UFC heavyweight rankings: Gane is champion and the top 15 did not move before Hokit

Ciryl Gane is the UFC heavyweight champion, and the man he fights on 14 November 2026 at UFC 334 is Josh Hokit, the number 6 contender at 10-0-0. The rankings of 13 October 2026 show the top 15 unmoved, with the champion's next opponent already booked.

UFC heavyweight rankings: Gane at the top, Aspinall first in line

Gane holds the belt at 14-2-0 with one no contest. He is 36 and has finished 71% of his wins, counted as the share of wins that ended by KO, TKO or submission.

Behind him the order is Tom Aspinall at number 1 (15-3-0, one no contest, a 100% finish rate), Sergei Pavlovich at number 2 and Alex Pereira at number 3. Alexander Volkov is fourth, Rizvan Kuniev fifth and Hokit sixth. Nobody in the top 15 changed position since the previous ranking.

Rank	Fighter	Record
Champion	Ciryl Gane	14-2-0, 1 NC
1	Tom Aspinall	15-3-0, 1 NC
2	Sergei Pavlovich	21-3-0
3	Alex Pereira	13-4-0
4	Alexander Volkov	40-11-0
5	Rizvan Kuniev	14-3-2
6	Josh Hokit	10-0-0
7	Curtis Blaydes	20-6-0, 1 NC
8	Waldo Cortes-Acosta	17-4-0
9	Vitor Petrino	15-2-0
10	Mário Pinto	13-0-0
11	Valter Walker	16-1-0
12	Johnny Walker	23-10-0, 1 NC
13	Brando Peričić	7-1-0
14	Serghei Spivac	18-7-0
15	Anthony Wint	9-0-0

Ages and nationalities at the top

The top of the division is not young. Aspinall, from the United Kingdom, is 33, Pavlovich is 34 and Volkov is 37. Pereira, the Brazilian at number 3, is 39. Hokit and Valter Walker, both 28, are the youngest names in the top 11, and Petrino is 29.

Walker is 16-1-0 and sits at number 11, with a 75% finish rate. Petrino, at number 9, is 15-2-0.

Heavyweight results: the last 12 months

The division has been busy. The UFC booked 52 heavyweight bouts in the last 12 months and 31 of them ended in a finish, so most heavyweight fights ended before the final bell.

Several results involved ranked names. Curtis Blaydes beat Waldo Cortes-Acosta by unanimous decision on 12 September 2026, a bout between the numbers 7 and 8. Vitor Petrino beat Serghei Spivac by unanimous decision on 22 August 2026. Mário Pinto stopped Ryan Spann with punches in the second round on 5 September 2026.

The finishers lower down

Two heavyweights stand out for how quickly they work. Anthony Wint, ranked 15th and unbeaten at 9-0-0, won twice in the span of two events: an arm triangle in the first round on 22 August 2026 and a first-round TKO by punches in 23 seconds on 3 October 2026. Johnny Walker, at number 12, stopped Mick Parkin with a knee in the first round at UFC 332 on the same night.

Brando Peričić, at 7-1-0, carries a 100% finish rate, the same figure as Aspinall's, though from far fewer fights.

The title fight and what is booked

The belt is at stake at UFC 334 on 14 November 2026, where Gane faces Hokit. Hokit comes in unbeaten with a 90% finish rate, so the champion meets a challenger who has not lost.

Before that, the number 4 and number 5 contenders meet at UFC 333 on 24 October 2026, when Volkov fights Kuniev. That fight comes three weeks before the title bout. Tanner Boser fights Jhonata Diniz at UFC Fight Night on 17 October 2026, and Shamil Gaziev meets Tallison Teixeira on 21 November 2026.