{"id":280869,"date":"2018-07-17T10:06:09","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T17:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=280869"},"modified":"2018-07-17T10:06:09","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T17:06:09","slug":"ufc-rankings-update-chad-mendes-alexander-volkanovski-surge-featherweight-top-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-rankings\/ufc-rankings-update-chad-mendes-alexander-volkanovski-surge-featherweight-top-15\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Rankings update: Chad Mendes, Alexander Volkanovski surge into featherweight top-15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The official UFC rankings have been <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-rankings\/ufc-rankings-update-daniel-cormier-is-named-pound-for-pound-king\/\">updated<\/a> in the wake of last Saturday&#8217;s exciting UFC Boise card.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest changes in these latest UFC rankings occurred at featherweight, where the long-absent Chad 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\/>\n7 Tyron Woodley +1<br \/>\n8 Stipe Miocic -1<br \/>\n9 Khabib Nurmagomedov<br \/>\n10 Robert Whittaker<br \/>\n11 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/cris-cyborg\/\">Cris Cyborg<\/a><br \/>\n12 Tony Ferguson<br \/>\n13 Amanda Nunes<br \/>\n14 Cody Garbrandt<br \/>\n15 Rose Namajunas<\/p>\n<p><strong>FLYWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Demetrious Johnson<br \/>\n1 Henry Cejudo<br \/>\n2 Sergio Pettis<br \/>\n3 Joseph Benavidez<br \/>\n4 Ray Borg<br \/>\n5 Jussier Formiga<br \/>\n6 John Moraga<br \/>\n7 Wilson Reis<br \/>\n8 Alexandre Pantoja<br \/>\n9 Dustin Ortiz +1<br \/>\n9 Brandon Moreno<br \/>\n11 Ben Nguyen<br \/>\n12 Matheus Nicolau<br \/>\n13 Tim Elliott<br \/>\n14 Deiveson Figueiredo<br \/>\n15 Ulka Sasaki<\/p>\n<p><strong>BANTAMWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: TJ Dillashaw<br \/>\n1 Cody Garbrandt<br \/>\n2 Dominick Cruz<br \/>\n3 Raphael Assuncao<br \/>\n4 Marlon Moraes<br \/>\n5 Jimmie Rivera<br \/>\n6 John Lineker<br \/>\n7 John Dodson<br \/>\n8 Aljamain Sterling<br \/>\n9 Pedro Munhoz +1<br \/>\n10 Cody Stamann -1<br \/>\n11 Rob Font<br \/>\n12 Alejandro Perez +1<br \/>\n13 Thomas Almeida -1<br \/>\n14 Brett Johns<br \/>\n15 Douglas Silva de Andrade *NR<\/p>\n<p id=\"dQvzS8\"><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 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jeremy-stephens\/after-being-offered-ufc-226-interim-title-fights-with-ortega-and-edgar-jeremy-stephens-says-hes-always-ready\/\">Jeremy Stephens\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n5 Cub Swanson<br \/>\n6 Josh Emmett<br \/>\n7 Chad Mendes *NR<br \/>\n8 Mirsad Bektic -1<br \/>\n9 Chan Sung Jung -1<br \/>\n10 Renato Moicano -1<br \/>\n11 Alexander Volkanovski *NR<br \/>\n12 Ricardo Lamas -1<br \/>\n13 Darren Elkins -3<br \/>\n14 Zabit Magomedsharipov -1<br \/>\n15 Yair Rodriguez<\/p>\n<p><strong>LIGHTWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Khabib Nurmagomedov<br \/>\n1 Tony Ferguson<br \/>\n2 Conor McGregor<br \/>\n3 Eddie Alvarez<br \/>\n4 Dustin Poirier<br \/>\n5 Kevin Lee<br \/>\n6 Edson Barboza<br \/>\n7 Justin Gaethje<br \/>\n8 Anthony Pettis<br \/>\n9 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/nate-diaz\/\">Nate Diaz<\/a> -1<br \/>\n10 Al Iaquinta<br \/>\n11 James Vick<br \/>\n12 Michael Chiesa<br \/>\n13 Alexander Hernandez<br \/>\n14 Dan Hooker<br \/>\n15 Francisco Trinaldo<\/p>\n<p><strong>WELTERWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Tyron Woodley<br \/>\n1 Colby Covington (Interim Champion)<br \/>\n2 Darren Till<br \/>\n3 Rafael Dos Anjos<br \/>\n4 Stephen Thompson<br \/>\n5 Robbie Lawler<br \/>\n6 Kamaru Usman<br \/>\n7 Demian Maia<br \/>\n8 Neil Magny<br \/>\n9 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/jorge-masvidal\/\">Jorge Masvidal<\/a><br \/>\n10 Santiago Ponzinibbio<br \/>\n11 Leon Edwards<br \/>\n12 Donald Cerrone<br \/>\n13 Gunnar Nelson<br \/>\n14 Alex Oliveira<br \/>\n15 Dong Hyun Kim<\/p>\n<p id=\"8c5PiK\"><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<br \/>\n7 David Branch<br \/>\n8 Paulo Costa<br \/>\n9 Israel Adesanya<br \/>\n10 Brad Tavares<br \/>\n11 Antonio Carlos Junior<br \/>\n12 Uriah Hall<br \/>\n13 Thiago Santos<br \/>\n14 Elias Theodorou<br \/>\n15 Krzysztof Jotko<\/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 Ovince Saint Preux<br \/>\n8 Mauricio Rua<br \/>\n9 Corey Anderson<br \/>\n10 Misha Cirkunov<br \/>\n11 Dominick Reyes<br \/>\n12 Patrick Cummins<br \/>\n13 Tyson Pedro<br \/>\n14 Gadzhimurad Antigulov<br \/>\n15 Sam Alvey<\/p>\n<p><strong>HEAVYWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Daniel Cormier<br \/>\n1 Stipe Miocic<br \/>\n2 Derrick Lewis<br \/>\n3 Curtis Blaydes<br \/>\n4 Francis Ngannou<br \/>\n5 Alexander Volkov<br \/>\n6 Alistair Overeem<br \/>\n7 Junior Dos Santos +1<br \/>\n8 Mark Hunt -1<br \/>\n9 Marcin Tybura<br \/>\n10 Tai Tuivasa<br \/>\n11 Aleksei Oleinik<br \/>\n12 Andrei Arlovski<br \/>\n13 Stefan Struve<br \/>\n14 Shamil Abdurakhimov<br \/>\n15 Justin Willis<\/p>\n<p id=\"1VvyCl\"><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 Alexis Davis<br \/>\n4 Liz Carmouche +3<br \/>\n5 Roxanne Modafferi -1<br \/>\n6 Lauren Murphy -1<br \/>\n7 Katlyn Chookagian -1<br \/>\n8 Jessica Eye<br \/>\n9 Barb Honchak<br \/>\n10 Jessica-Rose Clark<br \/>\n11 Ashlee Evans-Smith<br \/>\n12 Andrea Lee<br \/>\n13 Mara Romero Borella<br \/>\n14 Montana De La Rosa +1<br \/>\n15 Paige VanZant -1<\/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<br \/>\n12 Irene Aldana<br \/>\n13 Lucie Pudilova<br \/>\n14 Sarah Moras<br \/>\n15 Gina Mazany<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of these new UFC rankings?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This 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