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UFC Rankings Update: Darren Till & Corey Anderson Enter Top Five

With UFC 244 in the books this past weekend, we have a UFC rankings update to pass along. After Darren Till made a successful debut at 185 pounds by edging out a decision win over Kelvin Gastelum, “The Gorilla” has entered the top five. Also, Corey Anderson took out rising prospect Johnny Walker at 205 […]

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With UFC 244 in the books this past weekend, we have a UFC rankings update to pass along. After Darren Till made a successful debut at 185 pounds by edging out a decision win over Kelvin Gastelum, “The Gorilla” has entered the top five.

Also, Corey Anderson took out rising prospect Johnny Walker at 205 pounds on the featured preliminary bout of the evening. With the win, Anderson now finds himself in the top five as well. You can check out the full UFC rankings update following UFC 244 below, courtesy of MMA Mania.

UFC Rankings Update

POUND-FOR-POUND

1. Jon Jones
2. Khabib Nurmagomedov
3. Henry Cejudo
4. Stipe Miocic
5. Amanda Nunes
6. Daniel Cormier
7. Max Holloway
8. Israel Adesanya
9. Tony Ferguson
10. Kamaru Usman
11. Valentina Shevchenko
12. (T) Conor McGregor
12. (T) Dustin Poirier +1
14. Robert Whittaker
15. Tyron Woodley

FLYWEIGHT

Champion: HENRY CEJUDO

1. Joseph Benavidez
2. Jussier Formiga
3. Deiveson Figueiredo
4. Alexandre Pantoja
5. Brandon Moreno
6. Kai Kara France
7. Rogerio Bontorin
8. Tim Elliott
9. Matt Schnell
10. Jordan Espinosa
11. Alex Perez
12. Askar Askarov
13. Ryan Benoit
14. Mark De La Rosa
15. Raulian Paiva

BANTAMWEIGHT

Champion: HENRY CEJUDO

1. Marlon Moraes
2. Aljamain Sterling
3. Cory Sandhagen
4. Petr Yan
5. Raphael Assuncao
6. Pedro Munhoz
7. Jimmie Rivera
8. Cody Garbrandt
9. Cody Stamann
10. Rob Font
11. John Dodson
12. Urijah Faber
13. Song Yadong
14. Marlon Vera
15. Casey Kenney

FEATHERWEIGHT

Champion: MAX HOLLOWAY

1. Alexander Volkanovski
2. Brian Ortega
3. Jose Aldo
4. Frankie Edgar
5. Zabit Magomedsharipov
6. Yair Rodriguez
7. Chan Sung Jung
8. Renato Moicano
9. Jeremy Stephens
10. Josh Emmett
11. Calvin Kattar
12. Shane Burgos
13. Mirsad Bektic
14. Arnold Allen +1
15. Ryan Hall -1

LIGHTWEIGHT

Champion: KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV

1. Tony Ferguson
2. Dustin Poirier
3. Conor McGregor
4. Justin Gaethje
5. Donald Cerrone
6. Paul Felder
7. Dan Hooker
8. Kevin Lee +2
9. Al Iaquinta -1
10. Edson Barboza -1
11. Anthony Pettis +1
12. Gregor Gillespie -1
13. Charles Oliveira
14. Alexander Hernandez
15. Islam Makhachev

WELTERWEIGHT

Champion: KAMARU USMAN

1. Tyron Woodley
2. Colby Covington
3. Jorge Masvidal
4. Leon Edwards
5. Rafael dos Anjos
6. Demian Maia
7. Santiago Ponzinibbio +1
8. Stephen Thompson +1
9. Nate Diaz -2
10. Anthony Pettis +1
11. Robbie Lawler +1
12. Ben Askren +1
13. Vicente Luque +1
14. Gilbert Burns +1
15. Geoff Neal *NR

MIDDLEWEIGHT

Champion: ISRAEL ADESANYA

1. Robert Whittaker
2. Paulo Costa
3. Yoel Romero
4. Jared Cannonier +1
5. Darren Till *NR
6. Jack Hermansson
7. Kelvin Gastelum -3
8. Ronaldo Souza -1
9. Derek Brunson -1
10. Edmen Shahbazyan +3
11. Ian Heinisch -2
12. Uriah Hall -2
13. Brad Tavares -2
14. Antonio Carlos Junior -2
15. Omari Akhmedov -1

