{"id":318080,"date":"2019-07-03T06:38:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T13:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=318080"},"modified":"2019-07-03T06:38:17","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T13:38:17","slug":"ufc-rankings-update-francis-ngannou-holds-spot-at-heavyweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-rankings-update-francis-ngannou-holds-spot-at-heavyweight\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC rankings update: Francis Ngannou holds spot at heavyweight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of last Saturday&#8217;s UFC Minneapolis card, and as expected there have been a few changes.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, headliner Francis Ngannou didn&#8217;t move on the strength of his 71-second knockout of Junior dos Santos. Instead, he held steady at number two in the heavyweight division.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Benavidez, who defeated Jussier &#8220;Formiga&#8221; da Silva in the co-main event, meanwhile, claimed the number one spot in the sparse flyweight rankings.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/report-john-lineker-released-by-the-ufc\/\">newly released John Lineker<\/a>, is still ranked among the UFC&#8217;s best bantamweights.<\/p>\n<p>Without further ado, here are the latest UFC rankings (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/7\/3\/20680367\/latest-ufc-rankings-update-francis-ngannou-holds-steady-no-2-joseph-benavidez-takes-no-1-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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=\"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 +1<br \/>\n10 Robert Whittaker +1<br \/>\n11 Stipe Miocic -2<br \/>\n12 Tony Ferguson<br \/>\n13 Valentina Shevchenko<br \/>\n14 Tyron Woodley<br \/>\n15 Jessica Andrade<\/p>\n<p id=\"l2rKhj\"><strong>FLYWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Henry Cejudo<br \/>\n1 Joseph Benavidez +1<br \/>\n2 Jussier Formiga -1<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<br \/>\n11 Raulian Paiva<br \/>\n12 Matt Schnell<br \/>\n13 VACANT<br \/>\n14 VACANT<br \/>\n15 VACANT<\/p>\n<p id=\"WeI3qd\"><strong>BANTAMWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Henry Cejudo<br \/>\n1 Marlon Moraes<br \/>\n2 Aljamain Sterling<br \/>\n3 Raphael Assuncao<br \/>\n4 Petr Yan<br \/>\n5 Pedro Munhoz<br \/>\n6 Dominick Cruz<br \/>\n7 Cody Garbrandt<br \/>\n8 Jimmie Rivera<br \/>\n9 Corey Sandhagen<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 Zabit Magomedsharipov<br \/>\n6 Chan Sung Jung<br \/>\n7 Jeremy Stephens +1<br \/>\n8 Yair Rodriguez -1<br \/>\n9 Josh Emmett +1<br \/>\n10 Renato Moicano -1<br \/>\n11 Calvin Kattar<br \/>\n12 Mirsad Bektic<br \/>\n13 Ricardo Lamas<br \/>\n14 Shane Burgos<br \/>\n15 Darren Elkins<\/p>\n<p id=\"dJ0Mzw\"><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 Kevin Lee<br \/>\n9 Anthony Pettis<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 Kelvin Gastelum +1<br \/>\n4 Jack Hermansson +1<br \/>\n5 Ronaldo Souza +1<br \/>\n6 Chris Weidman +1<br \/>\n7 Paulo Costa +1<br \/>\n8 Derek Brunson +1<br \/>\n9 Jared Cannonier +1<br \/>\n10 Ian Heinisch +1<br \/>\n11 Brad Tavares +1<br \/>\n12 Uriah Hall +2<br \/>\n13 Antonio Carlos Junior<br \/>\n14 David Branch +1<br \/>\n15 Anderson Silva *NR<\/p>\n<p id=\"GXycjZ\">(Note: Luke Rockhold has been removed from the middleweight rankings after moving up to light heavyweight.)<\/p>\n<p id=\"N1oyrP\"><strong>LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT<\/strong><br \/>\nChampion: Jon Jones<br \/>\n1 Daniel Cormier<br \/>\n2 Thiago Santos<br \/>\n3 Anthony Smith<br \/>\n4 Dominick Reyes +1<br \/>\n5 Alexander Gustafsson -1<br \/>\n6 Jan Blachowicz<br \/>\n7 Volkan Oezdemir<br \/>\n8 Corey Anderson<br \/>\n9 Ilir Latifi<br \/>\n10 Glover Teixeira<br \/>\n11 Aleksandar Rakic<br \/>\n12 Johnny Walker<br \/>\n13 Mauricio Rua<br \/>\n14 Nikita Krylov<br \/>\n15 Misha Cirkunov<\/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 Alexander Volkov<br \/>\n7 Alistair Overeem -1<br \/>\n8 Cain Velasquez<br \/>\n9 Aleksei Oleinik<br \/>\n10 Shamil Abdurakhimov<br \/>\n11 Blagoy Ivanov<br \/>\n12 Tai Tuivasa<br \/>\n13 Marcin Tybura<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 +1<br \/>\n6 Weili Zhang -1<br \/>\n7 Michelle Waterson<br \/>\n8 Tecia Torres<br \/>\n9 Carla Esparza<br \/>\n10 Cynthia Calvillo<br \/>\n11 Alexa Grasso +1<br \/>\n12 Felice Herrig -1<br \/>\n13 Karolina Kowalkiewicz<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 (T) Roxanne Modafferi<br \/>\n5 (T) Joanne Calderwood +1<br \/>\n7 Andrea Lee<br \/>\n8 Alexis Davis<br \/>\n9 Jennifer Maia<br \/>\n10 Lauren Murphy<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 +2<br \/>\n2 Holly Holm -1<br \/>\n3 Ketlen Vieira -1<br \/>\n4 Aspen Ladd<br \/>\n5 Raquel Pennington<br \/>\n6 Cat Zingano<br \/>\n7 Yana Kunitskaya<br \/>\n8 Marion Reneau<br \/>\n9 Irene Aldana +1<br \/>\n10 Sara McMann -1<br \/>\n11 Macy Chiasson<br \/>\n12 Lina Lansberg<br \/>\n13 Tonya Evinger<br \/>\n14 Sijara Eubanks<br \/>\n15 Bethe Correia<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of these new 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 7\/3\/2019. 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