Much to the irritation of Gilbert Burns.
Ultimate Battling Champion (UFC) just recently upgraded its main rankings in the wake of its UFC Vegas 11 mixed martial arts (MIXED MARTIAL ARTS) event, which occurred last Sat. night (Sept. 19, 2020) inside the promos peak facility in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Former UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley continued his 170-pound free fall, dropping to No. 7 following his third successive loss, courtesy of longtime rival Colby Covington, who takes control of the No. 2 spot with his fifth-round surface.
Despite his mind-blowing 17-second knockout over Gerald Meerschaert (enjoy it here), undefeated possibility Khamzat Chimaev will not make his launching in the main rankings right now, merely because “Borz” has yet to face (and defeat) a ranked opponent.
Heres a refresher on how the rankings work, thanks to UFC.com:
FLYWEIGHT
MENS POUND-FOR-POUND
Take an appearance at what the newest rankings field looks like thanks to UFC.com. Note: (+/- = movement in rankings, T = tie, * NR = Not previously ranked).
The media members were asked to vote for who they feel are the leading fighters in the UFC by pound-for-pound and weight-class. The champion and interim champ are considered to be in the leading positions of their respective divisions and therefore are not qualified for voting by weight-class. The champions can be voted on for the pound-for-pound rankings.
Alexander Volkanovski7. Robert Whittaker -114. Deiveson Figueiredo -115.
Champ: Deiveson Figueiredo
1. Joseph Benavidez2. Brandon Moreno3. Askar Askarov4. Alex Perez5. Alexandre Pantoja6. Jussier Formiga7. Kai Kara France8. Rogerio Bontorin9. Brandon Royval +110. Matt Schnell -111. (T) Raulian Paiva11. (T) David Dvorak +313. Tim Elliott -114. Jordan Espinosa -115. Tyson Nam * NR.
Max Holloway2. Edson Barboza +115. Bryce Mitchell * NR.
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT.
BANTAMWEIGHT.
Champ: KAMARU USMAN.
Champ: Petr Yan.
Champ: ISRAEL ADESANYA.
Champ: STIPE MIOCIC.
HEAVYWEIGHT.
Marlon Moraes 2. Dominick Cruz +111. Rob Font -112.
Champ: ALEXANDER VOLKANOVSKI.
FEATHERWEIGHT.
Dan Hooker +15. Conor McGregor -16. Drew Dober +115.
WELTERWEIGHT.
Colby Covington +12. (T) Vicente Luque10. (T) Neil Magny +112.
Champion: VACANT.
Champ: KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV.
Robert Whittaker2. Paulo Costa3. Jared Cannonier4.
LIGHTWEIGHT.
Anthony Smith9. Johnny Walker +111. Misha Cirkunov -112.
MIDDLEWEIGHT.
Alexander Volkov7. (T) Sergei Pavlovich12. (T) Blagoy Ivanov14.
FEMALESS POUND-FOR-POUND.
1. Amanda Nunes2. Weili Zhang3. Valentina Shevchenko4. Rose Namajunas5. Joanna Jedrzejczyk6. Jessica Andrade7. Tatiana Suarez8. Holly Holm9. Germaine De Randamie10. Aspen Ladd11. Katlyn Chookagian12. Claudia Gadelha13. Cynthia Calvillo14. Julianna Pena15. Nina Ansaroff.
Champion: WEILI ZHANG.
WOMENS STRAWWEIGHT.
Champion: VALENTINA SHEVCHENKO.
WOMENS FLYWEIGHT.
Jessica Andrade3. Amanda Ribas13. Mackenzie Dern +115.
1. Katlyn Chookagian2. Cynthia Calvillo3. Jennifer Maia4. Lauren Murphy5. Jessica Eye6. Joanne Calderwood7. Roxanne Modafferi8. Viviane Araujo9. Andrea Lee10. Maycee Barber11. Alexis Davis12. Montana De La Rosa13. Antonina Shevchenko14. Alexa Grasso15. Gillian Robertson.
WOMENS BANTAMWEIGHT.
Champ: AMANDA NUNES.
1. Germaine de Randamie2. Holly Holm3. Aspen Ladd4. Julianna Pena5. Raquel Pennington6. Irene Aldana7. Ketlen Vieira8. Yana Kunitskaya9. Sara McMann10. Marion Reneau11. Macy Chiasson12. Lina Lansberg13. Sijara Eubanks14. Pannie Kianzad15. Julia Avila.
For a lot more on that upcoming fight card click here.
You can expect these rankings to change around this time next week, particularly in the middleweight department, following this weekends UFC 253: “Adesanya vs. Costa” pay-per-view (PPV) event from inside Flash Forum on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi.
There you have it.
Rankings were created by a ballot panel made up of media members. The media members were asked to vote for who they feel are the leading fighters in the UFC by pound-for-pound and weight-class. A fighter is just eligible to be voted on if they are in active status in the UFC. The champion and interim champion are thought about to be in the top positions of their particular divisions and therefore are not eligible for voting by weight-class. The champs can be voted on for the pound-for-pound rankings.
