Neil Magny’s big win at UFC Brisbane sent him up the welterweight rankings.
UFC Brisbane didn’t feature a ton of ranked fighters, so it’s not surprising the the rankings are pretty much the same as they were last week. There were a few minor changes though, and two of the winners on the Australia card crept up in their division a little. Without further ado, let’s get to it.
P4P – Bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz fell from a tie for four with Fabricio Werdum to having the five spot on his own.
Heavyweight – Mark Hunt’s walkoff KO win over Frank Mir moved him up one spot in the rankings, from nine to eight. This dropped Josh Barnett to nine. With Matt Mitrione’s move to Bellator, three fighters got bumped up – Ruslan Magomedov (13), Oleksiy Oliynyk (14), and Jared Rosholt entered the rankings at 15.
Light Heavyweight – No changes.
Middleweight – Tim Kennedy fell two spots to nine, allowing Robert Whittaker to move up to seven and recent winner Gegard Mousasi to move to eight.
Welterweight – Neil Magny’s strange win over Hector Lombard bumped him up two spots to seven, passing Matt Brown and Dong Hyun Kim. Lombard also dropped one spot from 13 to 14, allowing Albert Tumenov to move up to 13.
Lightweight – No changes.
Featherweight – No changes.
Bantamweight – Renan Barao’s impending move to featherweight has caused him to fall a few spots at 135. He dropped from two to a tie for four with Aljamain Sterling. This allowed Urijah Faber to move up one spot to two, and Raphael Assuncao to move up one to three.
Flyweight – No changes.
Women’s Bantamweight – No changes.
Women’s Strawweight – No changes.