Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently updated its official fighter rankings to reflect the results of its UFC on FOX 18 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, which took place last Saturday night (Jan. 30, 2016) inside Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Full results here.
Despite a lopsided beating of Ryan Bader (see it again here), top light heavyweight slugger Anthony “Rumble” Johnson stands fast at No. 3 on the 205-pound ladder, firmly behind former champion Jon Jones and reigning titleholder Daniel Cormier.
“Big” Ben Rothwell, however, was able to crack the top five after strangling Josh Barnett (video).
Former middleweight champion Anderson Silva returned to the official rankings — at No. 10 — after finishing up his disciplinary suspension. “The Spider” will have a chance to move up in the world when he bangs with Michael Bisping later this month (details).
That’s not all.
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 Jon Jones
2 Demetrious Johnson
3 Conor McGregor
4 Robbie Lawler
5 Fabricio Werdum
6 Rafael dos Anjos
7 Luke Rockhold
8 Dominick Cruz +1
9 Jose Aldo -1
10 Daniel Cormier
11 Chris Weidman
12 TJ Dillashaw
13 Holly Holm
14 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
15 Ronda Rousey *NR
FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Demetrious Johnson
1 Joseph Benavidez
2 John Dodson
3 Henry Cejudo
4 Ian McCall
5 Jussier Formiga
6 Kyoji Horiguchi
7 John Moraga
8 Zach Makovsky
9 Wilson Reis +3
10 Dustin Ortiz -1
11 Ali Bagautinov -1
12 Ray Borg -1
13 Louis Smolka
14 Chris Cariaso
15 Sergio Pettis
BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Dominick Cruz
1 TJ Dillashaw
2 Renan Barao
3 Urijah Faber
4 Raphael Assuncao
5 Aljamain Sterling
6 Michael McDonald
7 Thomas Almeida
8 Bryan Caraway -1
9 Takeya Mizugaki
10 Johnny Eduardo
11 John Lineker +1
12 Frankie Saenz -1
13 Eddie Wineland
14 Jimmie Rivera *NR
15 Francisco Rivera
FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Conor McGregor
1 Jose Aldo
2 Frankie Edgar
3 Chad Mendes
4 Max Holloway
5 Ricardo Lamas
6 Cub Swanson
7 Charles Oliveira
8 Dennis Bermudez
9 Jeremy Stephens
10 Hacran Dias
11 Darren Elkins
12 Tatsuya Kawajiri
13 Brian Ortega
14 Clay Guida
15 Nik Lentz
LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Rafael dos Anjos
1 Eddie Alvarez
2 Khabib Nurmagomedov
3 Anthony Pettis
4 Donald Cerrone
5 Tony Ferguson
6 Nate Diaz
7 Michael Johnson
8 Beneil Dariush
9 Edson Barboza
10 Al Iaquinta
11 Bobby Green
12 Dustin Poirier
13 Michael Chiesa
14 Evan Dunham
15 Benson Henderson
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Robbie Lawler
1 Rory MacDonald
2 Johny Hendricks
3 Tyron Woodley
4 Carlos Condit
5 Demian Maia
6 Matt Brown
7 Dong Hyun Kim
8 Stephen Thompson
8 Neil Magny
10 Tarec Saffiedine +1
11 Rick Story -1
12 Kelvin Gastelum
13 Benson Henderson
14 Thiago Alves
15 Gunnar Nelson -1
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Luke Rockhold
1 Chris Weidman
2 Jacare Souza +1
3 Vitor Belfort +1
4 Lyoto Machida +1
5 Tim Kennedy +1
6 Michael Bisping +1
7 Robert Whittaker +1
8 Gegard Mousasi +1
9 Thales Leites +1
10 Anderson Silva *NR
11 Uriah Hall
12 Derek Brunson
13 Rafael Natal *NR
14 Dan Henderson -1
15 Roan Carneiro -1
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1 Jon Jones
2 Anthony Johnson
3 Alexander Gustafsson
4 Glover Teixeira +1
5 Ryan Bader -1
6 Ovince Saint Preux
7 Rashad Evans
8 Mauricio Rua
9 Jimi Manuwa
10 Patrick Cummins
11 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
12 Corey Anderson
13 Rafael Feijao
14 Gian Villante
15 Ilir Latifi
HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Fabricio Werdum
1 Cain Velasquez
2 Stipe Miocic
3 Alistair Overeem
4 Andrei Arlovski
5 Ben Rothwell +2
6 Junior Dos Santos -1
7 Travis Browne -1
8 Mark Hunt +1
9 Josh Barnett -1
10 Frank Mir
11 Roy Nelson
12 Jared Rosholt
13 Antonio Silva
14 Matt Mitrione
15 Alexey Oliynyk
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Joanna Jedrzejczyk
1 Claudia Gadelha
2 Carla Esparza
3 Rose Namajunas
4 Tecia Torres
5 Jessica Penne
6 Valerie Letourneau
7 Paige VanZant
8 Joanne Calderwood
9 Maryna Moroz
10 Michelle Waterson
11 Randa Markos
12 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
13 Jessica Aguilar
14 Juliana Lima
15 Felice Herrig
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Holly Holm
1 Ronda Rousey
2 Miesha Tate
3 Cat Zingano
4 Amanda Nunes
5 Julianna Pena
6 Sara McMann
7 Jessica Eye
8 Bethe Correia
9 Liz Carmouche
10 Sarah Kaufman
11 Valentina Shevchenko
12 Marion Reneau
13 Raquel Pennington
14 Germaine de Randamie
15 Jessica Andrade
There you have it.
You can expect these standings to change as soon as next week — especially in the welterweight division — as UFC Fight Night 82: “Hendricks vs. Thompson” lights up the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sat., Feb. 6, 2016 (more on that fight card here).
Until then, let us know what you think of the latest rankings movement in the comments section below.