The latest action on offer inside the Octagon has seen some climb the ufc-rankings" class="tag-link">UFC rankings toward contention and others fall away.
And in the aftermath of Saturday's UFC 322, MMA News has you covered with this week’s complete updates.
Men’s Pound-For-Pound: Following his welterweight title win at UFC 322, Islam Makhachev moves up one spot to the top of the men's pound-for-pound ranks, swapping places with Ilia Topuria (now No. 2).
The man he beat, Jack Della Maddalena, moves down one spot to No. 9, swapping places with Tom Aspinall (now No. 8).
Women’s Pound-for-Pound: Following her loss at UFC 322, Weili Zhang moves down one spot to No. 3, swapping places with Kayla Harrison (now No. 2). Following her win at UFC 322, Erin Blanchfield moves up two spots to No. 7. Alexa Grasso and Julianna Pena each move down one spot to No. 8 and 9, respectively.
Mackenzie Dern moves up one spot to No. 5, swapping places with Manon Fiorot (now No. 6). Virna Jandiroba moves up one spot to No. 10, swapping places with Raquel Pennington (now No. 11).
Women’s Strawweight: Following her loss at UFC 322, Weili Zhang moves down one spot to No. 2 after previously being tied with Tatiana Suarez for the No. 1 spot. Following her win at UFC 322, Fatima Kline debuts in the ranks at No. 12. The woman she beat, Angela Hill, drops two spots to No. 14.
Alexa Thainara moves down one spot to No. 15. Tecia Pennington drops off the list.
Women’s Flyweight: No changes.
Women’s Bantamweight: No changes.
Flyweight: Kai Kara-France, previously ranked No. 6, has fallen out of the rankings in the newest UFC update. There is no word on why he was not placed in the rankings as of press time.
As a result, Rafael Estevam debuts in the rankings at No. 15. And the following fighters have each moved up one spot to, respectively, Nos. 6-14: Manel Kape, Alex Perez, Asu Almabayev, Tim Elliott, Steve Erceg, Tagir Ulanbekov, Charles Johnson, Bruno Silva, and Joseph Morales.
Bantamweight: No changes.
Featherweight: No changes.
Lightweight: Following Islam Makhachev's welterweight title win at UFC 322, he is no longer eligible for ranking at lightweight. As a result, the following fighters have moved up one spot each to Nos. 1-7: Arman Tsarukyan, Charles Oliveira, Max Holloway, Justin Gaethje, Paddy Pimblett, Dan Hooker, and Mateusz Gamrot.
Following his win at UFC 322, Benoit Saint-Denis moves up five spots to No. 8. The man he beat, Beneil Dariush, falls three spots to No. 12. Rafael Fiziev, Renato Moicano, and Michael Chandler each move up one spot to Nos. 9-11, respectively.
Grant Dawson and Mauricio Ruffy each move up one spot to No. 13 and No. 14, respectively. Ignacio Bahamondes enters the ranks at No. 15.
Welterweight: Islam Makhachev now sits atop the division as champion, while Jack Della Maddalena falls to the No. 1 contender slot. Belal Muhammad falls one spot to No. 2.
Following their wins at UFC 322, Michael Morales jumps up five spots to No. 3, while Carlos Prates jumps four spots to No. 5. Morales' opponent, Sean Brady, falls five spots to No. 7. Prates' opponent, Leon Edwards, falls five spots to No. 9.
Shavkat Rakhmonov falls one spot to No. 4. Kamaru Usman and Joaquin Buckley each fall three spots to, respectively, No. 8 and No. 10. Gabriel Bonfim falls one spot to No. 11. Colby Covington drops two places to No. 13. Geoff Neal and Daniel Rodriguez each drop one spot to, respectively, Nos. 14 and 15.
Mike Malott falls off the ranking list.
Middleweight: Following his UFC win at UFC 322, Gregory Rodrigues enters the rankings at No. 15, replacing Joe Pyfer, who falls off the list.
Light Heavyweight: No changes.
Heavyweight: No changes.
You can view the full updated UFC rankings here.