{"id":321778,"date":"2019-08-08T13:16:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T20:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=321778"},"modified":"2019-08-08T13:16:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T20:16:15","slug":"ufc-rankings-update-daniel-cormier-rises-at-light-heavyweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-rankings-update-daniel-cormier-rises-at-light-heavyweight\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC rankings update: Daniel Cormier rises at light heavyweight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of Saturday&#8217;s UFC Newark card, and they feature some interesting changes \u2014 though perhaps not in the way you&#8217;d expect.<\/p>\n<p>While it was expected to see some movement at welterweight after Colby Covington thumped Robbie Lawler in the card&#8217;s main event, the most notable change occurred in the light heavyweight division, where former champion Daniel Cormier has inexplicably climbed back into the top spot under the reigning champ Jon Jones, surpassing Thiago Santos.<\/p>\n<p>Cormier is currently the champion at heavyweight, and is scheduled for a rematch with Stipe Miocic at UFC 241 later this month. While he and Jones have a long and turbulent history, Cormier has made no indication that he intends to return to the light heavyweight division&#8230; Instead, this seems to be the latest piece of evidence that the UFC rankings are based on little more than whim.<\/p>\n<p>Without further ado, here are the newest UFC rankings (h\/t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/ufc-rankings-report-daniel-cormier-retakes-top-spot-light-heavyweight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> MMA News<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><em>Note:<\/em><br \/>\n<em>+\/- = movement in rankings<\/em><br \/>\n<em>*NR = Not previously ranked<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Official UFC Rankings:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Pound-For-Pound:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 Daniel Cormier<br \/>\n2 Jon Jones<br \/>\n3 Khabib Nurmagomedov<br \/>\n4 Henry Cejudo<br \/>\n5 Max Holloway +1<br \/>\n6 Amanda Nunes -1<br \/>\n7 Dustin Poirier<br \/>\n8 Kamaru Usman<br \/>\n9 Robert Whittaker<br \/>\n10 Tony Ferguson +1<br \/>\n11 Stipe Miocic -1<br \/>\n12 Conor McGregor<br \/>\n13 Valentina Shevchenko<br \/>\n14 Tyron Woodley<br \/>\n15 Jessica Andrade<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flyweight<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Henry Cejudo<br \/>\n1 Joseph Benavidez<br \/>\n2 Jussier Formiga<br \/>\n3 Alexandre Pantoja<br \/>\n4 Deiveson Figueiredo<br \/>\n5 Sergio Pettis<br \/>\n6 Tim Elliott<br \/>\n7 Brandon Moreno<br \/>\n8 Rogerio Bontorin<br \/>\n9 Matt Schnell +4<br \/>\n10 Ryan Benoit<br \/>\n11 Kai Kara France<br \/>\n12 Jordan Espinosa -3<br \/>\n13 Alex Perez -1<br \/>\n14 Raulian Paiva -1<br \/>\n15 Mark de la Rosa<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bantamweight:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Champion: 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 Cody Stamann<br \/>\n11 Rob Font<br \/>\n12 John Dodson<br \/>\n13 Song Yadong<br \/>\n14 Urijah Faber<br \/>\n15 Thomas Almeida<\/p>\n<p><strong>Featherweight:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Champion: 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 Yair Rodriguez<br \/>\n8 Jeremy Stephens<br \/>\n9 Renato Moicano<br \/>\n10 Josh Emmett<br \/>\n11 