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UFC rankings: Khamzat bursts into the middleweight rankings!
Khamzat Chimaev climbs the UFC rankings. Photo: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via USA TODAY Sports
After this past Saturday’s UFC 294, there have been a lot of changes in the UFC rankings.
With undefeated star Khamzat Chimaev’s win over former welterweight champion Kamaru Usman in their 185 lbs bout, ”Borz” bursts into the top ten of the middleweight rankings.
Check out the latest updated rankings here!
UFC rankings: Men’s pound-for-pound
Jon Jones. Photo via YouTube
- 1 Jon Jones
- 2 Islam Makhachev +1
- 3 Alexander Volkanovski -1
- 4 Leon Edwards
- 5 Charles Oliveira
- 6 Sean O’Malley
- 7 Sean Strickland +1
- 8 Israel Adesanya +1
- 9 Alexandre Pantoja +1
- 10 Alex Pereira +1
- 11 Aljamain Sterling +2
- 12 Max Holloway
- 13 Kamaru Usman -6
- 14 Jiří Procházka
- 15 Jamahal Hill
Men’s flyweight
Photo via Twitter
Champion: Alexandre Pantoja
- 1 Brandon Moreno
- 2 Deiveson Figueiredo
- 3 Amir Albazi
- 4 Brandon Royval
- 5 Kai Kara-France
- 6 Matheus Nicolau
- 7 Alex Perez
- 8 Manel Kape
- 9 Matt Schnell
- 10 Muhammad Mokaev +1
- 11 Tim Elliott -1
- 12 Sumudaerji
- 13 Tagir Ulanbekov
- 14 Steve Erceg
- 15 David Dvorak
Men’s bantamweight
UFC 292 results. Photo via Twitter (UFC)
Champion: Sean O’Malley
- 1 Aljamain Sterling
- 2 Merab Dvalishvili
- 3 Henry Cejudo
- 4 Cory Sandhagen
- 5 Petr Yan
- 6 Marlon Vera
- 7 Song Yadong
- 8 Rob Font
- 9 Dominick Cruz
- 10 Pedro Munhoz
- 11 Jonathan Martinez
- 12 Umar Nurmagomedov
- 13 Ricky Simon
- 14 Chris Gutierrez
- 15 Said Nurmagomedov *NEW
Men’s featherweight
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Champion: Alexander Volkanovski
- 1 Max Holloway
- 2 Yair Rodriguez
- 3 Brian Ortega
- 4 Arnold Allen
- 5 Ilia Topuria
- 6 Josh Emmett
- 7 Calvin Kattar
- 8 Giga Chikadze
- 9 Movsar Evloev
- 10 Bryce Mitchell
- 11 Edson Barboza
- 12 Sodiq Yusuff
- 13 Dan Ige
- 14 Lerone Murphy
- 15 Alex Caceres
Men’s lightweight
Islam Makhachev. Photo via Twitter (UFC)
Champion: Islam Makhachev
- 1 Charles Oliveira
- 2 Justin Gaethje
- 3 Dustin Poirier
- 4 Beneil Dariush
- 5 Michael Chandler
- 6 Mateusz Gamrot
- 7 Rafael Fiziev
- 8 Arman Tsarukyan
- 9 Dan Hooker
- 10 Rafael Dos Anjos
- 11 Jalin Turner
- 12 Bobby Green
- 13 Renato Moicano
- 14 Matt Frevola
- 15 Drew Dober
Men’s welterweight
Champion: Leon Edwards
- 1 Kamaru Usman
- 2 Belal Muhammad +1
- 3 Colby Covington -1
- 4 Gilbert Burns +1
- 5 Shavkat Rakhmonov +1
- 6 Stephen Thompson +1
- 7 Geoff Neal +1
- 8 Sean Brady +1
- 9 Vicente Luque +1
- 10 Ian Machado Garry +1
- 11 Jack Della Maddalena +1
- 12 Kevin Holland +1
- 13 Neil Magny +1
- 14 Michael Chiesa +1
- 15 Rinat Fakhretdinov *NEW
Men’s middleweight
Champion: Sean Strickland
- 1 Israel Adesanya
- 2 Dricus Du Plessis
- 3 Robert Whittaker
- 4 Jared Cannonier
- 5 Marvin Vettori
- 6 Paulo Costa
- 7 Roman Dolidze
- 8 Jack Hermansson
- 9 Khamzat Chimaev *NEW
- 10 Brendan Allen -1
- 11 Kelvin Gastelum -1
- 12 Nassourdine Imavov -1
- 13 Paul Craig -1
- 14 Chris Curtis -1
- 15 Anthony Hernandez
Men’s light heavyweight
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Champion: VACANT
- 1 Jiří Procházka
- 2 Magomed Ankalaev
- 3 Alex Pereira
- 4 Jan Błachowicz
- 5 Aleksandar Rakić
- 6 Nikita Krylov
- 7 Johnny Walker
- 8 Anthony Smith
- 9 Volkan Oezdemir
- 10 Ryan Spann
- 11 Khalil Rountree Jr.
