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Former UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin and Matt Parrino offer up their thoughts on the latest UFC rankings.
Hear from the two as they look back at UFC on FOX 19 and ahead to UFC 197.
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Former UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin and Matt Parrino offer up their thoughts on the latest UFC rankings.
Hear from the two as they look back at UFC on FOX 19 and ahead to UFC 197.
Fresh off his victory over Beneil Dariush, former Ultimate Fighter winner Michael Chiesa finds himself ranked inside the Top-10.
Chiesa climbed five spots in the latest round of rankings, moving to ninth in the lightweight Top-15.
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Fresh off his victory over Beneil Dariush, former Ultimate Fighter winner Michael Chiesa finds himself ranked inside the Top-10.
Chiesa climbed five spots in the latest round of rankings, moving to ninth in the lightweight Top-15.
Khabib Nurmagomedov, who returned from an extended layoff due to injuries, moved into the role of No. 1 contender to Rafael dos Anjos. Nurmagomedov finished Darrell Horcher over the weekend and is the last man to defeat the champion.
However, dos Anjos is already scheduled, as he will defend his belt this July against Eddie Alvarez, who fell to second.
Donald Cerrone and Edson Barboza also moved up a spot each at 155 pounds.
Anderson Silva switched spots with Lyoto Machida at middleweight, Glover Teixeira did the same with Alexander Gustafsson at light heavyweight, Raquel Pennington climbed three spots to ninth at female bantamweight and Ben Nguyen entered the flyweight rankings.
Former flyweight title contender John Dodson fell out of that Top-15 and debuted at No. 10 in the bantamweight rankings.
The official UFC rankings have received yet another shakeup in the fallout of this past weekend’s (Sat., April 16, 2016) UFC on FOX 19 from the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, and none of those shifts may be more significant than Khabib Nurmagomedov’s reclaiming of the top spot at lightweight following his dominant stoppage win over
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The official UFC rankings have received yet another shakeup in the fallout of this past weekend’s (Sat., April 16, 2016) UFC on FOX 19 from the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, and none of those shifts may be more significant than Khabib Nurmagomedov’s reclaiming of the top spot at lightweight following his dominant stoppage win over late replacement Darrell Horcher.
It’s not all that surprising of a shift given that “The Eagle” dominated current champion Rafael dos Anjos in his last fight before missing almost two years due to knee injuries, but new No. 2-ranked will get the next shot at “RDA” this July nonetheless.
In other movement, the women’s bantamweight division saw a lot of movement because of Raquel Pennington’s hard-fought win over Bethe Correia at UFC on FOX 19. “Rocky” went up three spots to No. 9 as a result, which Correia dropped three spots to No. 12. Liz Carmouche moved up to No. 8 as a result, while Valentia Shevchenko and Lauren Murphy moved up one spot each to Nos. 10 and 13, respectively, and Marion Reneau inexplicably shot up three spots to No. 12.
At light heavyweight, Glover Teixeira moved up one spot for his massive first-round knockout of former champion Rashad Evans, overtaking the No. 4 spot from Alexander Gustafsson. Evans held steady at his previous No. 7 ranking. At middleweight, all-time great former champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva regained the No. 5 spot from Lyoto Machida after “The Dragon” admitted to taking a banned substance and was pulled from his scheduled rematch with Dan Henderson.
Lightweight saw another big move up aside from Nurmagomedov, as rising underdog contender Michael Chiesa rose an incredible five spots to No. 9 for his emphatic second-round submission of previous No. 7 contender Beneil Dariush. Dariush fell down to No. 10 as a result. Donald Cerrone also rose one spot to No. 5 at lightweight, trading spots with Nate Diaz, who fell down to No. 6 heading into his rematch with Conor McGregor. Edson Barboza also rose one spot to No. 8 heading into his fight with former champion Anthony Pettis at this Saturday’s UFC 197.
Bantamweight saw some shift thanks to the electrifying debut of former flyweight title contender John Dodson, who knocked out Manny Gamburyan in an impressive 47 seconds to debut at the No. 10 spot. Johnny Eduardo, Jimmie Rivera, and Eddie Wineland all dropped a spot as a result, and Frankie Saenz dropped two. John Lineker held steady at No. 12, yet his previously scheduled opponent Cody Garbrandt fell out of the rankings with Dodson debuting.
At flyweight, every contender below No. 2-ranked Henry Cejudo, who will meet dominant champ Demetrious Johnson in the UFC 197 co-main event, rose up one spot with Dodson now moved up to his old home at 135 pounds.
