{"id":301545,"date":"2019-02-13T06:15:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T14:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=301545"},"modified":"2019-02-12T20:03:46","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T04:03:46","slug":"ufc-rankings-update-israel-adesanya-is-now-a-top-5-middleweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-rankings-update-israel-adesanya-is-now-a-top-5-middleweight\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC rankings update: Israel Adesanya is now a top-5 middleweight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of last Saturday&#8217;s UFC 234 card, and as expected, Israel Adesanya has burst into the middleweight division&#8217;s top-5 on the strength of his decision defeat of the legend Anderson Silva. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere, the men&#8217;s flyweight division continues to be the picture of chaos, as many of the weight class&#8217;s top fighters have been cut by the promotion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the latest UFC rankings, featuring the top-5 debut of Israel Adesanya and more, below. 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-1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FEATHERWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>Champion: Max Holloway<br \/>1 Jose Aldo&nbsp;<br \/>2 Brian Ortega&nbsp;<br \/>3 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/frankie-edgar\/\">Frankie Edgar&nbsp;<\/a><br \/>4 Alexander Volkanovski&nbsp;<br \/>5 Renato Moicano&nbsp;<br \/>6 Jeremy Stephens&nbsp;<br \/>7 Cub Swanson&nbsp;<br \/>8 Mirsad Bektic&nbsp;<br \/>9 Josh Emmett&nbsp;<br \/>10 Ricardo Lamas&nbsp;<br \/>11 Yair Rodriguez&nbsp;<br \/>12 Chan Sung Jung&nbsp;<br \/>13 Zabit Magomedsharipov&nbsp;<br \/>14 Darren Elkins&nbsp;<br \/>15 Calvin Kattar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LIGHTWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>Champion: Khabib Nurmagomedov<br \/>1 Tony Ferguson&nbsp;<br \/>2 Conor McGregor&nbsp;<br \/>3 Dustin Poirier&nbsp;<br \/>4 Al Iaquinta&nbsp;<br \/>5 Kevin Lee&nbsp;<br \/>6 Edson Barboza&nbsp;<br \/>7 Justin Gaethje&nbsp;<br \/>8 Anthony Pettis&nbsp;<br \/>9 Donald Cerrone&nbsp;<br \/>10 James Vick&nbsp;<br \/>11 Gregor Gillespie&nbsp;<br \/>12 <a 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\/>6 Chris Weidman -1<br \/>7 Paulo Costa&nbsp;<br \/>8 Derek Brunson&nbsp;<br \/>9 Jared Cannonier&nbsp;<br \/>10 Brad Tavares&nbsp;<br \/>11 David Branch&nbsp;<br \/>12 Antonio Carlos Junior&nbsp;<br \/>13 Uriah Hall&nbsp;<br \/>14 Elias Theodorou&nbsp;<br \/>15 Anderson Silva<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>Champion: Jon Jones<br \/>1 Daniel Cormier&nbsp;<br \/>2 Alexander Gustafsson&nbsp;<br \/>3 Anthony Smith&nbsp;<br \/>4 Jan Blachowicz&nbsp;<br \/>5 Volkan Oezdemir&nbsp;<br \/>6 Corey Anderson&nbsp;<br \/>6 Thiago Santos&nbsp;<br \/>8 Dominick Reyes&nbsp;<br \/>9 Ilir Latifi&nbsp;<br \/>10 Jimi Manuwa&nbsp;<br \/>11 Glover Teixeira&nbsp;<br \/>12 Ovince Saint Preux&nbsp;<br \/>13 Mauricio Rua&nbsp;<br \/>14 Misha Cirkunov&nbsp;<br \/>15 Johnny Walker<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HEAVYWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>Champion: Daniel Cormier<br \/>1 Stipe Miocic&nbsp;<br \/>2 Derrick Lewis&nbsp;<br \/>3 Francis Ngannou&nbsp;<br \/>4 Curtis Blaydes&nbsp;<br \/>5 Alexander 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