UFC Rankings Report: Bryce Mitchell Ousted From Top 15 After UFC 314 Loss

The latest action on offer inside the Octagon has seen some climb the UFC rankings toward contention and others fall away.

Men’s Pound-For-Pound: Alexander Volkanovski's return to the featherweight throne has seen him move back up the P4P list. The Australian has climbed two positions to #9, leaving him above Alexandre Pantoja (#10) and Tom Aspinall (#11).

Women’s Pound-for-Pound: Virna Jandiroba advanced her strawweight title ambitions by defeating Yan Xiaonan at UFC 314. She's now four places better off on the female P4P list at #8. The defeated Chinese contender, meanwhile, has fallen two spots to #12.

Women’s Strawweight: More importantly for Jandiroba, she is now officially the #1 contender in the 115-pound UFC rankings. Xiaonan has lost that status, slipping two places to #3.

Women’s Bantamweight: No changes.

Flyweight: No changes.

Bantamweight: No changes.

Of note is the arrival of Jean Silva, who has debuted at #11 following his submission win over Bryce Mitchell. "Thug Nasty," meanwhile, is out of the top 15 entirely.

Lightweight: Among the standout winners at UFC 314 was Paddy Pimblett, whose domination of Michael Chandler has seen him rise by four positions to #8 at 155 pounds. "Iron Mike's" fall to a 2-5 Octagon record has resulted in him slipping five spots down the pecking order to #12.

Further down, Joel Alvarez has replaced Ignacio Bahamondes at #15.

Middleweight: No changes.

Light Heavyweight: Dominick Reyes continued his career resurgence on April 12 by knocking out April 12. With that, he's three places better off in the UFC rankings at #8. His defeated Russian opponent, on the other hand, has dropped two places to #10.

Heavyweight: No changes.

You can view the full updated UFC rankings here.