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UFC 250 delivered a few insane finishes and some rankings movement.
UFC 250 has come and gone and unsurprisingly on a bantamweight-heavy card, the most rankings upheaval came at 135. Cody Garbrandt picked up one of the best KOs in ages over Raphael Assuncao, and it allowed the former champ to re-enter the top five. Surprisingly, Aljamain Sterling stayed at number two despite being locked up as the next title challenger after taking out Cory Sandhagen in under 90 seconds.
At flyweight, Alex Perez’s big TKO via leg kicks win over Jussier Formiga put him in the mix in a wide open division. And as for the main event…well, there aren’t any rankings for women’s 145, so nothing changed there.
Here’s a look at the changes for this week.
Men’s P4P – No changes.
Heavyweight – No changes.
Light Heavyweight – No changes.
Middleweight – Omari Akhmedov moves up one spot to 11, dropping Brad Tavares to 12.
Welterweight – Neil Magny re-enters the rankings at 15 after defeating Anthony Rocco Martin.
Lightweight – No changes.
Featherweight – No changes.
Bantamweight – Garbrandt rises four spots to five. Assuncao drops three to eight. Jimmie Rivera drops one to nine. Cody Stamann cracks the top ten again with an emotional win over Brian Kelleher. Rob Font and Dominick Cruz dropped one spot each to 11 and 12. Sean O’Malley enters at 15.
Flyweight – Alexandre Pantoja is up one spot to four. Perez is up five spots into a tie for four with Pantoja. Formiga drops two spots to six. Askar Askarov, Kai Kara France, and Rogerio Bontorin are all down a spot to seven through nine respectively.
Women’s P4P – Nina Ansaroff rises one spot to 14 despite being pregnant and inactive. Julianna Pena falls to 15.
Women’s Bantamweight – No changes.
Women’s Flyweight – No changes.
Women’s Strawweight – No changes.