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UFC fighter rankings: Waterson cracks the top 10, Faber removed following retirement
After quickly choking out Paige VanZant, Michelle Waterson moved into the top 10 of the UFC’s strawweight rankings.
There weren’t too many changes to the UFC rankings following last weekend’s FOX card, and that’s no surprise given the lack of ranked fighter. We did have ranked competitors in the main event, and with Michelle Waterson’s 1st round rear-naked choke over Paige VanZant, “The Karate Hottie” is firmly in the strawweight division’s top 10. While VanZant lost for the 2nd time in 3 fights, she’s still on the outer edges of the top 10.
Pound-for-Pound: Cris Cyborg jumped two spots into a tie for 11th with fellow Brazilian Amanda Nunes. Khabib Nurmagomedov dropped from 12th to 13th.
Women’s Strawweight: Michelle Waterson rose 4 spots to 7th, which is where Paige VanZant used to be, but is now in a tie for 9th with Maryna Moroz. Jessica Aguilar drops one spot to 11th, while Alexa Grasso goes up to 14th, and Juliana Lima dips to 15th.
Flyweight: No changes
Women’s Bantamweight: Leslie Smith gets into the rankings, coming in at #15 with her big win over Irene Aldana. Jessica Eye moved from 15th to 14th, Marion Reneau from 14th to 12th, and Germaine de Randamie and Ashlee Evans-Smith also moved up to 10th and 11th, respectively.
Men’s Bantamweight: Urijah Faber is now retired, so Aljamain Sterling takes his spot as the #7 ranked contender. Michael McDonald, John Dodson, Thomas Almeida, Johnny Eduardo, and Eddie Wineland all get bumped to 8th-12th. Pedro Munhoz climbed two places to 13th, Rani Yahya re-entered the rankings at 14th, while Takeya Mizugaki drops a spot to 15th.
Women’s Featherweight: No rankings, but it does exist, so it’ll be populated soon enough.
Men’s Featherweight: Charles Oliveira moved up a notch and is now tied at 7th with Dennis Bermudez.
Lightweight: No changes
Welterweight: No changes
Middleweight: No changes
Light Heavyweight: No changes
Heavyweight: No changes
After quickly choking out Paige VanZant, Michelle Waterson moved into the top 10 of the UFC’s strawweight rankings.
There weren’t too many changes to the UFC rankings following last weekend’s FOX card, and that’s no surprise given the lack of ranked fighter. We did have ranked competitors in the main event, and with Michelle Waterson’s 1st round rear-naked choke over Paige VanZant, “The Karate Hottie” is firmly in the strawweight division’s top 10. While VanZant lost for the 2nd time in 3 fights, she’s still on the outer edges of the top 10.
Pound-for-Pound: Cris Cyborg jumped two spots into a tie for 11th with fellow Brazilian Amanda Nunes. Khabib Nurmagomedov dropped from 12th to 13th.
Women’s Strawweight: Michelle Waterson rose 4 spots to 7th, which is where Paige VanZant used to be, but is now in a tie for 9th with Maryna Moroz. Jessica Aguilar drops one spot to 11th, while Alexa Grasso goes up to 14th, and Juliana Lima dips to 15th.
Flyweight: No changes
Women’s Bantamweight: Leslie Smith gets into the rankings, coming in at #15 with her big win over Irene Aldana. Jessica Eye moved from 15th to 14th, Marion Reneau from 14th to 12th, and Germaine de Randamie and Ashlee Evans-Smith also moved up to 10th and 11th, respectively.
Men’s Bantamweight: Urijah Faber is now retired, so Aljamain Sterling takes his spot as the #7 ranked contender. Michael McDonald, John Dodson, Thomas Almeida, Johnny Eduardo, and Eddie Wineland all get bumped to 8th-12th. Pedro Munhoz climbed two places to 13th, Rani Yahya re-entered the rankings at 14th, while Takeya Mizugaki drops a spot to 15th.
Women’s Featherweight: No rankings, but it does exist, so it’ll be populated soon enough.
Men’s Featherweight: Charles Oliveira moved up a notch and is now tied at 7th with Dennis Bermudez.
