Special Forces soldier enters the UFC lightweight rankings

UFC rankings. photo via instagram (@benoitst_denis)

After this past Saturday’s UFC 295, there have been a lot of rotation in the rankings.

With Alex Pereira and Tom Aspinall’s wins in the title fights the rankings have gone through major changes.

Check out the latest updated UFC rankings here!

UFC Men’s pound-for-pound

Islam Makhachev. Photo via Twitter (UFC)

1 Islam Makhachev
2 Jon Jones
3 Alexander Volkanovski
4 Leon Edwards
5 Alex Pereira +5
6 Charles Oliveira -1
7 Sean O’Malley -1
8 Sean Strickland -1
9 Israel Adesanya -1
10 Alexandre Pantoja -1
11 Aljamain Sterling
12 Max Holloway
13 Kamaru Usman +1
14 Tom Aspinall *NEW
15 Jirí Procházka -2

Flyweight

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Champion: Alexandre Pantoja

1 Brandon Moreno
2 Deiveson Figueiredo
3 Amir Albazi
4 Brandon Royval
5 Kai Kara-France
6 Matheus Nicolau
7 Alex Perez
8 Manel Kape
9 Matt Schnell
10 Muhammad Mokaev
11 Tim Elliott
12 Sumudaerji
13 Steve Erceg +1
14 Tagir Ulanbekov -1
15 David Dvorak

Bantamweight

UFC 292 results. 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 Rob Font
9 Dominick Cruz
10 Pedro Munhoz
11 Jonathan Martinez
12 Umar Nurmagomedov
13 Ricky Simon
14 Chris Gutierrez
15 Said Nurmagomedov

Featherweight

Alexander Volkanovski. Photo via YouTube

Champion: Alexander Volkanovski

1 Max Holloway
2 Yair Rodriguez
3 Brian Ortega
4 Arnold Allen
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 Lerone Murphy
15 Alex Caceres

Lightweight

Islam Makhachev. Photo: Per Haljestam-USA TODAY Sports

Champion: Islam Makhachev

1 Charles Oliveira
2 Justin Gaethje
3 Dustin Poirier
4 Beneil Dariush
5 Michael Chandler
6 Mateusz Gamrot
7 Rafael Fiziev
8 Arman Tsarukyan
9 Dan Hooker
10 Rafael Dos Anjos
11 Jalin Turner
12 Benoît Saint Denis *NEW
13 Bobby Green -1
14 Renato Moicano -1
15 Drew Dober

Welterweight

Leon ”Rocky” Edwards. Photo: Mark J. Rebilas – USA Today Sports

Champion: Leon Edwards

1 Kamaru Usman
2 Belal Muhammad
3 Colby Covington
4 Gilbert Burns
5 Shavkat Rakhmonov
6 Stephen Thompson
7 Geoff Neal
8 Vicente Luque
9 Sean Brady
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 YouTube

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 Khamzat Chimaev
9 Jack Hermansson
10 Brendan Allen
11 Kelvin Gastelum
12 Nassourdine Imavov
13 Paul Craig
14 Chris Curtis
15 Anthony Hernandez

Light heavyweight

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Champion: Alex Pereira

1 Jamahal Hill -1
2 Jiří Procházka -1
3 Magomed Ankalaev -1
4 Jan Błachowicz
5 Aleksandar Rakić
6 Nikita Krylov
7 Johnny Walker
8 Anthony Smith
9 Volkan Oezdemir
10 Ryan Spann
11 Khalil Rountree Jr.
12 Azamat Murzakanov
13 Dominick Reyes
14 Alonzo Menifield
15 Dustin Jacoby

Heavyweight

Jon Jones. Photo via YouTube

Champion: Jon Jones

1 Tom Aspinall (interim champion)
2 Ciryl Gane -1
3 Sergei Pavlovich -1
4 Stipe Miocic -1
5 Curtis Blaydes
6 Alexander Volkov
7 Jailton Almeida
8 Serghei Spivac
9 Tai Tuivasa
10 Marcin Tybura
10 Derrick Lewis
12 Jairzinho Rozenstruik
13 Alexandr Romanov
14 Marcos Rogerio De Lima
15 Rodrigo Nascimento

UFC Women’s pound-for-pound

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1 Alexa Grasso
2 Zhang Weili
3 Valentina Shevchenko
4 Julianna Peña
5 Erin Blanchfield
6 Manon Fiorot
7 Carla Esparza
8 Rose Namajunas
9 Yan Xiaonan
10 Tatiana Suarez
11 Jéssica Andrade
12 Raquel Pennington
13 Amanda Lemos
14 Ketlen Vieira
15 Irene Aldana

Women’s strawweight champion

Zhang Weili. Photo credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie – USA TODAY Sports

Champion: Zhang Weili

1 Carla Esparza
2 Yan Xiaonan
3 Tatiana Suarez
4 Amanda Lemos
5 Jéssica Andrade
6 Virna Jandiroba
7 Marina Rodriguez +1
8 Mackenzie Dern -1
9 Luana Pinheiro
10 Amanda Ribas +1
11 Loopy Godinez +2
12 Tabatha Ricci -2
13 Angela Hill -1
14 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
15 Michelle Waterson-Gomez

Women’s flyweight

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Champion: Alexa Grasso

1 Valentina Shevchenko
2 Erin Blanchfield
3 Manon Fiorot
4 Katlyn Chookagian
5 Jéssica Andrade
6 Lauren Murphy
7 Maycee Barber
8 Viviane Araújo
9 Amanda Ribas
10 Tracy Cortez
11 Natalia Silva
12 Casey O’Neill
13 Karine Silva
14 Andrea Lee
15 Joanne Wood

Women’s bantamweight

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Champion: VACANT

1 Julianna Peña
2 Raquel Pennington
3 Ketlen Vieira
4 Holly Holm
5 Irene Aldana
6 Pannie Kianzad
7 Yana Santos
8 Karol Rosa
9 Macy Chiasson
10 Norma Dumont
11 Miesha Tate
12 Julia Avila
13 Josiane Nunes
14 Chelsea Chandler
15 Tainara Lisboa

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