{"id":293769,"date":"2018-12-04T11:44:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T19:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=293769"},"modified":"2018-12-04T11:44:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T19:44:54","slug":"ufc-rankings-update-kamaru-usman-surges-up-at-welterweight-heavyweight-division-sees-big-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-rankings-update-kamaru-usman-surges-up-at-welterweight-heavyweight-division-sees-big-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC rankings update: Kamaru Usman surges up at welterweight, heavyweight division sees big changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of last weekend&#8217;s TUF 28 Finale and UFC Adelaide cards.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest changes in these new UFC rankings occurred in the welterweight and heavyweight divisions.<\/p>\n<p>At welterweight, streaking contender Kamaru Usman surged up to the number-two spot on the strength of his unanimous decision defeat of former lightweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/rafael-dos-anjos-issues-statement-tough-loss-kamaru-usman\/\">Rafael dos Anjos.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the heavyweight division, Justin Willis climbed up a whopping six spots for his defeat of Mark Hunt, who has left the rankings as the result of his departure from the UFC, making room for previously unranked former WSOF champ Blagoy Ivanov.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly neither Junior dos Santos nor his vanquished foe Tai Tuivasa moved in the UFC rankings after their UFC Adelaide battle.<\/p>\n<p>Without further ado, here are the latest UFC rankings (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2018\/12\/4\/18125512\/latest-ufc-rankings-justin-willis-jumps-six-spots-mark-hunt-vanishes-wake-ufc-adelaide-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Mania<\/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=\"HYa2vF\"><strong>POUND-FOR-POUND<\/strong><br \/>\n1 Daniel Cormier<br \/>\n2 Khabib Nurmagomedov<br \/>\n3 Jon Jones<br \/>\n4 TJ Dillashaw<br \/>\n5 Max Holloway<br \/>\n6 Georges St-Pierre<br \/>\n7 Tyron Woodley<br \/>\n8 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a><br \/>\n9 Stipe Miocic<br \/>\n10 Henry Cejudo<br \/>\n11 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/cris-cyborg\/\">Cris Cyborg<\/a><br \/>\n12 Robert Whittaker<br \/>\n13 Tony Ferguson<br \/>\n14 Amanda Nunes<br \/>\n15 Rose Namajunas<\/p>\n<p id=\"rrz9d2\"><strong>FLYWEIGHT<\/strong><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 +1<br \/>\n8 Dustin Ortiz -1<br \/>\n9 Alexandre Pantoja<br \/>\n10 Ben Nguyen +1<br \/>\n11 Alex Perez +1<br \/>\n12 Tim Elliott -1<br \/>\n13 Magomed Bibulatov<br \/>\n14 Said Nurmagomedov<br \/>\n15 Ryan Benoit<\/p>\n<p id=\"FCvSwX\"><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 +1<br \/>\n15 Rani Yahya *NR<\/p>\n<p id=\"XsBX7J\"><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 Mirsad Bektic<br \/>\n9 Josh Emmett<br \/>\n10 Alexander Volkanovski<br \/>\n11 Ricardo Lamas<br \/>\n12 Yair Rodriguez<br \/>\n13 Chan Sung Jung<br \/>\n14 Zabit Magomedsharipov<br \/>\n15 Darren Elkins<\/p>\n<p id=\"nv209X\"><strong>LIGHTWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Khabib Numragomedov<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 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/nate-diaz\/\">Nate Diaz<\/a><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 id=\"xvUePX\"><strong>WELTERWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Tyron Woodley<br \/>\n1 Colby Covington<br \/>\n2 Kamaru Usman +3<br \/>\n3 Darren Till -1<br \/>\n4 Stephen Thompson<br \/>\n5 Rafael Dos Anjos -2<br \/>\n6 Robbie Lawler<br \/>\n7 Santiago Ponzinibbio<br \/>\n8 Demian Maia<br \/>\n9 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/jorge-masvidal\/\">Jorge Masvidal<\/a><br \/>\n10 Leon Edwards<br \/>\n11 Neil Magny<br \/>\n12 Donald Cerrone<br \/>\n13 Alex Oliveira<br \/>\n14 Gunnar Nelson<br \/>\n15 Elizeu Dos Santos<\/p>\n<p><strong>MIDDLEWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Robert Whittaker<br \/>\n1 Yoel Romero<br \/>\n2 Luke Rockhold<br \/>\n3 Ronaldo Souza<br \/>\n4 Kelvin Gastelum<br \/>\n5 Chris Weidman<br \/>\n6 Israel Adesanya<br \/>\n7 Paulo Costa<br \/>\n8 Derek Brunson<br \/>\n9 Jared Cannonier<br \/>\n10 Brad Tavares<br \/>\n11 David Branch<br \/>\n12 Antonio Carlos Junior<br \/>\n13 Uriah Hall<br \/>\n14 Elias Theodorou<br \/>\n15 Thiago Santos<\/p>\n<p id=\"IqB7z0\"><strong>LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Daniel Cormier<br \/>\n1 Jon Jones<br \/>\n2 Alexander Gustafsson<br \/>\n3 Anthony Smith<br \/>\n4 Jan Blachowicz<br \/>\n5 Ilir Latifi<br \/>\n6 Volkan Oezdemir<br \/>\n7 Jimi Manuwa<br \/>\n7 Dominick Reyes +1<br \/>\n9 Corey Anderson<br \/>\n10 Ovince Saint Preux<br \/>\n11 Glover Teixeira<br \/>\n12 Mauricio Rua +1<br \/>\n13 Misha Cirkunov -1<br \/>\n14 Nikita Krylov +1<br \/>\n15 Patrick Cummins *NR<\/p>\n<p id=\"aPayKS\"><strong>HEAVYWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Daniel Cormier<br \/>\n1 Stipe Miocic<br \/>\n2 Derrick Lewis<br \/>\n3 Francis Ngannou<br \/>\n4 Curtis Blaydes<br \/>\n5 Alexander Volkov<br \/>\n6 Alistair Overeem<br \/>\n7 Junior Dos Santos<br \/>\n8 Aleksei Oleinik<br \/>\n9 Justin Willis +6<br \/>\n10 Marcin Tybura -1<br \/>\n11 Tai Tuivasa<br \/>\n12 Shamil Abdurakhimov<br \/>\n13 Andrei Arlovski<br \/>\n14 Stefan Struve<br \/>\n15 Blagoy Ivanov *NR<\/p>\n<p id=\"Zic4bq\"><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 Michelle Waterson<br \/>\n8 Carla Esparza<br \/>\n9 Felice Herrig<br \/>\n10 Cortney Casey<br \/>\n11 Nina Ansaroff<br \/>\n12 Cynthia Calvillo<br \/>\n13 Alexa Grasso<br \/>\n14 Randa Markos<br \/>\n15 Mackenzie Dern<\/p>\n<p id=\"xYNTTd\"><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<br \/>\n7 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 Jennifer Maia<br \/>\n15 Andrea Lee<\/p>\n<p id=\"t2ZazA\"><strong>WOMEN\u2019S BANTAMWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Amanda Nunes<br \/>\n1 Germaine De Randamie<br \/>\n2 Holly Holm<br \/>\n3 Ketlen Vieira<br \/>\n4 Julianna Pe\u00f1a<br \/>\n5 Raquel Pennington<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>What do you think of these updated UFC rankings?<\/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 12\/3\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of last weekend&#8217;s TUF 28 Finale and UFC Adelaide cards. 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