Category: UFC Rankings

  • UFC rankings update: Ciryl Gane, Magomed Ankalaev make huge climbs

    UFC rankings update: Ciryl Gane, Magomed Ankalaev make huge climbs

    The official UFC rankings have been updated after last Saturday’s UFC Vegas 20 card, and as always, there have been so big changes. Most notably, Ciryl Gane is now a top-5 heavyweight after beating Jairzinho Rozenstruik by decision in the card’s main event. Magomed Ankalaev also made a big climb in the light heavyweight rankings […]

  • UFC rankings update: Kamaru Usman climbs pound-for-pound list, Alexa Grasso hits top-10

    UFC rankings update: Kamaru Usman climbs pound-for-pound list, Alexa Grasso hits top-10

    The official UFC rankings have been updated after last Saturday’s UFC 258 card in Las Vegas, and as expected, there have been some big changes. Most notably, UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman moved up the men’s pound-for-pound list after beating Gilbert Burns in the card’s main event. He’s now sitting at No. 4. Alexa Grasso […]

  • UFC rankings update: Conor McGregor tumbles, Michael Chandler debuts

    UFC rankings update: Conor McGregor tumbles, Michael Chandler debuts

    The official UFC rankings have been updated after last Saturday’s UFC 257 card on Fight Island, and as expected there have been some big changes. Most notably, former two-division champion Conor McGregor has fallen in the pound-for-pound and lightweight rankings after being stopped by Dustin Poirier in the card’s main event. Former Bellator lightweight champion […]

  • UFC rankings update: Conor McGregor returns to welterweight top-15

    UFC rankings update: Conor McGregor returns to welterweight top-15

    The official UFC rankings have been updated after Saturday’s UFC Vegas 17 card, and there have been some interesting changes. Most notably, Rob Font has taken a huge climb of the bantamweight list after dominating former title challenger Marlon Moraes on the main card. In defeat, Moraes has tumbled down the list. There’s also been […]

  • UFC rankings update: Cody Garbrandt rockets up at bantamweight, O’Malley debuts

    UFC rankings update: Cody Garbrandt rockets up at bantamweight, O’Malley debuts

    The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of last weekend’s UFC 250 card, and there have been some major changes, particularly in the bantamweight division. Former UFC bantamweight champ Cody Garbrandt, who delivered a crushing knockout win over Raphael Assuncao in the card’s co-main event, is back in the division’s top-5. Sean […]

  • UFC rankings update: Glover Teixeira climbs at light heavyweight

    UFC rankings update: Glover Teixeira climbs at light heavyweight

    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 […]

  • UFC rankings update: Weili Zhang zips past Valentina Shevchenko on P4P list

    UFC rankings update: Weili Zhang zips past Valentina Shevchenko on P4P list

    The official UFC rankings have been updated after last Saturday’s UFC 248 card, and in a fairly surprising twist, not much has changed. That’s probably because UFC 248 featured precisely zero ranked fighters outside the main and co-main events. That being said, the updated UFC rankings do feature some interesting changes. Most notably, Weili Zhang […]

  • UFC rankings update: Deiveson Figueiredo moves up at flyweight

    UFC rankings update: Deiveson Figueiredo moves up at flyweight

    The official UFC rankings have been updated after last weekend’s UFC Norfolk card, and there have been some interesting changes. Most notably, Deiveson Figueiredo has swiped the No. 1 spot at flyweight after stopping Joseph Benavidez in the main event. Had Figueiredo made weight for the fight, he could now call himself the UFC flyweight […]

  • UFC rankings update: Jan Blachowicz passes Daniel Cormier

    UFC rankings update: Jan Blachowicz passes Daniel Cormier

    The official UFC rankings have been updated after last Saturday’s UFC Rio Rancho card, and as expected, there are some interesting changes. Most notably, Jan Blachowicz, who knocked out Corey Anderson in the card’s main event, has made a big climb up at light heavyweight, surpassing the former champ Daniel Cormier. Of course, Cormier hasn’t […]

  • UFC rankings update: Promotion unveils men’s and women’s pound-for-pound rankings

    UFC rankings update: Promotion unveils men’s and women’s pound-for-pound rankings

    The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of Saturday’s UFC Raleigh card, and as expected, there have been some interesting changes. The biggest changes, however, do not relate to the card. Instead, the biggest difference you’ll notice in the new UFC rankings is the addition of new men’s and women’s pound-for-pound rankings. […]

  • UFC rankings update: Justin Gaethje passes Conor McGregor

    UFC rankings update: Justin Gaethje passes Conor McGregor

    The official UFC rankings have been update in the wake of last weekend’s UFC Busan card, and as expected, there have been some interesting changes. Most notably, UFC Busan main event winner has climbed up the featherweight list after knocking out Frankie Edgar. Unrelated to UFC Busan, UFC lightweight contender Justin Gaethje has snuck past […]

  • UFC rankings update: Conor McGregor nearly off pound-for-pound list

    UFC rankings update: Conor McGregor nearly off pound-for-pound list

    The UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of Saturday’s UFC Sao Paulo card, and as expected, there have been some interesting changes. Most notably, former UFC lightweight heavyweight champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua has been 86’d from the light heavyweight rankings after battling Paul Craig to a draw in the UFC Sao Paulo co-main […]

  • UFC rankings update: Ben Askren takes a tumble, Dominick Cruz exits

    UFC rankings update: Ben Askren takes a tumble, Dominick Cruz exits

    The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of last Saturday’s UFC Singapore card, and as expected, former ONE and Bellator champ Ben Askren has taken a tumble down the welterweight rankings after losing to Demian Maia in the main event. In victory, Maia has hiked up four spots to No. 6. Elsewhere […]

