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Dustin Poirier’s big win last weekend moved him into some elite company on the P4P list.
Dustin Poirier and Dan Hooker were expected to deliver a five-star fight on ESPN last weekend, and somehow it managed to exceed expectations. The two lightweights put on one of the best fights of the year in the headliner, with Poirier managing to pull out a decision victory.
That win made him the de-facto number one contender at 155 (since there are two champions right now), and moved him into the top ten of the mythical pound-for-pound list as well.
While the rest of the card was light on relevance, there was a fair amount of movement in most divisions this week. So let’s take a look at all the changes.
Men’s P4P – Poirier is up two to ten. Max Holloway and Justin Gaethje fell one spot each to 11 and 12.
Heavyweight – Augusto Sakai and Walt Harris flip-flopped the nine and ten spots.
Light Heavyweight – Misha Cirkunov moves up one spot to 11. That drops Johnny Walker (a guy that beat Cirkunov inside a minute) below him down to 12. Sure.
Middleweight – No changes.
Welterweight – Geoff Neal is up one spot to ten, dropping Nate Diaz to 11. Neil Magny moves from 15 to a tie for 14 with Anthony Pettis.
Lightweight – Lots going on here. Poirier is up a spot to two. Tony Ferguson is down one to three. Charles Oliveira is up one spot to six, dropping Paul Felder to seven. Diego Ferreira is up two to eight. Kevin Lee and Al Iaquinta fall one spot each to nine and ten respectively. Islam Makhachev is up two to 11. Cowboy Cerrone drops two to 13. Drew Dober rises one to 14, sending Beneil Dariush down to 15.
Featherweight – Zabit Magomedsharipov rises one spot to two, pushing Brian Ortega down to three. Josh Emmett moves into a tie for seven with Frankie Edgar. Jose Aldo somehow moves up one to 11, despite not fighting in the division anymore. Arnold Allen falls one to 12.
Bantamweight – Cory Sandhagen drops to the five spot on his own.
Flyweight – No changes.
Women’s P4P – Cynthia Calvillo is up one to 13, dropping Julianna Pena to 14.
Women’s Bantamweight – Raquel Pennington moves up into a tie for four with Julianna Pena.
Women’s Flyweight – Jessica Eye drops from a tie for four to take over five on his own.
Women’s Strawwweight – Felice Herrig drops two to 15, allowing Angela Hill and Amanda Ribas to move up one each to 13 and 14.