VanZant, Rockhold and Holloway Make Big Jumps in New UFC Rankings

The Official UFC Fighter Rankings have been released and there were some BIG changes after ‘UFC on FOX 15’. Paige VanZant, Max Holloway and Luke Rockhold all made jumps.

Flyweight: Jussier Formica jumps up a spot to #4, now tied with John Moraga. Previously ranked 8th, Kyoji Horiguchi jumps above Zach Makovsky this week. Now ranked #7, Horiguchi is getting ready for the fight of his life as he prepares to challenge division champion Demetrious Johnson.

Bantamweight: Iuri Alcantara and Mitch Gagnon both drop down two spots while Takeya Mizugaki and Frankie Saenz only drop down one. Previously unranked Aljamain Sterling soars to #10 while Eddie Wineland gets bumped up to #6.

Featherweight: Max Holloway jumps up three spots to #6, but is still ranked under #5 Cub Swanson who didn’t lose a spot this week. Dennis Bermudez, Nik Lentz and Charles Oliveira all dropped a spot because of Holloway’s jump.

Lightweight: Benson Henderson drops to #6 while opponent Michael Johnson jumps above him. Neither fighter fought recently. Tony Ferguson jumps to #12 while Al Iaquinta rocks lucky #13.

Welterweight: Gunnar Nelson drops to #14 as Ryan LaFlare takes his spot at #13.

Middleweight: Luke Rockhold soars to the top of the division and is now the number one contender according to the rankings. Jacare Souza drops to #2 while Machida drops two spots to #4, just under Vitor Belfort.

Light Heavyweight: Patrick Cummins’ loss caused him to drop to #13 which allowed Fabio Maldonado to take his spot at #12.

Heavyweight: Matt Mitrione jumps up a spot to #12, now tied with Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva.

Women’s Strawweight: BIG changes in this division. Paige VanZant, previously ranked #12, jumps up five spots to #7! This caused Joanne Calderwood to drop another spot, now ranked #8. Felice Herrig dropped three spots to #11 and Heather Clark got bumped to #12.

Women’s Bantamweight: Ronda Rousey, of course, remains at the top of her throne. There were a couple Top 10 changes as Amanda Nunes stole Liz Carmouche’s #8 spot. Carmouche is now #9.

SEE FULL RANKINGS HERE

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