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UFC Rankings Update: Jon Jones’ Removal Causes Pound-For-Pound Shift

The UFC’s removal of former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones from the official rankings has caused a sizable shift in the pound-for-pound list. As he awaits his punishment for a potential USADA anti-doping violation that forced him out of his UFC 200 main event with Daniel Cormier, Jones’ absence on the list that he ruled

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The UFC’s removal of former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones from the official rankings has caused a sizable shift in the pound-for-pound list.

As he awaits his punishment for a potential USADA anti-doping violation that forced him out of his UFC 200 main event with Daniel Cormier, Jones’ absence on the list that he ruled for several years boosted every fighter from No. 4 Conor McGregor down to No. 14 T.J. Dillashaw up a spot, while also allowing featherweight rival Frankie Edgar to re-debut at No. 15.

“Bones” absence from the 205-pound ranks moved everyone from No. 1 Anthony “Rumble” Johnson to No. 13 Patrick Cummins up a spot, and also allowed Misha Cirkunov to debut at No. 14.

There was also a UFC event last weekend, with touted featherweight prospect Yair Rodriguez outlasting Alex Caceres in the main event of the UFC’s Utah debut of UFC Fight Night 92. For the win, Rodriguez moved up to spots to No. 11, forcing Darren Elkins and Dooho Choi downs to the Nos. 12 and 13 spots, respectively.

At middleweight, Yoel Romero moved up an alarming 11 spots to No. 4 after his USADA suspension ended, pushing Vitor Belfort, Anderson Silva, Robert Whittaker, and Gegard Mousasi down to the No. 5-8 spots.

Here are the full updated rankings from UFC.com:

POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Demetrious Johnson
2 Dominick Cruz
3 Daniel Cormier
4 Conor McGregor +1
5 Jose Aldo +1
6 Eddie Alvarez +1
7 Joanna Jedrzejczyk +1
8 Stipe Miocic +1
9 Tyron Woodley +1
10 Michael Bisping +1
11 Robbie Lawler +1
12 Rafael Dos Anjos +1
13 Luke Rockhold +1
14 TJ Dillashaw +1
15 Frankie Edgar *NR

FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Demetrious Johnson
1 Joseph Benavidez
2 Henry Cejudo
3 Kyoji Horiguchi
3 Jussier Formiga
5 Ian McCall
6 Wilson Reis
7 Zach Makovsky
8 Ali Bagautinov
9 Louis Smolka
10 John Moraga
11 Matheus Nicolau
12 Dustin Ortiz
13 Justin Scoggins
14 Ray Borg
15 Sergio Pettis

BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Dominick Cruz
1 TJ Dillashaw
2 Urijah Faber
3 Raphael Assuncao
4 Bryan Caraway
5 John Lineker
6 Aljamain Sterling
7 Michael McDonald
8 Cody Garbrandt
9 John Dodson
10 Thomas Almeida
11 Takeya Mizugaki
12 Eddie Wineland
13 Jimmie Rivera
14 Johnny Eduardo
15 Frankie Saenz

FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Conor McGregor
1 Jose Aldo (Interim Champion)
2 Frankie Edgar
3 Max Holloway
4 Ricardo Lamas
5 Cub Swanson
6 Charles Oliveira
7 Jeremy Stephens
8 Dennis Bermudez
9 Brian Ortega
10 Hacran Dias
11 Yair Rodriguez +2
12 Darren Elkins -1
13 Dooho Choi -1
14 Mirsad Bektic +1
15 Tatsuya Kawajiri -1

LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Eddie Alvarez
1 Khabib Nurmagomedov
2 Rafael Dos Anjos
3 Tony Ferguson
4 Nate Diaz
5 Edson Barboza
6 Donald Cerrone
7 Anthony Pettis
8 Dustin Poirier
9 Michael Chiesa
10 Michael Johnson
11 Beneil Dariush
12 Will Brooks
13 Al Iaquinta
14 Gilbert Melendez
15 Rashid Magomedov

WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Tyron Woodley
1 Robbie Lawler
2 Stephen Thompson
3 Rory MacDonald
4 Demian Maia
5 Carlos Condit
6 Kelvin Gastelum
7 Neil Magny
8 Johny Hendricks
9 Rick Story
10 Dong Hyun Kim
11 Gunnar Nelson
12 Matt Brown
13 Tarec Saffiedine
14 Donald Cerrone
15 Jake Ellenberger

MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Michael Bisping
1 Luke Rockhold
2 Chris Weidman
3 Jacare Souza
4 Yoel Romero +11
5 Vitor Belfort -1
6 Anderson Silva -1
7 Robert Whittaker -1
8 Gegard Mousasi -1
9 Uriah Hall
10 Derek Brunson
11 Thales Leites +1
12 Dan Henderson +1
12 Tim Kennedy -1
14 Rafael Natal
15 Thiago Santos *NR