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Champion: JON JONES

1. Daniel Cormier
2. Thiago Santos
3. Anthony Smith
4. Dominick Reyes
5. Corey Anderson +2
6. Jan Blachowicz -1
7. Alexander Gustafsson -1
8. Volkan Oezdemir
9. Glover Teixeira
10. Aleksandar Rakic
11. Johnny Walker
12. Ilir Latifi
13. Misha Cirkunov
14. Mauricio Rua
15. Nikita Krylov

HEAVYWEIGHT

Champion: STIPE MIOCIC

1. Daniel Cormier
2. Francis Ngannou
3. Curtis Blaydes
4. Junior dos Santos
5. Derrick Lewis
6. Alistair Overeem
7. Alexander Volkov
8. Shamil Abdurakhimov +2
9. Walt Harris +1
10. Blagoy Ivanov -2
11. Aleksei Oleinik
12. Augusto Sakai -1
13. Sergei Pavlovich +1
14. Jairzinho Rozenstruik *NR
15. Maurice Greene -1

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT

Champion: WEILI ZHANG

1. Jessica Andrade
2. Rose Namajunas
3. Tatiana Suarez
4. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
5. Nina Ansaroff
6. Claudia Gadelha
7. Carla Esparza
8. Michelle Waterson
9. Marina Rodriguez
10. Cynthia Calvillo
11. Alexa Grasso
12. Felice Herrig
13. Tecia Torres
14. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
15. Amanda Ribas

WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT

Champion: VALENTINA SHEVCHENKO

1. Katlyn Chookagian
2. Jessica Eye
3. Joanne Calderwood
4. Liz Carmouche
5. Jennifer Maia
6. Viviane Araujo
7. Andrea Lee
8. Lauren Murphy +1
9. Roxanne Modafferi -1
10. Maycee Barber
11. Alexis Davis
12. Montana De La Rosa
13. Antonina Shevchenko
14. Mara Romero Borella
15. Paige VanZant

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT

Champion: AMANDA NUNES

1. Germaine de Randamie
2. Ketlen Vieira
3. Holly Holm
4. Julianna Pena
5. Aspen Ladd
6. Raquel Pennington
7. Yana Kunitskaya
8. Irene Aldana
9. Marion Reneau
10. Sara McMann
11. Lina Lansberg
12. Macy Chiasson
13. Nicco Montano
14. Sijara Eubanks
15. Bethe Correia

What do you think of the new UFC rankings update?

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Anthony Smith Calls On Corey Anderson To Sign Fight Contract

Corey Anderson made a statement on Saturday night and he certainly got one UFC light heavyweight contender’s attention. Anderson faced the red-hot Johnny Walker at UFC 244 and entered the contest as a big betting underdog. However, he would upset the odds by dropping Walker early en route to a first-round TKO victory. In the […]

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Corey Anderson made a statement on Saturday night and he certainly got one UFC light heavyweight contender’s attention.

Anderson faced the red-hot Johnny Walker at UFC 244 and entered the contest as a big betting underdog. However, he would upset the odds by dropping Walker early en route to a first-round TKO victory.

In the process, “Overtime” announced himself as a potential next challenger for light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. However, Anthony Smith wants to have a go at Anderson next and called on him to sign a potential fight contract:

“@CoreyA_MMA look at you now tough guy,” Smith tweeted after the fight. “You finally put someone away and now you talk shit to a barely ranked dude after you finish him?

“I hear my name is coming across your desk…sign it this time and I’ll do the @ufc a favor… or sit down, be humble and shut your mouth. ?????”

Smith and Anderson have gone back-and-forth in the past as well. Anderson was not a fan of “Lionheart” receiving a title shot earlier this year at Jones. Smith would respond that his finishing was a reason why and mocked Anderson for turning down fights.

But with Anderson now coming off a huge win just as Smith did following his submission win over Alexander Gustafsson earlier this summer, it would make sense for them to compete against each other next.

The winner might even stake a guarantee claim for the next title shot.

Do you want to see them throw down?

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Dana White Fires Back At Corey Anderson’s ‘Crybaby Bullsh*t’

UFC president Dana White hasn’t responded too kindly to Corey Anderson’s gripes. Anderson put on quite a show last night (Nov. 2). On the featured preliminary bout of the UFC 244 card, Anderson collided with Johnny Walker. While many antici…

UFC president Dana White hasn’t responded too kindly to Corey Anderson’s gripes. Anderson put on quite a show last night (Nov. 2). On the featured preliminary bout of the UFC 244 card, Anderson collided with Johnny Walker. While many anticipated this to be Walker’s coming out party, Anderson put a halt to those plans with […]

