The official UFC rankings have been updated after the promotion’s recent events in Jacksonville, and there have been some interesting changes.
Most notably, former light heavyweight title challenger Glover Teixeira made a climb up the light heavyweight list on the strength of his Wednesday night defeat of Anthony Smith.
Edson Barboza, meanwhile, has been ejected from the lightweight rankings, having come up short in his featherweight debut against Dan Ige this past Saturday.
Check out the updated UFC rankings below (h/t MMA Mania):
Note: +/- = movement in rankings *NR = Not previously ranked
MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND RANKINGS
1. Jon Jones
2. Khabib Nurmagomedov
3. Henry Cejudo
4. Stipe Miocic
5. Israel Adesanya
6. Daniel Cormier
7. Kamaru Usman
8. Alexander Volkanovski
9. Conor McGregor
10. Max Holloway
11. Justin Gaethje
12. Dustin Poirier
13. Tony Ferguson
14. Robert Whittaker
15. Tyron Woodley
FLYWEIGHT RANKINGS
Champion: VACANT
1. Deiveson Figueiredo
2. Joseph Benavidez
3. Brandon Moreno +1
4. Jussier Formiga -1
5. Alexandre Pantoja
6. Askar Askarov
7. Kai Kara France
8. Rogerio Bontorin
9. Alex Perez
10. Matt Schnell
11. Tim Elliott
12. Jordan Espinosa
13. Raulian Paiva
14. David Dvorak
15. Mark De La Rosa
BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS
Champion: HENRY CEJUDO
1. Marlon Moraes
2. Aljamain Sterling
3. Petr Yan
4. Cory Sandhagen
5. Raphael Assuncao
6. Jose Aldo
7. Pedro Munhoz
8. Jimmie Rivera
9. Cody Garbrandt
10. Rob Font
11. Dominick Cruz +1
12. Cody Stamann -1
13. John Dodson
14. Song Yadong
15. Marlon Vera
FEATHERWEIGHT RANKINGS
Champion: ALEXANDER VOLKANOVSKI
1. Max Holloway
2. Brian Ortega
3. Zabit Magomedsharipov
4. Chan Sung Jung
5. Yair Rodriguez
6. Calvin Kattar +1
7. Frankie Edgar -1
8. Josh Emmett +1
9. Jeremy Stephens -1
10. Shane Burgos
11. (T) Dan Ige +4
11. (T) Arnold Allen +1
13. Jose Aldo -2
14. Ryan Hall -1
15. Sodiq Yosef -1
LIGHTWEIGHT RANKINGS
Champion: KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV
1. Justin Gaethje
2. Tony Ferguson
3. Dustin Poirier
4. Conor McGregor
5. Dan Hooker
6. Paul Felder
7. Charles Oliveira
8. Kevin Lee +1
9. Al Iaquinta -1
10. Diego Ferreira
11. Gregor Gillespie +3
12. Islam Makhachev +1
13. Donald Cerrone -1
14. Drew Dober *NR
15. Beneil Dariush *NR
WELTERWEIGHT RANKINGS
Champion: KAMARU USMAN
1. Tyron Woodley
2. Colby Covington
3. Jorge Masvidal
4. Leon Edwards
5. Stephen Thompson
6. Gilbert Burns
7. Demian Maia
8. Michael Chiesa
9. Rafael dos Anjos
10. Nate Diaz
11. Geoff Neal
12. Robbie Lawler
13. Vicente Luque
14. Conor McGregor
15. Anthony Pettis
MIDDLEWEIGHT RANKINGS
Champion: ISRAEL ADESANYA
1. Robert Whittaker
2. Paulo Costa
3. Jared Cannonier
4. (T) Yoel Romero
4. (T) Darren Till +1
6. Jack Hermansson
7. Kelvin Gastelum
8. Derek Brunson
9. Edmen Shahbazyan
10. Uriah Hall
11. Brad Tavares
12. Omari Akhmedov
13. Ian Heinisch
14. Antonio Carlos Junior
15. Krzysztof Jotko *NR
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS
Champion: JON JONES
1. Dominick Reyes
2. Thiago Santos
3. Jan Blachowicz
4. Corey Anderson +1
5. Glover Teixeira +3
6. Anthony Smith -2
7. Volkan Oezdemir -1
8. Alexander Gustafsson -1
9. Aleksandar Rakic
10. Nikita Krylov
11. Johnny Walker
12. Misha Cirkunov
13. Ryan Spann +1
14. Magomed Ankalaev -1
15. Mauricio Rua
HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS
Champion: STIPE MIOCIC
1. Daniel Cormier
2. Francis Ngannou
3. Curtis Blaydes
4. (T) Junior dos Santos
4. (T) Derrick Lewis +1
6. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
7. Alexander Volkov
8. Alistair Overeem
9. Walt Harris
10. Aleksei Oleinik
11. Shamil Abdurakhimov
12. Blagoy Ivanov
13. Augusto Sakai
14. Sergei Pavlovich
15. Fabricio Werdum
Michael Chandler thinks Arman Tsarukayn made a mistake by not taking the title fight against Islam Makhachev at UFC 302 on June 1 in Newark, New Jersey.
