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UFC Heavyweight Rankings

Updated: 09 Jun, 2022

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UFC Heavyweight Champion

Francis
NGannou

17-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
France flag Gane (10-0-0) UD 5 22-Jan-2022
Time inactive
157 days - (5 months & 6 days)
Won against
United States flag Miocic (20-3-0) KO 2 27-Mar-2021
Time held
458 days - (1 year & 3 months)
Total defences
1
Jan 22 2022
UD 5 France flag Gane (10-0-0)
Activity average
Every 458 days - (1 year & 3 months)
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UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion

Ciryl
Gane

10-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
325 days - (10 months & 21 days)
Won against
United States flag Lewis (25-7-0) KO 3 07-Aug-2021
Time held
325 days - (10 months & 21 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
1
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Gane

10-1-0

2
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Miocic

20-3-0

3
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Tuivasa

14-3-0

4
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Blaydes

16-3-0

5
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Lewis

26-9-0

6
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Aspinall

12-2-0

7
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Volkov

35-10-0

8
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Rozenstruik

12-4-0

9
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Daukaus

12-5-0

10
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Tybura

22-7-0

11
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Pavlovich

15-1-0

12
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Abdurakhimov

20-7-0

13
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Romanov

16-0-0

14
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Sakai

15-4-1

15
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Ivanov

19-4-0

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BELLATOR Heavyweight Rankings

Updated: 27 Jun, 2022

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Bellator Heavyweight Champion

Ryan
Bader

30-7-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
France flag Kongo (31-11-2) UD 5 06-May-2022
Time inactive
53 days - (1 month & 22 days)
Won against
Russian Federation flag Emelianenko (38-5-0) KO 1 26-Jan-2019
Time held
1249 days - (3 years & 5 months)
Total defences
3
May 06 2022
UD 5 France flag Kongo (31-11-2)
Jan 29 2022
UD 5 Ukraine flag Moldavsky (11-1-0)
Sep 07 2019
NC 1 France flag Kongo (30-10-2)
Activity average
Every 416 days - (1 year & 1 month)
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Bellator Interim Heavyweight Champion

Vacant

1
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Moldavsky

11-2-0

2
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1
Vassell

22-8-0

3
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2
Emelianenko

40-6-0

4
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3
Kongo

31-12-2

5
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4
Mowry

10-0-0

6
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5
Fortune

12-2-0

7
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6
Johnson

15-9-0

8
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7
Franklin

0-0-0

9
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8
Sowma

0-0-0

10
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9
Saricam

6-1-0

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TAPOLOGY Heavyweight Rankings

Updated: 23 Jun, 2022

1
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Francis NGannou photo
N'Gannou

17-3-0

2
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Gane

10-1-0

3
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Blaydes

16-3-0

4
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Aspinall

12-2-0

5
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Miocic

20-3-0

6
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Derrick Lewis photo
Lewis

26-9-0

7
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Tuivasa

14-3-0

8
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Alexander Volkov photo
Volkov

35-10-0

9
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Rozenstruik

12-4-0

10
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Daukaus

12-5-0

11
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Tybura

22-7-0

12
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Romanov

16-0-0

13
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Spivak

14-3-0

14
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Arlovski

34-20-0

15
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Pavlovich

15-1-0

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Big upcoming Heavyweight fights

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Jared Vanderaa
Chase Sherman
Vanderaa
Sherman
12-8-0
Records
15-10-0
UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev
Saturday, Jul 09 2022
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Mikhail Jamal Abdul-Latif
Anderson Silva
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Silva
3-0-0
Records
3-2-0
ONE Championship 159
Friday, Jul 22 2022
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Davion Franklin
Marcelo Golm
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0-0-0
Records
9-3-0
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Friday, Jul 22 2022
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16-3-0
Records
12-2-0
UFC Fight Night London
Saturday, Jul 23 2022
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Lewis
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26-9-0
Records
15-1-0
UFC 277
Saturday, Jul 30 2022
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5-3-0
Records
9-4-0
UFC 277
Saturday, Jul 30 2022
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12-5-0
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3-0-0
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Sunday, Jul 31 2022
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Sakai
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15-4-1
Records
14-3-0
UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill
Saturday, Aug 06 2022
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Steve Mowry
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Mowry
11-2-0
Records
10-0-0
Bellator 284
Friday, Aug 12 2022
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Lukasz Brzeski
Martin Buday
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Buday
8-1-1
Records
10-1-0
UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz
Saturday, Aug 13 2022
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Recent Heavyweight results

