2020 UFC Light Heavyweight Top 5 Rankings

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1. Jon Jones 

Jones’ last light heavyweight fight was a narrow controversial split decision win over Dominick Reyes. He would then relinquish his title as Jan Blachowicz would win the title later that year. But until then, he is number one by default for never officially losing. 

2. Glover Teixeira    

Teixeira returns to the top five for getting unlikely wins over Smith and Santos which increased his winning streak to five wins and put him in line for a title shot against Jan Blachowicz next year.

3. Aleksander Rakic  
Rakic joins the top five with his win over Smith using superior kickboxing to get the lopsided win. The win over Smith avenged his only loss of his UFC career to Volkan Oezdemir, placing him at number three. 
4. Anthony Smith   
Smith had mixed results as he went 1-2 this year dropping to number four. First, he was upset by Teixeira who was in the middle of a career resurgence, then he faced off against the dangerous Rakic that picked him apart. His win over prospect Devin Clark saves his year from being a complete disaster. 

5. Thiago Santos 

Santos drops to number five as he spent the majority of the year recovering from his torn knee only to return and get upset by the older veteran Teixeira. It might have been ring rust but he’s no longer in title contention like he was last year.

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