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UFC Rankings Update: Colby Covington Stays Put

This past weekend, UFC Newark took place from the Prudential Center in New Jersey. In the main event, Colby Covington picked up a dominant victory over former champion Robbie Lawler. Now, Covington has solidified himself as the next challenger for Kamaru Usman’s championship. We have a UFC rankings update to pass along after the Newark […]

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This past weekend, UFC Newark took place from the Prudential Center in New Jersey. In the main event, Colby Covington picked up a dominant victory over former champion Robbie Lawler.

Now, Covington has solidified himself as the next challenger for Kamaru Usman’s championship. We have a UFC rankings update to pass along after the Newark event. Following Covington’s big win, he remains still at the No. 2-ranked position in the Las Vegas-based promotion’s 170-pound rankings.

As for who is a number one, former champion Tyron Woodley remains at the top spot. “T-Wood” does not have a fight booked as of this writing. Check below for the full UFC Fighter Rakings update.

UFC Rankings Update

POUND-FOR-POUND

Champion: DANIEL CORMIER

1. Jon Jones 
2. Khabib Nurmagomedov 
3. Henry Cejudo 
4. Max Holloway +1 
5. Amanda Nunes -1 
6. Dustin Poirier 
7. Kamaru Usman 
8. Robert Whittaker 
9. Tony Ferguson +1
10. Stipe Miocic -1 
11. Conor McGregor
12. Valentina Shevchenko 
13. Tyron Woodley 
14. Jessica Andrade 
15. –

FLYWEIGHT

Champion: HENRY CEJUDO

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

BANTAMWEIGHT

Champion: HENRY CEJUDO

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

FEATHERWEIGHT

Champion: MAX HOLLOWAY

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

LIGHTWEIGHT

Champion: KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV

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

WELTERWEIGHT

Champion: KAMARU USMAN

1. Tyron Woodley 
2. Colby Covington 
3. Jorge Masvidal 
4. Leon Edwards 
5. Rafael dos Anjos 
6. Darren Till 
7. Stephen Thompson 
8. Anthony Pettis 
9. Santiago Ponzinibbio 
10. Demian Maia +2 
11. Ben Askren -1 
12. Robbie Lawler -1 
13. Elizeu dos Santos 
14. Neil Magny 
15. Geoff Neal

MIDDLEWEIGHT

Champion: ROBERT WHITTAKER

1. Israel Adesanya (Interim champion) 
2. Yoel Romero 
3. Kelvin Gastelum 
4. Jack Hermansson 
5. Ronaldo Souza 
6. Chris Weidman 
7. Paulo Costa 
8. Derek Brunson 
9. Jared Cannonier 
10. Ian Heinisch 
11. Brad Tavares +1 
12. Uriah Hall -1 
13. Antonio Carlos Junior 
14. Anderson Silva +1 
15. Krzysztof Jotko NR

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Champion: JON JONES

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

HEAVYWEIGHT

Champion: DANIEL CORMIER

1. Stipe Miocic 
2. Francis Ngannou 
3. Junior dos Santos 
4. Curtis Blaydes 
5. Derrick Lewis 
6. Alexander Volkov 
7. Alistair Overeem 
8. Cain Velasquez 
9. Shamil Abdurakhimov 
10. Blagoy Ivanov 
11. Walt Harris 
12. Aleksei Oleinik 
13. Tai Tuivasa 
14. Marcin Tybura 
15. Augusto Sakai

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT

Champion: JESSICA ANDRADE

1. Rose Namajunas 
2. Tatiana Suarez 
3. Nina Ansaroff 
4. Joanna Jedrzejczyk 
5. Claudia Gadelha 
6. Weili Zhang 
7. Michelle Waterson 
8. Tecia Torres 
9. Carla Esparza 
10. Alexa Grasso 
11. Cynthia Calvillo 
12. Felice Herrig 
13. Karolina Kowalkiewicz 
14. Cortney Casey 
15. Yan Xiaonan

WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT

Champion: VALENTINA SHEVCHENKO

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

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. Cat Zingano 
8. Yana Kunitskaya 
9. Marion Reneau +1 
10. Sara McMann 
11. Irene Aldana -2 
12. Macy Chiasson 
13. Lina Lansberg 
14. Sijara Eubanks 
15. Nicco Montano

What do you think about the UFC rankings update after UFC Newark?

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Mike Perry: If I Landed 600 Strikes Like Colby Covington, Someone Might Die

UFC welterweight Mike Perry was not entirely impressed with Colby Covington’s performance this past weekend. Covington comfortably outpointed Robbie Lawler to win a unanimous decision in the UFC Newark headliner. In the process, he attempted a UFC record 533 strikes during the 25-minute bout. However, that only showed how much power he lacked according to […]

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UFC welterweight Mike Perry was not entirely impressed with Colby Covington’s performance this past weekend.

Covington comfortably outpointed Robbie Lawler to win a unanimous decision in the UFC Newark headliner. In the process, he attempted a UFC record 533 strikes during the 25-minute bout.

However, that only showed how much power he lacked according to Perry, who tweeted out his thoughts during the event:

Perry expanded when asked about his tweets:

“Whatever, I don’t think he punches with any power,” Perry told media recently. “He never explodes. If I hit someone 600 times, it might be the first death in the Octagon. It only takes 60 for me. So 10 percent of what Colby did, if I did 10 percent of that, I smash him.“

Perry Working On Anti-Wrestling

In fairness, Covington did not land 533 strikes — that was only his attempted strike total. But even still, he was able to come away with the win and is now in line to face Kamaru Usman for the welterweight title.

