UFC rankings: Major changes in the welterweight division and a new Pound-for-Pound King

Leon ”Rocky” Edwards made it into the pound-for-pound UFC rankings. Photo: Mark J. Rebilas – USA Today Sports

With Leon Edward’s massive win over Kamaru Usman, there has been major changes in the UFC rankings.

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Men’s pound-for-pound

1. Alexander Volkanovski
2 Israel Adesanya +1
3. Charles Oliveira +1
4. Kamaru Usman -3
5. Francis Ngannou
6. Leon Edwards *NEW
7. Aljamain Sterling -1
8. Dustin Poirier -1
9. Deiveson Figueiredo -1
10. Jiří Procházka -1
11. Max Holloway -1
12. Jon Jones -1
13. Stipe Miocic -1
14. Petr Yan Rank -1
15. Brandon Moreno -1

Flyweight

Champion: Deiveson Figueiredo

1. Brandon Moreno (Interim champion)
2. Alexandre Pantoja
3. Kai Kara France
4. Askar Askarov
5. Brandon Royval
6. Alex Perez
7. Matheus Nicolau
8. Matt Schnell
9. David Dvorak
10. Amir Albazi +1
11. Tim Elliott -1
12. Manel Kape
13. Sumudaerji -1
14. Jeffrey Molina
15. Tagir Ulanbekov

Bantamweight

Champion: Aljamain Sterling

1. Petr Yan
2. TJ Dillashaw
3. Merab Dvalishvili +3
4. Cory Sandhagen
5. Marlon Vera
6. Jose Aldo -3
7. Rob Font
8. Dominick Cruz
9. Pedro Munhoz
10. Song Yadong
11. Ricky Simon
12. Frankie Edgar
13. Sean O’Malley
14. Umar Nurmagomedov
15. Jack Shore

Featherweight

Champion: Alexander Volkanovski

1. Max Holloway
2. Yair Rodriguez
3. Brian Ortega
4. Josh Emmett
5. Calvin Kattar
6. Arnold Allen
7. Chan Sung Jung
8. Giga Chikadze
9. Bryce Mitchell
10. Movsar Evloev
11. Dan Ige
12. Sodiq Yusuff
13. Edson Barboza
14. Ilia Topuria +1
15. Alex Caceres *NEW

Lightweight

Champion: Vacant

1. Charles Oliveira
2. Dustin Poirier
3. Justin Gaethje
4. Islam Makhachev
5. Michael Chandler
6. Beneil Dariush
7. Rafael Fiziev
8. Rafael Dos Anjos
9. Mateusz Gamrot
10. Arman Tsarukyan
11. Tony Ferguson
12. Conor McGregor
13. Dan Hooker
14. Jalin Turner
15. Damir Ismagulov

Welterweight

Champion: Leon Edwards

1. Kamaru Usman -1
2. Colby Covington -1
3. Khamzat Chimaev
4. Gilbert Burns
5. Belal Muhammad
6. Geoff Neal +2
7. Stephen Thompson -1
8. Sean Brady -1
9. Jorge Masvidal
10. Vicente Luque -1
11. Shavkat Rakhmonov
12. Michael Chiesa
13. Neil Magny
14. Li Jingliang
15. Michel Pereira

Middleweight

Champion: Israel Adesanya

1. Robert Whittaker
2. Jared Cannonier
2. Marvin Vettori +1
4. Derek Brunson
5. Alex Pereira
6. Paulo Costa
7. Sean Strickland
8. Jack Hermansson
9. Darren Till
10. Andre Muniz
11. Kelvin Gastelum
12. Nassourdine Imavov
13. Dricus Du Plessis
14. Brad Tavares
15. Chris Curtis

Light heavyweight

Champion: Jiri Prochazka

1. Glover Teixeira
2. Jan Błachowicz
3. Magomed Ankalaev
4. Aleksandar Rakić
5. Anthony Smith
6. Jamahal Hill
7. Dominick Reyes
8. Volkan Oezdemir
9. Thiago Santos
10. Paul Craig
11. Nikita Krylov
12. Ryan Spann
13. Johnny Walker
14. Dustin Jacoby
15. Jimmy Crute

Heavyweight

Champion: Francis Ngannou

1. Ciryl Gane
2. Stipe Miocic
3. Tai Tuivasa
4. Curtis Blaydes
5. Sergei Pavlovich
6. Tom Aspinall
7. Derrick Lewis
8. Alexander Volkov
9. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
10. Marcin Tybura +1
11. Chris Daukaus -1
12. Serghei Spivac
13. Alexandr Romanov
14. Shamil Abdurakhimov
15. Blagoy Ivanov

Women’s pound-for-pound

1. Amanda Nunes
2. Valentina Shevchenko
3. Julianna Peña
4. Carla Esparza +2
5. Rose Namajunas -1
6. Zhang Weili -1
7. Jessica Andrade
8. Marina Rodriguez
9. Holly Holm
10. Katlyn Chookagian
11. Ketlen Vieira
12. Taila Santos +2
13. Mackenzie Dern
14. Yan Xiaonan -2
15. Lauren Murphy

Women’s strawweight

Champion: Carla Esparza

1. Rose Namajunas
2. Zhang Weili
3. Marina Rodriguez
4. Jessica Andrade +2
5. Mackenzie Dern -1
6. Yan Xiaonan -1
7. Tecia Torres
8. Amanda Lemos
9. Amanda Ribas
10. Virna Jandiroba +1
11. Michelle Waterson-Gomez -1
12. Angela Hill
13. Emily Ducote
14. Luana Pinheiro
15. Jessica Penne

Women’s flyweight

Champion: Valentina Shevchenko

1. Katlyn Chookagian
2. Taila Santos
3. Lauren Murphy
4. Jessica Andrade
5. Alexa Grasso
6. Viviane Araujo
7. Manon Fiorot
8. Jennifer Maia
9. Andrea Lee
10. Casey O’Neill +1
11. Maycee Barber -1
12. Erin Blanchfield
13. Tracy Cortez
14. Cynthia Calvillo
15. Molly McCann

Women’s bantamweight

Champion: Amanda Nunes

1. Julianna Peña
2. Ketlen Vieira
3. Holly Holm
4. Irene Aldana
5. Raquel Pennington
6. Yana Kunitskaya
7. Aspen Ladd
8. Sara McMann
9. Pannie Kianzad
10. Macy Chiasson
11. Miesha Tate
12. Lina Lansberg
12. Karol Rosa
14. Julia Avila
15. Norma Dumont

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