{"id":277615,"date":"2018-06-01T09:58:08","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T16:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=277615"},"modified":"2018-06-01T09:58:08","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T16:58:08","slug":"ufc-rankings-update-darren-till-surges-up-welterweight-ranks-michael-bisping-exits-at-middleweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-rankings\/ufc-rankings-update-darren-till-surges-up-welterweight-ranks-michael-bisping-exits-at-middleweight\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC rankings update: Darren Till surges up welterweight ranks, Michael Bisping exits at middleweight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest iteration of the UFC rankings include a number of interesting changes, as <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/video-ufc-releases-touching-tribute-to-retired-legend-michael-bisping\/\">Michael Bisping<\/a> has exited the middleweight rankings in the wake of his retirement, and Darren Till has surged up the welterweight rankings after his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/stephen-thompson\/mma-community-reacts-to-stephen-thompson-vs-darren-till\/\">controversial<\/a> UFC Liverpool defeat of Stephen &#8220;Wonderboy&#8221; Thompson. This latter move is rather controversial, given that Till <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/darren-till\/darren-till-explains-ufc-liverpool-weigh-in-miss-still-unsure-wonderboy-fight-will-happen\/\">did not make weight for the bout<\/a>, and therefore it did not technically occur in the welterweight division.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the new UFC rankings (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2018\/5\/31\/15258906\/ufc-rankings-liverpool-darren-till-michael-bisping-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAMania<\/a>)<br \/>\nNote:<br \/>\n+\/- = movement in rankings<br \/>\n*NR = Not previously ranked<\/p>\n<p id=\"lsfddt\"><strong>POUND-FOR-POUND<\/strong><br \/>\n1 Demetrious Johnson<br \/>\n2 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/georges-st-pierre\/\">Georges St-Pierre<\/a><br \/>\n3 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\">Conor McGregor<\/a><br \/>\n3 Stipe Miocic<br \/>\n5 Daniel Cormier<br \/>\n6 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Dodson<br \/>\n8 Aljamain Sterling<br \/>\n9 Bryan Caraway<br \/>\n10 Pedro Munhoz<br \/>\n11 Cody Stamann<br \/>\n12 Rob Font<br \/>\n13 Thomas Almeida<br \/>\n14 Brett Johns<br \/>\n15 Eddie Wineland<\/p>\n<p id=\"TB4STy\"><strong>FEATHERWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Max Holloway<br \/>\n1 Brian Ortega<br \/>\n2 Jose Aldo<br \/>\n3 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/frankie-edgar\/\">Frankie Edgar<\/a><br \/>\n4 Jeremy Stephens<br \/>\n5 Cub Swanson<br \/>\n6 Josh Emmett<br \/>\n7 Ricardo Lamas<br \/>\n8 Chan Sung Jung<br \/>\n9 Renato Moicano<br \/>\n10 Darren Elkins<br \/>\n11 Mirsad Bektic<br \/>\n12 Zabit Magomedsharipov<br \/>\n13 Myles Jury<br \/>\n14 Dooho Choi<br \/>\n15 Calvin Kattar<\/p>\n<p><strong>LIGHTWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Khabib Nurmagomedov<br \/>\n1 Conor McGregor<br \/>\n2 Tony Ferguson<br \/>\n3 Eddie