Both fighters have used their wrestling to dominate their opponents and it’s something Perry is working on himself so that he can utilize his striking:

“Yeah, it’s a good fight,” he said of Usman vs. Covington. “It’s two wrestlers. I see the sport in a different light these days. That light is, I see it as wrestling first. You have to subdue what these guys want to do which is either get the takedown or shy away from you, run and then get into the clinch and try to get the takedown, get on top of you and stall time.

“That’s what they want to do and I’ve been working many ways on how to shut that down and open up my own game of striking.“

Perry takes on Vicente Luque in the co-main event of UFC Uruguay on Saturday.

What do you make of Perry’s comments?

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Chael Sonnen Has Interesting Theory About Colby Covington’s Matt Hughes Insult

All everyone has been talking about since the conclusion of UFC Newark this past weekend was Colby Covington’s train insult directed at Matt Hughes. However, Chael Sonnen has suggested they both may have been in on it. Following his win over Robbie Lawler, Covington decided to take a shot at Hughes — who is notably […]

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All everyone has been talking about since the conclusion of UFC Newark this past weekend was Colby Covington’s train insult directed at Matt Hughes. However, Chael Sonnen has suggested they both may have been in on it.

Following his win over Robbie Lawler, Covington decided to take a shot at Hughes — who is notably a mentor and close friend to Lawler — about his train accident back in 2017.

“Let’s talk about the lesson we learned tonight,” Covington said. “It’s a strong lesson that Robbie should’ve learned from his good buddy Matt Hughes. You stay off the tracks when the train’s coming through, junior. Don’t matter if there’s a Trump train or the Colby train, get out the way!”

Many were appalled by the comment, though to his credit, Hughes was cool about the barb. But his response leads Sonnen to believe that he may have been in on it, particularly given his relationship with Dan Lambert — Covington’s manager as well as the owner of American Top Team.

“I am inclined to believe that whether I’m right or not, that there’s a likelihood that Matt was in on it,” Sonnen said. “A likelihood that Matt was tipped off ahead of time [by Covington]… Matt got a chuckle and gave it support. I don’t have evidence of that.

“But Matt Hughes in real life is best friends with Dan Lambert. Dan Lambert is not only Colby’s manager and mentor — Dan owns the American Top Team. So I don’t believe that Colby would be able to just go out and insult with such a dirty line. I don’t believe he would go out and do that to Matt Hughes, unless there was a little discussion ahead of time. None of which I can prove happened. But that was my takeaway.“

What do you think of Sonnen’s theory?

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UFC Rankings Report: Daniel Cormier Retakes Top Spot At Light Heavyweight

The official UFC rankings have finally been updated in the wake of last weekend’s (Sat., August 3, 2019) UFC Newark. In the main event, former interim champ Colby Covington dominated former champion Robbie Lawler over the course of five rounds. T…

The official UFC rankings have finally been updated in the wake of last weekend’s (Sat., August 3, 2019) UFC Newark. In the main event, former interim champ Colby Covington dominated former champion Robbie Lawler over the course of five rounds. The lopsided victory is expected to earn ‘Chaos’ a shot at Kamaru Usman’s belt. However, […]

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Colby Covington: ‘Flawless’ Win Over Lawler Cemented Legacy (Interview)

Colby Covington extended his winning streak in a big way in the main event of UFC Newark. There, he dominated Robbie Lawler from the get-go and won all five rounds on each judge’s scorecards. However, the lead-up to the fight was not easy for Cov…

Colby Covington extended his winning streak in a big way in the main event of UFC Newark. There, he dominated Robbie Lawler from the get-go and won all five rounds on each judge’s scorecards. However, the lead-up to the fight was not easy for Covington. He suffered a very serious cut above his eye that […]

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UFC Newark Draws Lowest ESPN Fight Night Ratings To Date

UFC Newark, also known as UFC on ESPN 5, did not do well on TV ratings. According to the always reliable Dave Meltzer of MMA Fighting, the card averaged 680,000 viewers but did peak at 945,000 during the main event. While the prelims averaged 523,000 viewers. Of course, UFC Newark saw a pivotal main event […]

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UFC Newark, also known as UFC on ESPN 5, did not do well on TV ratings.

According to the always reliable Dave Meltzer of MMA Fighting, the card averaged 680,000 viewers but did peak at 945,000 during the main event. While the prelims averaged 523,000 viewers.

Of course, UFC Newark saw a pivotal main event fight with Colby Covington taking on Robbie Lawler. There, should “Chaos” win he would be getting a title shot, so the stakes were high. Ultimately, he did exactly that as he dominated “Ruthless” and won every round on all judge’s scorecards.

The lead-up to the fight was also intense as Covington really sold the fight well. But, it obviously wasn’t enough to attract more viewers. However, the card did air during the day time, prelims at noon eastern, on a Saturday so it is possible people were out. Comparing that to the Philadelphia card which was an early evening card, averaged 828,000 viewers.

UFC Newark was also not the most stacked show, as, on the main card, there were no ranked fighters other than the main event. Yet, something going UFC Newark’s way is the fact that it beat the baseball game between the New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox during the same time slot.

Are you surprised by the low numbers brought in by UFC Newark?

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