The UFC Heavyweight Division has seen a number of absolute giants over the years.
This weekend the highest hunter is set at the Roster to headline UFC Nashville, while Tallison Teixeira takes on two-time UFC title Challenger and heavyweight King Derrick Lewis.
Unbeaten on 8-0, the Teixeira of Brazil is on an impressive 6 feet and 7 centimeters long and is tied up with another heavyweight competition as the fifth highest hunter in the history of UFC.
Bloody Elbow arranges the top 5 highest hunters that entered the Octagon before Teixeira.
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5. Alexander Volkov – 6'7 ″
#2 Ranger UFC Heavyweight Alexander Volkov is today the highest hunter in the UFC.
On 6'7 ″, Volkov has left one except for one except for one. Volkov has the nickname 'Drago' after Ivan Drago by Rocky IV (1985), a Russian boxer who is 6'6 ″ in his fight against Rocky Balboa.
Volkov is the only former Bellator champion who has a winning record in the UFC (12-5). The Russian has Sergei Pavlovich, Alistair Overeem and Fabricio Werdum victories.
Volkov has only lost to Ciryl Gane and Tom Aspinall in his last 10 fights and can go for a title shot against Aspinall after winning four of his last five fights.
It is worth noting that the Headliner Tallison Teixeira this Saturday has a range of 8 cm compared to Volkov.
4. Tim Sylvia – 6'8 ″
The 6'8 ″ Tim Sylvia is the only UFC champion on this list.
Sylvia wrote History as the highest UFC champion in 2003 when he would win Ricco Rodrigues the heavyweight title on UFC 41. He was a perfect 15-0 at that time.
Sylvia won and defended the Riem against Andrei Arlovski, Jeff Monson and 'De Gigantic' Gan McGee in the highest fight in the history of UFC.
3. Gan McGee – 6'10 ”
It's not for nothing they called Gan McGee 'The Giant'.
The 6'10 ”McGee had a Stellaire 12-1 run to the heavyweight title in 2003 and earned a crack at Sylvia with five first round stop pages.
Despite the size benefit, McGee was in a round in a round in what his last UFC fight would be.
2. Semmy Schilt – 6'11 ”
The second highest hunter of the UFC only fought twice under their banner.
The Netherlands' Semmy Schilt aka 'HightTower' is almost seven feet on 6'11 “.
After having fought in Pancrase for years, Schilt made his UFC debut in 2001. Schilt went 1-1 in the UFC with a TKO victory on Pete Williams and a submission loss to Josh Barnett.
1. Stefan Struve – 7'0 ″
Nicknamed 'The Skyscraper', Stefan Struve is the highest hunter who has ever participated in the Octagon.
The 7'0 ″ heavyweight giant fought in the UFC 24 times and retired in 2021 with a winning record of 13-11. The best victories of Struve came against people like Antonio 'Bigfoot' Silva, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Stipe Miocic, perhaps the greatest heavyweight of all time.
Struve met his match in the 6'7 ″ Volkov in the main event of UFC Rotterdam in 2017 and lost by TKO on the third round.