The UFC rankings have been updated following UFC Minneapolis! Check out all the changes below!
Pound for Pound: Stipe Miocic moves down two spots to #11, and Robert Whittaker (#10) and Conor McGregor (#9) move up one spot.
Strawweight: Weili Zhang returns down to #6 and Claudia Gadelha returns to #5. Alexa Grasso moves up one spot to #11 and Felice Herrig moves down to #12.
Women’s Flyweight: Joanne Calderwood moves up to #5 to become tied with Roxanne Modaferi.
Women’s Bantamweight: Germaine de Randamie returns to #1 in the rankings, with Holly Holm (#2) and Ketlen Vieira (#3) dropping down one spot. Additionally, Irene Aldana moves up to #9 and Sara McMann drops to #10.
Flyweight: After Joseph Benavidez defeated Jussier Formiga at UFC Minneapolis, Benavidez is now the #1 contender, and Formiga is now placed at #2.
Bantamweight: No changes
Featherweight: Moving up were Jeremy Stephens (#7) and Josh Emmett (#8); moving down were Yair Rodriguez (#8) and Renato Moicano. (#10).
Lightweight: No changes
Welterweight: No changes
Middleweight: Israel Adesanya and Yoel Romero remain #1 and #2 respectively and Antonio Carlos Junior remains at #13. Aside from these placements, the entire division shifted upwards. Anderson Silva re-entered at #15 and #12-3 moved up in the rankings. You can view the new order of the division in full here.
Light Heavyweight: Dominick Reyes now sits at #4 in the rankings with Alexander Gustafsson at #5.
Heavyweight: Alistair Overeem dropped down one spot to #7.
You can view the full updated UFC rankings here.
What are your thoughts on this week’s UFC rankings following UFC Minneapolis?