Calvin Kattar<br \/>\n12 Arnold Allen<br \/>\n13 Shane Burgos<br \/>\n14 Ryan Hall<br \/>\n15 Mirsad Bektic<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lightweight:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Champion: 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 Gregor Gillespie +1<br \/>\n12 Charles Oliveira -1<br \/>\n13 Alexander Hernandez<br \/>\n14 Dan Hooker<br \/>\n15 Islam Makhachev<\/p>\n<p><strong>Welterweight:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Champion: Kamaru Usman<br \/>\n1 Tyron Woodley<br \/>\n2 Colby Covington<br \/>\n3 Jorge Masvidal<br \/>\n4 Leon Edwards<br \/>\n5 Rafael Dos Anjos<br \/>\n6 Darren Till<br \/>\n7 Stephen Thompson<br \/>\n8 Anthony Pettis<br \/>\n9 Santiago Ponzinibbio<br \/>\n10 Demian Maia +2<br \/>\n11 Ben Askren -1<br \/>\n12 Robbie Lawler -1<br \/>\n13 Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos<br \/>\n14 Neil Magny<br \/>\n15 Geoff Neal<\/p>\n<p><strong>Middleweight:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Champion: Robert Whittaker<br \/>\n1 Israel Adesanya (Interim Champion)<br \/>\n2 Yoel Romero<br \/>\n3 Kelvin Gastelum<br \/>\n4 Jack Hermansson<br \/>\n5 Ronaldo Souza<br \/>\n6 Chris Weidman<br \/>\n7 Paulo Costa<br \/>\n8 Derek Brunson<br \/>\n9 Jared Cannonier<br \/>\n10 Ian Heinisch<br \/>\n11 Brad Tavares +1<br \/>\n12 Uriah Hall-1<br \/>\n13 Antonio Carlos Junior<br \/>\n14 Anderson Silva +1<br \/>\n15 Krzysztof Jotko<\/p>\n<p><strong>Light Heavyweight:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Champion: Jon Jones<br \/>\n1 Daniel Cormier +1<br \/>\n2 Thiago Santos -1<br \/>\n3 Anthony Smith<br \/>\n4 Dominick Reyes<br \/>\n5 (T) Jan Blachowicz<br \/>\n5 (T) Alexander Gustafsson<br \/>\n7 Volkan Oezdemir<br \/>\n8 Corey Anderson<br \/>\n9 Ilir Latifi +1<br \/>\n10 Glover Teixeira -1<br \/>\n11 Aleksandar Rakic<br \/>\n12 Johnny Walker<br \/>\n13 Nikita Krylov<br \/>\n14 Mauricio Rua<br \/>\n15 Misha Cirkunov<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heavyweight:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Champion: 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<br \/>\n8 Cain Velasquez<br \/>\n9 Shamil Abdurakhimov<br \/>\n10 Blagoy Ivanov<br \/>\n11 Walt Harris<br \/>\n12 Aleksei Oleinik<br \/>\n13 Tai Tuivasa<br \/>\n14 Marcin Tybura<br \/>\n15 Augusto Sakai<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s Strawweight:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Champion: 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 Alexa Grasso<br \/>\n11 Cynthia Calvillo<br \/>\n12 Felice Herrig<br \/>\n13 Karolina Kowalkiewicz<br \/>\n14 Cortney Casey<br \/>\n15 Yan Xiaonan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s Flyweight:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Champion: Valentina Shevchenko<br \/>\n1 Jessica Eye<br \/>\n2 Katlyn Chookagian<br \/>\n3 Liz Carmouche<br \/>\n4 Jennifer Maia<br \/>\n5 Joanne Calderwood<br \/>\n6 Andrea Lee +1<br \/>\n7 Viviane Araujo -1<br \/>\n8 Roxanne Modafferi<br \/>\n9 Lauren Murphy +1<br \/>\n10 Alexis Davis -1<br \/>\n11 Montana De La Rosa<br \/>\n12 Maycee Barber +1<br \/>\n13 Antonina Shevchenko NR<br \/>\n14 Mara Romero Borella -2<br \/>\n15 Gillian Robertson<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s Bantamweight:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Champion: Amanda Nunes<br \/>\n1 Germaine de Randamie<br \/>\n2 Ketlen Vieira<br \/>\n3 Holly Holm<br \/>\n4 Julianna Pena<br \/>\n5 Aspen 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