UFC Rankings Report: Hendo Back in the Mix, Rothwell Makes Moves

Another UFC event has come and gone and the official UFC rankings have been updated accordingly. There are some odd changes this week, but everything seems to be in order for the stars of Fight Night 68.

Dan Henderson made his way into the middleweight rankings. Previously unranked, Hendo took the thirteenth spot above Robert Whittaker and Roan Carneiro.

“Big” Ben Rothwell jumped over Alistair Overeem to take the eighth spot.

Oddly enough, Anderson Silva remains on the pound-for-pound rankings despite being removed from the middleweight rankings months ago. Silva actually moved UP to the tenth spot, above the likes of Anthony Pettis and Frankie Edgar.

Check out the rest of the moves and share your thoughts on changes that need to be made in the comment section below!

Pound-For-Pound

1. Jose Aldo 

2. Demetrious Johnson +1

3. Chris Weidman -1

4. Cain Velasquez 

5. Ronda Rousey 

6. TJ Dillashaw 

7. Rafael dos Anjos 

8. Robbie Lawler 

9. Daniel Cormier 

10. Anderson Silva +2

11. Anthony Pettis -1

12. Renan Barao 1

13. Frankie Edgar 

14. Fabricio Werdum 

15. Johny Hendricks 



Flyweight
Champion: Demetrious Johnson

1. John Dodson 

2. Joseph Benavidez 

3. Jussier Formiga 

4. Ian McCall 

5. John Moraga 

6. John Lineker 

7. Henry Cejudo +1

7. Kyoji Horiguchi 

9. Zach Makovsky 

10. Chris Cariaso 

11. Dustin Ortiz 

12. Wilson Reis 

13. Chico Camus +1

14. Ray Borg +1

15. Brad Pickett *Not previously ranked


Bantamweight
Champion: TJ Dillashaw

1. Renan Barao 

2. Dominick Cruz 

3. Raphael Assuncao 

4. Urijah Faber 

5. Michael McDonald 

6. Eddie Wineland 

7. Johnny Eduardo 

8. Aljamain Sterling 

9. Takeya Mizugaki 

10. Francisco Rivera +1

11. Bryan Caraway -1

12. Iuri Alcantara 

13. Frankie Saenz 

14. Thomas Almeida 

15. Erik Perez

Featherweight
Champion: Jose Aldo

1. Chad Mendes 

2. Frankie Edgar 

3. Conor McGregor 

4. Ricardo Lamas 

5. Max Holloway 

6. Cub Swanson 

7. Charles Oliveira 

8. Dennis Bermudez 

9. Nik Lentz 

10. Clay Guida 

11. Jeremy Stephens 

12. Dennis Siver 

13. Hacran Dias +1

14. Darren Elkins -1

15. Tatsuya Kawajiri 



Lightweight
Champion: Rafael dos Anjos

1. Anthony Pettis 

2. Donald Cerrone +1

3. Khabib Nurmagomedov -1

4. Gilbert Melendez 

5. Michael Johnson 

6. Benson Henderson 

7. Edson Barboza 

8. Myles Jury 

9. Eddie Alvarez 

10. Josh Thomson 

11. Bobby Green 

12. Tony Ferguson 

13. Al Iaquinta 

14. Beneil Dariush 

15. Jorge Masvidal 



Welterweight
Champion: Robbie Lawler

1. Johny Hendricks 

2. Rory MacDonald 

3. Tyron Woodley 

4. Carlos Condit 

5. Matt Brown 

6. Demian Maia 

7. Dong Hyun Kim 

8. Tarec Saffiedine 

9. Jake Ellenberger 

10. Kelvin Gastelum 

11. Rick Story -1

12. Neil Magny 

13. Thiago Alves 

14. Gunnar Nelson 

15. Ryan LaFlare

Middleweight
Champion: Chris Weidman

1. Luke Rockhold 

2. Jacare Souza 

3. Vitor Belfort 

4. Lyoto Machida 

5. Anderson Silva 

6. Yoel Romero 

7. Gegard Mousasi -1

8. Tim Kennedy 

9. Thales Leites 

10. Michael Bisping 

11. CB Dollaway 

12. Costas Philippou 

13. Dan Henderson *Not Previously Ranked
14. Robert Whittaker 

15. Roan Carneiro 



Light Heavyweight
Champion: Daniel Cormier

1. Anthony Johnson 

2. Alexander Gustafsson 

3. Rashad Evans 

4. Ryan Bader -1

5. Glover Teixeira 

6. Ovince Saint Preux 

7. Jimi Manuwa 

8. Mauricio Rua 

9. Rampage Jackson 

10. Rafael Cavalcante 

11. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira 

12. Jan Blachowicz 

13. Fabio Maldonado 

14. Patrick Cummins 

15. Gian Villante 



Heavyweight
Champion: Cain Velasquez

1. Fabricio Werdum (Interim Champion)

2. Junior Dos Santos 

3. Stipe Miocic 

4. Andrei Arlovski 

5. Travis Browne 

6. Josh Barnett 

7. Mark Hunt 

8. Ben Rothwell +1

9. Alistair Overeem -1

10. Frank Mir
11. Roy Nelson 

12. Antonio Silva 

13. Matt Mitrione 

14. Stefan Struve 

15. Alexey Oliynyk

Women’s Strawweight
Champion: Joanna Jedrzejczyk

1. Carla Esparza 

2. Claudia Gadelha 

3. Jessica Penne 

4. Rose Namajunas 

5. Tecia Torres 

6. Randa Markos 

7. Paige VanZant 

8. Maryna Moroz 

9. Joanne Calderwood 

10. Felice Herrig 

11. Juliana Lima 

12. Aisling Daly 

13. Heather Clark 

14. Valerie Letourneau 

15. Angela Hill 



Women’s Bantamweight
Champion: Ronda Rousey

1. Cat Zingano 

2. Miesha Tate 

3. Alexis Davis 

4. Sara McMann 

5. Jessica Eye 

6. Sarah Kaufman 

7. Bethe Correia 

8. Amanda Nunes 

9. Liz Carmouche 

10. Holly Holm 

11. Marion Reneau 

12. Julianna Pena 

13. Jessica Andrade 

14. Germaine de Randamie 

15. Raquel Pennington

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