Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently updated its official fighter rankings to reflect the results of its UFC Fight Night 84 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, which took place last Saturday (Feb. 27, 2016) inside O2 Arena in London, England.
Full results here.
As expected, Michael Bisping (No. 4) climbed a few rungs up the middleweight ladder after his upset win over Anderson Silva across the pond (highlights). “The Spider,” as a result, tumbles from No. 5 to No. 6. Also losing ground was Thales Leites (No. 12), while Gegard Mousasi held steady at No. 9.
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 Dominick Cruz
5 Luke Rockhold +2
5 Fabricio Werdum +1
7 Rafael Dos Anjos -3 (punished for breaking his foot!)
8 Robbie Lawler
9 Daniel Cormier
10 Jose Aldo
11 Chris Weidman
12 TJ Dillashaw
13 Holly Holm
14 Frankie Edgar
15 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Demetrious Johnson
1 Joseph Benavidez
2 John Dodson
3 Henry Cejudo
4 Jussier Formiga +1
5 Ian McCall -1
6 Kyoji Horiguchi
7 John Moraga
8 Zach Makovsky
9 Wilson Reis
10 Dustin Ortiz +1
11 Ali Bagautinov -1
12 Justin Scoggins
13 Louis Smolka
14 Ray Borg
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
9 Takeya Mizugaki
10 Johnny Eduardo
11 Jimmie Rivera +2
12 John Lineker -1
13 Frankie Saenz -1
14 Eddie Wineland
15 Cody Garbrandt *NR
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 Brian Ortega
13 Tatsuya Kawajiri
14 Nik Lentz
15 Clay Guida
LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Rafael Dos Anjos
1 Eddie Alvarez
2 Khabib Nurmagomedov
3 Anthony Pettis
4 Tony Ferguson
5 Nate Diaz
6 Michael Johnson
7 Beneil Dariush
8 Edson Barboza
9 Donald Cerrone
10 Al Iaquinta
10 Dustin Poirier +1
12 Bobby Green
13 Evan Dunham +1
14 Michael Chiesa -1
15 Rashid Magomedov
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Robbie Lawler
1 Rory MacDonald
2 Stephen Thompson
3 Tyron Woodley
4 Carlos Condit
5 Johny Hendricks
6 Demian Maia
7 Matt Brown
8 Dong Hyun Kim
9 Neil Magny
10 Tarec Saffiedine
11 Rick Story
12 Kelvin Gastelum
13 Hector Lombard +1
14 Thiago Alves -1
15 Albert Tumenov -1
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Luke Rockhold
1 Chris Weidman
2 Jacare Souza
3 Vitor Belfort
4 Michael Bisping +3
5 Lyoto Machida -1
6 Anderson Silva -1
7 Tim Kennedy -1
8 Robert Whittaker
9 Gegard Mousasi
10 Uriah Hall +1
11 Derek Brunson +1
12 Thales Leites -2
13 Rafael Natal
14 Dan Henderson
15 CB Dollaway *NR
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1 Jon Jones
2 Anthony Johnson
3 Alexander Gustafsson
4 Glover Teixeira
5 Ryan Bader
6 Ovince Saint Preux
7 Rashad Evans
8 Mauricio Rua
9 Jimi Manuwa
10 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
11 Patrick Cummins
12 Corey Anderson
13 Gian Villante
14 Jan Blachowicz +1
15 Nikita Krylov *NR
HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Fabricio Werdum
1 Cain Velasquez
2 Stipe Miocic
3 Alistair Overeem
4 Ben Rothwell
5 Junior Dos Santos
6 Andrei Arlovski
7 Travis Browne
8 Josh Barnett
9 Mark Hunt
10 Frank Mir
11 Roy Nelson
12 Antonio Silva
13 Matt Mitrione
14 Ruslan Magomedov +1
14 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 Michelle Waterson
9 Maryna Moroz
10 Karolina Kowalkiewicz +1
11 Joanne Calderwood -1
12 Randa Markos
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 Valentina Shevchenko +1
11 Sarah Kaufman -1
12 Raquel Pennington
13 Germaine de Randamie
14 Lauren Murphy
15 Marion Reneau
There you have it.
You can expect these standings to change by next Monday as the UFC 196: “McGregor vs. Diaz” pay-per-view (PPV) event lights up MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, with key positions at pound-for-pound and women’s bantamweight at stake.
Until then, let us know what you think of the latest rankings movement in the comments section below.