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UFC Ranking Update: Thiago Santos Cracks Top Five

Thiago Santos has cracked the top five in the light heavyweight division on the latest UFC rankings update. As expected, after UFC on ESPN+3 there have been some significant changes in some of the divisions. While Santos made the biggest leap into the top five of the 205-pound division, others like Petr Yan moved into […]

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Thiago Santos has cracked the top five in the light heavyweight division on the latest UFC rankings update.

As expected, after UFC on ESPN+3 there have been some significant changes in some of the divisions. While Santos made the biggest leap into the top five of the 205-pound division, others like Petr Yan moved into the No. 8 spot in the bantamweight.

Here are the latest rankings courtesy of UFC.com. Note: (+/- = movement in rankings, *NR = Not previously ranked).

Women’s Strawweight

Champion : Rose Namajunas
1 Jessica Andrade
2 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
3 Nina Ansaroff
3 Tatiana Suarez
5 Claudia Gadelha
6 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
7 Tecia Torres
8 Michelle Waterson
9 Carla Esparza
10 Cynthia Calvillo
11 Felice Herrig
12 Alexa Grasso
13 Cortney Casey
14 Randa Markos
15 Weili Zhang *NR

Women’s Flyweight – No Change

Women’s Bantamweight

Champion: Amanda Nunes
1 Germaine de Randamie
2 Holly Holm
3 Ketlen Vieira
4 Raquel Pennington
5 Cat Zingano
6 Marion Reneau
7 Aspen Ladd
8 Sara McMann
9 Yana Kunitskaya
10 Irene Aldana
11 Bethe Correia +1
12 Tonya Evinger -1
13 Lina Lansberg
14 Talita Bernardo +1
15 Mayra Bueno Silva *NR

Flyweight – No Change

Bantamweight

Champion: TJ Dillashaw
1 Marlon Moraes
2 Cody Garbrandt
3 Raphael Assuncao
4 Dominick Cruz
5 Aljamain Sterling
6 Jimmie Rivera
7 John Lineker
8 Petr Yan +6
9 Pedro Munhoz -1
10 Rob Font
11 John Dodson -2
12 Cody Stamann -1
13 Alejandro Perez -1
14 Thomas Almeida -1
15 Ricky Simon

Featherweight – No Change

Lightweight – No Change

Welterweight – No Change

Middleweight – No Change

Light Heavyweight

Champion: Jon Jones
1 Daniel Cormier
2 Alexander Gustafsson
3 Anthony Smith
4 Thiago Santos +2
5 Jan Blachowicz -1
5 Volkan Oezdemir
7 Corey Anderson -1
8 Dominick Reyes
9 Ilir Latifi
10 Jimi Manuwa
11 Glover Teixeira
12 Ovince Saint Preux
13 Mauricio Rua
14 Misha Cirkunov
15 Johnny Walker

Heavyweight – No Change

Pound-For-Pound

1 Daniel Cormier
2 Jon Jones
3 Khabib Nurmagomedov
4 Max Holloway
5 Henry Cejudo
6 Tyron Woodley
7 Amanda Nunes
8 TJ Dillashaw +1
9 Conor McGregor +1
10 Stipe Miocic +1
11 Georges St-Pierre -3
12 Robert Whittaker
13 Tony Ferguson
14 Rose Namajunas
15 Cris Cyborg

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UFC On ESPN+ 3 Medical Suspensions: Blachowicz Gets Six-Month Sit

The UFC on ESPN+ 3 medical suspensions have rolled out. The event took place this past Saturday inside the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. In the main event, Thiago Santos went one-on-one with Jan Blachowicz. “Marreta” finished Blachowi…

The UFC on ESPN+ 3 medical suspensions have rolled out. The event took place this past Saturday inside the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. In the main event, Thiago Santos went one-on-one with Jan Blachowicz. “Marreta” finished Blachowicz via TKO in the third round. Blachowicz must sit for 180 days unless he is cleared […]

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UFC On ESPN+ 3 Medical Suspensions: Blachowicz Gets Six-Month Sit

The UFC on ESPN+ 3 medical suspensions have rolled out. The event took place this past Saturday inside the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. In the main event, Thiago Santos went one-on-one with Jan Blachowicz. “Marreta” finished Blachowi…

The UFC on ESPN+ 3 medical suspensions have rolled out. The event took place this past Saturday inside the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. In the main event, Thiago Santos went one-on-one with Jan Blachowicz. “Marreta” finished Blachowicz via TKO in the third round. Blachowicz must sit for 180 days unless he is cleared […]

