The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of last weekend’s action-packed UFC London card, and as expected, there have been some big changes. The biggest changes in these new UFC rankings occurred inside the welterweight division, where Jorge Masvidal surged up six spots on the strength of his second-round beheading of Darren Till.
Co-main event winner Leon Edwards stayed put in the number-10 spot, however, his vanquished foe Gunnar Nelson took a bit of a tumble down the rankings.
Outside the welterweight division, we also saw some changes at light heavyweight, where Dominick Reyes continued his climb.
See the latest UFC rankings, which have not been updated to reflect the suspension of UFC bantamweight champ TJ Dillashaw, below (via MMA Mania).
Note:
+/- = movement in rankings
*NR = Not previously ranked
UFCÂ Rankings
POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Daniel CormierÂ
2 Jon JonesÂ
3 Khabib NurmagomedovÂ
4 Max HollowayÂ
5 Henry CejudoÂ
6 Amanda NunesÂ
7 TJ DillashawÂ
8 Kamaru Usman +1
9 Conor McGregor -1
10 Stipe MiocicÂ
11 Robert WhittakerÂ
12 Tony FergusonÂ
13 Tyron WoodleyÂ
14 Rose NamajunasÂ
15 Cris Cyborg
FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Henry Cejudo
1 Jussier Formiga
2 Joseph Benavidez
3 Ray Borg
4 Deiveson Figueiredo
5 Wilson Reis
6 Alexandre Pantoja
7 Alex Perez
8 Tim Elliott
9 Rogerio Bontorin
9 TJ Dillashaw +1
11 Magomed Bibulatov
12 Eric Shelton
13 Ryan Benoit
14 Kai Kara-France
15 Jordan Espinosa *NR
BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: VACANT
1 Marlon MoraesÂ
2 Raphael AssuncaoÂ
3 Aljamain SterlingÂ
4 Pedro MunhozÂ
5 Dominick CruzÂ
6 Cody GarbrandtÂ
7 Jimmie RiveraÂ
8 John LinekerÂ
9 Petr YanÂ
10 Cody StamannÂ
11 Rob FontÂ
12 John DodsonÂ
13 Alejandro PerezÂ
14 Thomas AlmeidaÂ
15 Ricky Simon
FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Max Holloway
1 Jose AldoÂ
2 Brian OrtegaÂ
3 Frankie EdgarÂ
4 Alexander VolkanovskiÂ
5 Renato MoicanoÂ
6 Zabit MagomedsharipovÂ
7 Jeremy StephensÂ
8 Cub SwansonÂ
9 Mirsad BekticÂ
10 Josh EmmettÂ
11 Ricardo LamasÂ
12 Yair RodriguezÂ
13 Chan Sung JungÂ
14 Darren ElkinsÂ
15 Calvin Kattar
LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Khabib Nurmagomedov
1 Tony FergusonÂ
2 Conor McGregorÂ
3 Dustin PoirierÂ
4 Al IaquintaÂ
5 Kevin LeeÂ
6 Edson BarbozaÂ
7 Justin GaethjeÂ
8 Anthony PettisÂ
9 Donald CerroneÂ
10 Paul FelderÂ
11 Gregor GillespieÂ
12 Alexander HernandezÂ
13 Nate DiazÂ
14 James VickÂ
15 Charles Oliveira
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Kamaru Usman
1 Tyron Woodley
2 Colby Covington
3 Stephen Thompson +1
4 Rafael Dos Anjos +1
5 Jorge Masvidal +6
6 Ben Askren
7 Darren Till -4
8 Santiago Ponzinibbio -1
9 Robbie Lawler -1
10 Leon Edwards
11 Demian Maia -2
12 Neil Magny
13 Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos +1
14 Gunnar Nelson -1
15 Vincente Luque *NR
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Robert Whittaker
1 Yoel Romero
2 Luke Rockhold
3 Jacare Souza
4 Kelvin Gastelum
5 Israel Adesanya
6 Chris Weidman
7 Paulo Costa
8 Derek Brunson
9 Jared Cannonier
10 Brad Tavares
11 David Branch
12 Antonio Carlos Junior
13 Uriah Hall
14 Elias Theodorou
15 Anderson Silva
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Jon Jones
1 Daniel Cormier
2 Alexander Gustafsson
3 Thiago Santos
4 Anthony Smith
5 Dominick Reyes +3
6 Jan Blachowicz -1
7 Volkan Oezdemir -1
8 Corey Anderson -1
9 Ilir Latifi
10 Jimi Manuwa
11 Glover Teixeira
12 Ovince Saint Preux
13 Johnny Walker
14 Mauricio Rua
15 Misha Cirkunov
HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1 Stipe Miocic
2 Francis Ngannou
3 Junior Dos Santos
4 Curtis Blaydes
5 Derrick Lewis
6 Alexander Volkov
7 Alistair Overeem
8 Cain Velasquez
9 Aleksei Oleinik
10 Justin Willis
11 Marcin Tybura
12 Tai Tuivasa
13 Shamil Abdurakhimov
14 Blagoy Ivanov
15 Andrei Arlovski
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Rose Namajunas
1 Jessica Andrade
2 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
3 Nina Ansaroff
3 Tatiana Suarez
5 Claudia Gadelha
6 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
7 Weili Zhang
8 Tecia Torres
9 Michelle Waterson
10 Carla Esparza
11 Cynthia Calvillo
12 Felice Herrig
13 Cortney Casey
14 Alexa Grasso
15 Randa Markos
WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Valentina Shevchenko
1 Jessica Eye
2 Sijara Eubanks
3 Katlyn Chookagian
4 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
5 Alexis Davis
6 Liz Carmouche
7 Joanne Calderwood
8 Roxanne Modafferi
9 Lauren Murphy
10 Andrea Lee
10 Jessica-Rose Clark
12 Montana De La Rosa
13 Mara Romero Borella
14 Paige VanZant
15 Antonina Shevchenko
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Amanda Nunes
1 Germaine de RandamieÂ
2 Holly HolmÂ
3 Ketlen VieiraÂ
4 Raquel PenningtonÂ
5 Cat Zingano
6 Aspen Ladd
7 Yana Kunitskaya
8 Marion Reneau
9 Sara McMann
10 Irene AldanaÂ
11 Tonya EvingerÂ
12 Bethe CorreiaÂ
13 Lina LansbergÂ
14 Macy ChiassonÂ
15 Talita Bernardo
What do you think of these updated UFC rankings?
This article first appeared on BJPENN.COM on 3/20/2019.
