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UFC 300 completely reshapes the rankings: Holloway top ranked in lightweight
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With the starpower and top ranked fighters, this past Saturday’s historic UFC 300 card shook up the official UFC rankings.
Promotional newcomer Kayla Harrison smashes into the women’s bantamweight rankings and former featherweight champion bursts into the lightweight rankings with his BMF title win.
Check out the updated UFC rankings here!
UFC Men’s pound-for-pound
Islam Makhachev. Photo via Twitter (UFC)
1 Islam Makhachev
2 Jon Jones
3 Leon Edwards
4 Alex Pereira
5 Ilia Topuria
6 Sean O’Malley
7 Alexander Volkanovski +1
8 Max Holloway +6
9 Dricus Du Plessis
10 Alexandre Pantoja
11 Charles Oliveira +4
12 Israel Adesanya -1
13 Tom Aspinall -1
14 Sean Strickland -1
15 Aljamain Sterling
Flyweight
Alexandre Pantoja. Photo via Instagram (@pantoja_oficial)
Champion: Alexandre Pantoja
1 Brandon Royval
2 Brandon Moreno
3 Amir Albazi
4 Kai Kara-France
5 Matheus Nicolau
6 Manel Kape
7 Muhammad Mokaev
8 Alex Perez
9 Tim Elliott
10 Steve Erceg
11 Matt Schnell
12 Tagir Ulanbekov
13 Tatsuro Taira
14 David Dvorak
15 Sumudaerji
Bantamweight
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Champion: Sean O’Malley
1 Merab Dvalishvili
2 Cory Sandhagen +1
3 Petr Yan +1
4 Marlon Vera +1
5 Henry Cejudo +1
6 Deiveson Figueiredo +2
7 Song Yadong
8 Rob Font +1
9 Umar Nurmagomedov +1
10 Kyler Phillips +1
11 Dominick Cruz +1
12 Mario Bautista +1
13 Jonathan Martinez +1
14 Pedro Munhoz +1
15 Ricky Simon *NEW
Featherweight
Ilia Topuria. Photo via YouTube
Champion: Sean O’Malley
1 Alexander Volkanovski
2 Max Holloway
3 Brian Ortega
4 Yair Rodriguez
5 Movsar Evloev
6 Arnold Allen
7 Josh Emmett
8 Aljamain Sterling *NEW
9 Calvin Kattar +1
10 Giga Chikadze +1
11 Bryce Mitchell +1
12 Edson Barboza +1
13 Dan Ige Rank +1
14 Diego Lopes *NEW
15 Sodiq Yusuff -2
Lightweight
Islam Makhachev. Photo: Sergei Belski – USA TODAY Sports
Champion: Islam Makhachev
1 Arman Tsarukyan +3
2 Charles Oliveira -1
3 Justin Gaethje -1
4 Dustin Poirier -1
5 Mateusz Gamrot
6 Beneil Dariush +1
7 Michael Chandler -1
8 Rafael Fiziev
9 Max Holloway *NEW
10 Renato Moicano +3
11 Dan Hooker -2
12 Jalin Turner -2
13 Benoît Saint Denis -2
14 Rafael Dos Anjos -2
15 Bobby Green -1
Welterweight
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Champion: Leon Edwards
1 Kamaru Usman
2 Belal Muhammad
3 Shavkat Rakhmonov
4 Colby Covington
5 Jack Della Maddalena
6 Gilbert Burns
7 Ian Machado Garry
8 Sean Brady
9 Stephen Thompson
10 Geoff Neal
11 Joaquin Buckley
12 Neil Magny
13 Michael Page
14 Vicente Luque
15 Kevin Holland
Middleweight
Dricus Du Plessis. Photo via Instagram (@dricusduplessis)
Champion: Dricus du Plessis
1 Sean Strickland
2 Israel Adesanya
3 Robert Whittaker
4 Jared Cannonier
5 Marvin Vettori
6 Brendan Allen
7 Paulo Costa
8 Nassourdine Imavov
9 Roman Dolidze
10 Jack Hermansson
11 Khamzat Chimaev
12 Anthony Hernandez
13 Paul Craig
14 Caio Borralho +1
15 Chris Curtis -1
Light heavyweight
Alex Pereira. Photo via YouTube
Champion: Alex Pereira
1 Jiří Procházka +1
2 Magomed Ankalaev +1
3 Jamahal Hill -2
4 Jan Błachowicz
5 Aleksandar Rakic
6 Nikita Krylov
7 Johnny Walker
8 Khalil Rountree Jr.
9 Volkan Oezdemir
10 Anthony Smith
11 Ryan Spann
12 Alonzo Menifield
13 Azamat Murzakanov
14 Dominick Reyes
15 Vitor Petrino
Heavyweight
Jon Jones. Photo via YouTube
Champion: Jon Jones
1 Tom Aspinall (Interim)
2 Ciryl Gane
3 Sergei Pavlovich
4 Stipe Miocic
5 Curtis Blaydes
6 Alexander Volkov
7 Jailton Almeida
8 Marcin Tybura
9 Serghei Spivac
10 Tai Tuivasa
11 Jairzinho Rozenstruik
12 Derrick Lewis
13 Alexandr Romanov
14 Marcos Rogerio De Lima
15 Rodrigo Nascimento
Women’s pound-for-pound
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1 Alexa Grasso
2 Zhang Weili
3 Valentina Shevchenko
4 Manon Fiorot
5 Julianna Pena
6 Raquel Pennington
7 Rose Namajunas
8 Erin Blanchfield
9 Tatiana Suarez
10 Yan Xiaonan
11 Jessica Andrade
12 Amanda Lemos
13 Kayla Harrison *NEW
14 Ketlen Vieira -1
15 Irene Aldana
Women’s Strawweight
Zhang Weili. Photo credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie – USA TODAY Sports
Champion: Zhang Weili
1 Tatiana Suarez +1
2 Yan Xiaonan -1
3 Amanda Lemos
4 Jéssica Andrade
5 Virna Jandiroba
6 Marina Rodriguez
7 Mackenzie Dern
8 Amanda Ribas
9 Luana Pinheiro
10 Loopy Godinez
11 Tabatha Ricci
12 Angela Hill
13 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
14 Michelle Waterson-Gomez
15 Gillian Robertson
Women’s flyweight
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Champion: Alexa Grasso
1 Valentina Shevchenko
2 Manon Fiorot
3 Erin Blanchfield
4 Maycee Barber
5 Jéssica Andrade
6 Rose Namajunas
7 Katlyn Cerminara
8 Natalia Silva
9 Amanda Ribas
10 Viviane Araújo
11 Tracy Cortez
12 Ariane Lipski
13 Karine Silva
14 Casey O’Neill
15 Miranda Maverick
Women’s bantamweight
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Champion: Raquel Pennington
1 Julianna Peña
2 Ketlen Vieira
3 Mayra Bueno Silva -1
4 Kayla Harrison *NEW
5 Irene Aldana -1
6 Holly Holm -1
7 Macy Chiasson -1
8 Miesha Tate -1
9 Karol Rosa -1
10 Norma Dumont -1
11 Pannie Kianzad -1
12 Yana Santos -1
13 Julia Avila -1
14 Chelsea Chandler -1
15 Germaine De Randamie -1
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