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MMA Heavyweight Rankings
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UFC Heavyweight Rankings

Updated: 16 Jun, 2021

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Francis NGannou photo

UFC Heavyweight Champion

Francis
NGannou

15-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
206 days - (6 months & 23 days)
Won against
United States flag Miocic (20-3-0) KO 2 27-Mar-2021
Time held
206 days - (6 months & 23 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
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Ciryl Gane photo

UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion

Ciryl
Gane

10-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
73 days - (2 months & 12 days)
Won against
United States flag Lewis (25-7-0) KO 3 07-Aug-2021
Time held
73 days - (2 months & 12 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
1
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Ciryl Gane photo
Gane

10-0-0

2
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Stipe Miocic photo
Miocic

20-3-0

3
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Derrick Lewis photo
Lewis

25-8-0

4
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Curtis Blaydes photo
Blaydes

15-3-0

5
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Alexander Volkov photo
Volkov

33-8-0

6
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Rozenstruik

12-3-0

7
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Daukaus

12-3-0

8
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Abdurakhimov

20-6-0

9
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Tybura

21-6-0

10
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Sakai

15-2-1

11
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Aspinall

11-2-0

12
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Harris

13-9-0

13
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Ivanov

18-4-0

14
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Pavlovich

14-1-0

15
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Aleksei Oleinik photo
Oleinik

59-16-1

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BELLATOR Heavyweight Rankings

Updated: 18 Oct, 2021

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Bellator Heavyweight Champion

Ryan
Bader

28-7-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
France flag Kongo (30-10-2) NC 1 07-Sep-2019
Time inactive
773 days - (2 years & 1 month)
Won against
Russian Federation flag Emelianenko (38-5-0) KO 1 26-Jan-2019
Time held
997 days - (2 years & 8 months)
Total defences
1
Sep 07 2019
NC 1 France flag Kongo (30-10-2)
Activity average
Every 997 days - (2 years & 8 months)
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Bellator Interim Heavyweight Champion

Valentin
Moldavsky

11-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
116 days - (3 months & 24 days)
Won against
United States flag Johnson (15-6-0) UD 5 25-Jun-2021
Time held
116 days - (3 months & 24 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
1
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Moldavsky

11-1-0

2
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1
Johnson

15-7-0

3
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2
Kongo

31-11-2

4
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Tyrell Fortune photo
3
Fortune

11-1-0

5
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4
Vassell

20-8-0

6
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5
Mowry

8-0-0

7
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6
Franklin

4-0-0

8
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7
Sowma

7-2-0

9
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Gokhan Saricam photo
8
Saricam

0-0-0

10
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9
Hager

3-0-0

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TAPOLOGY Heavyweight Rankings

Updated: 14 Oct, 2021

1
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Francis NGannou photo
N'Gannou

15-3-0

2
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Stipe Miocic photo
Miocic

20-3-0

3
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Ciryl Gane photo
Gane

10-0-0

4
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Derrick Lewis photo
Lewis

25-8-0

5
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Curtis Blaydes photo
Blaydes

15-3-0

6
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Alexander Volkov photo
Volkov

33-8-0

7
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Marcin Tybura photo
Tybura

21-6-0

8
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Jairzinho Rozenstruik photo
Rozenstruik

12-3-0

9
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Chris Daukaus photo
Daukaus

12-3-0

10
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Tom Aspinall photo
Aspinall

11-2-0

11
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Augusto Sakai photo
Sakai

15-2-1

12
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Shamil Abdurakhimov photo
Abdurakhimov

