This is a list of the fighters currently signed to contract in the UFC light heavyweight division. All fighters have been organized by their number of appearances in the UFC. Fighters with the same number of appearances are organized by number of wins, fighters with the same record are organized alphabetically. Each fight record has four categories: wins, losses, draws, and no-contests (NC). All fight records in this article are displayed in that order, with fights resulting in a no-contest listed in parentheses.

World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) was purchased by Zuffa in 2006 and officially merged under the UFC brand on January 1, 2011. In April 2011 Zuffa purchased the Strikeforce organization, and officially folded it into the UFC in January 2013. All former WEC and Strikeforce fighters are marked with an asterisk * and have had their ZUFFA record listed in place of their UFC record, starting with WEC 25 and Strikeforce Challengers 15. These records have been, and will be, continued as former WEC and Strikeforce fighters move on in the UFC.

Fighter weight-class changes are noted with either an upward arrow or a downward arrow next to their names. This applies to fighters who have publicly announced a weight change but have yet to fight, as well as those who, like Anderson Silva, are fighting out of their natural weight class and then immediately returning to their previous one.

"TOTT" stands for "Tale of the Tape", designating the nationality used for each fighter during a UFC broadcast.

Light Heavyweights (205 lb, 93kg): 36 Fighters

The light heavyweight division has often been described as the bellwether division of the UFC. First formed at UFC Japan as the middleweight division, it has spawned several runs of dominant champions. Tito Ortiz is currently the longest reigning light heavyweight champion in UFC history.

Champion: Jon Jones
RK	TotT	Name	Next Fight/Status	Zuffa Record
6.		Rashad Evans	Dan Henderson - UFC 161	12–3–1
–		Forrest Griffin	Long-term injury	10–5
–		Brian Stann*		10–6
–		Chael Sonnen*		8–7
1.		Lyoto Machida		11–3
–		Matt Hamill		10–4
C.		Jon Jones	Injury	12–1
–		Wanderlei Silva		5–7
10.		Ryan Bader	Injury	8–3
3.		Dan Henderson*	Rashad Evans - UFC 161	7–3
–		Thiago Silva	Rafael Cavalcante - TUF Brazil 2 Finale	5–3 (2 NC)
7.		Mauricio Rua	Antonio Rogerio Nogueira - UFC 161	5–5
8.		Phil Davis		7–1 (1 NC)
–		Krzysztof Soszynski		6–3
–		Joey Beltran	Steroid suspension	4–5
–		Igor Pokrajac	Ryan Jimmo - UFC 161	4–5
2.		Alexander Gustafsson	Injury	7–1
–		Kyle Kingsbury	Semi-retirement	4–4
–		Cyrille Diabate	Long-term injury	4–3
–		Anthony Perosh	Long-term injury	3–4
–		James Te Huna	Glover Teixeira - UFC 160	5–1
5.		Antonio Rogerio Nogueira	Mauricio Rua - UFC 161	4–2
9.		Gegard Mousasi*	Long-term injury	4–0–1
–		Gian Villante*		3–2
–		Fabio Maldonado		2–3
–		Ovince St. Preux*		3–1
–		Vinny Magalhães		1–3
4.		Glover Teixeira	James Te Huna - UFC 160	3–0
–		Rafael Cavalcante	Thiago Silva - TUF Brazil 2 Finale	1–1 (1 NC)
–		Jimi Manuwa		2–0
–		Ryan Jimmo	Igor Pokrajac - UFC 161	1–1
–		Roger Hollett		0–2
–		Cody Donovan		1–0
–		Guto Inocente*		1–0
–		Ednaldo Oliveira ↓	Long-term injury	0–1
–		Ilir Latifi		0–1

Light Heavyweight Title History

Here's a brief rundown of the UFC's heavyweight title history, from it's inception in 1997 up to the present. The light heavyweight title is widely considered the most prestigious UFC title. It's history of dominant and popular champions is unparalleled by any other division.

Title Lineage
No.	TOTT	Name	Defenses
1.		Frank Shamrock def. Kevin Jackson - UFC Japan	def. Igor Zinoviev–UFC 16 def. Jeremy Horn - UFC 17 def. John Lober - UFC Brazil def. Tito Ortiz - UFC 22 vacated
2.		Tito Ortiz def. Wanderlei Silva - UFC 25	def. Yuki Kondo–UFC 29 def. Evan Tanner - UFC 30 def. Elvis Sinosic - UFC 32 def. Vladimir Matyushenko - UFC 33 def. Ken Shamrock - UFC 40
3.		Randy Couture def. Chuck Liddell for int. title - UFC 43	def. Tito Ortiz - UFC 44
4.		Vitor Belfort UFC 46
5.		Randy Couture UFC 49
6.		Chuck Liddell UFC 52	def. Jeremy Horn - UFC 54 def. Randy Couture - UFC 57 def. Babalu Sobral - UFC 62 def. Tito Ortiz - UFC 66
7.		Rampage Jackson UFC 71	def. Dan Henderson - UFC 75
8.		Forrest Griffin UFC 86
9.		Rashad Evans UFC 92
10.		Lyoto Machida UFC 98	def. Mauricio Rua - UFC 104
11.		Mauricio Rua UFC 113
12.		Jon Jones UFC 128	def. Rampage Jackson - UFC 135 def. Lyoto Machida - UFC 140 def. Rashad Evans - UFC 145 def. Vitor Belfort - UFC 152 def. Chael Sonnen - UFC 159