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Updated UFC rankings: Jailton Almeida breaks into the top 10!
Jailton Almeida breaks into the top 10 in the updated UFC rankings. Photo via Instagram (@malhadinho_ufc)
After this past Saturday’s UFC Fight Night, there have been major changes in multiple divisions.
Check out the updated UFC rankings here!
UFC Men’s pound-for-pound
1 Jon Jones
2 Alexander Volkanovski
3 Islam Makhachev
4 Leon Edwards
5 Israel Adesanya
6 Aljamain Sterling
7 Kamaru Usman
8 Charles Oliveira
9 Brandon Moreno
10 Alex Pereira
11 Jiri Prochazka
12 Max Holloway
13 Dustin Poirier
14 Jamahal Hill
15 Robert Whittaker
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 Bruno Silva
Bantamweight
Champion: Aljamain Sterling
1 Merab Dvalishvili
2 Sean O’Malley
3 Henry Cejudo
4 Cory Sandhagen
5 Petr Yan
6 Marlon Vera
7 Rob Font
8 Song Yadong
9 Dominick Cruz
10 Pedro Munhoz
11 Umar Nurmagomedov
12 Ricky Simon -1
13 Adrian Yanez
14 Chris Gutierrez
15 Jonathan Martinez
Featherweight
Champion: Alexander Volkanovski
1 Yair Rodriguez (Interim champion)
2 Max Holloway
3 Brian Ortega
4 Arnold Allen
5 Josh Emmett
6 Calvin Kattar
7 Chan Sung Jung -1
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 Matt Frevola
15 Grant Dawson
Welterweight
Champion: Leon Edwards
1 Kamaru Usman
2 Colby Covington
3 Belal Muhammad
4 Khamzat Chimaev
5 Gilbert Burns
6 Shavkat Rakhmonov
7 Stephen Thompson
8 Geoff Neal
9 Sean Brady
10 Vicente Luque
11 Neil Magny
12 Michael Chiesa
13 Ian Machado Garry *NEW
14 Jack Della Maddalena -1
15 Michel Pereira -1
Middleweight
Champion: Israel Adesanya
1 Alex Pereira
2 Robert Whittaker
3 Marvin Vettori
4 Jared Cannonier
5 Paulo Costa
6 Dricus Du Plessis
7 Sean Strickland
8 Derek Brunson
9 Roman Dolidze
10 Jack Hermansson
11 Kelvin Gastelum
12 Nassourdine Imavov
13 Brendan Allen
14 Chris Curtis
15 Andre Muniz
Light heavyweight
1 Jiri Prochazka
2 Magomed Ankalaev
3 Jan Błachowicz
4 Aleksandar Rakic
5 Nikita Krylov +1
5 Johnny Walker +2
7 Anthony Smith -2
8 Volkan Oezdemir
9 Paul Craig
10 Ryan Spann
11 Azamat Murzakanov
12 Dominick Reyes
13 Khalil Rountree Jr.
14 Jimmy Crute
15 Dustin Jacoby
Heavyweight
Champion: Jon Jones
1 Ciryl Gane
2 Sergei Pavlovich
3 Stipe Miocic
4 Curtis Blaydes
5 Tom Aspinall
6 Tai Tuivasa
7 Alexander Volkov
8 Serghei Spivac
9 Jailton Almeida +3
10 Marcin Tybura
11 Derrick Lewis
12 Jairzinho Rozenstruik -3
13 Chris Daukaus
14 Alexandr Romanov +1
15 Blagoy Ivanov -1
UFC Women’s pound-for-pound
1 Amanda Nunes
2 Alexa Grasso
3 Valentina Shevchenko
4 Zhang Weili
5 Rose Namajunas
6 Julianna Pena
7 Carla Esparza
8 Erin Blanchfield
9 Jessica Andrade
10 Yan Xiaonan
11 Manon Fiorot
12 Amanda Lemos
13 Taila Santos
14 Holly Holm +1
15 Raquel Pennington -1
Women’s strawweight
Champion: Zhang Weili
1 Carla Esparza
2 Rose Namajunas
3 Yan Xiaonan
4 Amanda Lemos
5 Jessica Andrade
6 Virna Jandiroba
7 Marina Rodriguez
8 Mackenzie Dern
9 Tecia Torres
10 Tatiana Suarez
11 Amanda Ribas -1
12 Michelle Waterson-Gomez
13 Luana Pinheiro
14 Angela Hill
15 Tabatha Ricci
Women’s flyweight
1 Valentina Shevchenko
2 Manon Fiorot
3 Taila Santos
4 Erin Blanchfield
5 Jessica Andrade
6 Katlyn Chookagian
7 Lauren Murphy
8 Jennifer Maia
9 Amanda Ribas
10 Viviane Araujo
11 Maycee Barber
12 Casey O’Neill
13 Andrea Lee
14 Tracy Cortez
15 Miranda Maverick
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 Mayra Bueno Silva
11 Miesha Tate
12 Julia Avila
13 Norma Dumont
14 Chelsea Chandler
14 Josiane Nunes
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