Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently tied a ribbon around its Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 24 Finale on FOX Sports 1, which took place last Sat. night (Dec. 3, 2016) inside Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada (results and play-by-play here).
Unfortunately, there wasn’t much to talk about when all was said and done.
Demetrious Johnson is still the best fighter in the 125-pound division and Joseph Benavidez is still ranked directly beneath him. In addition, Henry Cejudo didn’t lose any ground after a split-decision loss to “Joe Jitsu” in the co-main event (watch it), while TUF 24 champ Tim Elliott made his rankings debut following a gritty performance (video) against “Mighty Mouse.”
Not long after he announced his move to bantamweight.
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 Demetrious Johnson
2 Conor McGregor
3 Dominick Cruz
4 Daniel Cormier
5 Jose Aldo
6 Stipe Miocic
7 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
8 Tyron Woodley
9 Michael Bisping
10 Cris Cyborg
11 Robbie Lawler
12 Luke Rockhold
13 Amanda Nunes
14 Khabib Nurmagomedov
15 TJ Dillashaw
FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Demetrious Johnson
1 Joseph Benavidez
2 Henry Cejudo
3 Kyoji Horiguchi
4 Jussier Formiga
5 Wilson Reis
6 Ian McCall
7 Zach Makovsky
8 Ali Bagautinov
9 John Moraga
10 Brandon Moreno +2
11 Dustin Ortiz -1
12 Louis Smolka -1
13 Ray Borg
14 Sergio Pettis
15 Tim Elliott *NR
BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Dominick Cruz
1 TJ Dillashaw
2 John Lineker
3 Raphael Assuncao
4 Jimmie Rivera
5 Cody Garbrandt
6 Bryan Caraway
7 Urijah Faber
8 Aljamain Sterling
9 Michael McDonald
10 John Dodson
11 Thomas Almeida
12 Johnny Eduardo
13 Eddie Wineland
14 Takeya Mizugaki
15 Pedro Munhoz
FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Jose Aldo
1 Frankie Edgar
2 Max Holloway
3 Ricardo Lamas
4 Cub Swanson
5 Anthony Pettis
6 Jeremy Stephens
7 Charles Oliveira
8 Dennis Bermudez
9 Brian Ortega
10 Yair Rodriguez
11 Dooho Choi
12 Mirsad Bektic
13 Darren Elkins
14 Renan Barao
15 Andre Fili *NR
LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Conor McGregor
1 Khabib Nurmagomedov
2 Tony Ferguson
3 Eddie Alvarez
4 Rafael Dos Anjos
5 Edson Barboza +1
5 Nate Diaz
7 Michael Johnson
8 Michael Chiesa
9 Beneil Dariush
10 Donald Cerrone
11 Dustin Poirier
12 Gilbert Melendez
13 Francisco Trinaldo
14 Evan Dunham
15 Al Iaquinta
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Tyron Woodley
1 Stephen Thompson
2 Robbie Lawler
3 Demian Maia
4 Carlos Condit
5 Donald Cerrone
6 Johny Hendricks
7 Lorenz Larkin
8 Neil Magny
8 Dong Hyun Kim +2
10 Rick Story +1
11 Kelvin Gastelum -3
12 Gunnar Nelson
13 Tarec Saffiedine
14 Matt Brown
15 Jorge Masvidal *NR
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Michael Bisping
1 Yoel Romero
2 Luke Rockhold
3 Jacare Souza
4 Chris Weidman
5 Gegard Mousasi
6 Robert Whittaker
7 Anderson Silva
8 Vitor Belfort
9 Derek Brunson
10 Tim Kennedy
11 Krzysztof Jotko
12 Uriah Hall +1
13 Thales Leites -1
14 Tim Boetsch +1
15 Rafael Natal *NR
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1 Anthony Johnson
2 Alexander Gustafsson
3 Glover Teixeira
4 Ryan Bader
5 Jimi Manuwa
6 Ovince Saint Preux
7 Mauricio Rua
8 Nikita Krylov
9 Corey Anderson
10 Rogerio Nogueira
11 Ilir Latifi
12 Patrick Cummins
13 Misha Cirkunov
14 Gian Villante +1
15 Rashad Evans -1
HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Stipe Miocic
1 Fabricio Werdum
2 Cain Velasquez
3 Alistair Overeem
4 Junior Dos Santos
5 Ben Rothwell
6 Josh Barnett
7 Mark Hunt
8 Andrei Arlovski
9 Travis Browne
10 Derrick Lewis
11 Stefan Struve
12 Francis Ngannou
13 Alexander Volkov
14 Daniel Omielanczuk
15 Shamil Abdurakhimov
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Joanna Jedrzejczyk
1 Claudia Gadelha
2 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
3 Carla Esparza
4 Rose Namajunas
5 Jessica Andrade
6 Tecia Torres
7 Joanne Calderwood
8 Paige VanZant
9 Valerie Letourneau
10 Maryna Moroz
11 Jessica Aguilar
12 Michelle Waterson
13 Jessica Penne
14 Alexa Grasso
15 Juliana Lima
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Amanda Nunes
1 Ronda Rousey
2 Valentina Shevchenko
3 Julianna Pena
4 Holly Holm
5 Raquel Pennington
6 Cat Zingano
7 Sara McMann
8 Liz Carmouche
9 Bethe Correia
10 Miesha Tate
11 Germaine de Randamie
12 Ashlee Evans-Smith
13 Marion Reneau
14 Jessica Eye
15 Alexis Davis *NR
There you have it.
You can expect these standings to change in just a few days as UFC Fight Night 102, as well as the UFC 206 pay-per-view (PPV) event, both pop off this weekend as part of a busy month of December. To see who is fighting on those respective cards click here and here.
Until then, let us know what you think of the latest rankings movement in the comments section below.