{"id":285455,"date":"2018-09-20T07:05:16","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T14:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=285455"},"modified":"2018-09-20T07:05:16","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T14:05:16","slug":"ufc-rankings-update-alexey-oleynik-rockets-up-at-heavyweight-nikita-krylov-debuts-at-light-heavyweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-rankings\/ufc-rankings-update-alexey-oleynik-rockets-up-at-heavyweight-nikita-krylov-debuts-at-light-heavyweight\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC rankings update: Alexey Oleynik rockets up at heavyweight, Nikita Krylov debuts at light heavyweight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The official UFC rankings have been update in the wake of last Saturday&#8217;s UFC Moscow card. As expected, these latest UFC rankings feature some interesting changes.<\/p>\n<p>At heavyweight, Russia&#8217;s Alexey Oleynik has taken a nice trip up the list for <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-moscow\/ufc-moscow-results-aleksei-oleinik-submits-mark-hunt-video\/\">his first-round submission defeat of Mark Hunt<\/a>. He&#8217;s now number nine.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Nikita Krylov has also entered the UFC light heavyweight rankings, nabbing the number 15 spot \u2014 even though he was submitted by Jan Blachowicz in his first fight back in the Octagon.<\/p>\n<p>Without further ado, here are the new UFC rankings (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2018\/9\/20\/17881870\/latest-ufc-rankings-update-aleksei-oleinik-jan-blachowicz-advance-following-moscow-wins-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Mania<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Note:<br \/>\n<em>+\/- = movement in rankings<\/em><br \/>\n<em>*NR = Not previously ranked<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"2PaIgj\"><strong>POUND-FOR-POUND<\/strong><br \/>\n1 Daniel Cormier<br \/>\n2 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a><br \/>\n3 TJ Dillashaw<br \/>\n4 Max Holloway<br \/>\n5 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/georges-st-pierre\/\">Georges St-Pierre<\/a><br \/>\n6 Tyron Woodley<br \/>\n7 Demetrious Johnson<br \/>\n8 Khabib Nurmagomedov<br \/>\n9 Stipe Miocic<br \/>\n10 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/cris-cyborg\/\">Cris Cyborg<\/a><br \/>\n11 Henry Cejudo<br \/>\n12 Robert Whittaker<br \/>\n13 Tony Ferguson<br \/>\n14 Amanda Nunes<br \/>\n15 Rose Namajunas<\/p>\n<p><strong>FLYWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Henry Cejudo<br \/>\n1 Demetrious Johnson<br \/>\n2 Sergio Pettis<br \/>\n3 Joseph Benavidez<br \/>\n4 Ray Borg<br \/>\n5 Jussier Formiga<br \/>\n6 Deiveson Figueiredo<br \/>\n7 John Moraga<br \/>\n8 Wilson Reis<br \/>\n9 Dustin Ortiz<br \/>\n10 Alexandre Pantoja<br \/>\n11 Brandon Moreno<br \/>\n12 Ben Nguyen<br \/>\n13 Tim Elliott<br \/>\n14 Matheus Nicolau<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 Aljamain Sterling<br \/>\n8 John Dodson<br \/>\n9 Pedro Munhoz<br \/>\n10 Cody Stamann<br \/>\n11 Rob Font<br \/>\n12 Alejandro Perez<br \/>\n13 Thomas Almeida<br \/>\n14 Douglas Silva de Andrade<br \/>\n15 Rani Yahya<\/p>\n<p id=\"c1Ji1Y\"><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 Renato Moicano<br \/>\n5 Chad Mendes<br \/>\n6 Jeremy