{"id":315736,"date":"2019-06-05T10:44:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T17:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=315736"},"modified":"2019-06-05T10:44:43","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T17:44:43","slug":"ufc-rankings-update-big-changes-at-light-heavyweight-flyweight-looks-rough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-rankings-update-big-changes-at-light-heavyweight-flyweight-looks-rough\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC rankings update: Big changes at light heavyweight, flyweight looks rough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of Saturday&#8217;s action-packed UFC Stockholm card, and as expected, there have been some big changes, particularly in the light heavyweight division.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Smith, who defeated Alexander Gustafsson in the card&#8217;s main event, has cruised up to the division&#8217;s No. 3 spot, behind only Thiago Santos and Daniel Cormier. Aleksandar Rakic, meanwhile, has rocketed into the rankings, settling at No. 11 on the strength of his decapitation of Jimi Manuwa.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Gustafsson and Manuwa are both still featured in the rankings, despite the fact that both <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jimi-manuwa-retires-with-a-special-legacy\/\">retired<\/a> after their losses in Stockholm.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of these shakeups at light heavyweight, the biggest thing to note in these latest UFC rankings is probably the destitute state of the flyweight division. Once packed with elite talent, the UFC flyweight division now seems to be populated by more tumbleweeds than actual fighters.<\/p>\n<p>See the latest UFC rankings below (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/6\/5\/18653615\/latest-ufc-rankings-update-anthony-smith-climbs-no-3-following-stockholm-submission-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Mania<\/a>):<\/p>\n<h3>Official UFC Rankings:<\/h3>\n<p id=\"ax4jN8\"><strong>POUND-FOR-POUND<\/strong><br \/>\n1 Daniel Cormier<br \/>\n2 Jon Jones<br \/>\n3 Khabib Nurmagomedov<br \/>\n4 Henry Cejudo<br \/>\n5 Max Holloway<br \/>\n6 Amanda Nunes<br \/>\n7 Kamaru Usman<br \/>\n8 Dustin Poirier<br \/>\n9 Conor McGregor<br \/>\n10 Robert Whittaker<br \/>\n11 Stipe Miocic<br \/>\n12 Tony Ferguson<br \/>\n13 Tyron Woodley<br \/>\n14 Valentina Shevchenko<br \/>\n15 Jessica Andrade<\/p>\n<p id=\"l2rKhj\"><strong>FLYWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Henry Cejudo<br \/>\n1 Jussier Formiga<br \/>\n2 Joseph Benavidez<br \/>\n3 Alexandre Pantoja<br \/>\n4 Deiveson Figueiredo<br \/>\n5 Tim Elliott<br \/>\n6 Rogerio Bontorin<br \/>\n7 Ryan Benoit<br \/>\n8 Jordan Espinosa<br \/>\n9 Kai Kara France<br \/>\n10 Alex Perez +1<br \/>\n11 Raulian Paiva +1<br \/>\n12 Matt Schnell +1<br \/>\n13 VACANT<br \/>\n14 VACANT<br \/>\n15 VACANT<\/p>\n<p id=\"WeI3qd\"><strong>BANTAMWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: VACANT<br \/>\n1 Marlon Moraes<br \/>\n2 Raphael Assuncao<br \/>\n3 Aljamain Sterling<br \/>\n4 Pedro Munhoz<br \/>\n5 Dominick Cruz<br \/>\n6 Cody Garbrandt<br \/>\n7 Jimmie Rivera<br \/>\n8 Corey Sandhagen<br \/>\n9 Petr Yan<br \/>\n10 John Lineker<br \/>\n11 Cody Stamann<br \/>\n12 Rob Font<br \/>\n13 John Dodson<br \/>\n14 Alejandro Perez<br \/>\n15 Thomas Almeida<\/p>\n<p id=\"cQZMHD\"><strong>FEATHERWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Max Holloway<br \/>\n1 Alexander Volkanovski<br \/>\n2 Brian Ortega<br \/>\n3 Jose Aldo<br \/>\n4 Frankie Edgar<br \/>\n5 Renato Moicano<br \/>\n6 Zabit Magomedsharipov<br \/>\n7 Jeremy Stephens<br \/>\n8 Josh Emmett<br \/>\n9 Mirsad Bektic<br \/>\n10 Ricardo Lamas<br \/>\n11 Yair Rodriguez<br \/>\n12 Chan Sung Jung<br \/>\n13 Shane Burgos<br \/>\n14 Darren Elkins<br \/>\n15 Calvin Kattar<\/p>\n<p id=\"fxBPLj\"><strong>LIGHTWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Khabib Nurmagomedov<br \/>\n1 Dustin Poirier (Interim Champion)<br \/>\n2 Tony Ferguson<br \/>\n3 Conor McGregor<br \/>\n4 Donald Cerrone<br \/>\n5 Justin Gaethje<br \/>\n6 Al Iaquinta<br \/>\n7 Edson Barboza<br \/>\n8 Anthony Pettis<br \/>\n9 Kevin Lee<br \/>\n10 Paul Felder<br \/>\n11 Charles Oliveira<br \/>\n12 Gregor Gillespie<br \/>\n13 Alexander Hernandez<br \/>\n14 Islam Makhachev<br \/>\n15 James Vick<\/p>\n<p id=\"K7oZwm\"><strong>WELTERWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Kamaru Usman<br \/>\n1 Tyron Woodley<br \/>\n2 Colby Covington<br \/>\n3 Rafael Dos Anjos<br \/>\n4 Jorge Masvidal<br \/>\n5 Ben Askren<br \/>\n6 Darren Till<br \/>\n7 Stephen Thompson<br \/>\n8 Anthony Pettis<br \/>\n9 Santiago Ponzinibbio<br \/>\n10 Robbie Lawler<br \/>\n11 Leon Edwards<br \/>\n12 Demian Maia<br \/>\n13 Neil Magny<br \/>\n14 Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos<br \/>\n15 Vincente Luque<\/p>\n<p id=\"CVfjvy\"><strong>MIDDLEWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Robert Whittaker<br \/>\n1 Israel Adesanya (Interim Champion)<br \/>\n2 Yoel Romero<br \/>\n3 Luke Rockhold<br \/>\n4 Kelvin Gastelum<br \/>\n5 Jack Hermansson<br \/>\n6 Ronaldo Souza<br \/>\n7 Chris Weidman<br \/>\n8 Paulo Costa<br \/>\n9 Derek Brunson<br \/>\n10 Jared Cannonier<br \/>\n11 Ian Heinisch<br \/>\n12 Brad Tavares<br \/>\n13 Antonio Carlos Junior<br \/>\n14 Uriah Hall<br \/>\n15 David Branch *NR<\/p>\n<p id=\"N1oyrP\"><strong>LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Jon Jones<br \/>\n1 Daniel Cormier<br \/>\n2 Thiago Santos +1<br \/>\n3 Anthony Smith +1<br \/>\n4 Alexander Gustafsson -2<br \/>\n5 Dominick Reyes<br \/>\n6 Jan Blachowicz<br \/>\n7 Volkan Oezdemir<br \/>\n8 Corey Anderson<br \/>\n9 Ilir Latifi<br \/>\n10 Glover Teixeira<br \/>\n11 Aleksandar Rakic *NR<br \/>\n12 Johnny Walker<br \/>\n13 Mauricio Rua<br \/>\n14 Jimi Manuwa -3<br \/>\n15 Misha Cirkunov -1<\/p>\n<p id=\"F0ebrG\"><strong>HEAVYWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Daniel Cormier<br \/>\n1 Stipe Miocic<br \/>\n2 Francis Ngannou<br \/>\n3 Junior Dos Santos<br \/>\n4 Curtis Blaydes<br \/>\n5 Derrick Lewis<br \/>\n6 (T) Alexander Volkov<br \/>\n6 (T) Alistair Overeem<br \/>\n8 Cain Velasquez<br \/>\n9 Aleksei Oleinik<br \/>\n10 Shamil Abdurakhimov<br \/>\n11 Tai Tuivasa<br \/>\n12 Marcin Tybura<br \/>\n13 Blagoy Ivanov<br \/>\n14 Walt Harris<br \/>\n15 Augusto Sakai<\/p>\n<p id=\"lZWiJw\"><strong>WOMEN\u2019S STRAWWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Jessica Andrade<br \/>\n1 Rose Namajunas<br \/>\n2 Tatiana Suarez<br \/>\n3 Nina Ansaroff<br \/>\n4 Joanna Jedrzejczyk<br \/>\n5 Claudia Gadelha<br \/>\n6 Weili Zhang<br \/>\n7 Michelle Waterson<br \/>\n8 Tecia Torres<br \/>\n9 Carla Esparza<br \/>\n10 Karolina Kowalkiewicz<br \/>\n11 Cynthia Calvillo<br \/>\n12 Felice Herrig<br \/>\n13 Alexa Grasso<br \/>\n14 Randa Markos<br \/>\n15 Cortney Casey<\/p>\n<p id=\"HT578X\"><strong>WOMEN\u2019S FLYWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Valentina Shevchenko<br \/>\n1 Jessica Eye<br \/>\n2 Katlyn Chookagian<br \/>\n3 Liz Carmouche<br \/>\n4 Joanna Jedrzejczyk<br \/>\n5 Roxanne Modafferi<br \/>\n6 Joanne Calderwood<br \/>\n7 Alexis Davis<br \/>\n8 (T) Lauren Murphy<br \/>\n8 (T) Jennifer Maia<br \/>\n10 Andrea Lee<br \/>\n11 Montana De La Rosa<br \/>\n12 Mara Romero Borella<br \/>\n13 Maycee Barber<br \/>\n14 Paige VanZant<br \/>\n15 Poliana Botelho<\/p>\n<p id=\"bFe0sN\"><strong>WOMEN\u2019S BANTAMWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Amanda Nunes<br \/>\n1 Germaine de Randamie<br \/>\n2 Holly Holm<br \/>\n3 Ketlen Vieira<br \/>\n4 Aspen Ladd<br \/>\n5 Raquel Pennington<br \/>\n6 Cat Zingano<br \/>\n7 Yana Kunitskaya<br \/>\n8 Marion Reneau<br \/>\n9 Irene Aldana<br \/>\n10 Sara McMann<br \/>\n11 Macy Chiasson<br \/>\n12 Lina Lansberg +1<br \/>\n13 Tonya Evinger -1<br \/>\n14 Sijara Eubanks +1<br \/>\n15 Bethe Correia -1<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of these latest 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 6\/5\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of Saturday&#8217;s action-packed UFC Stockholm card, and as expected, there have been some big changes, particularly in the light heavyweight division. 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