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The Current Best MMA Light Heavyweights | 205 lbs.
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Who are the world's top light heavyweights?
For many hardcore fans the light heavyweight division is MMA's best. The fighters combine tremendous power and agility, and the competition at the top is unyielding and fierce. Here are the best at 205. Create YOUR own ranking today.
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- Jon Jones
- "Bones"
- 16-1-0
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- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo"
- 29-8-0
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3
- Rashad Evans
- "Sugar"
- 17-2-1
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- Mauricio Rua
- "Shogun"
- 20-6-0
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- Lyoto Machida
- "The Dragon"
- 17-3-0
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- Phil Davis
- "Mr. Wonderful"
- 9-1-0
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- Alexander Gustafsson
- "The Mauler"
- 14-1-0
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- Ryan Bader
- "Darth"
- 14-2-0
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- Quinton Jackson
- "Rampage"
- 32-10-0
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- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
- "Minotoro"
- 20-5-0
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- Gegard "The Dreamcatcher" Mousasi | 32-3-2
- Forrest Griffin | 18-7-0
- Thiago Silva | 14-3-0, 1 NC
- Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante | 12-3-0
- "The American Psycho" Stephan Bonnar | 14-7-0
- Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal | 8-1-0, 1 NC
- Rich "Ace" Franklin | 28-6-0, 1 NC
- Vladimir "The Janitor" Matyushenko | 26-6-0
- "The People's Champ" Tito Ortiz | 16-10-1
- Igor "The Duke" Pokrajac | 25-8-0
- Kyle "Kingsbu" Kingsbury | 11-3-0, 1 NC
- Stanislav "Staki" Nedkov | 12-0-0
- James Te Huna | 14-5-0
- Mike "MAK" Kyle | 19-9-1, 1 NC
- Brandon "The Truth" Vera | 12-5-0, 1 NC
- Glover Teixeira | 16-2-0
- Ovince St. Preux | 11-5-0
- Roger Gracie | 4-1-0
- Ryan "Big Deal" Jimmo | 16-1-0
- Anthony "The Hippo" Perosh | 13-6-0
- Renato "Babalu" Sobral | 36-9-0
- Cyrille "The Snake" Diabate | 18-8-1
- Fabio Maldonado | 18-5-0
- Luiz "Banha" Cane | 13-4-0, 1 NC
- Jason "The Hitman" Brilz | 18-5-1
- "The Polish Experiment" Krzysztof Soszynski | 26-12-1
- Travis "Diesel" Wiuff | 66-14-0, 1 NC
- Christian "Tonton" M'Pumbu | 18-4-1
- Vinicius "Pezao" Magalhaes | 9-5-0, 1 NC
- Gilbert "The Hurricane" Yvel | 38-16-1, 1 NC
- Matt "The Hammer" Hamill | 10-4-0
- Aaron Rosa | 17-5-0
- Tom DeBlass | 7-1-0
- "The African Assassin" Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou | 12-10-0
- Ricardo Romero | 11-3-0
- Richard "Rare Breed" Hale | 19-4-1
- Randy "The Natural" Couture | 19-11-0
- Steve "The Boss" Bossé | 9-1-0
- Lorenz "The Monsoon" Larkin | 14-0-0, 1 NC
- Nick Penner | 11-2-0
- Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell | 21-8-0
- "The Brazilian Tiger" Ricardo Arona | 14-5-0
- Tatsuya Mizuno | 11-7-0
- Gian Villante | 10-3-0
- Guto Inocente | 6-0-0
- Jan Blachowicz | 15-3-0
- Eliot "The Fire" Marshall | 11-4-0
- Jorgen "The Last Viking" Kruth | 5-0-0
- Emanuel "The Hardcore Kid" Newton | 17-6-1
- Houston "The Assassin" Alexander | 13-8-0, 2 NC
- Virgil "RezDog" Zwicker | 10-3-0
- Caio "Hellboy" Magalhaes | 5-0-0
- Goran Reljic | 9-3-0
- Wilson Gouveia | 14-8-0
- Igor "Ice Cold" Vovchanchyn | 53-10-1, 1 NC
- Attila "Pumukli" Vegh | 25-4-2
- Tom Blackledge | 10-7-0
- Roger "The Hulk" Hollett | 13-3-0
- Trevor "Hot Sauce" Smith | 9-2-0
- Moise "Swamp" Rimbon | 19-9-3
- Trevor Prangley | 24-9-1
- Razak "Razor" Al-Hassan | 11-4-0
- "Big" John Hawk | 7-4-0
- Raphael Davis | 11-2-0
- Tim Carpenter | 8-1-0
- Jimi "The Poster Boy" Manuwa | 11-0-0
- Dan "Dragon" Spohn | 6-2-0
- Nik "The Machete" Fekete | 5-1-0
- Matt "Luke Duke" Lucas | 14-3-0
- James "The Sandman" Irvin | 15-9-0, 2 NC
- Damian Dantibo | 4-2-0
- Anthony Gomez | 5-2-0
- Jorge "Van Damme" Oliveira | 5-2-1, 1 NC
- Derrick "Caveman" Mehman | 12-5-0
- TJ Cook | 12-4-0
- Matt Van Buren | 5-0-0
- David "The Headhunter" Heath | 17-7-0
- Hiroshi Izumi | 4-2-0
- Maurice "Mo" Smith | 13-13-0
- Rhadi Ferguson | 3-0-0
- Ron "Abongo" Humphrey | 7-3-0
- Cody Donovan | 6-2-0
- Peter "The Bus Driver" Nolan | 4-0-0
- Norman "Chef" Wessels | 4-1-0
- Mahmoud Hassn | 1-0-0
- Jason "JMC" Culverwell | 1-0-0
- Mike Stewart | 7-3-0
- Nathan "Road House" Swayze | 3-2-0
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