Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently updated its official fighter rankings to reflect the results of its UFC Fight Night 82 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, which took place last Saturday night (Feb. 6, 2016) inside MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Full results here.
As expected, welterweight “Wonderboy” Stephen Thompson rocketed up the charts by disposing of former champion Johny Hendricks (see it again here). Roy Nelsons holds steady at No. 11 despite turning away fellow heavyweight Jared Rosholt (video), while Justin Scoggins makes his flyweight ranking debut at No. 12 (after this).
That’s not all.
Here’s what the latest ranking field looks like courtesy of UFC.com. Note: (+/- = movement in rankings, *NR = Not previously ranked).
POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Jon Jones
2 Demetrious Johnson
3 Conor McGregor
4 Rafael dos Anjos +2
5 Fabricio Werdum
6 Robbie Lawler -2
7 Dominick Cruz +1
8 Luke Rockhold -1
9 Jose Aldo
10 Daniel Cormier
11 Chris Weidman
12 TJ Dillashaw
13 Holly Holm
14 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
15 Frankie Edgar *NR
FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Demetrious Johnson
1 Joseph Benavidez
2 John Dodson
3 Henry Cejudo
4 Ian McCall
5 Jussier Formiga
6 Kyoji Horiguchi
7 John Moraga
8 Zach Makovsky
9 Wilson Reis
10 Ali Bagautinov +1
11 Dustin Ortiz -1
12 Justin Scoggins *NR
13 Louis Smolka
14 Ray Borg -2
15 Sergio Pettis
BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Dominick Cruz
1 TJ Dillashaw
2 Renan Barao
3 Urijah Faber
4 Raphael Assuncao
5 Aljamain Sterling
6 Michael McDonald
7 Thomas Almeida
8 Bryan Caraway
9 Takeya Mizugaki
10 Johnny Eduardo
11 John Lineker
12 Frankie Saenz
13 Jimmie Rivera +1
14 Eddie Wineland -1
15 Francisco Rivera
FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Conor McGregor
1 Jose Aldo
2 Frankie Edgar
3 Chad Mendes
4 Max Holloway
5 Ricardo Lamas
6 Cub Swanson
7 Charles Oliveira
8 Dennis Bermudez
9 Jeremy Stephens
10 Hacran Dias
11 Darren Elkins
12 Tatsuya Kawajiri
13 Brian Ortega
14 Nik Lentz +1
15 Clay Guida -1
LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Rafael dos Anjos
1 Eddie Alvarez
2 Khabib Nurmagomedov
3 Anthony Pettis
4 Tony Ferguson +1
5 Donald Cerrone -1
6 Nate Diaz
7 Michael Johnson
8 Edson Barboza +1
9 Beneil Dariush -1
10 Al Iaquinta
11 Dustin Poirier +1
12 Bobby Green -1
13 Michael Chiesa
14 Evan Dunham
15 Rashid Magomedov *NR
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Robbie Lawler
1 Rory MacDonald
2 Tyron Woodley +1
3 Stephen Thompson +5
4 Carlos Condit
5 Johny Hendricks -3
6 Demian Maia -1
7 Matt Brown -1
8 Dong Hyun Kim -1
9 Neil Magny -1
10 Tarec Saffiedine
11 Rick Story
12 Kelvin Gastelum
13 Thiago Alves +1
14 Albert Tumenov *NR
15 Gunnar Nelson
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Luke Rockhold
1 Chris Weidman
2 Jacare Souza
3 Vitor Belfort
4 Lyoto Machida
5 Tim Kennedy
6 Michael Bisping
7 Anderson Silva +3
8 Robert Whittaker -1
9 Gegard Mousasi -1
10 Thales Leites -1
11 Uriah Hall
12 Rafael Natal +1
13 Derek Brunson -1
14 Dan Henderson
15 Roan Carneiro
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1 Jon Jones
2 Anthony Johnson
3 Alexander Gustafsson
4 Glover Teixeira
5 Ryan Bader
6 Ovince Saint Preux
7 Rashad Evans
8 Mauricio Rua
9 Jimi Manuwa
10 Patrick Cummins
11 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
12 Corey Anderson
13 Gian Villante +1
14 Ilir Latifi +1
15 Jan Blachowicz *NR
HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Fabricio Werdum
1 Cain Velasquez
2 Stipe Miocic
3 Alistair Overeem
4 Ben Rothwell +1
5 Andrei Arlovski -1
5 Junior Dos Santos +1
7 Travis Browne
8 Josh Barnett +1
9 Mark Hunt -1
10 Frank Mir
11 Roy Nelson
12 Antonio Silva +1
13 Matt Mitrione +1
14 Alexey Oliynyk +1
15 Jared Rosholt -3
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Joanna Jedrzejczyk
1 Claudia Gadelha
2 Carla Esparza
3 Rose Namajunas
4 Tecia Torres
5 Jessica Penne
6 Valerie Letourneau
7 Paige VanZant
8 Joanne Calderwood
9 Maryna Moroz
10 Michelle Waterson
11 Randa Markos
12 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
13 Jessica Aguilar
14 Juliana Lima
15 Felice Herrig
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Holly Holm
1 Ronda Rousey
2 Miesha Tate
3 Cat Zingano
4 Amanda Nunes
5 Julianna Pena
6 Sara McMann
7 Jessica Eye
8 Bethe Correia
9 Liz Carmouche
10 Sarah Kaufman
11 Valentina Shevchenko
12 Marion Reneau
13 Raquel Pennington
14 Germaine de Randamie
15 Jessica Andrade
There you have it.
You can expect these standings to change in a little less than two weeks as UFC Fight Night 83: “Cowboy vs. Cowboy” lights up Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Sun., Feb. 21, 2016 (more on that FOX Sports 1 fight card here).
Until then, let us know what you think of the latest rankings movement in the comments section below.