The UFC rankings have been updated following UFC 254! Check out all the changes below!
Men’s Pound for Pound: Khabib Nurmagomedov gets his wish and unseats Jon Jones as the #1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world after submitting Justin Gaethje at UFC 254. Justin Gaethje dropped three spots to #10, which allowed Dustin Poirier (#7), Max Holloway (#8), and bantamweight champion Petr Yan (#9) to each move up one position.
Women’s Pound for Pound: No Changes
Strawweight: Jessica Andrade’s removal from the strawweight rankings has caused #3-15 to change. The #3 contender is now Carla Esparza, ahead of Claudia Gadelha (#4) and Nina Ansaroff (#5). Closing out the top 10 are Michelle Waterson (#6), Marina Rodriguez (#7), Yan Xiaonan (#8), Amanda Ribas (#9), and Tecia Torres (#10). Livinha Souza also appears in the rankings at #15.
Women’s Flyweight: No Changes
Women’s Bantamweight: No Changes
Women’s Featherweight: N/A
Flyweight: No Changes
Bantamweight: Merab Dvalishvili moves up to #12, breaking the tie with Cody Stamann (#13) after Stamann was forced to withdraw from their scheduled bout.
Featherweight: No Changes
Lightweight: No Changes
Welterweight: No Changes. A note, Leon Edwards is still listed at #3 on UFC.com after accepting a fight with Khamzat Chimaev for this December.
Middleweight: Paulo Costa moves up to #2 and Jared Cannonier drops to #3 after losing to #1 contender Robert Whittaker at UFC 254.
Light Heavyweight: No Changes
Heavyweight: Alexander Volkov’s win over Walt Harris at UFC 254 brings Volkov up to #6 and drops Harris from #10 down to #11. Junior dos Santos is now ranked behind Volkov at #7, and Shamil Abdurakhimov (#8) and Aleksei Olenik (#10) both move up one spot.
You can view the full updated UFC rankings here.
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