{"id":282049,"date":"2018-08-02T07:06:40","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T14:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=282049"},"modified":"2018-08-02T07:10:13","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T14:10:13","slug":"ufc-rankings-update-dustin-poirier-and-conor-mcgregor-move-up-at-lightweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-rankings\/ufc-rankings-update-dustin-poirier-and-conor-mcgregor-move-up-at-lightweight\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC rankings update: Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor move up at lightweight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of last weekend&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/scraps-of-the-month\/bjpenn-coms-scraps-of-the-month-for-july-2018\/\">action-packed<\/a> UFC Calgary card. As always, these new UFC rankings feature some logical changes, and some that seem to be governed completely by whim.<\/p>\n<p>Dustin Poirier, for example, has surged up to the number-three spot in the UFC lightweight rankings as a result of his UFC Calgary knockout of Eddie Alvarez. Yet <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a>, who has not competed in mixed martial arts since August of 2016, has also moved up, surpassing Tony Ferguson to take the number-one spot.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the newest UFC rankings, complete with all the zany shifts you&#8217;d expect (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2018\/8\/2\/14266506\/latest-ufc-rankings-update-dustin-poirier-katlyn-chookagian-calgary-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAMania<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><em>Note:<\/em><br \/>\n<em>+\/- = movement in rankings<\/em><br \/>\n<em>*NR = Not previously ranked<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"a8ebrn\"><strong>POUND-FOR-POUND<\/strong><br \/>\n1 Daniel Cormier<br \/>\n2 Demetrious Johnson<br \/>\n3 Conor McGregor<br \/>\n3 Max Holloway<br \/>\n5 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/georges-st-pierre\/\">Georges St-Pierre<\/a><br \/>\n6 TJ Dillashaw<br \/>\n7 Tyron Woodley<br \/>\n8 Khabib Nurmagomedov +1<br \/>\n9 Stipe Miocic -1<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 id=\"OgTD1F\"><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<br \/>\n10 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 id=\"nFQf7P\"><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<br \/>\n10 Cody Stamann<br \/>\n11 Rob Font<br \/>\n12 Alejandro Perez<br \/>\n13 Thomas Almeida<br \/>\n14 Brett Johns<br \/>\n15 Douglas Silva de Andrade<\/p>\n<p id=\"mBMvJz\"><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 Chad Mendes<br \/>\n7 Josh Emmett -1<br \/>\n8 Mirsad Bektic<br \/>\n9 Chan Sung Jung<br \/>\n10 Renato Moicano<br \/>\n11 Alexander Volkanovski<br \/>\n12 Ricardo Lamas<br \/>\n13 Darren Elkins<br \/>\n14 Yair Rodriguez<br \/>\n15 Zabit Magomedsharipov<\/p>\n<p id=\"UJyJ6i\"><strong>LIGHTWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Khabib Nurmagomedov<br \/>\n1 Conor McGregor +1<br \/>\n2 Tony Ferguson -1<br \/>\n3 Dustin Poirier +1<br \/>\n4 Eddie Alvarez -1<br \/>\n5 Kevin Lee<br \/>\n6 Edson Barboza<br \/>\n7 Justin Gaethje<br \/>\n8 Anthony Pettis<br \/>\n9 Al Iaquinta +1<br \/>\n10 James Vick +1<br \/>\n10 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/nate-diaz\/\">Nate Diaz<\/a> -1<br \/>\n12 Michael Chiesa<br \/>\n13 Alexander Hernandez<br \/>\n14 Dan Hooker<br \/>\n15 Francisco Trinaldo<\/p>\n<p id=\"Xjerue\"><strong>WELTERWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Tyron Woodley<br \/>\n1 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/colby-covington\/photo-dana-white-visits-donald-trump-at-the-white-house-without-colby-covington\/\">Colby Covington<\/a> (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=\"BGS4OG\"><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 id=\"NQqgPv\"><strong>LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Daniel Cormier<br \/>\n1 Alexander Gustafsson<br \/>\n2 Volkan Oezdemir<br \/>\n3 Ilir Latifi<br \/>\n4 Jan Blachowicz<br \/>\n5 Jimi Manuwa<br \/>\n6 Corey Anderson<br \/>\n7 Ovince Saint Preux<br \/>\n8 Glover Teixeira<br \/>\n9 Anthony Smith<br \/>\n10 Misha Cirkunov<br \/>\n11 Mauricio Rua<br \/>\n12 Dominick Reyes<br \/>\n13 Patrick Cummins<br \/>\n14 Tyson Pedro<br \/>\n15 Sam Alvey *NR<\/p>\n<p id=\"ZzlQQ6\"><strong>HEAVYWEIGHT<\/strong><br 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Nicco Montano<br \/>\n1 Valentina Shevchenko<br \/>\n2 Sijara Eubanks<br \/>\n3 Katlyn Chookagian +4<br \/>\n4 Roxanne Modafferi +1<br \/>\n5 Liz Carmouche -1<br \/>\n6 Alexis Davis -3<br \/>\n7 Lauren Murphy -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<br \/>\n15 Paige VanZant<\/p>\n<p id=\"NUy0b0\"><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 article first appeared 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