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Earlier today news broke that current UFC interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones had been removed from the UFC rankings.<\/p>\n

Well two other former UFC title holders were also removed from the UFC ranking over the weekend, as both Brock Lesnar and Lyoto Machida are no longer listed.<\/p>\n

Brock Lesnar defeated Mark Hunt via unanimous decision at UFC 200 last month, but shortly after the fight it was announced that “The Beast” had been flagged for an estrogen-blocker in prefight testing.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida has finally been removed from the rankings. “The Dragon” had admitted to using a banned substance back in April. <\/p>\n

You can see all of the UFC’s official rankings here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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