UFC Rankings Report: Darren Till Invades Middleweight Rankings

The UFC rankings have been updated following UFC 244! Check out all the changes below!

Pound for Pound: No changes

Strawweight: No changes

Women’s Flyweight: Lauren Murphy moves up one spot to #8, dropping Roxanne Modafferi to #9.

Women’s Bantamweight: No changes   

Women’s Featherweight: N/A

Flyweight: No changes

Bantamweight: No changes

Featherweight: Arnold Allen moves up one spot to #14, causing Ryan Hall to fall to #15 in the rankings.

Lightweight: Kevin Lee moves up to #8 following his devastating knockout of Gregor Gillespie at UFC 244. Anthony Pettis moved ahead of the defeated Gillespie, now at #11, with Gillespie at #12.

Welterweight: Stephen Thompson moves up to #8, with Santiago Ponzinibbio at #7. After losing the UFC 244 main event to Jorge Masvidal, Nate Diaz drops two spots to #9. Geoff Neal debuts in the rankings at #15, and fighters 10-14 each moved up one spot.

Middleweight: Darren Till appears in the middleweight rankings with a bang at #5 after defeating Kelvin Gastelum via split decision at UFC 244, with Jared Cannonier now at #4. Kelvin Gastelum falls three spots to #7 after the loss. In another notable move in the divisional rankings, Edmen Shahbazyan moves up to #10 in the rankings after his devastating KO of Brad Tavares, who falls two spots to #13.

Light Heavyweight: Corey Anderson moves up two places to #5 after knocking out Johnny Walker at UFC 244. This caused Jan Blachowicz (#6) and Alexander Gustafsson (#7) to each fall one spot.

Heavyweight: Jairzinho Rozenstruik debuts in the rankings at #14 after knocking out Andre Arlovski at UFC 244 in the first round, causing Maurice Greene to drop to #15. Shamil Abdurakhimov moves up one spot to #8, as does Walt Harris #9. Blagoy Ivanov falls two spots to #10 after dropping a decision to Derrick Lewis, and Augusto Sakai drops to #12.

You can view the full updated UFC rankings here.  

https://www.ufc.com/rankings

What are your thoughts on this week’s UFC rankings following UFC 244?

Clyde Aidoohttps://clydeaidoo.com/
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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