  • UFC rankings update: Jared Cannonier surges up at middleweight

    UFC rankings update: Jared Cannonier surges up at middleweight

    The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of last weekend’s action-packed UFC Copenhagen card, and as expected, there have been some interesting changes. Most notably, main event winner Jared Cannonier has rocketed up the middleweight rankings on the strength of his first-round drubbing of Jack Hermansson. He’s now settled at No. 5 […]

  • UFC rankings update: Justin Gaethje climbs at lightweight

    UFC rankings update: Justin Gaethje climbs at lightweight

    The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of last Saturday’s UFC Vancouver card, and as expected, there have been some interesting changes. Most notably, Justin Gaethje has climbed up to the number-four spot in the lightweight division on the strength of his devastating knockout of Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone. See these new UFC […]

  • Reddit user exposes UFC rankings system

    Reddit user exposes UFC rankings system

    A Reddit user has dug deep into the UFC rankings, and has exposed a flawed system that features a number of panelists who do not actually even cover MMA. Reddit user u/kneeco28 posted an in-depth rundown of all 14 panelists on the UFC rankings panel. What he found was that a third of the panelists […]

  • UFC rankings update: Khabib Nurmagomedov doesn’t get his wish

    UFC rankings update: Khabib Nurmagomedov doesn’t get his wish

    After his UFC 242 submission defeat of Dustin Poirier, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov wanted the No. 1 spot in the UFC’s pound for pound rankings. Unfortunately, the champ has not gotten his wish. On Wednesday, the official UFC rankings were updated, and while they do feature some interesting changes, Nurmagomedov has not moved from […]

  • UFC rankings update | Weili Zhang soars at strawweight, Israel Adesanya joins P4P rankings

    UFC rankings update | Weili Zhang soars at strawweight, Israel Adesanya joins P4P rankings

    The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of last weekend’s UFC Shenzhen card, and as expected, there have been some big changes. Most notably, Weili Zhang has assumed the top spot in the strawweight division, having captured the title by defeating Jessica Andrade in less than a minute in the card’s main […]

  • UFC rankings update: Valentina Shevchenko passes Conor McGregor

    UFC rankings update: Valentina Shevchenko passes Conor McGregor

    The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of last Saturday’s UFC Uruguay card, and as expected, there have been some big changes. Perhaps the biggest changes in these new UFC rankings concern flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko, who defeated Liz Carmouche in the UFC Uruguay main event. With this victory, Shevchenko breezed past […]

  • UFC rankings update: Daniel Cormier rises at light heavyweight

    UFC rankings update: Daniel Cormier rises at light heavyweight

    The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of Saturday’s UFC Newark card, and they feature some interesting changes — though perhaps not in the way you’d expect. While it was expected to see some movement at welterweight after Colby Covington thumped Robbie Lawler in the card’s main event, the most notable change […]

  • UFC rankings update: Amanda Nunes climbs p4p list, Jorge Masvidal cracks welterweight top 3

    UFC rankings update: Amanda Nunes climbs p4p list, Jorge Masvidal cracks welterweight top 3

    The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of last Saturday’s UFC 239 card, and as expected, there have been some big changes. Most notably, reigning UFC women’s bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes has taken a big climb up the UFC’s pound-for-pound rankings, carried by her head kick induced stoppage of former […]

  • UFC rankings update: Francis Ngannou holds spot at heavyweight

    UFC rankings update: Francis Ngannou holds spot at heavyweight

    The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of last Saturday’s UFC Minneapolis card, and as expected there have been a few changes. Interestingly, headliner Francis Ngannou didn’t move on the strength of his 71-second knockout of Junior dos Santos. Instead, he held steady at number two in the heavyweight division. Joseph Benavidez, […]

  • UFC rankings update: ‘Korean Zombie’ rises at featherweight

    UFC rankings update: ‘Korean Zombie’ rises at featherweight

    The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of last Saturday’s UFC Greenville card, and as expected “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung has taken a big climb up the featherweight list on the strength of his first-round drubbing of Renato Moicano. In fact, the Korean Zombie has caused something of a domino […]

  • UFC rankings update: Big changes at light heavyweight, flyweight looks rough

    UFC rankings update: Big changes at light heavyweight, flyweight looks rough

    The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of Saturday’s action-packed UFC Stockholm card, and as expected, there have been some big changes, particularly in the light heavyweight division. Anthony Smith, who defeated Alexander Gustafsson in the card’s main event, has cruised up to the division’s No. 3 spot, behind only Thiago Santos […]

  • UFC rankings update: Jack Hermansson, Corey Sandhagen make huge climbs

    UFC rankings update: Jack Hermansson, Corey Sandhagen make huge climbs

    The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of last weekend’s action-packed UFC Fort Lauderdale card, and as expected, there have been a handful of notable changes. Most notably of all, as expected, is the significant climb of Jack Hermansson, who thrashed Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza in the card’s main event. Glover Teixeira, who […]

  • UFC rankings update: Nate Diaz exits, Alistair Overeem climbs

    UFC rankings update: Nate Diaz exits, Alistair Overeem climbs

    The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of Saturday’s UFC St. Petersburg card, and as expected there have been some notable changes. The biggest change, however, seems to be unrelated to the card, as long absent lightweight star Nate Diaz has finally been ejected from the UFC rankings. In terms of UFC […]

  • UFC rankings update: Big changes at lightweight, flyweight

    UFC rankings update: Big changes at lightweight, flyweight

    The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of last weekend’s UFC Philadelphia card, and as expected there have been some significant changes. The biggest changes to occur in these latest UFC rankings occurred in the lightweight division, as Justin Gaethje made a big climb on the strength of his thrilling knockout victory […]

  • UFC rankings update: Jorge Masvidal surges up at welterweight

    UFC rankings update: Jorge Masvidal surges up at welterweight

    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 […]