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UFC Heavyweight Rankings

Ciryl Gane is the UFC heavyweight champion. Tom Aspinall, Alexander Volkov and Sergei Pavlovich lead the official top 15. The full list with records, rank movement and every booked fight involving a ranked fighter.

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Compared with the Oct 27 rankings

No movement in the Heavyweight rankings since Oct 27.

Heavyweight

Champion

Ciryl Gane

Record: 14-2-0

Wvs Alex Pereira · Jun 143-fight win streak

15+ wks rankedRank history since Jul 28: #1 → champion

Top ContendersMovement
  1. 1

    Tom Aspinall

    Record: 15-3-0

    NCvs Ciryl Gane · Oct 25, 20253-fight win streak

    15+ wks ranked · Best: championRank history since Jul 28: champion → #1

    Unchanged
  2. 2

    Alexander Volkov

    Record: 41-11-0

    Wvs Rizvan Kuniev · Oct 243-fight win streak

    15+ wks ranked · Best #2

    Unchanged
  3. 3

    Sergei Pavlovich

    Record: 20-3-0

    Wvs Tallison Teixeira · May 303-fight win streak

    15+ wks ranked · Best #3

    Unchanged
  4. 4

    Josh Hokit

    Record: 10-0-0

    Wvs Derrick Lewis · Jun 144-fight win streak

    15+ wks ranked · Best #4

    Unchanged
  5. 5

    Curtis Blaydes

    Record: 20-6-0

    Wvs Waldo Cortes Acosta · Sep 12

    15+ wks ranked · Best #5Rank history since Jul 28: #7 → #5

    Unchanged
  6. 6

    Waldo Cortes Acosta

    Record: 17-5-0

    Lvs Johnny Walker · Nov 73-fight losing streak

    15+ wks ranked · Best #5Rank history since Jul 28: #5 → #6

    Unchanged
  7. 7

    Rizvan Kuniev

    Record: 14-4-1

    Lvs Alexander Volkov · Oct 24

    15+ wks ranked · Best #7Rank history since Jul 28: #8 → #7

    Unchanged
  8. 8

    Vitor Petrino

    Record: 15-2-0

    Wvs Serghei Spivac · Aug 224-fight win streak

    10 wks ranked · Best #8

    Unchanged
  9. 9

    Serghei Spivac

    Record: 18-7-0

    Lvs Vitor Petrino · Aug 22

    15+ wks ranked · Best #6Rank history since Jul 28: #6 → #9

    Unchanged
  10. 10

    Ante Delija

    Record: 26-8-0

    Lvs Serghei Spivac · Feb 212-fight losing streak

    15+ wks ranked · Best #9Rank history since Jul 28: #9 → #10

    Unchanged
  11. 11

    Valter Walker

    Record: 16-1-0

    Wvs Thomas Petersen · Jul 255-fight win streak

    15+ wks ranked · Best #10Rank history since Jul 28: #10 → #11

    Unchanged
  12. 12

    Derrick Lewis

    Record: 29-14-0

    Lvs Josh Hokit · Jun 142-fight losing streak

    15+ wks ranked · Best #12Rank history since Jul 28: #12 → #12

    Unchanged
  13. 12

    Tyrell Fortune

    Record: 18-4-0

    Lvs Rizvan Kuniev · Jul 25

    15+ wks ranked · Best #11Rank history since Jul 28: #11 → #12

    Unchanged
  14. 14

    Aleksandar Rakic

    Record: 15-6-0

    Wvs Marcin Tybura · Aug 1

    14 wks ranked · Best #10Rank history since Aug 4: #11 → #14

    Unchanged
  15. 15

    Mario Pinto

    Record: 13-0-0

    Wvs Ryan Spann · Sep 54-fight win streak

    9 wks ranked · Best #14Rank history since Sep 8: #14 → #15

    Unchanged

Movement snapshot:

Movement since Oct 27

Weeks ranked and best rank are counted from Jul 28, 2026, when our weekly archive starts.

Ciryl Gane’s next title fight

Champion

Ciryl Gane

Champion since Jun 14, 2026 (interim title win) · 1 title-fight win in this reign · Record: 14-2-0

Last fight: beat Alex Pereira (KO/TKO, Jun 14) · 3-fight win streak

Ciryl Gane vs Josh Hokit

UFC 334

Who holds the belt on December 31? — Polymarket

  1. Ciryl Gane −5 pts this week 65.5%
  2. Josh Hokit +5.1 pts this week 35.3%
  3. Alexander Volkov +0.5 pts this week <1%

Polymarket prices as of 02:24 UTC · interim titles don’t count · not an AgentMMA prediction

See the market on Polymarket

Upcoming ranked matchups

All weight classes

Line of champions

54 title fights on record

Heavyweight title-fight winners, newest first

  1. Ciryl Gane Interim title Reign #2 Current reign

    · vs Alex Pereira · UFC Freedom 250

    1 title-fight win

  2. Tom Aspinall Interim title

    · vs Sergei Pavlovich · UFC 295

    2 title-fight wins

  3. Jon Jones

    · vs Ciryl Gane · UFC 285

    2 title-fight wins

  4. Ciryl Gane Interim title

    · vs Derrick Lewis · UFC 265

    1 title-fight win

  5. Francis Ngannou

    · vs Stipe Miocic · UFC 260

    2 title-fight wins

  6. Stipe Miocic Reign #2

    · vs Daniel Cormier · UFC 241

    2 title-fight wins

  7. Daniel Cormier

    · vs Stipe Miocic · UFC 226

    2 title-fight wins

  8. Stipe Miocic

    · vs Fabricio Werdum · UFC 198

    4 title-fight wins

Built from title-fight results only: vacancies, strippings and promotions from interim are not bouts, so they don’t appear here.

Full Heavyweight title history

UFC Heavyweight rankings: FAQ

Who is the UFC Heavyweight champion?

Ciryl Gane is the UFC Heavyweight champion. The current reign began with an interim title win on June 14, 2026. Title-fight wins in this reign: 1.

Who is next for Ciryl Gane?

Ciryl Gane’s next title fight is against Josh Hokit at UFC 334 on November 14, 2026.

Who is #1 in the UFC Heavyweight rankings?

Tom Aspinall is ranked #1 in the official UFC Heavyweight rankings, with a 15-3-0 record.

When were the UFC Heavyweight rankings last updated?

This page shows the Heavyweight list the UFC media panel published on November 3, 2026. The UFC media panel updates the list weekly, usually on the Tuesday after an event.

How are UFC rankings decided?

Since June 22, 2026, UFC’s default rankings are the Meta UFC Rankings, ordered by a mathematical rating system built with Meta that weighs mostly results and opponent quality. This page follows the UFC media rankings, which UFC still publishes beside them during the transition: each week, voters from 22 media outlets submit a top 15 for every division, and the ballots are combined into the list. The two lists can differ.

How UFC rankings are decided