UFC Rankings Report: Ciryl Gane Enters P4P; LW Gets New Entrant

The UFC rankings have been updated following UFC 265! Check out all the changes below!

Men’s Pound for Pound: New interim heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane debuts in the P4P rankings at #14, sending Justin Gaethje down one position to #15. 

Women’s Pound for Pound: Yan Xiaonan is now tied with Lauren Murphy at #13. 

Strawweight: Mackenzie Dern moves up one position to be tied with Yan Xiaonan at #4. Marina Rodriguez moves down one spot to #6. 

Additionally, after defeating Angela Hill at UFC 265, Tecia Torres moves up one position to #9, which causes Michelle Waterson to fall one spot to #10. The loss to Torres caused Angela Hill to fall two spots to #14. This led Virna Jandiroba (#12) and Amanda Lemos (#13) to move up one position. 

Women’s Flyweight: No Changes

Women’s Bantamweight: No Changes

Women’s Featherweight: N/A

Flyweight: No Changes  

Bantamweight: Marlon Moraes (#6) and Cody Garbrandt (#7) swap places this week.

Featherweight: No Changes

Lightweight: After defeating Bobby Green at UFC 265 to make it four straight wins, Rafael Fiziev debuts in the rankings at #14, causing Arman Tsarukyan to fall down one spot to #15.

Welterweight: With a win over Michael Chiesa at UFC 265 for his fourth consecutive victory, Vicente Luque is now ranked #4. This caused Stephen Thompson to move down one position to #5. Chiesa’s loss caused him to fall down one spot to #7, with Jorge Masvidal replacing him at #6.

Middleweight: No Changes

Light Heavyweight: No Changes

Heavyweight: With Ciryl Gane becoming the interim champion over the weekend, he is now ranked at #1, causing Stipe Miocic to fall to #2. After losing to Gane in the UFC 265 main event, Derrick Lewis drops from #2 to #3.

You can view the full updated UFC rankings here

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Clyde Aidoo has been the managing editor and lead writer of MMA News since 2021 and a staff member since 2018. He holds a master's degree in English from the University of Las Vegas, Nevada, and has had publications featured in Kirkus Reviews and the Midwest Book Review. Clyde currently makes his home in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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