{"id":324310,"date":"2019-09-04T08:55:21","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T15:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=324310"},"modified":"2019-09-04T08:55:21","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T15:55:21","slug":"ufc-rankings-update-weili-zhang-soars-at-strawweight-israel-adesanya-joins-p4p-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-rankings-update-weili-zhang-soars-at-strawweight-israel-adesanya-joins-p4p-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC rankings update | Weili Zhang soars at strawweight, Israel Adesanya joins P4P rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of last weekend&#8217;s UFC Shenzhen card, and as expected, there have been some big changes.<\/p>\n<p>Most notably, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/weili-zhang-open-to-valentina-shevchenko-fight-after-ufc-shenzhen\/\">Weili Zhang<\/a> has assumed the top spot in the strawweight division, having captured the title by defeating <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/jessica-andrade-plans-to-prove-she-is-the-best-in-the-world-at-ufc-shenzhen\/\">Jessica Andrade<\/a> in less than a minute in the card&#8217;s main event.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in these new UFC rankings, interim middleweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/israel-adesanya-criticizes-fickle-and-wishy-washy-mma-fans\/\">Israel Adesanya<\/a> has made an unexpected move into the pound-for-pound top-15. He&#8217;s now holds the No. 15 spot, while his next foe, undisputed middleweight champ Robert Whittaker, is at No. 11.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the latest UFC rankings (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/9\/4\/20848834\/latest-ufc-rankings-update-weili-zhang-takes-over-strawweight-smashing-jessica-andrade-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<h1><strong>UFC Rankings:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h3 id=\"1zl2tU\"><strong>POUND-FOR-POUND<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p id=\"9x9LS0\">1. Jon Jones<br \/>\n2. Khabib Nurmagomedov<br \/>\n3. Henry Cejudo<br \/>\n4. Stipe Miocic<br \/>\n5. Amanda Nunes<br \/>\n6. Max Holloway<br \/>\n7. Daniel Cormier<br \/>\n8. Dustin Poirier<br \/>\n9. Kamaru Usman<br \/>\n10. Tony Ferguson<br \/>\n11. Robert Whittaker<br \/>\n12. Valentina Shevchenko<br \/>\n13. Conor McGregor<br \/>\n14. Tyron Woodley<br \/>\n15. Israel Adesanya *NR<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"Pl6NoC\"><strong>FLYWEIGHT<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p id=\"eEKDV0\">Champion: HENRY CEJUDO<\/p>\n<p id=\"JxIgor\">1. Joseph Benavidez<br \/>\n2. Jussier Formiga<br \/>\n3. Deiveson Figueiredo<br \/>\n4. Alexandre Pantoja<br \/>\n5. Sergio Pettis<br \/>\n6. Tim Elliott<br \/>\n7. (T) Kai Kara France +3<br \/>\n7. (T) Rogerio Bontorin<br \/>\n9. Brandon Moreno -1<br \/>\n10. Matt Schnell -1<br \/>\n11. Jordan Espinosa<br \/>\n12. Ryan Benoit<br \/>\n13. Alex Perez<br \/>\n14. Mark De La Rosa<br \/>\n15. Raulian Paiva<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"bDX0ri\"><strong>BANTAMWEIGHT<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p id=\"GIodcn\">Champion: HENRY CEJUDO<\/p>\n<p id=\"9cIhDr\">1. Marlon Moraes<br \/>\n2. Aljamain Sterling<br \/>\n3. Cory Sandhagen<br \/>\n4. (T) Petr Yan<br \/>\n4. (T) Raphael Assuncao +1<br \/>\n6. Pedro Munhoz<br \/>\n7. Dominick Cruz<br \/>\n8. Cody Garbrandt<br \/>\n9. Jimmie Rivera<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<h3 id=\"RS1FNc\"><strong>FEATHERWEIGHT<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p id=\"zzRs2V\">Champion: MAX HOLLOWAY<\/p>\n<p id=\"VXr8hS\">1. 