Check out the full rankings update via the UFC’s official website right here:
POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Jon Jones
2 Demetrious Johnson
3 Luke Rockhold
4 Fabricio Werdum
5 Dominick Cruz
6 Rafael Dos Anjos
7 Robbie Lawler
8 Conor McGregor
9 Daniel Cormier
10 Jose Aldo
11 Chris Weidman
12 Frankie Edgar
13 TJ Dillashaw
14 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
15 Miesha Tate
FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Demetrious Johnson
1 Joseph Benavidez
2 Henry Cejudo
3 Jussier Formiga +1
4 Ian McCall +1
5 Kyoji Horiguchi +1
6 John Moraga +1
7 Zach Makovsky +1
8 Wilson Reis +1
9 Dustin Ortiz +1
10 Ali Bagautinov +1
11 Justin Scoggins +1
12 Louis Smolka +1
13 Ray Borg +1
14 Sergio Pettis +1
15 Ben Nguyen *NR
BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Dominick Cruz
1 TJ Dillashaw
2 Renan Barao
3 Urijah Faber
4 Raphael Assuncao
5 Aljamain Sterling
6 Michael McDonald
7 Thomas Almeida
8 Bryan Caraway
9 Takeya Mizugaki
10 John Dodson *NR
11 Johnny Eduardo -1
12 John Lineker
13 Frankie Saenz -2
14 Jimmie Rivera -1
15 Eddie Wineland -1
FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Conor McGregor
1 Jose Aldo
2 Frankie Edgar
3 Chad Mendes
4 Max Holloway
5 Ricardo Lamas
6 Cub Swanson
7 Charles Oliveira
8 Dennis Bermudez
9 Jeremy Stephens
10 Hacran Dias
11 Darren Elkins
12 Brian Ortega
13 Tatsuya Kawajiri
14 Mirsad Bektic +1
15 Clay Guida -1
LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Rafael Dos Anjos
1 Khabib Nurmagomedov +1
2 Eddie Alvarez -1
3 Anthony Pettis
4 Tony Ferguson
5 Donald Cerrone +1
6 Nate Diaz -1
7 Michael Johnson
8 Edson Barboza +1
9 Michael Chiesa +5
10 Beneil Dariush -3
11 Dustin Poirier -1
12 Al Iaquinta -1
13 Bobby Green -1
14 Evan Dunham -1
15 Rashid Magomedov
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Robbie Lawler
1 Rory MacDonald
2 Stephen Thompson
3 Tyron Woodley
4 Carlos Condit
5 Johny Hendricks
6 Demian Maia
7 Neil Magny
8 Matt Brown
9 Dong Hyun Kim
10 Tarec Saffiedine
11 Rick Story
12 Kelvin Gastelum
13 Albert Tumenov
14 Hector Lombard
15 Thiago Alves
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Luke Rockhold
1 Chris Weidman
2 Jacare Souza
3 Vitor Belfort
4 Michael Bisping
5 Anderson Silva +1
6 Lyoto Machida -1
7 Robert Whittaker
8 Gegard Mousasi
9 Tim Kennedy
10 Uriah Hall
11 Derek Brunson
12 Thales Leites
13 Rafael Natal
14 Dan Henderson
15 CB Dollaway
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1 Jon Jones
2 Anthony Johnson
3 Glover Teixeira +1
4 Alexander Gustafsson -1
5 Ryan Bader
6 Ovince Saint Preux
7 Rashad Evans
8 Mauricio Rua
9 Jimi Manuwa
10 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
11 Patrick Cummins
12 Corey Anderson
13 Ilir Latifi
14 Nikita Krylov
15 Gian Villante
HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Fabricio Werdum
1 Cain Velasquez
2 Stipe Miocic
3 Alistair Overeem
4 Junior Dos Santos
5 Andrei Arlovski
6 Ben Rothwell
7 Travis Browne
8 Mark Hunt
9 Josh Barnett
10 Roy Nelson
11 Frank Mir
12 Antonio Silva
13 Derrick Lewis
14 Ruslan Magomedov
15 Alexey Oliynyk
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Joanna Jedrzejczyk
1 Claudia Gadelha
2 Carla Esparza
3 Rose Namajunas
4 Tecia Torres
5 Valerie Letourneau +1
6 Jessica Penne -1
7 Paige VanZant
8 Maryna Moroz
9 Michelle Waterson
10 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
11 Joanne Calderwood
12 Randa Markos
13 Jessica Aguilar
14 Juliana Lima
15 Justine Kish
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Miesha Tate
1 Holly Holm
2 Ronda Rousey
3 Cat Zingano
4 Amanda Nunes
5 Julianna Pena
6 Sara McMann
7 Jessica Eye
8 Liz Carmouche +1
9 Raquel Pennington +3
10 Valentina Shevchenko +1
11 Bethe Correia -3
12 Marion Reneau +3
13 Lauren Murphy +1
14 Germaine de Randamie -1
15 Ashlee Evans-Smith *NR
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Fresh off his destruction of Gabriel Gonzaga, Derrick Lewis indeed found his way into the UFC rankings.
