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Jared Cannonier cracked the top five at 185 pounds after his performance at UFC Copenhagen.
As is usually the case with non-PPV UFC cards these days, the rankings weren’t greatly affected by UFC Copenhagen. Jared Cannonier’s emphatic stoppage of Jack Hermansson did shake up middleweight though, with him moving into the top five contenders in the division. And with a few high-profile fighters from 185 moving up to light heavyweight, Cannonier might be that much closer to a title shot.
Other than that though, there was movement in just three other divisions. Here’s a look at all the changes this week.
P4P – No changes.
Heavyweight – No changes.
Light Heavyweight – Nikita Krylov is up one to 14, bumping Shogun Rua to 15.
Middleweight – Cannonier is up four spots to five. Hermansson drops one to six. Three fighters – Jacare Souza, Chris Weidman (both of whom are moving to 205), and Derek Brunson each fell one spot to seven through nine respectively.
Welterweight – No changes.
Lightweight – No changes.
Featherweight – No changes.
Bantamweight – No changes.
Flyweight – Rogerio Bontorin dropped from a tie for seven to take over the eight spot on his own. Askar Askarov enters the rankings at 14, bumping Mark De La Rosa to 15.
Women’s Bantamweight – Lina Lansberg moves up one spot to 11 following her UFC Copenhagen win. Macy Chiasson drops to 12.
Women’s Flyweight – No changes.
Women’s Strawweight – No changes.