While most of the best talent is under the UFC banner and Bellator and WSOF have seemed scooped up the rest, there is still plenty of talent yet to be signed by the top promotions of the MMA food chain. These are not necessarily 'free agents' or even prospects, they are top 100 ranked fighters who are navigating the nebulous seas of regional and international fight promotion for whatever reason.
Most of the top half of the light heavyweight rankings stayed the same as the February edition with very minor re-shuffling. Dongi Yang made a surprise comeback with a first round TKO win over Dennis Hallman in South Korea. Although a great win, The Ox is probably better suited at 185 than 205. Kelvin Tiller surged back into the rankings with a second round RNC over Marcus Sursa in March. Misha Cirkunov defeated Rodney Wallace by head kick TKO in the first round to move himself into the rankings as well.
Light Heavyweights (205lb)
| RANK | NAME | RECORD | AGE | Last Promotion (Origin) |
| 22 | Roger Gracie | 7-2-0 | 33 | ONE FC (Asia) |
| 26 | Vinny Magalhaes | 12-7-0 | 30 | Titan FC (US) |
| 27 | Maxim Grishin | 19-6-0 | 30 | Akhmat MMA (Russia) |
| 34 | Stephan Puetz | 12-1-0 | 27 | M-1 (Russia) |
| 38 | Alexandre Zaneti | 10-2-0 | 35 | BRFC (Brazil) |
| 39 | Goran Reljic | 14-4-0 | 31 | KSW (Poland) |
| 42 | Josh Stansbury | 6-2-0 | 30 | Fight To Win (US) |
| 45 | Gadzhimurad Antigulov | 15-4-0 | ? | UMMAP (Russia) |
| 46 | Misha Cirkunov | 8-2-0 | 28 | Hard Knocks FC (Canada) |
| 47 | Aleksei Butorin | 9-0-0 | 28 | Warrior's Way (Russia) |
| 48 | Dongi Yang | 12-3-0 | 30 | Top FC (S. Korea) |
| 49 | James McSweeney | 14-12-0 | 34 | ONE FC (Asia) |
| 50 | Joachim Christensen | 10-3-0 | ? | Superior Challenge (Sweden) |
| 51 | Kelvin Tiller | 7-1-0 | 24 | Shamrock Promotions (Missouri) |
| 52 | Viktor Nemkov | 20-5-0 | 28 | M-1 (Russia) |
| 53 | Myron Dennis | 12-4-0 | ? | Rumble on the River (Oklahoma) |
| 54 | Paul Buentello | 33-16-0 | 41 | Legacy FC (Texas) |
| 55 | David Mitchell | 19-4-0 | 35 | West Coast FC (California) |
| 57 | Shamil Nurmagomedov | 19-3-0 | ? | Oplot Challenge (Russia) |
| 58 | Luiz Cane | 15-6-0-1 | 34 | Thunder Fight (Brazil) |
| 59 | Abdul-Kerim Edilov | 15-4-0 | 23 | Akhmat MMA (Russia) |
| 62 | Joe Doerksen | 51-16-0 | 37 | KOTC (Canada) |
| 66 | Trevor Prangley | 34-11-1 | 42 | KOTC (US) |
| 68 | Michal Fijalka | 13-4-1 | 31 | Berserkers Arena (Poland) |
| 69 | Matt Thompson | 19-10-0 | 34 | Titan FC (US) |
Dropped out of the Top 25: Leonardo Leite (moved to MW), Jason Brilz (moved to HW), Ken Hasegawa (moved to MW), Anthony Gomez (moved to HW), Rodney Wallace (70), Doo Hwan Kim (71), Maciej Browarski (82)
Top 3 Promotions in the division
| Promotion | # Top 100 fighters | Champ |
| UFC | 28 | Vacant |
| Bellator | 17 | Liam McGeary |
| WSOF | 7 | Vacant |
*All Rankings taken from Fight Matrix at time of writing.