20-6-0

13
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Tuivasa

12-3-0

14
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Spivak

13-3-0

15
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Arlovski

32-20-0

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Emelianenko
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39-6-0
Records
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22-1-0
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21-6-0
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Saturday, Nov 06 2021
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11-1-0
Records
20-8-0
Bellator 271
Friday, Nov 12 2021
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Andrei Arlovski photo
Carlos Felipe
Arlovski
Felipe
30-20-0
Records
10-1-0
UD 3
Result
UD 3
UFC Vegas 40
Saturday, Oct 16 2021
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Alexander Romanov
Jared Vanderaa
Romanov
Vanderaa
13-0-0
Records
11-5-0
KO 2
Result
KO 2
UFC Vegas 39
Saturday, Oct 09 2021
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Jag Bhullar
Rizwan Qureshi
Bhullar
Qureshi
0-0-0
Records
0-0-0
Sub 2
Result
Sub 2
BFL 69
Friday, Oct 01 2021
Heavyweight championship
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Caio Machado
Lee Mein
Machado
Mein
4-1-0
Records
11-15-0
Sub 1
Result
Sub 1
BFL 69
Friday, Oct 01 2021
Heavyweight championship
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Shamil Abdurakhimov photo
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Abdurakhimov
Daukaus
20-5-0
Records
11-3-0
KO 2
Result
KO 2
UFC 266
Saturday, Sep 25 2021
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Marcus Buchecha
Anderson Silva
Buchecha
Silva
0-0-0
Records
3-1-0
Sub 1
Result
Sub 1
ONE Championship – 10 Year Anniversary 2
Friday, Sep 24 2021
Amir Aliakbari
Anatoly Malykhin
Aliakbari
Malykhin
10-2-0
Records
8-0-0
KO 1
Result
KO 1
ONE Championship – 10 Year Anniversary 2
Friday, Sep 24 2021
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Chad Johnson
Jordan Heiderman
Johnson
Heiderman
6-2-0
Records
4-0-0
Others 1
Result
Others 1
LFA 115
Friday, Sep 24 2021
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Curtis Blaydes photo
Jairzinho Rozenstruik photo
Blaydes
Rozenstruik
14-3-0
Records
11-2-0
UD 3
Result
UD 3
UFC 266
Saturday, Sep 04 2021
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Anthony Garrett
Jimmy Lawson
Garrett
Lawson
6-3-0
Records
2-1-0
KO 1
Result
KO 1
LFA 114
Friday, Aug 27 2021

Heavyweight MMA rankings

UFC Heavyweight
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Cameroon flag Francis NGannou (15-3-0)

UFC Heavyweight Champion

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France flag Ciryl Gane (10-0-0)

UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion

  1. France flag Ciryl Gane
    (10-0-0)
  2. United States flag Stipe Miocic
    (20-3-0)
  3. United States flag Derrick Lewis
    (25-8-0)
  4. United States flag Curtis Blaydes
    (15-3-0)
  5. Russian Federation flag Alexander Volkov
    (33-8-0)
  6. Suriname flag Jairzinho Rozenstruik
    (12-3-0)
  7. United States flag Chris Daukaus
    (12-3-0)
  8. Russian Federation flag Shamil Abdurakhimov
    (20-6-0)
  9. Poland flag Marcin Tybura
    (21-6-0)
  10. Brazil flag Augusto Sakai
    (15-2-1)
  11. United Kingdom flag Tom Aspinall
    (11-2-0)
  12. United States flag Walt Harris
    (13-9-0)
  13. Bulgaria flag Blagoy Ivanov
    (18-4-0)
  14. Russian Federation flag Sergey Pavlovich
    (14-1-0)
  15. Ukraine flag Aleksei Oleinik
    (59-16-1)
BELLATOR Heavyweight
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United States flag Ryan Bader (28-7-0)

Bellator Heavyweight Champion

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Ukraine flag Valentin Moldavsky (11-1-0)

Bellator Interim Heavyweight Champion

  1. Ukraine flag Valentin Moldavsky
    (11-1-0) -
  2. United States flag Timothy Johnson
    (15-7-0) -
  3. France flag Cheick Kongo
    (31-11-2) -
  4. United States flag Tyrell Fortune
    (11-1-0) -
  5. United Kingdom flag Linton Vassell
    (20-8-0) -
  6. United States flag Steve Mowry
    (8-0-0) -
  7. United States flag Davion Franklin
    (4-0-0) -
  8. United States flag Said Sowma
    (7-2-0) -
  9. Turkey flag Gokhan Saricam
    (0-0-0) -
  10. United States flag Jake Hager
    (3-0-0) -
TAPOLOGY Heavyweight
  1. Cameroon flag Francis NGannou
    (15-3-0)
  2. United States flag Stipe Miocic
    (20-3-0)
  3. France flag Ciryl Gane
    (10-0-0)
  4. United States flag Derrick Lewis
    (25-8-0)
  5. United States flag Curtis Blaydes
    (15-3-0)
  6. Russian Federation flag Alexander Volkov
    (33-8-0)
  7. Poland flag Marcin Tybura
    (21-6-0)
  8. Suriname flag Jairzinho Rozenstruik
    (12-3-0)
  9. United States flag Chris Daukaus
    (12-3-0)
  10. United Kingdom flag Tom Aspinall
    (11-2-0)
  11. Brazil flag Augusto Sakai
    (15-2-1)
  12. Russian Federation flag Shamil Abdurakhimov
    (20-6-0)
  13. Australia flag Tai Tuivasa
    (12-3-0)
  14. Ukraine flag Sergey Spivak
    (13-3-0)
  15. Belarus flag Andrei Arlovski
    (32-20-0)