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Updated UFC rankings: Jon Jones is the new pound-for-pound No. 1
Jon ”Bones” Jones is the new UFC pound-for-pound king. Photo: Kirby Lee – USA TODAY Sports
With this past weekend’s massive UFC 285 in the books, the UFC has updated the rankings!
Men’s pound-for-pound
1 Jon Jones +9
2 Alexander Volkanovski -1
3 Islam Makhachev -1
4 Leon Edwards -1
5 Kamaru Usman -1
6 Israel Adesanya -1
7 Alex Pereira -1
8 Aljamain Sterling -1
9 Charles Oliveira -1
10 Brandon Moreno -1
11 Jiří Procházka
12 Dustin Poirier
13 Jamahal Hill
14 Robert Whittaker
15 Max Holloway
Flyweight
Champion: Brandon Moreno
1 Brandon Moreno
2 Deiveson Figueiredo
3 Alexandre Pantoja
4 Kai Kara-France
5 Brandon Royval
6 Matheus Nicolau
7 Alex Perez
8 Amir Albazi
9 Matt Schnell
10 Manel Kape
11 David Dvorak
12 Tim Elliott
13 Muhammad Mokaev
14 Sumudaerji
15 Tagir Ulanbekov
Bantamweight
Champion Aljamain Sterling
1 Aljamain Sterling
2 Sean O’Malley
3 Petr Yan
4 Merab Dvalishvili
5 Marlon Vera
6 Cory Sandhagen
7 Rob Font
8 Dominick Cruz
9 Yadong Song
10 Pedro Munhoz
11 Ricky Simon
12 Umar Nurmagomedov
13 Adrian Yanez +1
14 Chris Gutierrez -1
Featherweight
Champion: Alexander Volkanovski
1 Alexander Volkanovski
2 Yair Rodriguez (Interim Champion)
3 Max Holloway
4 Brian Ortega
5 Arnold Allen
6 Josh Emmett
7 Chan Sung Jung
8 Calvin Kattar
9 Giga Chikadze
10 Ilia Topuria
11 Movsar Evloev
12 Bryce Mitchell
13 Sodiq Yusuff
14 Dan Ige
15 Edson Barboza
Lightweight
Champion: Islam Makhachev
1 Islam Makhachev
2 Charles Oliveira
3 Dustin Poirier
4 Justin Gaethje
5 Beneil Dariush
6 Michael Chandler
7 Rafael Fiziev
8 Mateusz Gamrot
9 Arman Tsarukyan
10 Rafael Dos Anjos
11 Jalin Turner
12 Dan Hooker
13 Damir Ismagulov
14 Renato Moicano
15 Drew Dober
Welterweight
Champion: Leon Edwards
1 Leon Edwards
2 Kamaru Usman
3 Colby Covington
4 Khamzat Chimaev
5 Belal Muhammad
6 Gilbert Burns
7 Shavkat Rakhmonov +3
8 Stephen Thompson -1
9 Geoff Neal -1
9 Sean Brady -1
11 Vicente Luque -1
12 Jorge Masvidal
12 Neil Magny
14 Michael Chiesa -1
15 Jack Della Maddalena
Middleweight
Champion: Alex Pereira
1 Alex Pereira
2 Israel Adesanya
3 Robert Whittaker
4 Jared Cannonier
5 Marvin Vettori
6 Paulo Costa +1
7 Dricus Du Plessis +4
8 Sean Strickland
9 Derek Brunson -3
10 Roman Dolidze -1
11 Jack Hermansson -1
12 Nassourdine Imavov
13 Brendan Allen
14 Andre Muniz
15 Chris Curtis
Light heavyweight
Champion: Jamahal Hill
1 Jamahal Hill
2 Jiri Prochazka
3 Magomed Ankalaev
4 Jan Blachowicz
5 Aleksandar Rakic
6 Anthony Smith
7 Nikita Krylov
8 Johnny Walker
9 Ryan Spann
10 Volkan Oezdemir
11 Paul Craig
12 Dominick Reyes
13 Jimmy Crute
13 Dustin Jacoby
15 Khalil Rountree Jr.
Heavyweight
Champion: Jon Jones
1 Jon Jones *NEW
2 Stipe Miocic +1
3 Ciryl Gane
4 Sergei Pavlovich
5 Curtis Blaydes
6 Tai Tuivasa
7 Tom Aspinall
8 Serghei Spivac
9 Alexander Volkov
10 Jairzinho Rozenstruik
11 Marcin Tybura
12 Derrick Lewis
13 Chris Daukaus
14 Jailton Almeida +1
15 Alexandr Romanov -1
Women’s pound-for-pound
1 Amanda Nunes
2 Alexa Grasso *NEW
3 Valentina Shevchenko -1
4 Zhang Weili -1
5 Rose Namajunas -1
6 Julianna Peña -1
7 Carla Esparza -1
8 Jessica Andrade -1
9 Erin Blanchfield -1
10 Amanda Lemos -1
11 Manon Fiorot
12 Taila Santos -2
13 Raquel Pennington
14 Marina Rodriguez -2
15 Holly Holm Rank -1
Women’s strawweight
Champion: Zhang Weili
1 Zhang Weili
2 Carla Esparza
3 Rose Namajunas
4 Amanda Lemos
5 Jessica Andrade
6 Marina Rodriguez
7 Xiaonan Yan
8 Mackenzie Dern
9 Tecia Torres
10 Virna Jandiroba +1
11 Michelle Waterson-Gomez +1
12 Amanda Ribas -2
13 Tatiana Suarez -1
14 Angela Hill -1
15 Luana Pinheiro
Women’s flyweight
Champion: Alexa Grasso
1 Alexa Grasso +6
2 Valentina Shevchenko -1
3 Manon Fiorot -1
4 Taila Santos -1
5 Erin Blanchfield -1
6 Jessica Andrade -1
7 Katlyn Chookagian -1
8 Lauren Murphy
9 Jennifer Maia +1
10 Amanda Ribas *NEW
11 Viviane Araújo -2
12 Andrea Lee -1
13 Casey O’Neill -1
14 Maycee Barber -1
15 Tracy Cortez -1
Women’s bantamweight
Champion: Amanda Nunes
1 Amanda Nunes
2 Julianna Peña
3 Raquel Pennington
3 Ketlen Vieira
5 Holly Holm
6 Irene Aldana
7 Yana Santos
8 Pannie Kianzad
9 Macy Chiasson
10 Karol Rosa
11 Mayra Bueno Silva +2
12 Miesha Tate Rank -1
13 Julia Avila -1
14 Norma Dumont
15 Josiane Nunes
Women’s featherweight
Champion: Amanda Nunes
1 Amanda Nunes
2 Tabatha Ricci *NEW
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