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UFC Rankings: Undefeated Shavkat Rakhmonov getting closer to a title shot
Updated UFC rankings. Photo via instagram (@shavkatrakhmonov94)
After this past Saturday’s UFC 296, there have been a lot of rotation in the rankings.
With undefeated Shavkat Rakhmonov’s pivotal welterweight win, and Ariane Lipski entering the rankings, many divisions have gone through major changes.
Check out the latest updated UFC rankings here!
UFC Men pound-for-pound
Islam Makhachev. Photo: Per Haljestam-USA TODAY Sports
1 Islam Makhachev
2 Jon Jones
3 Alexander Volkanovski
4 Leon Edwards
5 Alex Pereira
6 Charles Oliveira
7 Sean Strickland +1
8 Sean O’Malley -1
9 Israel Adesanya
10 Alexandre Pantoja
11 Aljamain Sterling
12 Tom Aspinall
13 Max Holloway
14 Kamaru Usman
15 Jiri Prochazka
Flyweight
Alexandre Pantoja. Photo via Twitter
Champion: Alexandre Pantoja
1 Brandon Moreno
2 Amir Albazi
3 Brandon Royval -1
4 Kai Kara-France
5 Matheus Nicolau
6 Manel Kape
7 Alex Perez
8 Muhammad Mokaev
9 Matt Schnell
10 Tim Elliott
11 Tagir Ulanbekov +1
12 Steve Erceg -1
13 Sumudaerji
14 David Dvorak
15 Tatsuro Taira *NEW
Bantamweight
Sean O’Malley. 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 Deiveson Figueiredo
9 Rob Font
10 Dominick Cruz
11 Pedro Munhoz
12 Jonathan Martinez
13 Ricky Simon
14 Umar Nurmagomedov
15 Chris Gutierrez
Featherweight
Alexander Volkanovski. Photo via Instagram (@alexvolkanovski)
Champion: Alexander Volkanovski
1 Max Holloway
2 Yair Rodriguez
3 Arnold Allen +1
3 Brian Ortega
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 Alex Caceres
15 Lerone Murphy
Lightweight
Islam Makhachev. Photo via Twitter (UFC)
Champion: Islam Makhachev
1 Charles Oliveira
2 Justin Gaethje
3 Dustin Poirier
4 Arman Tsarukyan
5 Michael Chandler
6 Mateusz Gamrot
7 Beneil Dariush
8 Rafael Fiziev
9 Dan Hooker
10 Jalin Turner
11 Rafael Dos Anjos
12 Benoît Saint Denis
13 Renato Moicano
14 Bobby Green
15 Drew Dober
Welterweight
Champion: Leon Edwards
1 Kamaru Usman
2 Belal Muhammad
3 Shavkat Rakhmonov +2
4 Gilbert Burns
5 Colby Covington -2
6 Stephen Thompson
7 Sean Brady
8 Geoff Neal
9 Vicente Luque
10 Ian Machado Garry
11 Jack Della Maddalena
12 Kevin Holland
13 Neil Magny
14 Michael Chiesa
15 Rinat Fakhretdinov
Middleweight
Sean Strickland. Photo via Twitter (UFC)
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 Brendan Allen
9 Khamzat Chimaev
10 Jack Hermansson
11 Nassourdine Imavov
12 Paul Craig
13 Chris Curtis
14 Kelvin Gastelum
15 Anthony Hernandez
Light heavyweight
Photo via Twitter (Alex ”Poatan” Pereira)
Champion: Alex Pereira
1 Jamahal Hill
2 Jiri Prochazka
3 Magomed Ankalaev
4 Jan Błachowicz
5 Aleksandar Rakic
6 Nikita Krylov +1
7 Johnny Walker -1
8 Khalil Rountree Jr.
9 Volkan Oezdemir
10 Anthony Smith
11 Ryan Spann
12 Alonzo Menifield +2
13 Azamat Murzakanov -1
14 Dominick Reyes -1
15 Dustin Jacoby
Heavyweight
Photo via UFC (Twitter)
Champion: Jon Jones
1 Tom Aspinall (Interim champion)
2 Ciryl Gane
3 Sergei Pavlovich
4 Stipe Miocic
5 Curtis Blaydes
6 Alexander Volkov
7 Jailton Almeida
8 Serghei Spivac
9 Tai Tuivasa
10 Derrick Lewis
10 Marcin Tybura
12 Jairzinho Rozenstruik
13 Alexandr Romanov
14 Marcos Rogerio De Lima +1
15 Rodrigo Nascimento -1
UFC Women’s pound-for-pound
Alexa Grasso. Photo: Orlando Ramirez – USA TODAY Sports
1 Alexa Grasso
2 Zhang Weili
3 Valentina Shevchenko
4 Julianna Peña
5 Erin Blanchfield
6 Manon Fiorot
7 Carla Esparza +1
8 Rose Namajunas -1
9 Yan Xiaonan
10 Tatiana Suarez
11 Jéssica Andrade
12 Raquel Pennington
13 Amanda Lemos
14 Ketlen Vieira
15 Irene Aldana
Women’s strawweight
Photo via Instagram (@zhangweilimma)
Champion: Zhang Weilie
1 Carla Esparza
2 Yan Xiaonan
3 Tatiana Suarez
4 Amanda Lemos
5 Jéssica Andrade
6 Virna Jandiroba
7 Marina Rodriguez
8 Mackenzie Dern
9 Amanda Ribas
10 Luana Pinheiro
11 Loopy Godinez
12 Tabatha Ricci
13 Angela Hill
14 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
15 Michelle Waterson-Gomez
Women’s flyweight
Photo via Instagram (@alexa_grasso)
Champion: Alexa Grasso
1 Valentina Shevchenko
2 Erin Blanchfield
3 Manon Fiorot
4 Katlyn Chookagian
5 Jessica Andrade
6 Lauren Murphy
7 Maycee Barber
8 Viviane Araujo
9 Amanda Ribas
10 Natalia Silva +1
11 Tracy Cortez -1
12 Ariane Lipski *NEW
13 Karine Silva
14 Casey O’Neill -2
15 Andrea Lee -1
Women’s bantamweight
Photo via UFC
Champion: VACANT
1 Julianna Peña
2 Raquel Pennington
3 Mayra Bueno Silva
4 Ketlen Vieira
5 Irene Aldana
6 Holly Holm -1
7 Pannie Kianzad
8 Yana Santos
9 Karol Rosa
10 Macy Chiasson
11 Miesha Tate
12 Norma Dumont
13 Julia Avila
14 Josiane Nunes
15 Chelsea Chandler
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