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Stefan Struve Considers Retirement Following UFC Prague Win

Stefan Struve may have had his final professional mixed martial arts bout. Struve took on Marcos Rogerio de Lima earlier today (Feb. 23). The action took place inside the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. Struve was in trouble early, being knocked do…

Stefan Struve may have had his final professional mixed martial arts bout. Struve took on Marcos Rogerio de Lima earlier today (Feb. 23). The action took place inside the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. Struve was in trouble early, being knocked down in just seconds. “Skyscraper” was able to survive and pulled off a second-round […]

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Twitter Reacts To Thiago Santos Crushing Jan Blachowicz At UFC Prague

Earlier today (Sat. February 23, 2019), UFC on ESPN+ 3 went down from the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. In the main event of the night, Thiago Santos picked up a huge knockout victory over Jan Blachowicz. After his victory, Santos called out the winner of next week’s UFC 235 pay-per-view (PPV). Jon Jones […]

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Earlier today (Sat. February 23, 2019), UFC on ESPN+ 3 went down from the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic.

In the main event of the night, Thiago Santos picked up a huge knockout victory over Jan Blachowicz. After his victory, Santos called out the winner of next week’s UFC 235 pay-per-view (PPV). Jon Jones will be taking on the Anthony Smith in the main event to defend his light heavyweight championship. It will be his first UFC title defense since 2015 when he previously reigned as champion.

Santos will be in attendance for the fight, hoping to face off against the winner after it’s all said and done. However, tonight he will celebrate his big knock out victory over one of the division’s finest. Check out how the mixed martial arts (MMA) community reacted to the finish on Twitter below:

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UFC Prague Results: Thiago Santos Hammers Jan Blachowicz

UFC Prague will culminate when Poland’s Jan Blachowicz throws down with Brazil’s Thiago Santos in the night’s main attraction. Stay posted to LowkickMMA as we will have ongoing results from the entire UFC on ESPN+3 card. Blachowicz (23-7) will face his toughest test to date in Santos, but the 35-year-old is riding a four-fight winning […]

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UFC Prague will culminate when Poland’s Jan Blachowicz throws down with Brazil’s Thiago Santos in the night’s main attraction.

Stay posted to LowkickMMA as we will have ongoing results from the entire UFC on ESPN+3 card.

Blachowicz (23-7) will face his toughest test to date in Santos, but the 35-year-old is riding a four-fight winning streak, the longest of his UFC career. A win in Prague could have Jan in title contention in 2019.

Since moving up to the light heavyweight division, Santos (20-6), has gone on a three-fight winning streak. The Brazilian powerhouse has won seven of his last eight and looks to play spoiler to the Polish faithful.

Round One

Blachowicz and Santos take to the center of the cage. Blachowicz throws a sweeping high kick that misses. He follows with a leg kick. Santos throws a leg kick. Blachowicz doubles up the jab and lands a hard left body kick. Santos faints but gets pushed off his mark when Blachowicz pressured. He kicks the Brazilian. Santos shows a spinning kick but doesn’t pull the trigger. He lands a hard leg kick though. Blachowicz lands a hard leg kick with two minutes remaining in the round. Santos lands a nice overhand left but not at full power. Both men are cautious in the opening stanza. Santos lands a pair of leg kicks. Blachowicz clinches and briefly looks for a takedown but the Brazilian defends and lands an elbow on the break. Again, Santos peppers the lead leg of Blachowicz as the round ends.

Round Two

A touch of gloves to start round two. Santos throws a sidekick at Blachowicz’ lead leg and follows with a kick to the thigh. The Polish fighter throws a high kick to no avail but lands a body kick to boot. Again, Santos shows the spinning kick but doesn’t pull the trigger. Blachowicz lands a hard leg kick that thumps the Brazilian’s leg. He goes to the body and then to the head of Santos. They trade leg kicks with the Polish fighter getting the better. Santos is a much more reserved version of himself tonight. He whiffs a left had that nearly swung him around. Blachowicz is doing a good job at piecing Santos up from a distance with kicks and technique. The round ends with the Brazilian attempting a capybara kick.

Round Three

Blachowicz takes to the center and presses but Santos clips the Polish fighter with a left hand. He rains down about 15 hammer fists before referee Herb Dean steps in. Wow.

Thiago Santos defeats Jan Blachowicz via TKO (hammer fists) at 39 seconds of round three

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