New UFC rankings: Major changes in the stacked welterweight division

Welterweight Geoff Neal broke into the top 10 in the new UFC rankings. Photo: Sergei Belski – USA TODAY Sports

UFC just updated their official rankings and with Geoff Neal’s massive KO-win over Vicente Luque there’s major changes in the stacked welterweight division.

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Men’s pound-for-pound

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

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. Tim Elliott
11. Amir Albazi
12. Sumudaerji
13. Manel Kape
14. Jeffrey Molina
15. Tagir Ulanbekov

Bantamweight

Champion: Aljamain Sterling

1. Petr Yan
2. TJ Dillashaw
3. José Aldo
4. Cory Sandhagen
5. Marlon Vera
6. Merab Dvalishvili
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. Shane Burgos
15. Ilia Topuriaa

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: Kamaru Usman

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

Middleweight

Champion: Israel Adesanya

1. Robert Whittaker
2. Jared Cannonier
3. Marvin Vettori
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. Uriah Hall
13. Nassourdine Imavov
14. Dricus Du Plessis
15. Brad Tavares

Light heavyweight

Champion: Jiri Prochazka

1. Glover Teixeira
2. Jan Błachowicz
3. Magomed Ankalaev
4. Aleksandar Rakić
5. Anthony Smith
6. Jamahal Hill +4
7. Dominick Reyes
8. Volkan Oezdemir
9. Thiago Santos -3
10. Paul Craig -1
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. Chris Daukaus
11. Marcin Tybura
12. Serghei Spivac *NEW
13. Alexandr Romanov -1
14. Shamil Abdurakhimov -1
15. Blagoy Ivanov

Women’s pound-for-pound

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

Women’s strawweight

Champion: Carla Esparza

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

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. Maycee Barber
11. Casey O’Neill
12. Cynthia Calvillo
13. Erin Blanchfield
14. Tracy Cortez
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 +1
12. Karol Rosa
14. Julia Avila
15. Norma Dumont

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