Lewis moved into the Top-15 for the first time this week, sliding in at 13th overall. Junior dos Santos, who also earned a win on the same UFC Fi…
Fresh off his destruction of Gabriel Gonzaga, Derrick Lewis indeed found his way into the UFC rankings.
Lewis moved into the Top-15 for the first time this week, sliding in at 13th overall. Junior dos Santos, who also earned a win on the same UFC Fight Night 86 card over Ben Rothwell, is now ranked fourth.
Rothwell dropped two spots overall to sixth.
There wasn’t much movement elsewhere, though Donald Cerrone did climb three spots at lightweight to sixth. His next bout is scheduled for the welterweight division vs. Patrick Cote.
Fresh off his destruction of Gabriel Gonzaga, Derrick Lewis indeed found his way into the UFC rankings.
Lewis moved into the Top-15 for the first time this week, sliding in at 13th overall. Junior dos Santos, who also earned a win on the same UFC Fi…
Fresh off his destruction of Gabriel Gonzaga, Derrick Lewis indeed found his way into the UFC rankings.
Lewis moved into the Top-15 for the first time this week, sliding in at 13th overall. Junior dos Santos, who also earned a win on the same UFC Fight Night 86 card over Ben Rothwell, is now ranked fourth.
Rothwell dropped two spots overall to sixth.
There wasn’t much movement elsewhere, though Donald Cerrone did climb three spots at lightweight to sixth. His next bout is scheduled for the welterweight division vs. Patrick Cote.
As expected there was a decent amount of shakeup in the official UFC rankings following last Sunday’s (April 10, 2016 UFC Fight Night 86 from the Zagreb Arena in Zagreb, Croatia, and the biggest shift was former heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos’ move back up the rankings for his dominantly one-sided win over previously rising
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As expected there was a decent amount of shakeup in the official UFC rankings following last Sunday’s (April 10, 2016 UFC Fight Night 86 from the Zagreb Arena in Zagreb, Croatia, and the biggest shift was former heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos’ move back up the rankings for his dominantly one-sided win over previously rising Ben Rothwell.
For his much-needed statement win, dos Santos moved up from No. 5 to No. 4 in the 265-pound rankings. Andrei Arlovski moved up to No. 5 as a result, and ‘Big’ Ben dropped to No. 6 for his first loss in his last five fights.
Also at heavyweight, monstrous power slugger Derrick Lewis cracked the Top 15 at No. 13 for his first round knockout win over veteran Gabriel Gonzaga. Former champion Frank Mir was also flagged for a potential USADA violation, and it may have played a part in his move down one spot to No. 11, allowing Roy Nelson to claim the No. 10 spot.
In the lighter weight classes, there was somehow a decent number of surprising shifts even though no specific fights caused them to happen in any way. For example, Renan Barao rose two spots in the bantamweight ranks to No. 2 despite the fact that he will move up to featherweight to battle Jeremy Stephens on May 29, moving title contender Urijah Faber and Raphael Assuncao down a spot.
In a similar move, Donald Cerrone rose 3 spots in in the lightweight ranks to No. 6 despite the fact that he will face Patrick Cote at welterweight in the co-main event of the UFC’s Ottawa debut on June 18.
Women’s bantamweight saw a sizeable shakeup for a different reason, as former No. 10-ranked Sarah Kaufman’s removal from the rankings due to her not having a contract caused Valentina Shevchenko, Raquel Pennington, Germaine de Randamie, Lauren Murphy, and Marion Reneau to move up a spot each, while Ashlee Evans-Smith debuted at No. 15 as a result.
