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UFC Rankings Update: Cormier Passes St-Pierre On P4P List

Daniel Cormier is making moves before his heavyweight super fight with Stipe Miocic:

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The official UFC rankings have been updated heading into July 7’s pay-per-view UFC 226 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

And one of its featured fighters was the main benefactor of the rankings update.

Light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier rose to the No. 4 spot on the pound-for-pound list prior to his heavyweight super fight with Stipe Miocic in the UFC 226 main event, sending former middleweight and welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre down two spots to No. 5.

In other rankings movement, rising welterweight Leon Edwards failed to break into the Top 10 after defeating longtime veteran Donald Cerrone in the main event of last Saturday’s (Sat., June 23, 2018) UFC Fight Night 132 from the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore, rising two spots to No. 11.

You can check out the full updated rankings from UFC.com right here:

POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Demetrious Johnson
2 Stipe Miocic
3 Conor McGregor
4 Daniel Cormier +1
5 Georges St-Pierre -2
6 Max Holloway
7 TJ Dillashaw
8 Tyron Woodley
9 Khabib Nurmagomedov
10 Cris Cyborg
11 Robert Whittaker
12 Tony Ferguson
13 Amanda Nunes
14 Cody Garbrandt
15 Rose Namajunas

FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Demetrious Johnson
1 Henry Cejudo
2 Sergio Pettis
3 Joseph Benavidez
4 Ray Borg
5 Jussier Formiga
6 John Moraga
7 Wilson Reis
8 Alexandre Pantoja
9 Brandon Moreno
10 Dustin Ortiz
11 Ben Nguyen
12 Matheus Nicolau
13 Tim Elliott
14 Deiveson Figueiredo
15 Ulka Sasaki *NR

BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: TJ Dillashaw
1 Cody Garbrandt
2 Dominick Cruz
3 Raphael Assuncao
4 Marlon Moraes
5 Jimmie Rivera
6 John Lineker
7 John Dodson
8 Aljamain Sterling
9 Cody Stamann +2
10 Pedro Munhoz
11 Rob Font +1
12 Thomas Almeida +1
13 Alejandro Perez +2
14 Brett Johns
15 Eddie Wineland *NR

FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Max Holloway
1 Brian Ortega
2 Jose Aldo
3 Frankie Edgar
4 Jeremy Stephens
5 Cub Swanson
6 Josh Emmett
7 Mirsad Bektic
8 Chan Sung Jung
9 Renato Moicano
10 Darren Elkins
11 Ricardo Lamas
12 Myles Jury +1
13 Zabit Magomedsharipov -1
14 Dooho Choi
15 Calvin Kattar

LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Khabib Nurmagomedov
1 Conor McGregor
2 Tony Ferguson
3 Eddie Alvarez
4 Dustin Poirier
5 Kevin Lee
6 Edson Barboza
7 Justin Gaethje
8 Nate Diaz
9 Michael Chiesa
10 Al Iaquinta
11 James Vick
12 Anthony Pettis
13 Alexander Hernandez
14 Paul Felder
15 Francisco Trinaldo

WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Tyron Woodley
1 Colby Covington (Interim Champion)
2 Darren Till
3 Rafael Dos Anjos
4 Stephen Thompson
5 Robbie Lawler
6 Kamaru Usman
7 Demian Maia
8 Neil Magny
9 Jorge Masvidal
10 Santiago Ponzinibbio
11 Leon Edwards +2
12 Donald Cerrone -1
13 Gunnar Nelson -1
14 Alex Oliveira
15 Dong Hyun Kim

MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Robert Whittaker
1 Yoel Romero
2 Luke Rockhold
3 Chris Weidman
4 Kelvin Gastelum
5 Jacare Souza
6 Derek Brunson
7 David Branch
8 Brad Tavares
9 Uriah Hall +1
10 Paulo Costa +1
11 Antonio Carlos Junior +1
12 Thiago Santos
13 Elias Theodorou +1
14 Krzysztof Jotko +1
15 Cezar Ferreira *NR

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1 Alexander Gustafsson
2 Volkan Oezdemir
3 Glover Teixeira
4 Ilir Latifi
5 Jan Blachowicz
6 Jimi Manuwa
7 Ovince Saint Preux
8 Mauricio Rua -1
9 Corey Anderson
10 Misha Cirkunov
11 Dominick Reyes
12 Patrick Cummins
13 Tyson Pedro
14 Gadzhimurad Antigulov
15 Sam Alvey

HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Stipe Miocic
1 Francis Ngannou
2 Curtis Blaydes
3 Alexander Volkov
4 Alistair Overeem
5 Derrick Lewis
6 Mark Hunt
7 Junior Dos Santos
8 Marcin Tybura
9 Tai Tuivasa
10 Aleksei Oleinik
11 Andrei Arlovski
12 Stefan Struve
13 Shamil Abdurakhimov
14 Justin Willis
15 Junior Albini

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Rose Namajunas
1 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
2 Jessica Andrade
3 Claudia Gadelha
4 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
5 Tecia Torres
6 Carla Esparza
7 Michelle Waterson
8 Felice Herrig
9 Tatiana Suarez
10 Cortney Casey
11 Alexa Grasso
12 Randa Markos
13 Nina Ansaroff
14 Joanne Calderwood
15 Angela Hill

WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Nicco Montano
1 Valentina Shevchenko
2 Sijara Eubanks
3 Alexis Davis
4 Lauren Murphy
5 Katlyn Chookagian
6 Liz Carmouche
7 Barb Honchak
8 Roxanne Modafferi
9 Jessica Eye +1
10 Jessica-Rose Clark -1
11 Ashlee Evans-Smith
12 Andrea Lee
13 Mara Romero Borella
14 Paige VanZant
15 Gillian Robertson

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Amanda Nunes
1 Holly Holm
2 Ketlen Vieira
3 Julianna Pena
4 Raquel Pennington
5 Germaine de Randamie
6 Cat Zingano
7 Marion Reneau
8 Sara McMann
9 Aspen Ladd
10 Bethe Correia
11 Lina Lansberg
12 Irene Aldana
13 Lucie Pudilova
14 Sarah Moras
15 Gina Mazany

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Stipe Miocic Vows To Retire With UFC Heavyweight Title

UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic is the greatest champion the division’s history has ever seen. The 35-year-old is the only UFC heavyweight champion ever to have been able to successfully defend the title three consecutive times. He is curre…

UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic is the greatest champion the division’s history has ever seen. The 35-year-old is the only UFC heavyweight champion ever to have been able to successfully defend the title three consecutive times. He is currently on a six fight win-streak, finishing all but one of those contests via knockout. His last […]

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Brian Ortega Claims Max Holloway Fight Is Biggest Since Aldo vs. McGregor

Brian Ortega believes that his fight against Max Holloway at UFC 226 for the featherweight title is the biggest in the division’s history since Conor McGregor vs. Jose Aldo in 2015. At the time the UFC threw a ton of promotion into the fight, whi…

Brian Ortega believes that his fight against Max Holloway at UFC 226 for the featherweight title is the biggest in the division’s history since Conor McGregor vs. Jose Aldo in 2015. At the time the UFC threw a ton of promotion into the fight, which at the time was arguably the biggest in the promotion’s […]

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Conor McGregor’s Coach Breaks Down Strategy For Khabib Nurmagomedov Fight

Conor McGregor’s coach sounded off on the strategy for his perceived fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov.

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One of Conor McGregor’s coaches has sounded off on the strategy for a fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Longtime striking coach Owen Roddy believes the approach to the challenge of Nurmagomedov will remain much the same as in previous fights as they will look for holes that they can pick apart and find a game plan in order to beat the current lightweight champion.

“We all sit down, and we look at where the holes are and what we can do to exploit the opponent,” Roddy told MMAjunkie. “Khabib brings a lot of problems, as do all fighters. But he’s not bulletproof. It’s not an impossible code to crack.”

“You just have to see where those openings are and put the shots in,” he said. “So that would be my role. Obviously, we would be bringing in a wrestling coach, and (McGregor head coach) John (Kavanagh) would be working the overall game and jiu-jitsu game.

“It’s another day at the office. It’s great fun fighting these different opponents that bring different threats. It’s always exciting to try to come up with a game plan to beat them, and that’s what we do. We try stuff. If it works, we keep it. If it doesn’t work, we get rid of it.”

“If the people kick up enough fuss and get behind that fight, I think it will happen,” Roddy said. “Conor will fight the person that brings the biggest draw. That’s the way he’s always fought. If it is Khabib, that’s the next fight. But I don’t know yet.”

