UFC rankings updated after TUF Finale and UFC 213 – Nate Diaz climbing the ranks once again

The UFC rankings have been updated following their two events from last week that went down in Las Vegas, Nevada.

On Friday, The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale took place with former WSOF lightweight champion Justin Gaethje making his UFC debut against Michael Johnson. The two fought in a thrilling war where Gaethje was able to power through some of Johnson’s big shots and eventually scored a second round TKO victory. The win secured Gaethje a place on the lightweight rankings, establishing himself at #6, right behind Nate Diaz who moved up a spot to #5. Interestingly, Diaz has not fought since August of last year where he lost to Conor McGregor at UFC 202 in a welterweight contest. Diaz last fought in the lightweight division against Michael Johnson in December 2015 where he won by unanimous decision. Meanwhile, Johnson dropped four spots after losing to Gaethje, now sitting at #9.

Alistair Overeem now sits at the #1 spot in the UFC heavyweight division after his UFC 213 win over Fabricio Werdum. Overeem won by unanimous decision and sent Werdum down a spot in the rankings to #2.

Check out the full updated rankings report below:

Note:
*NR – Not Previously Ranked
+ Indicates a move up in ranking
– Indicates a drop in ranking

POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Demetrious Johnson
2 Conor McGregor
3 Daniel Cormier
4 Stipe Miocic
5 Max Holloway
6 Cody Garbrandt
7 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
8 Tyron Woodley +1
9 Dominick Cruz -1
10 Michael Bisping +1
11 Jose Aldo -1
12 Amanda Nunes
13 Robert Whittaker *NR
14 TJ Dillashaw -1
15 Khabib Nurmagomedov -1

FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Demetrious Johnson
1 Joseph Benavidez
2 Henry Cejudo
3 Ray Borg
4 Wilson Reis
5 Jussier Formiga
6 Sergio Pettis
7 Brandon Moreno
8 Ben Nguyen
9 Dustin Ortiz
10 John Moraga -1
11 Ian McCall
12 Tim Elliott
13 Louis Smolka
14 Alexandre Pantoja
15 Magomed Bibulatov

BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Cody Garbrandt
1 Dominick Cruz
2 TJ Dillashaw
3 Raphael Assuncao
4 John Lineker
5 Jimmie Rivera
6 Bryan Caraway
7 John Dodson
8 Aljamain Sterling
9 Thomas Almeida
10 Marlon Moraes
11 Eddie Wineland +1
12 Pedro Munhoz -1
13 Rob Font +2
14 Matthew Lopez -1
15 Johnny Eduardo -1

FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Max Holloway
1 Jose Aldo
2 Frankie Edgar
3 Ricardo Lamas
4 Cub Swanson
5 Chan Sung Jung
6 Yair Rodriguez +1
7 Jeremy Stephens +1
8 Brian Ortega +1
9 Renato Moicano +2
10 Dennis Bermudez
11 Darren Elkins +1
12 Dooho Choi +1
13 Mirsad Bektic +1
14 Renan Barao +1
15 Jason Knight *NR

LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Conor McGregor
1 Khabib Nurmagomedov
2 Tony Ferguson
3 Eddie Alvarez
4 Edson Barboza
5 Nate Diaz +1
6 Justin Gaethje *NR
7 Kevin Lee
8 Dustin Poirier
9 Michael Johnson -4
10 Michael Chiesa -1
11 Al Iaquinta -1
12 Beneil Dariush -1
13 Anthony Pettis *NR
14 Evan Dunham -2
15 Gilbert Melendez -2

WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Tyron Woodley
1 Demian Maia
2 Stephen Thompson
3 Robbie Lawler
4 Jorge Masvidal
5 Neil Magny
6 Carlos Condit
7 Donald Cerrone
8 Gunnar Nelson
9 Colby Covington
10 Rafael Dos Anjos
11 Dong Hyun Kim
12 Kamaru Usman
13 Ryan LaFlare
14 Santiago Ponzinibbio
15 Tarec Saffiedine

MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Michael Bisping
1 Robert Whittaker (Interim Champion) +2
2 Yoel Romero -1
3 Luke Rockhold -1
4 Jacare Souza +1
5 Chris Weidman +1
6 Anderson Silva +1
7 Derek Brunson +1
8 David Branch +1
9 Krzysztof Jotko +1
10 Vitor Belfort +1
11 Thales Leites +1
12 Tim Boetsch +2
13 Uriah Hall
14 Thiago Santos *NR
15 Brad Tavares *NR

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1 Alexander Gustafsson
2 Jimi Manuwa
3 Glover Teixeira
4 Volkan Oezdemir
5 Mauricio Rua
6 Corey Anderson
7 Ovince Saint Preux
8 Misha Cirkunov
9 Ilir Latifi
10 Rogerio Nogueira
11 Patrick Cummins
12 Tyson Pedro
13 Gian Villante
14 Gadzhimurad Antigulov +1
15 Jared Cannonier *NR

HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Stipe Miocic
1 Alistair Overeem +2
2 Fabricio Werdum -1
3 Cain Velasquez -1
4 Junior Dos Santos
5 Francis Ngannou
6 Mark Hunt
7 Derrick Lewis
8 Alexander Volkov
9 Stefan Struve +1
10 Marcin Tybura +1
11 Aleksei Oleinik +3
12 Tim Johnson
13 Andrei Arlovski
14 Travis Browne -5
15 Curtis Blaydes *NR

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Joanna Jedrzejczyk
1 Claudia Gadelha
2 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
3 Rose Namajunas
4 Jessica Andrade
5 Tecia Torres
6 Michelle Waterson
7 Carla Esparza
8 Joanne Calderwood
9 Randa Markos
10 Felice Herrig
11 Paige VanZant
12 Cortney Casey +1
13 Maryna Moroz -1
14 Cynthia Calvillo
15 Jessica Aguilar

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Amanda Nunes
1 Valentina Shevchenko
2 Holly Holm
3 Julianna Pena
4 Ronda Rousey
5 Raquel Pennington
6 Sara McMann
7 Cat Zingano
8 Liz Carmouche
8 Alexis Davis +1
10 Germaine de Randamie
11 Marion Reneau
12 Ketlen Vieira
13 Katlyn Chookagian
13 Bethe Correia +1
15 Ashlee Evans-Smith

WOMEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT
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on 7/14/2017.