Despite Ronda Rousey’s impressive debut win in the UFC 157 main event against Liz Carmouche, the UFC has not yet released initial rankings for the women’s bantamweight division.
The organization does have several 135-pound female fighters under contract now, but it looks as though the promotion will wait until some more fights are contested in the division before having the media vote on rankings for the class.
One fight that did impact the rankings significantly was a light heavyweight matchup between top contenders Lyoto Machida and Dan Henderson. Machida defeated Henderson in a close decision to separate himself as the next fighter in line to meet the winner of an upcoming title fight between Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen.
Let’s take a look at how the 205-pound rankings changed, along with the ordering of fighters in all other men’s UFC divisions.