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Josh Parisian
Alan Baudot
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Baudot
14-5-0
Records
0-0-0
KO 2
Result
KO 2
UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot
Saturday, Jun 25 2022
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Bruno Henrique Cappelozza
Matheus Scheffel
Cappelozza
Scheffel
15-5-0
Records
15-8-0
UD 3
Result
UD 3
PFL 2022 #5
Friday, Jun 24 2022
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Renan Ferreira
Klidson Abreu
Ferreira
Abreu
9-2-0
Records
16-5-0
UD 3
Result
UD 3
PFL 2022 #5
Friday, Jun 24 2022
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Ante Delija
Shelton Graves
Delija
Graves
20-5-0
Records
9-5-0
UD 3
Result
UD 3
PFL 2022 #5
Friday, Jun 24 2022
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Denis Goltsov
Maurice Greene
Goltsov
Greene
28-7-0
Records
9-6-0
UD 3
Result
UD 3
PFL 2022 #5
Friday, Jun 24 2022
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Sam Kei
Juan Adams
Kei
Adams
6-5-0
Records
5-3-0
KO 2
Result
KO 2
PFL 2022 #5
Friday, Jun 24 2022
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Jakori Savage
Taylor Escamilla
Savage
Escamilla
0-0-0
Records
0-0-0
Sub 1
Result
Sub 1
LFA 134
Friday, Jun 10 2022
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Volkov
Rozenstruik
34-10-0
Records
12-3-0
KO 1
Result
KO 1
UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik
Saturday, Jun 04 2022
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Ben Tynan
Trevor Wallace
Tynan
Wallace
1-0-0
Records
4-1-0
Sub 1
Result
Sub 1
LFA 133
Friday, Jun 03 2022
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Marcus Buchecha
Simon Carson
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Carson
0-0-0
Records
2-1-0
KO 1
Result
KO 1
ONE Championship – Pacio vs. Brooks
Friday, Jun 03 2022

Heavyweight MMA rankings

UFC Heavyweight
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Cameroon flag Francis NGannou (17-3-0)

UFC Heavyweight Champion

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France flag Ciryl Gane (10-1-0)

UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion

  1. France flag Ciryl Gane
    (10-1-0)
  2. United States flag Stipe Miocic
    (20-3-0)
  3. Australia flag Tai Tuivasa
    (14-3-0)
  4. United States flag Curtis Blaydes
    (16-3-0)
  5. United States flag Derrick Lewis
    (26-9-0)
  6. United Kingdom flag Tom Aspinall
    (12-2-0)
  7. Russian Federation flag Alexander Volkov
    (35-10-0)
  8. Suriname flag Jairzinho Rozenstruik
    (12-4-0)
  9. United States flag Chris Daukaus
    (12-5-0)
  10. Poland flag Marcin Tybura
    (22-7-0)
  11. Russian Federation flag Sergey Pavlovich
    (15-1-0)
  12. Russian Federation flag Shamil Abdurakhimov
    (20-7-0)
  13. Moldova, Republic of flag Alexander Romanov
    (16-0-0)
  14. Brazil flag Augusto Sakai
    (15-4-1)
  15. Bulgaria flag Blagoy Ivanov
    (19-4-0)
BELLATOR Heavyweight
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United States flag Ryan Bader (30-7-0)

Bellator Heavyweight Champion

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Vacant

Bellator Interim Heavyweight Champion

  1. Ukraine flag Valentin Moldavsky
    (11-2-0) -
  2. United Kingdom flag Linton Vassell
    (22-8-0) -
  3. Russian Federation flag Fedor Emelianenko
    (40-6-0) -
  4. France flag Cheick Kongo
    (31-12-2) -
  5. United States flag Steve Mowry
    (10-0-0) -
  6. United States flag Tyrell Fortune
    (12-2-0) -
  7. United States flag Timothy Johnson
    (15-9-0) -
  8. United States flag Davion Franklin
    (0-0-0) -
  9. United States flag Said Sowma
    (0-0-0) -
  10. Turkey flag Gokhan Saricam
    (6-1-0) -
TAPOLOGY Heavyweight
  1. Cameroon flag Francis NGannou
    (17-3-0)
  2. France flag Ciryl Gane
    (10-1-0)
  3. United States flag Curtis Blaydes
    (16-3-0)
  4. United Kingdom flag Tom Aspinall
    (12-2-0)
  5. United States flag Stipe Miocic
    (20-3-0)
  6. United States flag Derrick Lewis
    (26-9-0)
  7. Australia flag Tai Tuivasa
    (14-3-0)
  8. Russian Federation flag Alexander Volkov
    (35-10-0)
  9. Suriname flag Jairzinho Rozenstruik
    (12-4-0)
  10. United States flag Chris Daukaus
    (12-5-0)
  11. Poland flag Marcin Tybura
    (22-7-0)
  12. Moldova, Republic of flag Alexander Romanov
    (16-0-0)
  13. Ukraine flag Sergey Spivak
    (14-3-0)
  14. Belarus flag Andrei Arlovski
    (34-20-0)
  15. Russian Federation flag Sergey Pavlovich
    (15-1-0)