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Corey Anderson Rips ‘Fraud’ Jon Jones Following UFC 244 Win

Corey Anderson is calling for a UFC light heavyweight championship bout with Jon Jones after a big UFC 244 victory. Anderson knew he needed to make a statement last night (Nov. 2) and he did just that. Anderson stopped surging prospect Johnny Walker vi…

Corey Anderson is calling for a UFC light heavyweight championship bout with Jon Jones after a big UFC 244 victory. Anderson knew he needed to make a statement last night (Nov. 2) and he did just that. Anderson stopped surging prospect Johnny Walker via first-round TKO. The win extends Anderson’s winning streak to four. Corey […]

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Dana White Responds To Corey Anderson’s ‘Crybaby Bullsh*t’ Issues

Corey Anderson made a statement at UFC 244 on Saturday night — and his emotions got the best of him afterward. Anderson faced Johnny Walker as a big underdog going into their light heavyweight contest. However, he would upset the odds by defeating the Brazilian prospect in a first-round TKO victory. He would verbally unload […]

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Corey Anderson made a statement at UFC 244 on Saturday night — and his emotions got the best of him afterward.

Anderson faced Johnny Walker as a big underdog going into their light heavyweight contest. However, he would upset the odds by defeating the Brazilian prospect in a first-round TKO victory.

He would verbally unload on Walker after the finish and later apologized for his actions citing that he was emotional because of the buildup to the fight. “Overtime” felt that he was being set up to lose by the UFC and had expressed frustration that he wasn’t given a title shot because he didn’t move the needle.

To that, White responded in the post-fight press conference:

“So he came in here very angry this week,” White said (via MMA Fighting). “All these conspiracy theories, we hate him, we this, that and everything else, all this crybaby bullsh*t. We’re trying to get him beat. We can’t get you beat. You can either win or you can’t. We like Walker better or whatever the stuff he was saying.

“No, some guys move faster than others, you’re telling us what you deserve. Show us what you deserve. Tonight you showed us. Got it. Message received. Now we know.”

White also pointed to how Walker received a bigger ovation than Anderson during the Friday weigh-ins:

“You guys were there, were you not at the weigh-ins? Not one person clapped for him at the weigh-ins,” White added. “Walker got a pretty big pop when he came out. I’ll bet people will notice him next time, won’t they?

“You came out and you showed everybody. You did something. Now we’ll move on.”

Anderson Title Shot?

Following the fight, Anderson demanded a shot at Jon Jones. He also told the UFC to release him from his contract if they weren’t willing to give him one.

White wouldn’t guarantee one yet, but advised Anderson to go along with what the UFC offers him:

“I’m not saying you’re getting a title shot next or whatever,” White explained. “[Dominick] Reyes won, too, impressively. We’ll figure out what’s next for you and when your contract is up, if you still don’t want to be here, you can do whatever you want to do. In the mean time, take the fights that we offer you. Pretty simple.

“We’re not trying to get you beat. We’re not trying to get anybody beat. If you think you deserve a shot at the title, how am I going to get you beat with the No. 11 or 14th-ranked guy in the world or whatever he was tonight, if you deserve a title shot?”

Do you agree with White?

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Johnny Walker Releases Statement After UFC 244 TKO Loss

It was a disappointing loss for Johnny Walker last night (Sat. November 2, 2019) at UFC 244 from Madison Square Garden in New York City. Walker stepped into the Octagon in the featured preliminary bout of the evening, taking on Corey Anderson. Had he won, he would’ve had a good argument to challenge Jon Jones […]

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It was a disappointing loss for Johnny Walker last night (Sat. November 2, 2019) at UFC 244 from Madison Square Garden in New York City. Walker stepped into the Octagon in the featured preliminary bout of the evening, taking on Corey Anderson. Had he won, he would’ve had a good argument to challenge Jon Jones next.

Instead, Anderson made quick work of Walker, brutalizing the Brazilian on the feet before putting him away for good. Now, Walker has taken to Instagram to release a statement on the loss. Here’s what he had to say.

“Champion’s head. Never a defeat, always a lesson. Thanks for all suport …”

It will be interesting to see what’s next for Walker after suffering his first loss inside the UFC’s Octagon. He’s still an explosive young athlete who is sure to give many in the weight class issues.

For now, he won’t be lining up against Jon Jones next, but there’s still plenty of time for him to turn things around and get back on track for an eventual shot at the 205-pound title. Currently, the division favors Dominick Reyes to receive the next opportunity at “Bones’” title.

What do you make of Walker’s statement following his loss to Anderson last night?

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