Latest UFC rankings update: Korean Zombie cracks top 10 with UFC ‘Houston’ win over Dennis Bermudez

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently wrapped its UFC Fight Night 104: “Bermudez vs. Korean Zombie” mixed martial arts (MMA) event, which took place last Saturday night (Feb. 11, 2017) inside Toyota Center in Houston, Texas
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently wrapped its UFC Fight Night 104: “Bermudez vs. Korean Zombie” mixed martial arts (MMA) event, which took place last Saturday night (Feb. 11, 2017) inside Toyota Center in Houston, Texas

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In the main event of the evening, Chan Sung Jung returned after an extended layoff to beat the brakes off featherweight stalwart Dennis Bermudez (watch it). In the UFC “Houston” co-main event, Felice Herrig derailed the hype train of women’s strawweight up-and-comer Alexa Grasso (replay).

Here’s what the latest rankings 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 Daniel Cormier
4 Jose Aldo
5 Cody Garbrandt
6 Stipe Miocic
7 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
8 Dominick Cruz
9 Tyron Woodley
10 Michael Bisping
11 Amanda Nunes
12 TJ Dillashaw
13 Max Holloway
14 Khabib Nurmagomedov
15 Yoel Romero

FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Demetrious Johnson
1 Joseph Benavidez
2 Henry Cejudo
3 Kyoji Horiguchi
4 Jussier Formiga
5 Wilson Reis
6 Ian McCall
7 Sergio Pettis
8 Dustin Ortiz
9 Ray Borg
10 Brandon Moreno
11 Tim Elliott
12 John Moraga
13 Louis Smolka
14 Ben Nguyen
15 Alexandre Pantoja

BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Cody Garbrandt
1 Dominick Cruz
2 TJ Dillashaw
3 Raphael Assuncao
4 John Lineker
5 Jimmie Rivera
6 Bryan Caraway
7 Aljamain Sterling
8 Michael McDonald
9 John Dodson
10 Thomas Almeida
11 Eddie Wineland
12 Johnny Eduardo
13 Pedro Munhoz
14 Rani Yahya
15 Iuri Alcantara *NR

FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Jose Aldo
1 Max Holloway (Interim Champion)
2 Frankie Edgar
3 Ricardo Lamas
4 Cub Swanson
5 Jeremy Stephens
6 Anthony Pettis
7 Charles Oliveira
8 Yair Rodriguez
9 Chan Sung Jung *NR
10 Brian Ortega
11 Dennis Bermudez -2
12 Dooho Choi -1
13 Mirsad Bektic
14 Darren Elkins -2
15 Renan Barao -1

LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Conor McGregor
1 Khabib Nurmagomedov
2 Tony Ferguson
3 Eddie Alvarez
4 Rafael Dos Anjos
5 Edson Barboza
6 Nate Diaz
7 Michael Johnson
8 Michael Chiesa
9 Beneil Dariush
10 Dustin Poirier
11 Gilbert Melendez
12 Francisco Trinaldo +1
13 Evan Dunham +1
14 Al Iaquinta +1
15 Will Brooks *NR

WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Tyron Woodley
1 Stephen Thompson
2 Robbie Lawler
3 Demian Maia
4 Carlos Condit
5 Jorge Masvidal +1
6 Neil Magny +2
7 Dong Hyun Kim
8 Donald Cerrone +1
9 Gunnar Nelson +2
10 Johny Hendricks +2
11 Tarec Saffiedine +2
12 Kamaru Usman *NR
13 Jake Ellenberger +1
14 Matt Brown +1
15 Albert Tumenov *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 Derek Brunson
9 Vitor Belfort
10 Kelvin Gastelum
11 Krzysztof Jotko
12 Thales Leites
13 Tim Boetsch
14 Uriah Hall
15 Sam Alvey

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1 Anthony Johnson
2 Alexander Gustafsson
3 Glover Teixeira
4 Ryan Bader
5 Jimi Manuwa
6 Mauricio Rua +1
7 Corey Anderson +2
8 Nikita Krylov +2
9 Ovince Saint Preux -3
10 Ilir Latifi +1
11 Volkan Oezdemir *NR
12 Rogerio Nogueira
13 Gian Villante
14 Patrick Cummins
15 Jan Blachowicz

HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Stipe Miocic
1 Fabricio Werdum
2 Cain Velasquez
3 Alistair Overeem
4 Junior Dos Santos
5 Ben Rothwell
6 Francis Ngannou
7 Mark Hunt
8 Derrick Lewis
9 Travis Browne
10 Andrei Arlovski
11 Stefan Struve
12 Alexander Volkov
13 Daniel Omielanczuk
14 Aleksei Oleinik
15 Tim Johnson

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Joanna Jedrzejczyk
1 Claudia Gadelha
2 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
3 Carla Esparza
4 Jessica Andrade +1
5 Rose Namajunas -1
6 Tecia Torres
7 Michelle Waterson
8 Joanne Calderwood
9 Maryna Moroz
10 Paige VanZant
11 Jessica Aguilar
12 Felice Herrig *NR
13 Jessica Penne
14 Alexa Grasso -2
15 Valerie Letourneau

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Amanda Nunes
1 Valentina Shevchenko
2 Holly Holm
3 Ronda Rousey
4 Julianna Pena
5 Raquel Pennington
6 Cat Zingano
7 Sara McMann
8 Liz Carmouche
9 Bethe Correia
10 Germaine de Randamie
11 Alexis Davis
12 Ashlee Evans-Smith
13 Marion Reneau
14 Jessica Eye
15 Leslie Smith

There you have it.

You can expect these standings to change in less than a week — especially with the debut of the women’s featherweight division — when UFC 208: “Holm vs. De Randamie” pay-per-view (PPV) event takes place this Saturday night (Feb. 11, 2017) inside Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York (details).

Until then, let us know what you think of the latest rankings movement in the comments section below.