The latest action on offer inside the Octagon has seen some climb the UFC rankings toward contention and others fall away.
And in the aftermath of Saturday’s UFC 313 pay-per-view, MMA News has you covered with this week’s complete updates.
Men’s Pound-For-Pound: Magomed Ankalaev has debuted on the P4P list following his light heavyweight title win over Alex Pereira in this past weekend’s main event. The Dagestani has entered at #6, putting him above fellow champions Belal Muhammad (#7), Alexandre Pantoja (#9), and Tom Aspinall (#10). The defeated “Poatan” has fallen five places to #8, while Sean Strickland is out of the top 15 entirely.
Women’s Pound-for-Pound: No changes.
Women’s Strawweight: Iasmin Lucindo’s charge up the UFC rankings was stalled on Saturday by Amanda Lemos. As a result, the young contender has dropped one spot to #8, elevating Amanda Ribas to #7.
Women’s Flyweight: While neither were in action at UFC 313, Miranda Maverick (#12) has moved above Ariane Lipski da Silva (#13) at 125 pounds.
Women’s Bantamweight: No changes.
Flyweight: No changes.
Bantamweight: No changes.
Featherweight: No changes.
Lightweight: Ignacio Bahamondes has been rewarded for his submission victory at UFC 313, arriving in the lightweight UFC rankings at #15. His opponent, Jalin Turner, announced his retirement in the aftermath, and he’s now out of the top 15. Those changes have seen Benoît Saint Denis move up by two places to #13 despite his current two-fight losing skid.
Welterweight: No changes.
Middleweight: There’s been some movement at 185 pounds unrelated to UFC 313. Both Paulo Costa (#11) and Reinier de Ridder (#13) are on the up, while Roman Dolidze (#12), Michel Pereira (#14), and Roman Kopylov (#15) have all moved down one spot each.
Light Heavyweight: Having lost his championship in the UFC 313 main event, Pereira has slipped to the 205-pound division’s #1 position.
Heavyweight: Toward the bottom of the heavyweight UFC rankings, Tallison Teixeira (#14) has been boosted above Kennedy Nzechukwu (#15).
You can view the full updated UFC rankings here.
