{"id":305433,"date":"2019-03-13T08:52:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T15:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=305433"},"modified":"2019-03-13T08:53:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T15:53:00","slug":"ufc-rankings-update-junior-dos-santos-rockets-up-at-heavyweight-flyweight-division-in-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-rankings-update-junior-dos-santos-rockets-up-at-heavyweight-flyweight-division-in-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC rankings update: Junior dos Santos rockets up at heavyweight, flyweight division in chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of last weekend&#8217;s UFC Wichita card, and as expected, there have been some big changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most notably, former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos has surged up the list at heavyweight on the strength of his stoppage victory over <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/coach-trashes-morbidly-obese-reporters-and-fing-terrible-fans-who-bad-mouth-derrick-lewis\/\">Derrick Lewis<\/a>. Elsewhere, fighters like Yana Kunitskaya and Blagoy Ivanov have made more minor climbs, while Anthony Rocco Martin has replaced <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-after-war-with-bryan-barberena-vicente-luque-has-another-opponent-in-mind\/\">Vicente Luque<\/a> in the welterweight rankings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And of course, the rankings for the UFC flyweight division, which has recently been haemorrhaging top talent, remain as chaotic and unintelligible as ever&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See the updated UFC ranking below (via <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MMA Mania (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/3\/12\/18262187\/latest-ufc-rankings-update-junior-dos-santos-jumps-no-3-following-wichita-whooping\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Mania<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Note:<\/em><br \/><em>+\/- = movement in rankings<\/em><br \/><em>*NR = Not previously ranked<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>POUND-FOR-POUND<\/strong><br \/>1 Daniel Cormier\u00a0<br \/>2 Jon Jones\u00a0<br \/>3 Khabib Nurmagomedov\u00a0<br \/>4 Max Holloway\u00a0<br \/>5 Henry Cejudo\u00a0<br \/>6 Amanda Nunes\u00a0<br \/>7 TJ Dillashaw\u00a0<br \/>8 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a>\u00a0<br \/>9 Kamaru Usman\u00a0<br \/>10 Stipe Miocic\u00a0<br \/>11 Robert Whittaker\u00a0<br \/>12 Tony Ferguson\u00a0<br \/>13 Tyron Woodley\u00a0<br \/>14 Rose Namajunas\u00a0<br \/>15 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/cris-cyborg\/\">Cris Cyborg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FLYWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>Champion: Henry Cejudo<br \/>1 Jussier Formiga&nbsp;<br \/>2 Joseph Benavidez&nbsp;<br \/>3 Ray Borg&nbsp;<br \/>4 Deiveson Figueiredo&nbsp;<br \/>5 Wilson Reis&nbsp;<br \/>6 Alexandre Pantoja&nbsp;<br \/>7 Alex Perez&nbsp;<br \/>8 Tim Elliott&nbsp;<br \/>9 Rogerio Bontorin<br \/>10 TJ Dillashaw +3<br \/>11 Magomed Bibulatov -1<br \/>12 Eric Shelton -1<br \/>13 Ryan Benoit -1<br \/>14 Kai Kara-France&nbsp;<br \/>15 Jordan Espinosa *NR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BANTAMWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>Champion: TJ Dillashaw<br \/>1 Marlon Moraes&nbsp;<br \/>2 Raphael Assuncao&nbsp;<br \/>3 Aljamain Sterling&nbsp;<br \/>4 Pedro Munhoz&nbsp;<br \/>5 Dominick Cruz&nbsp;<br \/>6 Cody Garbrandt&nbsp;<br \/>7 Jimmie Rivera&nbsp;<br \/>8 John Lineker&nbsp;<br \/>9 Petr Yan&nbsp;<br \/>10 Cody Stamann&nbsp;<br \/>11 Rob Font&nbsp;<br \/>12 John Dodson&nbsp;<br \/>13 Alejandro Perez&nbsp;<br \/>14 Thomas Almeida&nbsp;<br \/>15 Ricky Simon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FEATHERWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>Champion: Max Holloway<br \/>1 Jose Aldo\u00a0<br \/>2 Brian Ortega\u00a0<br \/>3 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/frankie-edgar\/\">Frankie Edgar\u00a0<\/a><br \/>4 Alexander Volkanovski\u00a0<br \/>5 Renato Moicano\u00a0<br \/>6 Zabit Magomedsharipov\u00a0<br \/>7 Jeremy Stephens\u00a0<br \/>8 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\/>1 Jessica Andrade&nbsp;<br \/>2 Joanna Jedrzejczyk&nbsp;<br \/>3 Nina Ansaroff&nbsp;<br \/>3 Tatiana Suarez&nbsp;<br \/>5 Claudia Gadelha&nbsp;<br \/>6 Karolina Kowalkiewicz&nbsp;<br \/>7 Weili Zhang<br \/>8 Tecia Torres<br \/>9 Michelle Waterson<br \/>10 Carla Esparza<br \/>11 Cynthia Calvillo<br \/>12 Felice Herrig<br \/>13 Cortney Casey&nbsp;<br \/>14 Alexa Grasso<br \/>15 Randa Markos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WOMEN\u2019S FLYWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>Champion: Valentina Shevchenko<br \/>1 Jessica Eye&nbsp;<br \/>2 Sijara Eubanks&nbsp;<br \/>3 Katlyn Chookagian&nbsp;<br \/>4 Joanna Jedrzejczyk&nbsp;<br \/>5 Alexis Davis&nbsp;<br \/>6 Liz Carmouche&nbsp;<br \/>7 Joanne Calderwood&nbsp;<br \/>8 Roxanne Modafferi&nbsp;<br \/>9 Lauren Murphy&nbsp;<br \/>10 Andrea Lee&nbsp;<br \/>10 Jessica-Rose Clark&nbsp;<br \/>12 Montana De La Rosa&nbsp;<br \/>13 Mara Romero Borella&nbsp;<br \/>14 Paige VanZant&nbsp;<br \/>15 Antonina Shevchenko<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WOMEN\u2019S BANTAMWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>Champion: Amanda Nunes<br \/>1 Germaine de Randamie\u00a0<br \/>2 Holly Holm\u00a0<br \/>3 Ketlen Vieira\u00a0<br \/>4 Raquel Pennington\u00a0<br \/>5 Cat Zingano<br \/>6 Aspen Ladd +1<br \/>7 Yana Kunitskaya +2<br \/>8 Marion Reneau -2<br \/>9 Sara McMann -1<br \/>10 Irene Aldana\u00a0<br \/>11 Tonya Evinger\u00a0<br \/>12 Bethe Correia\u00a0<br \/>13 Lina Lansberg\u00a0<br \/>14 Macy Chiasson\u00a0<br \/>15 Talita Bernardo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you think of these latest UFC rankings?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned for the next UFC rankings update after this Saturday&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-london-till-vs-masvidal-fight-card-and-start-time\/\">UFC London<\/a> card. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 3\/13\/2019.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The official UFC 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