At UFC on Fox 15, Luke Rockhold made a statement with a submission win over Lyoto Machida.
In joining light heavyweight champion Jon Jones as the only other fighter to submit The Dragon, Rockhold now has a strong case that he should be next in line to meet the winner of an upcoming middleweight championship bout between Chris Weidman and Vitor Belfort.
Rockhold lost to Belfort in May 2013. However, he’s developed some marketable bad blood with the Brazilian and still has not had a crack at Weidman. With four straight stoppage wins since his lone UFC defeat against The Phenom, Rockhold is as deserving as any of a title shot.
How much did the win propel Rockhold upward in the middleweight rankings, though? And was it enough to earn the former Strikeforce champion a spot in the pound-for-pound rankings?
With another UFC event in the books, here is a look at the good calls and bad calls made in the latest official UFC rankings.