Henry Cejudo’s huge win over T.J. Dillashaw shook up the pound-for-pound rankings.
The UFC’s debut on ESPN certainly delivered in terms of action, and it brought about some changes in the rankings. Henry Cejudo’s quick win over T.J. Dillashaw didn’t make him a champ champ, but it showed that he can take out the top dog from a division up in no time. That helped him move up the P4P list in a big way. In addition to that, wins by Donald Cerrone and Joanne Calderwood helped their standings.
My only complaint is that Allen Crowder isn’t ranked in the top five at heavyweight after his complete decimation of an awful person. But hey, you can’t win ‘em all.
Here’s a look at the changes for this week.
P4P – Cejudo is up six spots to crack the top five. Amanda Nunes is up one spot to seven. Georges St-Pierre, Dillashaw, Conor McGregor, and Stipe Miocic all fall one spot each to eight through 11 respectively.
Heavyweight – No changes.
Light Heavyweight – Glover Teixeira is up one spot to 11 after a comeback win, bumping Ovince Saint Preux to 12.
Middleweight – Guess who has a fight again and is now ranked? Yup, one of the greatest ever. Anderson Silva re-enters the list at 15.
Welterweight – Leon Edwards is up one place to nine, sending Jorge Masvidal down to ten. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos is up one spot to 13. Geoff Neal enters the list at 14. Cerrone is out again as he’s back at 155. For now.
Lightweight – Cowboy re-enters the lightweight rankings at nine after handling Alexander Hernandez. James Vick drops one to ten. Gregor Gillespie is up four spots to 11 with a dominating victory. Nate Diaz, Hernandez, Francisco Trinaldo, and Dan Hooker all fall two spots each and sit 12 through 15 now.
Featherweight – Renato Moicano now has the five spot to himself, and Mirsad Bektic now has the nine spot to himself.
Bantamweight – Pedro Munhoz is up into a tie for eight with John Dodson.
Flyweight – The only change is Dillashaw entering the rankings at 15, despite getting dusted in his 125 debut.
Women’s Bantamweight – No changes.
Women’s Flyweight – Jojo Calderwood is up three spots to seven after her win over Ariane Lipski. Roxanne Modafferi, Lauren Murphy, and Jessy Jess all drop one spot each and sit at eight through ten. Ashlee Evans-Smith, Mara Romero Borella, Andrea Lee, and Montana De La Rosa all move up one spot each to 11-14. Paige VanZant enters at 15 after stopping Rachael Ostovich.
Women’s Strawweight – No changes.