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Updated UFC rankings: Ngannou’s departure leads to massive change in the men’s P-4-P!
Francis Ngannou departed from the UFC in January. Photo Credit: Bob DeChiara – USA TODAY Sports
The first UFC rankings update for 2023 reveals a huge change in the men’s pound-for-pound after heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou departed from the promotion.
Men’s pound-for-pound
1. Alexander Volkanovski
2. Islam Makhachev
3. Leon Edwards
4. Kamaru Usman
5. Israel Adesanya +1
6. Alex Pereira +1
7. Charles Oliveira
8. Aljamain Sterling +1
9. Jiří Procházka +1
10. Deiveson Figueiredo +2
11. Dustin Poirier
12. Jon Jones +1
13. Robert Whittaker *NEW
14. Max Holloway
15 Brandon Moreno
Flyweight
Champion: Deiveson Figueiredo
1. Brandon Moreno (interim champion)
2. Alexandre Pantoja
3. Kai Kara-France
4. Brandon Royval
5. Matheus Nicolau
6. Alex Perez
7. Amir Albazi
8. Matt Schnell
9. Manel Kape
10. David Dvorak
11. Tim Elliott
12. Sumudaerji
13. Muhammad Mokaev +1
14. Jeffrey Molina -1
15. Tagir Ulanbekov
Bantamweight
Champion: Aljamain Sterling
1. Sean O’Malley
2. Petr Yan
3. Merab Dvalishvili
4. Marlon Vera
5. Cory Sandhagen
6. Rob Font
7. Dominick Cruz
8. Yadong Song
9. Pedro Munhoz
10. Ricky Simon
11. Umar Nurmagomedov
12. Chris Gutierrez
13. Adrian Yanez
14. Said Nurmagomedov +1
15. Jack Shore -1
Featherweight
Champion: Alexander Volkanovski
1. Max Holloway
2. Yair Rodriguez
3. Brian Ortega
4. Arnold Allen
5. Josh Emmett
6. Chan Sung Jung
7. Calvin Kattar
8. Giga Chikadze
9. Ilia Topuria
10. Movsar Evloev
11. Bryce Mitchell
12. Sodiq Yusuff
13. Dan Ige
14. Edson Barboza
15. Alex Caceres
Lightweight
Champion: Islam Makhachev
1. Charles Oliveira
2. Dustin Poirier
3. Justin Gaethje
4. Beneil Dariush
5. Michael Chandler
6. Rafael Fiziev
7. Mateusz Gamrot
8. Arman Tsarukyan +1
9. Rafael Dos Anjos -1
10. Jalin Turner
11. Dan Hooker
12. Damir Ismagulov
13. Renato Moicano
14. Drew Dober
15. Grant Dawson
Welterweight
Champion: Leon Edwards
1. Kamaru Usman
2. Colby Covington
3. Khamzat Chimaev
4. Belal Muhammad
5. Gilbert Burns
6. Stephen Thompson
7. Geoff Neal
8. Sean Brady
9. Vicente Luque
10. Shavkat Rakhmonov
11. Jorge Masvidal
12. Neil Magny
13. Michael Chiesa
14. Michel Pereira
15. Li Jingliang
Middleweight
Champion: Alex Pereira
1. Israel Adesanya
2. Robert Whittaker
3. Jared Cannonier
4. Marvin Vettori
5. Derek Brunson
6. Paulo Costa
7. Sean Strickland
8. Roman Dolidze
9. Jack Hermansson
10. Dricus Du Plessis
11. Andre Muniz
12. Nassourdine Imavov
13. Kelvin Gastelum
14. Chris Curtis
15. Darren Till
Light heavyweight
Champion: VACANT
1. Jiri Prochazka
2. Glover Teixeira
3. Magomed Ankalaev
4. Jan Błachowicz
5. Aleksandar Rakic
6. Anthony Smith
7. Jamahal Hill
8. Nikita Krylov
9. Paul Craig
10. Volkan Oezdemir
11. Ryan Spann
12. Johnny Walker
13. Dominick Reyes
14. Jimmy Crute
15. Khalil Rountree Jr.
Heavyweight
Champion: VACANT
1. Ciryl Gane
2. Stipe Miocic
3. Sergei Pavlovich
4. Curtis Blaydes
5. Tai Tuivasa
6. Tom Aspinall
7. Derrick Lewis
8. Alexander Volkov
9. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
10. Marcin Tybura
11. Chris Daukaus
12. Serghei Spivac
13. Alexandr Romanov
14. Blagoy Ivanov Rank +1
15 Shamil Abdurakhimov -1
Women’s pound-for-pound
1. Amanda Nunes
2. Valentina Shevchenko
3. Zhang Weili
4. Julianna Peña
5. Rose Namajunas
6. Carla Esparza
7. Jessica Andrade
8. Marina Rodriguez
9. Amanda Lemos
10. Taila Santos +2
11. Holly Holm -1
12. Manon Fiorot +1
13. Raquel Pennington *NEW
14. Katlyn Chookagian
15. Ketlen Vieira -4
Women’s strawweight
Champion: Zhang Weili
1. Carla Esparza
2. Rose Namajunas
3. Amanda Lemos
4. Jessica Andrade
5. Marina Rodriguez
6. Xiaonan Yan
7. Mackenzie Dern
8. Tecia Torres
9. Amanda Ribas
10. Virna Jandiroba
11. Michelle Waterson-Gomez
12. Angela Hill
13. Luana Pinheiro
14. Emily Ducote
15. Polyana Viana
Women’s flyweight
Champion: Valentina Shevchenko
1. Manon Fiorot
2. Taila Santos
3. Katlyn Chookagian
4. Alexa Grasso +1
4. Lauren Murphy
6. Jessica Andrade
7. Viviane Araújo
8. Jennifer Maia
9. Andrea Lee
10. Erin Blanchfield
11. Casey O’Neill
12. Maycee Barber
13. Tracy Cortez
14. Cynthia Calvillo
15. Amanda Ribas
Women’s bantamweight
Champion: Amanda Nunes
1. Julianna Peña
2. Raquel Pennington +3
3. Holly Holm
4. Ketlen Vieira -2
5. Irene Aldana -1
6. Yana Kunitskaya
7. Pannie Kianzad
8. Macy Chiasson
9. Karol Rosa
10. Miesha Tate
11. Julia Avila
12. Lina Lansberg
13. Norma Dumont
14. Mayra Bueno Silva
15. Josiane Nunes
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