Stephens<br \/>\n7 Cub Swanson<br \/>\n8 Josh Emmett<br \/>\n8 Mirsad Bektic<br \/>\n10 Chan Sung Jung<br \/>\n11 Alexander Volkanovski<br \/>\n12 Ricardo Lamas<br \/>\n13 Darren Elkins<br \/>\n14 Zabit Magomedsharipov<br \/>\n15 Yair Rodriguez<\/p>\n<p><strong>LIGHTWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Khabib Nurmagomedov<br \/>\n1 Conor McGregor<br \/>\n2 Tony Ferguson<br \/>\n3 Dustin Poirier<br \/>\n4 Eddie Alvarez<br \/>\n5 Kevin Lee<br \/>\n6 Edson Barboza<br \/>\n7 Justin Gaethje<br \/>\n8 Anthony Pettis<br \/>\n9 Al Iaquinta<br \/>\n10 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/nate-diaz\/\">Nate Diaz<\/a><br \/>\n11 Michael Chiesa<br \/>\n12 James Vick<br \/>\n13 Alexander Hernandez<br \/>\n14 Dan Hooker<br \/>\n15 Rustam Khabilov *NR<\/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 Curtis Millender<\/p>\n<p id=\"5NZnaM\"><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 Thiago Santos<br \/>\n13 Uriah Hall<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 Jan Blachowicz +1<br \/>\n3 Ilir Latifi<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 Nikita Krylov *NR<\/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<br \/>\n8 Aleksei Oleinik +3<br \/>\n9 Marcin Tybura<br \/>\n10 Mark Hunt -2<br \/>\n11 Tai Tuivasa -1<br \/>\n12 Shamil Abdurakhimov +2<br \/>\n13 Andrei Arlovski -1<br \/>\n14 Stefan Struve -1<br \/>\n15 Justin Willis<\/p>\n<p id=\"TnC1GT\"><strong>WOMEN\u2019S STRAWWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Rose Namajunas<br \/>\n1 Joanna Jedrzejczyk<br \/>\n2 Jessica Andrade<br \/>\n3 Claudia Gadelha<br \/>\n4 Tatiana Suarez<br \/>\n5 Karolina Kowalkiewicz<br \/>\n6 Tecia Torres<br \/>\n7 Carla Esparza +1<br \/>\n8 Michelle Waterson -1<br \/>\n9 Felice Herrig<br \/>\n10 Cortney Casey<br \/>\n11 Nina Ansaroff<br \/>\n12 Alexa Grasso<br \/>\n13 Randa Markos<br \/>\n14 Angela Hill<br \/>\n15 Mackenzie Dern<\/p>\n<p><strong>WOMEN\u2019S FLYWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Vacant<br \/>\n1 Valentina Shevchenko<br \/>\n2 Nicco Montano<br \/>\n3 Katlyn Chookagian<br \/>\n4 Sijara Eubanks<br \/>\n5 Alexis Davis<br \/>\n6 Liz Carmouche<br \/>\n7 Roxanne Modafferi -1<br \/>\n8 Lauren Murphy<br \/>\n9 Jessica Eye<br \/>\n10 Jessica-Rose Clark<br \/>\n11 Ashlee Evans-Smith<br \/>\n12 Joanne Calderwood<br \/>\n13 Mara Romero Borella<br \/>\n14 Andrea Lee<br \/>\n15 Jennifer Maia<\/p>\n<p><strong>WOMEN\u2019S 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 Irene Aldana<br \/>\n12 Lina Lansberg<br \/>\n13 Lucie Pudilova<br \/>\n14 Sarah Moras<br \/>\n15 Gina Mazany<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of these new UFC rankings? With UFC Sao Paulo just around the corner, UFC 229 towering on the horizon, and Jon Jones cleared to compete by the end of October, they&#8217;re bound to experience some more tectonic shifts in the near future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 9\/20\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The official UFC rankings have been update in the wake of last Saturday&#8217;s UFC Moscow card. As expected, these latest UFC rankings feature some interesting changes. At heavyweight, Russia&#8217;s Alexey Oleynik has taken a nice trip up the list for his first-round submission defeat of Mark Hunt. He&#8217;s now number nine. 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