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. Mirsad Bektic<br \/>\n15. Ryan Hall<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"uyKfMc\"><strong>LIGHTWEIGHT<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p id=\"7PELYO\">Champion: KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV<\/p>\n<p id=\"RjGWtK\">1. Dustin Poirier INTERIM<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<br \/>\n12. Charles Oliveira<br \/>\n13. Alexander Hernandez<br \/>\n14. Dan Hooker<br \/>\n15. Islam Makhachev<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"RrHYfw\"><strong>WELTERWEIGHT<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p id=\"FIAkRZ\">Champion: KAMARU USMAN<\/p>\n<p id=\"oQwEST\">1. Tyron Woodley<br \/>\n2. Colby Covington<br \/>\n3. Jorge Masvidal<br \/>\n4. Leon Edwards<br \/>\n5. Rafael dos Anjos<br \/>\n6. Nate Diaz +1<br \/>\n7. Darren Till -1<br \/>\n8. Santiago Ponzinibbio<br \/>\n9. Stephen Thompson<br \/>\n10. Demian Maia<br \/>\n11. Ben Askren<br \/>\n12. Anthony Pettis<br \/>\n13. Robbie Lawler<br \/>\n14. Vicente Luque +1<br \/>\n15. Neil Magny *NR<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"eOJKou\"><strong>MIDDLEWEIGHT<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p id=\"Wi5zDY\">Champion: ROBERT WHITTAKER<\/p>\n<p id=\"ObVjhj\">1. Israel Adesanya (Interim champion)<br \/>\n2. Paulo Costa<br \/>\n3. Yoel Romero<br \/>\n4. Kelvin Gastelum<br \/>\n5. Jack Hermansson<br \/>\n6. Ronaldo Souza<br \/>\n7. Chris Weidman<br \/>\n8. Derek Brunson<br \/>\n9. Jared Cannonier<br \/>\n10. Ian Heinisch<br \/>\n11. Brad Tavares<br \/>\n12. Uriah Hall<br \/>\n13. Antonio Carlos Junior<br \/>\n14. Anderson Silva<br \/>\n15. Krzysztof Jotko<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"x5hrzi\"><strong>LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p id=\"qX3vIQ\">Champion: JON JONES<\/p>\n<p id=\"xxkEXl\">1. Daniel Cormier<br \/>\n2. Thiago Santos<br \/>\n3. Anthony Smith<br \/>\n4. Dominick Reyes<br \/>\n5. Jan Blachowicz<br \/>\n6. Alexander Gustafsson<br \/>\n7. (T) Volkan Oezdemir<br \/>\n7. (T) Corey Anderson<br \/>\n9. Glover Teixeira<br \/>\n10. Aleksandar Rakic<br \/>\n11. Johnny Walker<br \/>\n12. Ilir Latifi<br \/>\n13 Nikita Krylov<br \/>\n14 Mauricio Rua<br \/>\n15 Misha Cirkunov<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"Vrdunp\"><strong>HEAVYWEIGHT<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p id=\"FeN8fg\">Champion: STIPE MIOCIC<\/p>\n<p id=\"YMONu3\">1. Daniel Cormier<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<h3 id=\"qk3QDy\"><strong>WOMEN\u2019S STRAWWEIGHT<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p id=\"e0qRHZ\">Champion: WEILI ZHANG<\/p>\n<p id=\"2UsZZB\">1. Jessica Andrade -1<br \/>\n2. Rose Namajunas -1<br \/>\n3. Tatiana Suarez -1<br \/>\n4. Nina Ansaroff -1<br \/>\n5. Joanna Jedrzejczyk -1<br \/>\n6. Claudia Gadelha -1<br \/>\n7. Michelle Waterson<br \/>\n8. Carla Esparza<br \/>\n9. Alexa Grasso<br \/>\n10. Marina Rodriguez<br \/>\n11. Cynthia Calvillo<br \/>\n12. Felice Herrig<br \/>\n13. Tecia Torres<br \/>\n14. Karolina Kowalkiewicz<br \/>\n15. Cortney Casey<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"NWzRGO\"><strong>WOMEN\u2019S FLYWEIGHT<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p id=\"wLChtw\">Champion: VALENTINA SHEVCHENKO<\/p>\n<p id=\"56r8qV\">1. Jessica Eye<br \/>\n2. Katlyn Chookagian<br \/>\n3. Liz Carmouche<br \/>\n4. Jennifer Maia<br \/>\n5. Joanne Calderwood<br \/>\n6. Andrea Lee<br \/>\n7. Viviane Araujo<br \/>\n8. Roxanne Modafferi<br \/>\n9. Lauren Murphy<br \/>\n10. Alexis Davis<br \/>\n11. Montana De La Rosa<br \/>\n12. Maycee Barber<br \/>\n13. Antonina Shevchenko<br \/>\n14. Mara Romero Borella<br \/>\n15. Gillian Robertson<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"uNhoE5\"><strong>WOMEN\u2019S BANTAMWEIGHT<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p id=\"S6pjkk\">Champion: AMANDA NUNES<\/p>\n<p id=\"cjiZKm\">1. Germaine de Randamie<br \/>\n2. Ketlen Vieira<br \/>\n3. Holly Holm<br \/>\n4. Julianna Pena<br \/>\n5. Aspen Ladd<br \/>\n6. Raquel Pennington<br \/>\n7. Yana Kunitskaya<br \/>\n8. Marion Reneau<br \/>\n9. Sara McMann<br \/>\n10. Irene Aldana<br \/>\n11. Macy Chiasson<br \/>\n12. Lina Lansberg<br \/>\n13. Nicco Montano<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 9\/4\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The official UFC rankings have been updated in the wake of last weekend&#8217;s UFC Shenzhen card, and as expected, there have been some big changes. 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