{"id":290713,"date":"2018-11-08T12:04:48","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T20:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=290713"},"modified":"2018-11-08T12:04:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T20:04:48","slug":"jon-jones-returns-ufc-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-returns-ufc-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon &#8216;Bones&#8217; Jones returns to the UFC light heavyweight rankings in the #1 spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that former UFC champion Jon Jones is scheduled to return to the Octagon on December 29, &#8220;Bones&#8221; has also found himself in the top spot of the 205-pound rankings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\/rankings?id=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The latest UFC rankings<\/a> have Jones (22-1) one spot ahead of his UFC 232 foe Alexander Gustafsson and two spots ahead of UFC Moncton main event winner Anthony Smith. The 31-year-old hasn&#8217;t fought since a July 2017 no contest against Daniel Cormier at UFC 214 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/breaking-jon-jones-receives-15-month-suspension-from-usada-eligible-to-return-on-oct-28\/\">where he failed a pre-fight drug test<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other highlights from the updated rankings list include Ronaldo &#8220;Jacare&#8221; Souza moving up to the No. 3 spot at middleweight after knocking out Chris Weidman this past Saturday at UFC 230. Also in the 185-pound class, Israel Adesanya moves up three spots to the number No. 6 ranking &#8211; after his first-round finish over Derek Brunson that same night. Weidman drops to the No. 5 spot, while Brunson falls to the No. 8 spot.<\/p>\n<p>Despite rumblings of Colby Covington being stripped of his title in the welterweight division, &#8220;Chaos&#8221; still has the interim welterweight championship next to his name in the No. 1 spot. Also of note, the flyweight rankings are still intact despite the fact that the division <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/report-ufc-mens-flyweight-division-being-dissolved-by-end-of-2018\/\">is set to fold at the end of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The rankings are generated by a select group of media members who pick active fighters on the UFC roster.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look at the latest list via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\/rankings?id=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC.com\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>POUND-FOR-POUND<br \/>\n1 Daniel Cormier<br \/>\n2 Khabib Nurmagomedov<br \/>\n3 Jon Jones *NR<br \/>\n4 TJ Dillashaw -1<br \/>\n5 Max Holloway -1<br \/>\n6 Georges St-Pierre -1<br \/>\n7 Tyron Woodley -1<br \/>\n8 Conor McGregor<br \/>\n9 Stipe Miocic +1<br \/>\n10 Henry Cejudo -1<br \/>\n11 Cris Cyborg<br \/>\n12 Robert Whittaker<br \/>\n13 Tony Ferguson<br \/>\n14 Amanda Nunes<br \/>\n15 Rose Namajunas<\/p>\n<p>FLYWEIGHT<br \/>\nChampion: Henry Cejudo<br \/>\n1 Jussier Formiga<br \/>\n2 Sergio Pettis<br \/>\n3 Joseph Benavidez<br \/>\n4 Ray Borg<br \/>\n5 Deiveson Figueiredo<br \/>\n6 John Moraga<br \/>\n7 Wilson Reis<br \/>\n8 Dustin Ortiz<br \/>\n9 Alexandre Pantoja<br \/>\n10 Brandon Moreno<br \/>\n11 Ben Nguyen<br \/>\n12 Matheus Nicolau +1<br \/>\n13 Tim Elliott -1<br \/>\n14 Alex Perez +1<br \/>\n15 Ulka Sasaki -1<\/p>\n<p>BANTAMWEIGHT<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>FEATHERWEIGHT<br \/>\nChampion: Max Holloway<br \/>\n1 Brian Ortega<br \/>\n2 Jose Aldo<br \/>\n3 Frankie Edgar<br \/>\n4 Renato Moicano<br \/>\n5 Chad Mendes<br \/>\n6 Jeremy Stephens<br \/>\n7 Cub Swanson<br \/>\n8 Mirsad Bektic<br \/>\n8 Josh Emmett<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>LIGHTWEIGHT<br \/>\nChampion: Khabib Nurmagomedov<br \/>\n1 Tony Ferguson<br \/>\n2 Conor McGregor<br \/>\n3 Dustin Poirier<br \/>\n4 Kevin Lee<br \/>\n5 Edson Barboza<br \/>\n6 Justin Gaethje<br \/>\n7 Anthony Pettis<br \/>\n8 Al Iaquinta<br \/>\n9 Nate Diaz<br \/>\n10 Michael Chiesa<br \/>\n11 James Vick<br \/>\n12 Alexander Hernandez<br \/>\n13 Francisco Trinaldo<br \/>\n14 Dan Hooker<br \/>\n15 Paul Felder<\/p>\n<p>WELTERWEIGHT<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 Jorge Masvidal<br \/>\n10 Santiago Ponzinibbio<br \/>\n11 Leon Edwards<br \/>\n12 Donald Cerrone<br \/>\n13 Alex Oliveira<br \/>\n14 Gunnar Nelson<br \/>\n15 Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos<\/p>\n<p>MIDDLEWEIGHT<br \/>\nChampion: Robert Whittaker<br \/>\n1 Yoel Romero<br \/>\n2 Luke Rockhold<br \/>\n3 Jacare Souza +2<br \/>\n4 Kelvin Gastelum<br \/>\n5 Chris Weidman -2<br \/>\n6 Israel Adesanya +3<br \/>\n7 Paulo Costa +1<br \/>\n8 Derek Brunson -2<br \/>\n9 Jared Cannonier *NR<br \/>\n9 Brad Tavares +1<br \/>\n11 David Branch -4<br \/>\n12 Antonio Carlos Junior -1<br \/>\n13 Uriah Hall -1<br \/>\n14 Elias Theodorou -1<br \/>\n15 Thiago Santos -1<\/p>\n<p>LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT<br \/>\nChampion: Daniel Cormier<br \/>\n1 Jon Jones *NR<br \/>\n2 Alexander Gustafsson -1<br \/>\n3 Anthony Smith -1<br \/>\n4 Jan Blachowicz -1<br \/>\n5 Ilir Latifi -1<br \/>\n6 Volkan Oezdemir -1<br \/>\n7 Jimi Manuwa -1<br \/>\n8 Dominick Reyes -1<br \/>\n9 Corey Anderson -1<br \/>\n10 Glover Teixeira -1<br \/>\n10 Ovince Saint Preux -1<br \/>\n12 Misha Cirkunov -1<br \/>\n13 Mauricio Rua -1<br \/>\n14 Tyson Pedro<br \/>\n15 Nikita Krylov -2<\/p>\n<p>HEAVYWEIGHT<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<br \/>\n9 Marcin Tybura<br \/>\n10 Mark Hunt<br \/>\n11 Tai Tuivasa<br \/>\n12 Shamil Abdurakhimov<br \/>\n13 Andrei Arlovski<br \/>\n14 Stefan Struve<br \/>\n15 Justin Willis<\/p>\n<p>WOMEN&#8217;S STRAWWEIGHT<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 Michelle Waterson<br \/>\n8 Carla Esparza<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>WOMEN&#8217;S FLYWEIGHT<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<br \/>\n7 Lauren Murphy +1<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 Jennifer Maia<br \/>\n15 Andrea Lee<\/p>\n<p>WOMEN&#8217;S BANTAMWEIGHT<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 Aspen Ladd<br \/>\n9 Sara McMann<br \/>\n10 Yana Kunitskaya<br \/>\n11 Irene Aldana<br \/>\n12 Bethe Correia<br \/>\n13 Tonya Evinger<br \/>\n14 Lucie Pudilova<br \/>\n15 Lina Lansberg<\/p>\n<p>There you have it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 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