- 12 Azamat Murzakanov
- 13 Dominick Reyes
- 14 Alonzo Menifield
- 15 Dustin Jacoby
Men’s heavyweight
Jon Jones at UFC 285. Photo via UFC (Twitter)
Champion: Jon Jones
- 1 Ciryl Gane
- 2 Sergei Pavlovich
- 3 Stipe Miocic
- 4 Tom Aspinall
- 5 Curtis Blaydes
- 6 Alexander Volkov
- 7 Serghei Spivac
- 8 Tai Tuivasa
- 9 Jailton Almeida
- 10 Derrick Lewis
- 11 Marcin Tybura
- 12 Jairzinho Rozenstruik
- 13 Alexandr Romanov
- 14 Marcos Rogerio De Lima
- 15 Martin Buday
UFC rankings: Women’s pound-for-pound
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- 1 Alexa Grasso
- 2 Zhang Weili
- 3 Valentina Shevchenko
- 4 Julianna Peña
- 5 Erin Blanchfield
- 6 Manon Fiorot
- 7 Carla Esparza
- 8 Rose Namajunas
- 9 Yan Xiaonan
- 10 Tatiana Suarez
- 11 Taila Santos
- 12 Jessica Andrade
- 13 Raquel Pennington
- 14 Amanda Lemos
- 15 Mayra Bueno Silva
Women’s strawweight
Zhang Weili. Photo credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie – USA TODAY Sports
Champion: Zhang Weili
- 1 Carla Esparza
- 2 Yan Xiaonan
- 3 Tatiana Suarez
- 4 Amanda Lemos
- 5 Jessica Andrade
- 6 Virna Jandiroba
- 7 Mackenzie Dern
- 8 Marina Rodriguez
- 9 Luana Pinheiro
- 10 Tabatha Ricci
- 11 Amanda Ribas
- 12 Angela Hill
- 13 Loopy Godinez
- 14 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
- 15 Michelle Waterson-Gomez
Women’s flyweight
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Champion: Alexa Grasso
- 1 Valentina Shevchenko
- 2 Erin Blanchfield
- 3 Manon Fiorot
- 4 Taila Santos
- 5 Katlyn Chookagian
- 6 Jessica Andrade
- 7 Lauren Murphy
- 8 Maycee Barber
- 9 Viviane Araújo
- 10 Amanda Ribas
- 11 Tracy Cortez +1
- 12 Natalia Silva +1
- 13 Casey O’Neill +1
- 14 Karine Silva +1
- 15 Andrea Lee *NEW
Women’s bantamweight
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Champion: VACANT
- 1 Julianna Peña
- 2 Raquel Pennington
- 3 Mayra Bueno Silva
- 4 Ketlen Vieira
- 5 Holly Holm
- 5 Irene Aldana
- 7 Pannie Kianzad
- 8 Yana Santos
- 9 Macy Chiasson
- 9 Karol Rosa
- 11 Norma Dumont
- 12 Miesha Tate
- 13 Julia Avila
- 14 Josiane Nunes
- 15 Chelsea Chandler
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