Check out the full updated official rankings via the UFC’s website here:
POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Jon Jones
2 Demetrious Johnson
3 Luke Rockhold
4 Fabricio Werdum
5 Dominick Cruz
6 Rafael Dos Anjos
7 Robbie Lawler
8 Conor McGregor
9 Daniel Cormier
10 Jose Aldo
11 Chris Weidman
12 Frankie Edgar
13 TJ Dillashaw
14 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
15 Miesha Tate
FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Demetrious Johnson
1 Joseph Benavidez
2 Henry Cejudo
3 John Dodson
4 Jussier Formiga
5 Ian McCall
6 Kyoji Horiguchi
7 John Moraga
8 Zach Makovsky
9 Wilson Reis
10 Dustin Ortiz
11 Ali Bagautinov
12 Justin Scoggins
13 Louis Smolka
14 Ray Borg
15 Sergio Pettis
BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Dominick Cruz
1 TJ Dillashaw
2 Renan Barao +2
3 Urijah Faber -1
4 Raphael Assuncao -1
5 Aljamain Sterling -1
6 Michael McDonald
7 Thomas Almeida
8 Bryan Caraway
9 Takeya Mizugaki
10 Johnny Eduardo
11 Frankie Saenz +2
12 John Lineker
13 Jimmie Rivera -2
14 Eddie Wineland
15 Cody Garbrandt
FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Conor McGregor
1 Jose Aldo
2 Frankie Edgar
3 Chad Mendes
4 Max Holloway
5 Ricardo Lamas
6 Cub Swanson
7 Charles Oliveira
8 Dennis Bermudez
9 Jeremy Stephens
10 Hacran Dias
11 Darren Elkins
12 Brian Ortega
13 Tatsuya Kawajiri
14 Clay Guida +1
15 Mirsad Bektic *NR
LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Rafael Dos Anjos
1 Eddie Alvarez
2 Khabib Nurmagomedov
3 Anthony Pettis
4 Tony Ferguson
5 Nate Diaz
6 Donald Cerrone +3
7 Michael Johnson -1
7 Beneil Dariush
9 Edson Barboza -1
10 Dustin Poirier
11 Al Iaquinta
12 Bobby Green
13 Evan Dunham
14 Michael Chiesa
15 Rashid Magomedov
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Robbie Lawler
1 Rory MacDonald
2 Stephen Thompson
3 Tyron Woodley
4 Carlos Condit
5 Johny Hendricks
6 Demian Maia
7 Neil Magny
8 Matt Brown
9 Dong Hyun Kim
10 Tarec Saffiedine
11 Rick Story
12 Kelvin Gastelum
13 Albert Tumenov
14 Hector Lombard
15 Thiago Alves
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Luke Rockhold
1 Chris Weidman
2 Jacare Souza
3 Vitor Belfort
4 Michael Bisping
5 Lyoto Machida
6 Anderson Silva
7 Robert Whittaker
8 Gegard Mousasi
9 Tim Kennedy
10 Uriah Hall
11 Derek Brunson
12 Thales Leites
13 Rafael Natal
14 Dan Henderson
15 CB Dollaway
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1 Jon Jones
2 Anthony Johnson
3 Alexander Gustafsson
4 Glover Teixeira
5 Ryan Bader
6 Ovince Saint Preux
7 Rashad Evans
8 Mauricio Rua
9 Jimi Manuwa
10 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
11 Patrick Cummins
12 Corey Anderson
13 Ilir Latifi
14 Nikita Krylov
15 Gian Villante
HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Fabricio Werdum
1 Cain Velasquez
2 Stipe Miocic
3 Alistair Overeem
4 Junior Dos Santos +1
5 Andrei Arlovski +1
6 Ben Rothwell -2
7 Travis Browne
8 Mark Hunt
9 Josh Barnett
10 Roy Nelson +1
11 Frank Mir -1
12 Antonio Silva
13 Derrick Lewis *NR
14 Ruslan Magomedov -1
15 Alexey Oliynyk -1
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Joanna Jedrzejczyk
1 Claudia Gadelha
2 Carla Esparza
3 Rose Namajunas
4 Tecia Torres
5 Jessica Penne
6 Valerie Letourneau
7 Paige VanZant
8 Maryna Moroz +1
9 Michelle Waterson -1
10 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
11 Joanne Calderwood
12 Randa Markos
13 Jessica Aguilar
14 Juliana Lima
15 Justine Kish
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Miesha Tate
1 Holly Holm
2 Ronda Rousey
3 Cat Zingano
4 Amanda Nunes
5 Julianna Pena
6 Sara McMann
7 Jessica Eye
8 Bethe Correia
9 Liz Carmouche
10 Valentina Shevchenko +1
11 Raquel Pennington +1
12 Germaine de Randamie +1
13 Lauren Murphy +1
14 Marion Reneau +1
15 Ashlee Evans-Smith *NR
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