2015 UFC Light Heavyweight Top 5 Rankings

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1. Jon Jones 

In spite of getting stripped of the light heavyweight title, Jones remains number one for getting a win over the current champion Cormier.
2. Daniel Cormier  
DC suffered his first loss to the hands of Jones in their title fight. But when Jones would get stripped of the title for his arrest, DC would go on to use his wrestling to beat Johnson for the vacant title and defend the title against Alexander Gustafsson in another light heavyweight classic.
3. Anthony Johnson   
Rumble Johnson earns his title shot knocking out Alexander Gustafsson in front of his Swedish fans. This earned him a vacant title fight against DC that saw him get outwrestled and submitted. He would rebound with a knockout over Manuwa but it does not undo the loss he suffered to DC.

4. Ryan Bader 
Bader not only picks up another two wins this year but this time to more credible opponents in Davis and Rashad Evans which should have been enough to get a title shot but the UFC kept putting obstacles in front of him. 
5. Phil Davis 

Davis fought his last in fight the UFC losing to an improving Bader who used a similar approach Rashad Evans used to defeat him. He would then go to Bellator later that year.

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