{"id":226714,"date":"2017-03-07T12:52:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T20:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=226714"},"modified":"2017-04-14T14:04:25","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T21:04:25","slug":"ufc-rankings-updated-following-ufc-209-nate-diaz-dropping-in-lightweight-ranks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-rankings\/ufc-rankings-updated-following-ufc-209-nate-diaz-dropping-in-lightweight-ranks\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC rankings updated following UFC 209 &#8211; Nate Diaz dropping in lightweight ranks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC updated their rankings following <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-209\/ufc-209-results-woodley-vs-thompson-2\/\">UFC 209<\/a>, which took place over the weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>UFC welterweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-tyron-woodley-mcgregor-st-pierre-and-bisping-dont-want-a-fight-against-me\/\">Tyron Woodley<\/a> was able to jump up a spot to the #8 spot in the pound-for-pound ranks with his majority win over <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/stephen-thompson\/stephen-thompson-issues-statement-controversial-ufc-209-loss-tyron-woodley\/\">Stephen Thompson<\/a>. Interestingly, TJ Dillashaw went up a rank in the pound-for-pound ranking <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/khabib-nurmagomedov\/khabib-nurmagomedov-vs-tony-ferguson-canceled\/\">over Khabib Nurmagomedov<\/a> with both fighters not competing over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tyron-Woodley-Stephen-Thompson.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tyron-Woodley-Stephen-Thompson.png\" alt=\"Tyron Woodley Stephen Thompson 209\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-226548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tyron-Woodley-Stephen-Thompson.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tyron-Woodley-Stephen-Thompson-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tyron-Woodley-Stephen-Thompson-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tyron-Woodley-Stephen-Thompson-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fan favorite <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/nate-diaz\/\">Nate Diaz<\/a> dropped two spots in the lightweight division down to the #8 spot. Diaz last fought <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a> in a welterweight contest at UFC 202 in August of last year where the judges awarded McGregor with a majority decision after five exciting rounds at UFC 202.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the full <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\/rankings?id=\" target=\"_blank\">UFC<\/a> rankings below:<\/p>\n<p>Note:<br \/>\n*NR \u2013 Not Previously Ranked<br \/>\n+ Indicates a move up in ranking<br \/>\n\u2013 Indicates a drop in ranking<\/p>\n<p><strong>POUND-FOR-POUND<\/strong><br \/>\n1    Demetrious Johnson<br \/>\n2    Conor McGregor<br \/>\n3    Daniel Cormier<br \/>\n4    Jose Aldo<br \/>\n5    Cody Garbrandt<br \/>\n6    Stipe Miocic<br \/>\n7    Joanna Jedrzejczyk<br \/>\n8    Tyron Woodley +1<br \/>\n9    Dominick Cruz -1<br \/>\n10    Michael Bisping<br \/>\n11    Amanda Nunes<br \/>\n12    Max Holloway<br \/>\n13    TJ Dillashaw +1<br \/>\n14    Khabib Nurmagomedov -1<br \/>\n15    Yoel Romero <\/p>\n<p><strong>FLYWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Demetrious Johnson<br \/>\n1    Joseph Benavidez<br \/>\n2    Henry Cejudo<br \/>\n3    Jussier Formiga<br \/>\n4    Wilson Reis<br \/>\n5    Sergio Pettis<br \/>\n6    Ian McCall +1<br \/>\n7    Dustin Ortiz -1<br \/>\n8    Ray Borg<br \/>\n9    Brandon Moreno<br \/>\n10    Tim Elliott<br \/>\n11    John Moraga<br \/>\n12    Louis Smolka<br \/>\n13    Ben Nguyen<br \/>\n14    Alexandre Pantoja<br \/>\n15    Ryan Benoit <\/p>\n<p><strong>BANTAMWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Cody Garbrandt<br \/>\n1    Dominick Cruz<br \/>\n2    TJ Dillashaw<br \/>\n3    Raphael Assuncao<br \/>\n4    John Lineker<br \/>\n5    Jimmie Rivera<br \/>\n6    Bryan Caraway<br \/>\n7    John Dodson +2<br \/>\n8    Aljamain Sterling -1<br \/>\n9    Michael McDonald -1<br \/>\n10    Thomas Almeida<br \/>\n11    Eddie Wineland<br \/>\n12    Johnny Eduardo<br \/>\n13    Pedro Munhoz +1<br \/>\n14    Rani Yahya -1<br \/>\n15    Iuri Alcantara<\/p>\n<p><strong>FEATHERWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Jose Aldo<br \/>\n1    Max Holloway (Interim Champion)<br \/>\n2    Frankie Edgar<br \/>\n3    Ricardo Lamas<br \/>\n4    Cub Swanson<br \/>\n5    Jeremy Stephens<br \/>\n6    Anthony Pettis<br \/>\n7    Chan Sung Jung<br \/>\n8    Charles Oliveira -1<br \/>\n9    Yair Rodriguez -2<br \/>\n10    Brian Ortega<br \/>\n11    Dennis Bermudez<br \/>\n12    Darren Elkins +2<br \/>\n13    Dooho Choi -1<br \/>\n14    Renan Barao +1<br \/>\n15    Mirsad Bektic -2<\/p>\n<p><strong>LIGHTWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Conor McGregor<br \/>\n1    Khabib Nurmagomedov<br \/>\n2    Tony Ferguson<br \/>\n3    Eddie Alvarez<br \/>\n4    Rafael Dos Anjos<br \/>\n5    Edson Barboza<br \/>\n6    Michael Johnson +1<br \/>\n7    Michael Chiesa +1<br \/>\n8    Nate Diaz -2<br \/>\n9    Beneil Dariush<br \/>\n10    Dustin Poirier<br \/>\n11    Francisco Trinaldo<br \/>\n12    Gilbert Melendez<br \/>\n13    Evan Dunham<br \/>\n14    Al Iaquinta<br \/>\n15    Will Brooks <\/p>\n<p><strong>WELTERWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Tyron Woodley<br \/>\n1    Stephen Thompson<br \/>\n2    Robbie Lawler<br \/>\n3    Demian Maia<br \/>\n4    Carlos Condit<br \/>\n5    Neil Magny<br \/>\n6    Jorge Masvidal<br \/>\n7    Dong Hyun Kim<br \/>\n8    Donald Cerrone<br \/>\n9    Gunnar Nelson<br \/>\n10    Tarec Saffiedine<br \/>\n11    Kamaru Usman<br \/>\n12    Ryan LaFlare +1<br \/>\n13    Jake Ellenberger -1<br \/>\n14    Matt Brown<br \/>\n15    Santiago Ponzinibbio<\/p>\n<p><strong>MIDDLEWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Michael Bisping<br \/>\n1    Yoel Romero<br \/>\n2    Luke Rockhold<br \/>\n3    Jacare Souza<br \/>\n4    Chris Weidman<br \/>\n5    Gegard Mousasi<br \/>\n6    Robert Whittaker<br \/>\n7    Anderson Silva<br \/>\n8    Derek Brunson +1<br \/>\n9    Vitor Belfort -1<br \/>\n10    Kelvin Gastelum<br \/>\n11    Krzysztof Jotko<br \/>\n12    Thales Leites<br \/>\n13    Uriah Hall<br \/>\n14    Sam Alvey +1<br \/>\n15    Tim Boetsch -1<\/p>\n<p><strong>LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Daniel Cormier<br \/>\n1    Anthony Johnson<br \/>\n2    Alexander Gustafsson<br \/>\n3    Glover Teixeira<br \/>\n4    Jimi Manuwa +1<br \/>\n5    Ryan Bader -1<br \/>\n6    Mauricio Rua<br \/>\n7    Corey Anderson<br \/>\n8    Volkan Oezdemir +1<br \/>\n9    Ovince Saint Preux -1<br \/>\n10    Ilir Latifi<br \/>\n11    Rogerio Nogueira<br \/>\n12    Gian Villante<br \/>\n13    Patrick Cummins<br \/>\n14    Jan Blachowicz<br \/>\n15    Misha Cirkunov *NR<\/p>\n<p><strong>HEAVYWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Stipe Miocic<br \/>\n1    Fabricio Werdum<br \/>\n2    Cain Velasquez<br \/>\n3    Alistair Overeem<br \/>\n4    Junior Dos Santos<br \/>\n5    Ben Rothwell<br \/>\n6    Francis Ngannou<br \/>\n7    Derrick Lewis<br \/>\n8    Mark Hunt<br \/>\n9    Andrei Arlovski<br \/>\n10    Travis Browne<br \/>\n11    Stefan Struve<br \/>\n12    Alexander Volkov<br \/>\n13    Daniel Omielanczuk<br \/>\n14    Aleksei Oleinik<br \/>\n15    Tim Johnson<\/p>\n<p><strong>WOMEN&#8217;S STRAWWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Joanna Jedrzejczyk<br \/>\n1    Claudia Gadelha<br \/>\n2    Karolina Kowalkiewicz<br \/>\n3    Jessica Andrade<br \/>\n4    Rose Namajunas<br \/>\n5    Tecia Torres<br \/>\n6    Michelle Waterson<br \/>\n7    Joanne Calderwood<br \/>\n8    Carla Esparza<br \/>\n9    Randa Markos<br \/>\n10    Maryna Moroz +1<br \/>\n11    Paige VanZant -1<br \/>\n12    Felice Herrig<br \/>\n13    Jessica Aguilar<br \/>\n14    Jessica Penne<br \/>\n15    Justine Kish <\/p>\n<p><strong>WOMEN&#8217;S BANTAMWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Amanda Nunes<br \/>\n1    Valentina Shevchenko<br \/>\n2    Julianna Pena<br \/>\n3    Ronda Rousey -1<br \/>\n4    Holly Holm<br \/>\n5    Raquel Pennington<br \/>\n6    Sara McMann<br \/>\n7    Cat Zingano<br \/>\n8    Liz Carmouche<br \/>\n9    Bethe Correia<br \/>\n10    Germaine de Randamie<br \/>\n11    Alexis Davis<br \/>\n12    Ashlee Evans-Smith<br \/>\n13    Marion Reneau<br \/>\n13    Jessica Eye +1<br \/>\n15    Leslie Smith<\/p>\n<p><strong>WOMEN\u2019S FEATHERWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nNo rankings available for this selection.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dana-presser.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dana-presser.png\" alt=\"UFC president\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-192407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dana-presser.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dana-presser-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dana-presser-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dana-presser-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on the updated rankings? Share your thoughts with us in the comment section!<\/p>\n<p>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPENN.COM<\/a> on 3\/7\/2017.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC updated their rankings following UFC 209, which took place over the weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley was able to jump up a spot to the #8 spot in the pound-for-pound ranks with his majority win over Stephen Thompson. 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