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Rory MacDonald Removed From Official UFC Rankings

UFC welterweight contender Rory MacDonald has long been labelled one of the brightest prospects in MMA. Having been a professional fighter since the fresh young age of 16, MacDonald is now a 22-fight veteran at the age of 27. The Canadian star joined the UFC with a pristine 9-0 record, pegged for title glory from

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The two Canadian welterweights refused to fight each other, and so began MacDonald’s journey as a top contender. Beating the likes of current champion Tyron Woodley, Jake Ellenberger, Demian Maia and BJ Penn–MacDonald quickly cemented himself as a top five stalwart.

MMA: UFC 170 Maia vs MacDonald

Wars & Loss

Two losses to Robbie Lawler, the second a particularly brutal war at UFC 189, seemed to put the brakes on MacDonald’s surge. He returned hopeful after some time off to face Stephen Thompson at UFC Fight Night 89 this past June. ‘Wonderboy’ proved too much for MacDonald, the past few fights perhaps were starting to catch up with the now war torn veteran.

Free agency was on his mind before the Thompson fight, and it turns out ‘The Canadian Psycho’ may well have acted on those urges. Bellator CEO had previously mentioned MacDonald’s name during an interesting snippet. When given the heads up by a Iain Murray over social media, we noticed the rankings now have changed massively. Where MacDonald used to be number three until today, he is no longer to be found in the divisions order:

Bellator Bound?

Make of this what you will. MacDonald had been vocal about his dislike for the controversial Reebok deal, and also toyed with the growing-in-popularity idea of free agency. Of course he may have opted for some time off, but for the number three guy to disappear from the rankings, it’s probably something more.

Stay tuned for updates on this developing situation.

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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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UFC Rankings: Valentina Shevchenko Rockets Up The Charts

Amanda Nunes, Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey are the only three female bantamweight fighters now ranked ahead of Valentina Shevchenko in the latest UFC rankings.

Shevchenko jumped four spots to No. 3 after besting former champion Holly Holm at UFC on …

Amanda Nunes, Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey are the only three female bantamweight fighters now ranked ahead of Valentina Shevchenko in the latest UFC rankings.

Shevchenko jumped four spots to No. 3 after besting former champion Holly Holm at UFC on FOX 20 this past weekend. Holm, who suffered her second straight loss, fell to fourth.

Raquel Pennington and Katlyn Chookagian also moved up in the Top-15.

Dooho Choi made his debut in the featherweight rankings, coming in at No. 12. Gilbert Melendez returned to the lightweight Top-15 despite losing to Edson Barboza, who jumped Donald Cerrone for fifth.

Eddie Wineland climbed three spots to 12th at bantamweight following his win over Frankie Saenz, who dropped three spots to 15th.

UFC Rankings Report: Demetrious Johnson Now Atop P4P List

UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson and UFC bantamweight titleholder Dominick Cruz each moved ahead of Jon Jones on the pound-for-pound list in the latest UFC rankings.

Johnson holds the top spot, while Cruz, the last man to defeat “Mighty Mou…

UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson and UFC bantamweight titleholder Dominick Cruz each moved ahead of Jon Jones on the pound-for-pound list in the latest UFC rankings.

Johnson holds the top spot, while Cruz, the last man to defeat “Mighty Mouse,” is second. Jones fell to third overall.

Eddie Alvarez made his debut at No. 8 on the list after claiming the UFC lightweight title with a first round TKO vs. Rafael dos Anjos, who dropped eight spots to No. 13.

Following his return to action with a win over Mark Hunt, Brock Lesnar debuted in the heavyweight Top-10 at eighth. Lesnar had not competed in MMA in several years, and had not earned a win since 2010.

Kelvin Gastelum climbed six spots to No. 6 at welterweight thanks to his recent win over Johny Hendricks at UFC 200.

Former Bellator champion Will Brooks finds himself ranked after his Octagon debut, coming in at No. 12 at lightweight. Matheus Nicolau debuted in the flyweight Top-15 after his win over John Moraga.

UFC Rankings Update: Jon Jones Loses Top P4P Spot

The UFC went through some hectic times last week. The last seven days have featured three fight cards, one major drug test failure, and the changing of hands of two titles. In terms of fights, the week was capped off by the monumental UFC 200 card (July 9, 2016), but the action hasn’t stopped as

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Throughout all the chaos, however, the show must go on, and the latest UFC rankings update has been released with some key changes. Most notably, former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones, a man many consider to be the greatest fighter of all-time, has lost his spot atop the pound-for-pound list.

Late last week, it was announced that Jones had been flagged by USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) for a possible anti-doping violation. He was then forced out of his scheduled UFC 200 main event bout with Daniel Cormier just days prior. Jones now sits at No. 3 on the list and has been replaced by dominant flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson.

Also, former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, who made his return to action after nearly five years away from the Octagon by beating Mark Hunt at UFC 200, has entered the rankings. “The Beast” now sits at No. 8.

Check out the full rankings courtesy of UFC.com below:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1 Jon Jones (Interim Champion)
2 Anthony Johnson
3 Glover Teixeira
4 Alexander Gustafsson
5 Ryan Bader
6 Ovince Saint Preux
7 Mauricio Rua
8 Rashad Evans
9 Jimi Manuwa
10 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
11 Nikita Krylov
12 Corey Anderson
13 Ilir Latifi
14 Patrick Cummins
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 Brock Lesnar *NR
9 Mark Hunt -1
10 Josh Barnett -1
11 Derrick Lewis +1
12 Roy Nelson -2
13 Frank Mir -2
14 Stefan Struve -1
15 Ruslan Magomedov -1

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

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

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Stephen Thompson Claims No. 1 Contender Spot In Latest UFC Rankings

As expected, Stephen Thompson is now the No. 1 ranked welterweight contender after his win this past weekend at UFC Fight Night 89 over Rory MacDonald.

Thompson, who finished former champion Johny Hendricks earlier this year, earned a decision over …

As expected, Stephen Thompson is now the No. 1 ranked welterweight contender after his win this past weekend at UFC Fight Night 89 over Rory MacDonald.

Thompson, who finished former champion Johny Hendricks earlier this year, earned a decision over MacDonald in the main event.

Donald Cerrone is now ranked in both the lightweight Top-5 and welterweight Top-15. “Cowboy” downed Patrick Cote at the recent card and debuted at No. 14 at 170 pounds. He is still ranked fourth at 155.

The other big mover was Joanne Calderwood, as she jumped five spots to No. 7 at strawweight. Calderwood defeated Valerie Letourneau, who fell four spots to ninth.