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1 Anthony Johnson +1
2 Glover Teixeira +1
3 Alexander Gustafsson +1
4 Ryan Bader +1
5 Ovince Saint Preux +1
6 Mauricio Rua +1
7 Rashad Evans +1
8 Jimi Manuwa +1
9 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira +1
10 Nikita Krylov +1
11 Corey Anderson +1
12 Ilir Latifi +1
13 Patrick Cummins +1
14 Misha Cirkunov *NR
15 Gian Villante

HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Stipe Miocic
1 Fabricio Werdum
2 Cain Velasquez
3 Alistair Overeem
4 Junior Dos Santos
5 Ben Rothwell
6 Andrei Arlovski
7 Travis Browne
8 Mark Hunt +1
9 Josh Barnett +1
10 Derrick Lewis +1
11 Roy Nelson +1
12 Ruslan Magomedov +3
13 Stefan Struve +1
14 Francis Ngannou *NR
15 Antonio Silva *NR

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Joanna Jedrzejczyk
1 Claudia Gadelha
2 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
3 Carla Esparza
4 Rose Namajunas
5 Tecia Torres
6 Jessica Andrade
7 Joanne Calderwood
8 Valerie Letourneau
9 Maryna Moroz
10 Paige VanZant
11 Michelle Waterson
12 Jessica Penne
13 Randa Markos +1
14 Jessica Aguilar -1
15 Juliana Lima

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Amanda Nunes
1 Miesha Tate
2 Ronda Rousey
3 Valentina Shevchenko
4 Holly Holm
5 Julianna Pena
6 Cat Zingano
7 Sara McMann
8 Liz Carmouche
8 Raquel Pennington
10 Jessica Eye
11 Bethe Correia
12 Germaine de Randamie
13 Ashlee Evans-Smith
14 Katlyn Chookagian
15 Marion Reneau

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Video: Dennis Bermudez Explains Calling Out Frankie Edgar At UFC Fight Night 92

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As noted, UFC contender Dennis Bermudez called out Frankie Edgar following his UFC Fight Night 92 co-main event victory on Saturday night (watch here). Shortly after the event, “The Menace” would elaborate on calling out…

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As noted, UFC contender Dennis Bermudez called out Frankie Edgar following his UFC Fight Night 92 co-main event victory on Saturday night (watch here). Shortly after the event, “The Menace” would elaborate on calling out “The Answer.”

Bermudez, who defeated Rony Jason at the first-ever UFC event in Salt Lake City, Utah this weekend, wasted no time calling out the former UFC Lightweight Champion during his post-fight interview with Jon Anik inside the Octagon.

After the event, Bermudez spoke with another member of the UFC broadcast team for a backstage interview for FOX Sports, where he explained his decision to call out Edgar immediately after his victory.

Check out Dennis Bermudez’s post-fight interview from FS1 above.

For full fight video highlights of the Bermudez-Jason fight from UFC Fight Night 92, click here.

For complete UFC Fight Night 92 results, click here.

Video: Dennis Bermudez vs. Rony Jason Full Fight Highlights From UFN 92

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Highly-regarded UFC contender Dennis Bermudez, who at one point won seven straight fights inside the Octagon, continued his winning ways on Saturday night.

Bermudez defeated fellow MMA veteran Rony Jason in the co-mai…

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Highly-regarded UFC contender Dennis Bermudez, who at one point won seven straight fights inside the Octagon, continued his winning ways on Saturday night.

Bermudez defeated fellow MMA veteran Rony Jason in the co-main event of the evening at the UFC Fight Night 92 show on Saturday night.

Featured above are “Full Fight Highlights” of the Bermudez-Jason bout, which served as the co-main event for the UFC’s first ever event in Salt Lake City, Utah.

For complete UFC Fight Night 92 results, click here.

Yair Rodriguez Avoids Major Injury After Visiting Hospital

Rising featherweight Yair Rodriguez picked up his biggest UFC win when he edged Alex Caceres in the main event of last night’s UFC Fight 92 (watch full video highlights here) from Vivint SmartHome Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, and he also got his toughest test in the Octagon thus far as well. The flashy 23-year-old

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Rising featherweight Yair Rodriguez picked up his biggest UFC win when he edged Alex Caceres in the main event of last night’s UFC Fight 92 (watch full video highlights here) from Vivint SmartHome Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, and he also got his toughest test in the Octagon thus far as well.

