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Updated UFC rankings: Rising star Erin Blanchfield breaks into pound-for-pound top 10
Erin Blanchfield skyrockets on the UFC rankings. Photo via Twitter (UFC)
With this past weekend’s massive win over Jessica Andrade, flyweight Erin Blanchfield went from a promising prospect to a legit title contender in the division.
Check out the updated UFC rankings here!
Men’s pound-for-pound
1 Alexander Volkanovski
2 Islam Makhachev
3 Leon Edwards
4 Kamaru Usman
5 Israel Adesanya
6 Alex Pereira
7 Aljamain Sterling
8 Charles Oliveira
9 Brandon Moreno
10 Jon Jones
11 Jiri Prochazka
12 Dustin Poirier
13 Jamahal Hill
14 Robert Whittaker
15 Max Holloway
Flyweight
Champion: Brandon Moreno
1 Deiveson Figueiredo
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 Muhammad Mokaev
13 Sumudaerji
14 Tagir Ulanbekov
15 Tyson Nam
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
15 Jack Shore
Featherweight
Champion: Alexander Volkanovski
1 Yair Rodriguez Interim Champion
2 Max Holloway
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
9 Rafael Dos Anjos
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 Jack Della Maddalena
15 Michel Pereira
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: Jamahal Hill
1 Jiri Prochazka
2 Magomed Ankalaev
3 Jan Blachowicz
4 Aleksandar Rakic
5 Anthony Smith
6 Nikita Krylov
7 Johnny Walker
8 Ryan Spann
8 Volkan Oezdemir
10 Paul Craig
11 Dominick Reyes
12 Jimmy Crute
13 Khalil Rountree Jr.
14 Dustin Jacoby
15 Azamat Murzakanov
Heavyweight
Champion: VACANT
1 Ciryl Gane
2 Stipe Miocic
3 Sergei Pavlovich
4 Curtis Blaydes
5 Tai Tuivasa
6 Tom Aspinall
7 Serghei Spivac
8 Alexander Volkov
9 Jairzinho Rozenstruik
10 Marcin Tybura
11 Derrick Lewis
12 Chris Daukaus
13 Alexandr Romanov
14 Jailton Almeida
15 Blagoy Ivanov
Women’s pound-for-pound
1 Amanda Nunes
2 Valentina Shevchenko
3 Weili Zhang
4 Julianna Pena
4 Rose Namajunas
6 Carla Esparza
7 Jessica Andrade
8 Erin Blanchfield *NEW
9 Amanda Lemos +1
10 Taila Santos -2
11 Marina Rodriguez -2
12 Manon Fiorot -1
13 Holly Holm -1
14 Raquel Pennington -1
15 Ketlen Vieira
Women’s strawweight
Champion: Weili Zhang
1 Carla Esparza
2 Rose Namajunas
3 Amanda Lemos
4 Marina Rodriguez
5 Xiaonan Yan
6 Jessica Andrade
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 Taila Santos
2 Manon Fiorot -1
3 Erin Blanchfield +7
4 Jessica Andrade -1
5 Katlyn Chookagian -1
6 Alexa Grasso -1
7 Lauren Murphy -1
8 Viviane Araújo -1
9 Jennifer Maia -1
10 Andrea Lee -1
11 Casey O’Neill
12 Maycee Barber
13 Tracy Cortez
14 Cynthia Calvillo
15 Miranda Maverick *NEW
15 Amanda Ribas
Women’s bantamweight
Champion: Amanda Nunes
1 Julianna Pena
2 Raquel Pennington
3 Holly Holm
4 Ketlen Vieira
5 Irene Aldana
6 Yana Santos
7 Pannie Kianzad
8 Macy Chiasson
9 Karol Rosa
10 Miesha Tate
11 Julia Avila
12 Mayra Bueno Silva +2
13 Norma Dumont
14 Lina Lansberg -2
15 Josiane Nunes
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