McGregor has not been seen in the Octagon since at UFC 205 in November 2016 when he won the lightweight title from Eddie Alvarez. McGregor then fought in a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather.

Just last month, the first glimpse of him sparring since his boxing bout surfaced online. McGregor wanted to show off his skills to his fans. Since that time from when he competed last, he has stayed in the gym.

Obviously, his edge against Khabib will be in the striking department, and Roddy sees no issue with landing them on the undefeated Dagestani grappler if and when the fight does happen:

“There are always openings, whether you’re a wrestler or a kickboxer or jiu-jitsu guy,” he said. “The fight always starts standing, so there’s always opportunities to land strikes, and everybody leaves openings. I’m sure we can land shots on Khabib – most definitely.”

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BOA Super 8 Results: DJ Jackson defeats Craig Jones in finals

DJ Jackson defeated hometown favorite Craig Jones to win $20,000 Australian dollars. Team Lloyd Irvin standout, DJ Jackson, traveled halfway across the world and faced off against stiff competition but he walked out of BOA Super 8 as the c…

DJ Jackson had another successful night on the mats,this time winning BOA Super 8

DJ Jackson defeated hometown favorite Craig Jones to win $20,000 Australian dollars.

Team Lloyd Irvin standout, DJ Jackson, traveled halfway across the world and faced off against stiff competition but he walked out of BOA Super 8 as the champion and $20,000 AUD richer. Jackson defeated the local favorite, Craig Jones, in the final match of the tournament.

Both Jackson and Jones tore through the tournament, bringing together a finals match that features two very decorated and experienced grapplers. In what was an interesting strategy, Jones pulled guard at the start of the match, electing to take the penalty point in belief that he would be able to snatch a submission or get points of his own. Jones has submission wins over the likes of Jake Shields and Murilo Santana, so it’s understandable why he would take that option.

But he was unable to find the answer to defeat Jackson, who is known for having an excellent base game on top and the wrestling abilities needed to take down anyone in the sport. Jackson was able to keep his hips low to prevent Jones from creating any space through elevation – which is a key component to his ability to create offense. At the same time, Jackson was able to remain active enough in the position as he frequently attempted to pass Jones’s guard, but was unable to successfully get past his knee shield defense.

Jackson was able to fend off all of Jones’s attacks, including a kimura which looked threatening at one point. Jackson’s strategy and skill set served him well throughout the event. Other than Jones, none of the other competitors were able to stop Jackson from taking them down, passing guard then attacking their arms. In fact, Jones was the only individual who was able to keep Jackson within a guard and prevent him from scoring points.

The event featured an eight-man tournament that brought out some big names along with lesser-known talent across the competitive grappling landscape. Along with Jackson and Jones, James Brasco, Philippe Pomaski, Stuart Cooper, Sami Baki, Roberto Frias and Ben Hodgkinson were a part of the showcase.

Four superfights were also a part of the BOA Super 8 event. Dean Liebenberg defeated Uros Culic via a penalty points. Livia Gluchowska defeated Tegan Krarup via kneebar to heel hook combination. Thalison Soares defeated Mikael Yahaya via bow and arrow choke. Pasha Stolyar defeated Thiago Stefanutti via decision when their bout ended in a 2-2 tie.

BOA Super 8 will be available for replay on FloGrappling.com.

Full Tournament results:

Quarterfinals:

Stuart Cooper def. Philippe Pomaski – 0x0pts, 0x1pen

DJ Jackson def. Sami Baki – Kimura lock

Craig Jones def. Roberto Frias – 7x0pts

Ben Hodgkinson def. James Brasco – 2×2, ref decision

Semifinals:

DJ Jackson def. Stuart Cooper – 3×0

Craig Jones def. Ben Hodgkinson – Outside heel hook

Finals:

DJ Jackson def. Craig Jones – 0x0pts, pen

Marlon Moraes: Fans Want me to Fight For UFC Bantamweight Title

Marlon Moraes believes he’ll be next in line for a shot at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight title. Earlier this month, Moraes took on Jimmie Rivera in a potential title eliminator. The bout took place inside the Adirondack Ba…

Marlon Moraes believes he’ll be next in line for a shot at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight title. Earlier this month, Moraes took on Jimmie Rivera in a potential title eliminator. The bout took place inside the Adirondack Bank Center in Utica, New York. It served as UFC Utica’s main event. It only took Moraes 33 seconds […]

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