Alvarez<br \/>\n4 Dustin Poirier<br \/>\n5 Kevin Lee<br \/>\n6 Edson Barboza<br \/>\n7 Justin Gaethje<br \/>\n8 <a 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Hyun Kim<\/p>\n<p id=\"Ko8oSE\"><strong>MIDDLEWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Robert Whittaker<br \/>\n1 Yoel Romero<br \/>\n2 Luke Rockhold<br \/>\n3 Chris Weidman<br \/>\n4 Kelvin Gastelum<br \/>\n5 Jacare Souza<br \/>\n6 Derek Brunson +1<br \/>\n7 David Branch +1<br \/>\n8 Lyoto Machida +1<br \/>\n8 Brad Tavares +1<br \/>\n10 Uriah Hall +1<br \/>\n11 Antonio Carlos Junior +1<br \/>\n12 Thiago Santos<br \/>\n13 Paulo Costa +1<br \/>\n14 Elias Theodorou +1<br \/>\n15 Krzysztof Jotko *NR<\/p>\n<p><strong>LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Daniel Cormier<br \/>\n1 Alexander Gustafsson<br \/>\n2 Volkan Oezdemir<br \/>\n3 Glover Teixeira<br \/>\n4 Ilir Latifi<br \/>\n5 Jan Blachowicz<br \/>\n6 Jimi Manuwa<br \/>\n7 Mauricio Rua<br \/>\n7 Ovince Saint Preux<br \/>\n9 Corey Anderson<br \/>\n10 Misha Cirkunov<br \/>\n11 Patrick Cummins<br \/>\n12 Dominick Reyes<br \/>\n13 Gadzhimurad Antigulov<br \/>\n14 Tyson Pedro<br \/>\n15 Gian Villante<\/p>\n<p><strong>HEAVYWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Stipe Miocic<br \/>\n1 Francis Ngannou<br \/>\n2 Alistair Overeem<br \/>\n3 Alexander Volkov<br \/>\n4 Curtis Blaydes<br \/>\n5 Derrick Lewis +1<br \/>\n6 Mark Hunt +1<br \/>\n7 Junior Dos Santos +8<br \/>\n8 Marcin Tybura<br \/>\n9 Andrei Arlovski<br \/>\n10 Aleksei Oleinik<br \/>\n11 Stefan Struve<br \/>\n12 Tai Tuivasa<br \/>\n13 Shamil Abdurakhimov<br \/>\n14 Justin Willis<br \/>\n15 Junior Albini *NR<\/p>\n<p id=\"yHGmLB\"><strong>WOMEN&#8217;S STRAWWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Rose Namajunas<br \/>\n1 Joanna Jedrzejczyk<br \/>\n2 Jessica Andrade<br \/>\n3 Claudia Gadelha<br \/>\n4 Karolina Kowalkiewicz<br \/>\n5 Tecia Torres<br \/>\n6 Carla Esparza<br \/>\n7 Michelle Waterson<br \/>\n8 Felice Herrig<br \/>\n9 Tatiana Suarez<br \/>\n10 Cortney Casey<br \/>\n11 Alexa Grasso<br \/>\n12 Randa Markos<br \/>\n13 Nina Ansaroff<br \/>\n14 Joanne Calderwood<br \/>\n15 Angela Hill<\/p>\n<p><strong>WOMEN&#8217;S FLYWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Nicco Montano<br \/>\n1 Valentina Shevchenko<br \/>\n2 Sijara Eubanks<br \/>\n3 Lauren Murphy<br \/>\n4 Alexis Davis<br \/>\n5 Katlyn Chookagian<br \/>\n6 Barb Honchak<br \/>\n7 Liz Carmouche<br \/>\n8 Roxanne Modafferi<br \/>\n9 Jessica-Rose Clark<br \/>\n10 Jessica Eye<br \/>\n11 Ashlee Evans-Smith<br \/>\n12 Andrea Lee<br \/>\n13 Mara Romero Borella<br \/>\n14 Paige VanZant<br \/>\n15 Gillian Robertson *NR<\/p>\n<p><strong>WOMEN&#8217;S BANTAMWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Amanda Nunes<br \/>\n1 Holly Holm<br \/>\n2 Ketlen Vieira<br \/>\n3 Julianna Pena<br \/>\n4 Raquel Pennington<br \/>\n5 Germaine de Randamie<br \/>\n6 Cat Zingano<br \/>\n7 Marion Reneau<br \/>\n8 Sara McMann<br \/>\n9 Aspen Ladd<br \/>\n10 Bethe Correia<br \/>\n11 Lina Lansberg +3<br \/>\n12 Irene Aldana -1<br \/>\n13 Lucie Pudilova -1<br \/>\n14 Sarah Moras -1<br \/>\n15 Gina Mazany<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of these latest UFC rankings, featuring Darren Till at 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