | 2001 - UFC 32
- Melvin Guillard vs. Evan Dunham | 2011 - UFC Fight Night 23
- Edson Barboza vs. Anthony Njokuani | 2011 - UFC 128
- Ben Henderson vs. Jim Miller | 2011 - UFC on Versus 5
- Takanori Gomi vs. Hayato Sakurai | 2005 - Pride Shockwave 2005
- Sam Stout vs. Joe Lauzon | 2010 - UFC 108
- Josh Thomson vs. Gilbert Melendez I | 2008 - Strikeforce
- Edson Barboza vs. Terry Etim | 2012 - UFC 142
- Joe Lauzon vs. Jeremy Stephens | 2009 - UFC Fight Night 17
- Spencer Fisher vs. Sam Stout II | 2007 - UFC Fight Night 10
- BJ Penn vs. Caol Uno I | 2001 - UFC 34
- Yves Edwards vs. Josh Thomson | 2004 - UFC 49
- Joe Stevenson vs. Melvin Guillard | 2007 - UFC Fight Night 9
- Ross Pearson vs. Dennis Siver | 2010 - UFC Fight Night 21
- Jamie Varner vs. Rob McCullough | 2008 - WEC 32
- Evan Dunham vs. Efrain Escudero | 2010 - UFC Fight Night 20
- BJ Penn vs. Takanori Gomi | 2003 - ROTR 4 - Rumble on the Rock 4
- George Sotiropoulos vs. Joe Lauzon | 2010 - UFC 123
- Gray Maynard vs. Rob Emerson | 2007 - The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale
- Takanori Gomi vs. Tyson Griffin | 2010 - UFC on Versus 2
- Edson Barboza vs. Ross Pearson | 2011 - UFC 134
- Sam Stout vs. Yves Edwards | 2011 - UFC 131
- Anthony Njokuani vs. Chris Horodecki | 2009 - WEC 45
- Mac Danzig vs. Mark Bocek | 2008 - UFC 83
- Gilbert Melendez vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri | 2006 - Pride Shockwave 2006
- Matt Wiman vs. Thiago Tavares | 2008 - UFC 85
- Dennis Siver vs. Paul Kelly | 2009 - UFC 105
- Jeremy Stephens vs. Rafael Dos Anjos | 2008 - UFC 91
- Eddie Alvarez vs. Roger Huerta | 2010 - Bellator 33
- Tony Ferguson vs. Yves Edwards | 2011 - The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale
- Jeremy Stephens vs. Sam Stout | 2010 - UFC 113
- Rob Emerson vs. Manvel Gamburyan | 2008 - UFC 87
- Kamal Shalorus vs. Jamie Varner | 2010 - WEC 49
- Cole Miller vs. Dan Lauzon | 2010 - UFC 108
- Shinya Aoki vs. Mizuto Hirota | 2009 - Fields Dynamite!! 2009
- Kenny Florian vs. Roger Huerta | 2008 - UFC 87
- Ben Henderson vs. Mark Bocek | 2011 - UFC 129
- Gray Maynard vs. Nate Diaz | 2010 - UFC Fight Night 20
- Aaron Riley vs. Jorge Gurgel | 2008 - UFC 91
- Takanori Gomi vs. Jens Pulver | 2004 - Pride Shockwave 2004
- Ross Pearson vs. Aaron Riley | 2009 - UFC 105
- Sean Sherk vs. Tyson Griffin | 2008 - UFC 90
- Donald Cerrone vs. Rob McCullough | 2008 - WEC 36
- Nik Lentz vs. Charles Oliveira | 2011 - UFC on Versus 4
- Anthony Njokuani vs. Andre Winner | 2011 - UFC 132
- Anthony Pettis vs. Joe Lauzon | 2012 - UFC 144
- Lloyd Woodard vs. Patricky Freire | 2012 - Bellator 62
- Gilbert Melendez vs. Josh Thomson III | 2012 - Strikeforce
- Nate Diaz vs. Takanori Gomi | 2011 - UFC 135
- BJ Penn vs. Matt Serra | 2002 - UFC 39
- Clay Guida vs. Anthony Pettis | 2011 - The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale
- Takanori Gomi vs. Charles Bennett | 2004 - Pride Bushido 5
- Nate Diaz vs. Jim Miller | 2012 - UFC on FOX 3
- Hayato Sakurai vs. Jens Pulver | 2005 - Pride Bushido 9
- Matt Wiman vs. Mac Danzig II | 2011 - UFC on Versus 6
- Diego Sanchez vs. Joe Stevenson | 2009 - UFC 95
- Donald Cerrone vs. Paul Kelly | 2011 - UFC 126
- Bobby Emmons vs. Matthew Perry | 2012 - Colosseum Combat 19
- BJ Penn vs. Jens Pulver II | 2007 - The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale
- Kenny Florian vs. Clay Guida | 2009 - UFC 107
- Anthony Pettis vs. Jeremy Stephens | 2011 - UFC 136
- Richie Whitson vs. Curtis Demarce | 2011 - MFC 28
- Jim Miller vs. Melvin Guillard | 2012 - UFC on FX 1
- Donald Cerrone vs. Jeremy Stephens | 2012 - UFC on FUEL TV 3
- BJ Penn vs. Joey Gilbert | 2001 - UFC 31
- Caol Uno vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida | 2008 - Dream 3
- Matt Wiman vs. Cole Miller | 2011 - UFC Fight Night 23
- Jorge Masvidal vs. KJ Noons | 2011 - Strikeforce
- Jens Pulver vs. Kenji Arai | 2006 - Pride Bushido 10
Ranking Contributors
Tapology Consensus Rankings
As community members update their rankings, the consensus list will react in real-time. For Greatest Lightweight Fights, the 200 most-recently updated member lists will be included.
