UFC Heavyweight Rankings

Updated: 26 Jun, 2025

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Tom Aspinall photo

UFC Heavyweight Champion

Tom
Aspinall

15-3-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
10 days - (10 days)
Won against
(Promoted From Secondary Belt)
Time held
10 days - (10 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
1
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Ciryl Gane photo
1
Gane
2
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Alexander Volkov photo
2
Volkov
3
Russian Federation flag
Sergei Pavlovich photo
3
Pavlovich
4
United States flag
Curtis Blaydes photo
4
Blaydes
5
Brazil flag
Jailton Almeida photo
5
Almeida
6
Dominican Republic flag
Waldo Cortes-Acosta photo
6
Cortes-Acosta
7
Poland flag
Marcin Tybura photo
7
Tybura
8
Ukraine flag
Sergey Spivac photo
8
Spivac
9
United States flag
Derrick Lewis photo
9
Lewis
10
Australia flag
Tai Tuivasa photo
10
Tuivasa
11
Russian Federation flag
Shamil Gaziev photo
11
Gaziev

14-1-0

12
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Michael Parkin photo
12
Parkin

10-1-0

13
Brazil flag
Talisson Teixeira photo
13
Teixeira
14
Slovakia flag
Martin Buday photo
14
Buday

15-2-0

15
Russian Federation flag
Rizvan Kuniev photo
Kuniev

12-3-1

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Tom Aspinall photo
Aspinall

BELLATOR Heavyweight Rankings

Updated: 14 Dec, 2023

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Ryan Bader photo

Bellator Heavyweight Champion

Ryan
Bader

31-8-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Russian Federation flag Emelianenko (40-6-0) KO 1 04-Feb-2023
Time inactive
878 days - (2 years & 4 months)
Won against
Russian Federation flag Emelianenko (38-5-0) KO 1 26-Jan-2019
Time held
2348 days - (6 years & 5 months)
Total defences
4
Feb 04 2023
KO 1 Russian Federation flag Emelianenko (40-6-0)
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 587 days - (1 year & 7 months)
1
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Linton Vassell photo
Vassell
2
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Valentin Moldavsky photo
1
Moldavsky
3
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Steve Mowry photo
2
Mowry

10-2-1

4
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Gokhan Saricam photo
3
Saricam

9-2-0

5
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Daniel James photo
4
James

15-7-1

6
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Tyrell Fortune photo
5
Fortune
7
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Marcelo Golm photo
6
Golm

10-6-0

8
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Timothy Johnson photo
7
Johnson
9
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Slim Trabelsi photo
8
Trabelsi

8-0-0

10
Russian Federation flag
Oleg Popov photo
9
Popov

21-2-0

TAPOLOGY Heavyweight Rankings

Updated: 26 Jun, 2025

1
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Tom Aspinall photo
Aspinall
2
Russian Federation flag
Alexander Volkov photo
2
Volkov
3
France flag
Ciryl Gane photo
3
Gane
4
United States flag
Curtis Blaydes photo
4
Blaydes
5
Russian Federation flag
Sergei Pavlovich photo
5
Pavlovich
6
Brazil flag
Jailton Almeida photo
6
Almeida
7
Cameroon flag
Francis NGannou photo
7
N'Gannou
8
Ukraine flag
Sergey Spivac photo
9
Spivac
9
Poland flag
Marcin Tybura photo
10
Tybura
10
Dominican Republic flag
Waldo Cortes-Acosta photo
11
Cortes-Acosta
11
United States flag
Derrick Lewis photo
12
Lewis
12
Russian Federation flag
Shamil Gaziev photo
8
Gaziev

14-1-0

13
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Jon Jones photo
1
Jones
14
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Tai Tuivasa photo
Tuivasa
15
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Jairzinho Rozenstruik photo
Rozenstruik

Dropped Out This Month

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Vadim Nemkov photo
Nemkov
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Denis Goltsov photo
Goltsov

36-8-0

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United Kingdom flag Tom Aspinall (15-3-0)

UFC Heavyweight Champion

  1. (13-2-0) 1
  2. (38-11-0) 1
  3. (19-3-0) 1
  4. (19-5-0) 1
  5. (22-3-0) 1
  6. (14-1-0) 1
  7. (27-9-0) 1
  8. (17-6-0) 1
  9. (28-12-0) 1
  10. (14-8-0) 1
  11. Russian Federation flag Shamil Gaziev
    (14-1-0) 1
  12. United Kingdom flag Michael Parkin
    (10-1-0) 1
  13. (8-0-0) 1
  14. Slovakia flag Martin Buday
    (15-2-0) 1
  15. Russian Federation flag Rizvan Kuniev
    (12-3-1)
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BELLATOR Heavyweight
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United States flag Ryan Bader (31-8-0)

Bellator Heavyweight Champion

  1. (24-10-0) -
  2. (14-4-0) -
  3. United States flag Steve Mowry
    (10-2-1) -
  4. Turkey flag Gokhan Saricam
    (9-2-0) -
  5. United States flag Daniel James
    (15-7-1) -
  6. (14-3-0) -
  7. Brazil flag Marcelo Golm
    (10-6-0) -
  8. (18-12-0) -
  9. Tunisia flag Slim Trabelsi
    (8-0-0) -
  10. Russian Federation flag Oleg Popov
    (21-2-0) -
TAPOLOGY Heavyweight
  1. (15-3-0) -
  2. (38-11-0) 1
  3. (13-2-0) 1
  4. (19-5-0) 1
  5. (19-3-0) 1
  6. (22-3-0) 1
  7. (18-3-0) 1
  8. (17-6-0) 2
  9. (27-9-0) 2
  10. (14-1-0) 2
  11. (28-12-0) 2
  12. Russian Federation flag Shamil Gaziev
    (14-1-0) 3
  13. (28-1-0) 11
  14. (14-8-0)
  15. (15-6-0)
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