UFC rankings update: Conor McGregor tumbles, Michael Chandler debuts

The official UFC rankings have been updated after last Saturday’s UFC 257 card on Fight Island, and as expected there have been some big changes.

Most notably, former two-division champion Conor McGregor has fallen in the pound-for-pound and lightweight rankings after being stopped by Dustin Poirier in the card’s main event.

Former Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler has also made his debut in the rankings after knocking out Dan Hooker in his first UFC fight.

The new rankings also feature some big changes at welterweight, men’s flyweight, women’s flyweight, women’s bantamweight and women’s strawweight.

See the updated UFC rankings below (via MMA Mania)

Note:
+/- = movement in rankings
*NR = Not previously ranked
(T) = Tie

MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND RANKINGS

1. Khabib Nurmagomedov
2. Jon Jones
3. Israel Adesanya
4. Stipe Miocic
5. Kamaru Usman
6. Alexander Volkanovski
7. Dustin Poirier
8. Max Holloway
9. Deiveson Figueiredo
10. Petr Yan
11. Justin Gaethje
12. Robert Whittaker
13. Francis Ngannou +1
14. Jan Blachowicz +1
15. Conor McGregor -2

FLYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: Deiveson Figueiredo

1. Brandon Moreno
2. Joseph Benavidez
3. Askar Askarov
4. Alex Perez
5. Alexandre Pantoja
6. Brandon Royval
7. Kai Kara France +1
8. (T) Rogerio Bontorin -1
8. (T) Matt Schnell +1
10. Raulian Paiva
11. Tim Elliott +1
12. David Dvorak -1
13. Amir Albazi +2
14. Su Mudaerji *NR
15. Tyson Nam -2

BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: Petr Yan

1. Aljamain Sterling
2. Cory Sandhagen
3. Cody Garbrandt
4. Frankie Edgar
5. Rob Font
6. Jose Aldo
7. Marlon Moraes
8. Pedro Munhoz
9. Jimmie Rivera
10. Raphael Assuncao
11. Dominick Cruz
12. Merab Dvalishvili
13. Cody Stamann
14. Song Yadong
15. Casey Kenney

FEATHERWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: ALEXANDER VOLKANOVSKI

1. Max Holloway
2. Brian Ortega
3. Zabit Magomedsharipov
4. Yair Rodriguez
5. Chan Sung Jung
6. Calvin Kattar
7. Josh Emmett
8. Jeremy Stephens
9. Arnold Allen
10. Sodiq Yusuff
11. Dan Ige
12. Shane Burgos
13. Bryce Mitchell +1
14. Ryan Hall -1
15. Edson Barboza

LIGHTWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV

1. Dustin Poirier +1
2. Justin Gaethje -1
3. Charles Oliveira
4. Michael Chandler *NR
5. Tony Ferguson
6. Conor McGregor -2
7. Rafael dos Anjos
8. Dan Hooker -2
9. Paul Felder -1
10. Diego Ferreira -1
11. Al Iaquinta -1
12. Kevin Lee -1
13. Beneil Dariush -1
14. Islam Makhachev -1
15. Gregor Gillespie -1

WELTERWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: KAMARU USMAN

1. Colby Covington
2. Gilbert Burns
3. Leon Edwards
4. Jorge Masvidal
5. Stephen Thompson
6. Michael Chiesa +2
7. Tyron Woodley -1
8. Demian Maia -1
9. (T) Neil Magny
9. (T) Vicente Luque +1
11. Geoff Neal
12. Li Jingliang
13. Belal Muhammed
14. Robbie Lawler
15. Khamzat Chimaev

MIDDLEWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: ISRAEL ADESANYA

1. Robert Whittaker
2. Paulo Costa
3. Jared Cannonier
4. Darren Till
5. Marvin Vettori
6. Jack Hermansson
7. Derek Brunson
8. Uriah Hall +1
9. Kelvin Gastelum -1
10. Kevin Holland
11. Chris Weidman
12. Edmen Shahbazyan
13. Brad Tavares +1
14. Omari Akhmedov -1
15. Ian Heinisch

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: Jan Blachowicz

1. Glover Teixeira
2. Thiago Santos
3. Dominick Reyes
4. Aleksandar Rakic
5. Jiri Prochazka
6. Anthony Smith
7. Volkan Oezdemir
8. Nikita Krylov
9. Johnny Walker
10. Misha Cirkunov
11. Magomed Ankalaev
12. Jim Crute
13. Ryan Spann
14. Paul Craig
15. Jamall Hill

HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: STIPE MIOCIC

1. Francis Ngannou
2. Curtis Blaydes
3. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
4. Derrick Lewis
5. Alistair Overeem
6. Alexander Volkov
7. Ciryl Gane
8. Shamil Abdurakhimov
9. Augusto Sakai
10. Aleksei Oleinik
11. (T) Junior dos Santos
11. (T) Walt Harris
13. Blagoy Ivanov
14. Sergei Pavlovich
15. Marcin Tybura -1

WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND RANKINGS

1. Amanda Nunes
2. Valentina Shevchenko
3. Weili Zhang
4. Rose Namajunas
5. Jessica Andrade
6. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
7. Germaine De Randamie
8. Holly Holm
9. Aspen Ladd
10. Katlyn Chookagian
11. Nina Ansaroff
12. Yan Xiaonan
13. Carla Esparza +2
14. Cynthia Calvillo -1
15. Claudia Gadelha -1

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: WEILI ZHANG

1. Rose Namajunas
2. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
3. Yan Xiaonan
4. Carla Esparza
5. Nina Ansaroff
6. Marina Rodriguez +2
7. Claudia Gadelha -1
8. Michelle Waterson -1
9. Tecia Torres
10. Amanda Ribas
11. Mackenzie Dern
12. Angela Hill
13. Virna Jandiroba
14. Felice Herrig
15. Livinha Souza

WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: VALENTINA SHEVCHENKO

1. Jessica Andrade
2. Katlyn Chookagian
3. Lauren Murphy
4. Jennifer Maia
5. Cynthia Calvillo
6. Joanne Calderwood +1
7. Viviane Araujo +2
8. Jessica Eye -2
9. Roxanne Modafferi -1
10. Maycee Barber
11. Andrea Lee
12. Alexis Davis
13. Talia Santos
14. Antonina Shevchenko
15. Alexa Grasso

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: AMANDA NUNES

1. Germaine de Randamie
2. Holly Holm
3. Aspen Ladd
4. Raquel Pennington
5. Irene Aldana
6. Julianna Pena +1
7. Ketlen Vieira -1
8. Yana Kunitskaya
9. Sara McMann
10. Marion Reneau
11. Lina Lansberg
12. Macy Chiasson
13. Pannie Kianzad
14. Sijara Eubanks
15. Julia Avila

What do you think of the updated UFC rankings?