The flashy 23-year-old used his full arsenal of lightning-fast spinning kicks and strikes, and while they were certainly effective from ‘El Pantera,’ the more experienced ‘Bruce Leeroy’ was able to weather the early storm to arguably win a pair of later rounds on the judges’ cards. It could be argued that Caceres was in position to win the bout heading into the fifth and final round of both fighters’ first main event, but a lack of activity ultimately lead to a split decision victory for Rodriguez after one judge somehow scored it 49-46 for Caceres.

Yet the win, which earned $50,000 apiece for Rodriguez and Caceres as “Fight of the Night,” didn’t come without its lumps for the budding Mexican star, as Rodriguez was reportedly sent to the hospital to have both hand and foot injuries examined last night. Thankfully, ‘El Pantera’ avoided any serious injury, as UFC Vice President of Public Relations Dave Sholler detailed that he had no broken bones and only received some stitches on his hand in an email to MMA Junkie:

“Yair was discharged earlier this morning. X-rays and scans on potential foot and hand injuries came back negative. He did receive stitches for a cut.”

That’s music to the ears of the UFC, because with seemingly every champion getting knocked out or submitted in the first round, the promotion is going to need each and every young star they can get after the company was sold for a record $4 billion to media group WME-IMG in July.

Rodriguez is obviously one of their best and brightest young fighters, as he not only possesses a unique and unparalleled blend of striking speed, skill, and creativity, but also the key to the vast, fight-crazed Mexican market the UFC has been coveting for many years. “El Pantera” could become the star that they’ve been looking for from that part of the world, and even he was a bit wild when his gas tank ran out a bit in the early championship rounds last night, he’s emerged with a win and relatively unscathed.

It will probably be best if the UFC continues bringing him up slowly rather than throwing him to the many wolves that populate the top rungs of the UFC’s talented featherweight division, especially the grueling wrestlers. Who would you like to see the TUF Latin America winner face next?

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UFC Fight Night 92 Reebok Payouts: Thales Leites & Chris Camozzi Lead Pack

UFC Fight Night 92 is in the books, and now it’s time for Reebok to pay the fighters their sponsorship money. UFC Fight Night 92 took place on Saturday, August 6th from Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. The main card aired on FOX Sports 1 at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT

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UFC Fight Night 92 is in the books, and now it’s time for Reebok to pay the fighters their sponsorship money.

UFC Fight Night 92 took place on Saturday, August 6th from Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. The main card aired on FOX Sports 1 at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT while the prelims aired on FS1 at 8 p.m. ET/5 pm. PT and UFC Fight Pass at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.

Yair Rodriguez ($2,500) vs. Alex Caceres ($10,000) headlined the event while Dennis Bermudez ($10,000) vs. Rony Jason ($5,000) was the co-main event. Thales Leites ($15,000) vs. Chris Camozzi ($15,000), Santiago Ponzinibbio ($5,000) vs. Zak Cummings ($5,000), Trevor Smith ($10,000) vs. Joe Gigliotti ($2,500), and Maryna Moroz ($2,500) vs. Danielle Taylor ($2,500) rounded out the main card.

The full payouts include:

Yair Rodriguez: $2,500 def. Alex Caceres: $10,000

Dennis Bermudez: $10,000 def. Rony Jason: $5,000

Thales Leites: $15,000 def. Chris Camozzi: $15,000

Santiago Ponzinibbio: $5,000 def. Zak Cummings: $5,000

Trevor Smith: $10,000 def. Joseph Gigliotti: $2,500

Maryna Moroz: $2,500 def. Danielle Taylor: $2,500

Court McGee: $10,000 def. Dominique Steele: $2,500

Marcin Tybura: $2,500 def. Viktor Pesta: $2,500 vs.

David Teymur: $2,500 def. Jason Novelli: $2,500

Teruto Ishihara: $2,500 def. Horacio Gutierrez: $2,500

Cub Swanson: $15,000 def. Tatsuya Kawajiri: $5,000

Justin Ledet: $2,500 def. Chase Sherman: $2,500

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Video: Yair Rodriguez vs. Alex Caceres Full Fight Highlights From UFN 92

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For those who missed it, up-and-coming UFC contender Yair Rodriguez kept his unbeaten streak in tact, as he picked up a decision victory over Alex Caceres at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 92 event.

Featured above are “Fu…

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For those who missed it, up-and-coming UFC contender Yair Rodriguez kept his unbeaten streak in tact, as he picked up a decision victory over Alex Caceres at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 92 event.

Featured above are “Full Fight Highlights” of the Rodriguez-Caceres bout, which served as the main event for the UFC’s first ever event in Salt Lake City, Utah.

For complete UFC Fight Night 92 results, click here.