UFC Rankings Report: Masvidal Drops, New Top-3 Heavyweight, & More

The UFC rankings have been updated following UFC Vegas 26! Check out all the changes below!

Men’s Pound for Pound: No Changes

Women’s Pound for Pound: Claudia Gadelha moves up one spot to #14, and Nina Nunes debuts in the rankings at #15.

Strawweight: No Changes

Women’s Flyweight: No Changes

Women’s Bantamweight: No Changes

Women’s Featherweight: N/A

Flyweight: No Changes

Bantamweight: Merab Dvalishvili moves up one spot to #10, one spot ahead of Raphael Assuncao (#11) who dropped one position. 

Featherweight: No Changes

Lightweight: Drew Dober (#15) replaces Donald Cerrone at the bottom of the rankings after Cerrone lost to Alex Morono in a welterweight bout at UFC Vegas 26. Also, Gregor Gillespie’s TKO win over Diego Ferreira bumps him up two spots to #12, with Ferreira dropping two spots to #14. Also, Islam Makhachev is now ranked #10 to be tied with Paul Felder. 

Welterweight: Vicente Luque is now ranked #5, a spot above Michael Chiesa (#6). Meanwhile, Jorge Masvidal drops two spots down to #7, Neil Magny moves up one spot to #8 after defeating Geoff Neal, and Demian Maia falls one position down to #9. 

Middleweight: Chris Weidman (#11) and Sean Strickland (#12) swap places. 

Light Heavyweight: No Changes

Heavyweight: Ciryl Gane is now ranked #3, up one position from last week. Curtis Blaydes now occupies the #4 ranking. Also, Marcin Tybura is now tied with Blagoy Ivanov at #11.

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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