News UFC updates rankings following Paramount debut

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MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND

1. Islam Makhachev
2. Ilia Topuria
3. Khamzat Chimaev
4. Alex Pereira
5. Alexander Volkanovski
6. Petr Yan
7. Merab Dvalishvili
8. Tom Aspinall
9. Alexandre Pantoja
10. Max Holloway
11. Joshua Van +1
12. Dricus Du Plessis -1
13. Magomed Ankalaev
14. Jack Della Maddalena
15. Arman Tsarukyan

FLYWEIGHT

Champion: Joshua Van
1. Alexandre Pantoja
2. Manel Kape
3. Tatsuro Taira
4. Brandon Royval
5. Brandon Moreno
6. Amir Albazi
7. Asu Almabayev
8. Kyoji Horiguchi
9. Tim Elliott
10. Alex Perez +1
11. Steve Erceg -1
12. Tagir Ulanbekov
13. Charles Johnson
14. Bruno Silva
15. Lone’er Kavanagh

BANTAMWEIGHT

Champion: Petr Yan
1. Merab Dvalishvili
2. Umar Nurmagomedov
3. Sean O’Malley
4. Cory Sandhagen
5. Song Yadong
6. Aiemann Zahabi +1
7. Deiveson Figueiredo -1
8. Marlon Vera
9. Mario Bautista
10. David Martinez
11. Vinicius Oliveira +3
12. Payton Talbott -1
13. Rob Font -1
14. Kyler Phillips
15. Montel Jackson

FEATHERWEIGHT

Champion: Alexander Volkanovski
1. Movsar Evloev
2. Diego Lopes
3. Yair Rodriguez
4. Lerone Murphy
5. Aljamain Sterling
6. Jean Silva +4
7. Arnold Allen -1
8. Youssef Zalal -1
9. Steve Garcia -1
10. Brian Ortega -1
11. Josh Emmett
12. Patricio Pitbull
13. Kevin Vallejos
14. Dan Ige
15. David Onama -1

LIGHTWEIGHT

Champion: Ilia Topuria
1. Justin Gaethje (interim champion) +3
2. Arman Tsarukyan -1
3. Charles Oliveira -1
4. Max Holloway -1
5. Paddy Pimblett
6. Dan Hooker
7. Mateusz Gamrot
8. Benoit Saint Denis
9. Rafael Fiziev
10. Renato Moicano
11. Beneil Dariush
12. Michael Chandler
13. Manuel Torres
14. Mauricio Ruffy
15. Fares Ziam

WELTERWEIGHT

Champion: Islam Makhachev
1. Jack Della Maddalena
2. Shavkat Rakhmonov
3. Ian Machado Garry
4. Michael Morales
5. Belal Muhammed
6. Carlos Prates
7. Sean Brady
8. Kamaru Usman
9. Leon Edwards
10. Joaquin Buckley
11. Gabriel Bonfim
12. Gilbert Burns
13. Geoff Neal
14. Colby Covington
15. Daniel Rodriguez

MIDDLEWEIGHT

Champion: Khamzat Chimaev
1. Dricus Du Plessis
2. Nassourdine Imavov
3. Sean Strickland
4. Anthony Hernandez
5. Brendan Allen
6. Israel Adesanya
7. Caio Borralho
8. Reinier De Ridder
9. Robert Whittaker
10. Jared Cannonier
11. Roman Dolidze +1
12. Paulo Costa +1
13. Gregory Rodrigues +1
14. Joe Pyfer +1
15. Brunno Ferreira *NR

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Champion: Alex Pereira
1. (T) Magomed Ankalaev
1. (T) Jiri Prochazka
3. Carlos Ulberg
4. Khalil Rountree
5. Jan Blachowicz
6. Azamat Murzakanov
7. Jamahal Hill
8. Volkan Oezdemir
9. Bogdan Guskov +1
10. Dominick Reyes -1
11. Aleksandar Rakic
12. Johnny Walker
13. Nikita Krylov
14. Zhang Mingyang
15. Alonzo Menifield

HEAVYWEIGHT

Champion: Tom Aspinall
1. Ciryl Gane
2. Alexander Volkov
3. Sergei Pavlovich
4. Curtis Blaydes
5. Waldo Cortes Acosta
6. Jailton Almeida
7. Serghei Spivac
8. Marcin Tybura +2
9. Ante Delija
10. Derrick Lewis -2
11. Shamil Gaziev
12. Tai Tuivasa
13. Mick Parkin
14. Valter Walker
15. Tallison Teixeira

WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND

1. Valentina Shevchenko
2. Kayla Harrison
3. Zhang Weili
4. Natalia Silva
5. Mackenzie Dern
6. Manon Fiorot
7. Erin Blanchfield
8. Julianna Pena
9. Alexa Grasso
10. Virna Jandiroba
11. Raquel Pennington
12. Tatiana Suarez
13. Rose Namajunas
14. Yan Xiaonan
15. Maycee Barber

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT

Champion: Mackenzie Dern
1. Zhang Weili
2. Tatiana Suarez
3. Virna Jandiroba
4. Yan Xiaonan
5. Amanda Lemos
6. Loopy Godinez
7. Iasmin Lucindo
8. Tabatha Ricci
9. Jessica Andrade
10. Gillian Robertson
11. Amanda Ribas
12. Fatima Klein
13. Denise Gomes
14. Angela Hill
15. Alexia Thainara

WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT

Champion: Valentina Shevchenko
1. (T) Manon Fiorot
1. (T) Natalia Silva +1
3. Erin Blanchfield
4. Alexa Grasso -1
5. Maycee Barber
6. Jasmine Jasudavicius +1
7. Rose Namajunas -1
8. Tracy Cortez
9. Karine Silva
10. Miranda Maverick -1
11. Casey O’Neill
12. Wang Cong
13. Eduarda Moura
14. JJ Aldrich
15. Gabriella Fernandes

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT

Champion: Kayla Harrison
1. Julianna Pena
2. Raquel Pennington
3. Norma Dumont
4. Ketlen Vieira
5. Yana Santos
6. Irene Aldana
7. Macy Chiasson
8. Ailin Perez
9. Karol Rosa
10. Jacqueline Cavalcanti
11. Mayra Bueno Silva
12. Nora Cornolle
13. Miesha Tate
14. Joselyne Edwards
15. Luana Santos
 
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Tybura +2 (hasnt fought since september)
This one looked just a little 'eh' at first because 1 of that +2 is because Lewis is falling hard, which is deserved, so no big deal, but it's actually super BS because 2nd part of that is him getting put back over Delija, who Tybura's last fight was against and getting knocked out by.

Vinicius Oliveria +3 (hasnt fought since July)
This is a typo, as it was only +2, but that's still incredible nonsense. I get that this guy is on a streak, and maybe they wanted to revisit re-ranking with fresh eyes, but this feels like probably the biggest 'We want more exciting people up the rankings for Paramount's sake' movement here.

Jean Silva +4
Well, this one's just fair isn't it? Allen is a very solid win. It should certainly put him over guys like Ortega (why is he even still there) or Garcia.

If he shouldn't have jumped up this much, the problem was in the booking beforehand, not the change after.
 

MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND

1. Islam Makhachev
2. Ilia Topuria
3. Khamzat Chimaev
4. Alex Pereira
5. Alexander Volkanovski
6. Petr Yan
7. Merab Dvalishvili
8. Tom Aspinall
9. Alexandre Pantoja
10. Max Holloway
11. Joshua Van +1
12. Dricus Du Plessis -1
13. Magomed Ankalaev
14. Jack Della Maddalena
15. Arman Tsarukyan

An almost entirely white P4P seems... out of kilter with the history of the sport somewhat.
 
Arman at 15 is hilarious, so basically Ilia is avoiding a guy ranked 15 in a bullshit list and he himself has no defenses? They need to at least put some effort into this shit, I can handle bullshit but it at least needs to be somewhat intelligent bullshit.


Ugh, Sean already beat Imavov and beat DDP one time.. 🤷‍♂️
 
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Jean Silva as champ is an autistic reign I don’t need or want
 
Arman at 15 is hilarious, so basically Ilia is avoiding a guy ranked 15 in a bullshit list and he himself has no defenses? They need to at least put some effort into this shit, I can handle bullshit but it at least needs to be somewhat intelligent bullshit.
there being 2 lightweights ranked bellow the interim champion in the p4p ranking while he isn't is pretty funny. Like even the ranking people aknowledge that fight doesn't actually means Justin is even a top 3 lightweight.
 
there being 2 lightweights ranked bellow the interim champion in the p4p ranking while he isn't is pretty funny. Like even the ranking people aknowledge that fight doesn't actually means Justin is even a top 3 lightweight.
p4p has always been a meaningless midget cope list
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Ahh the random numbers next to names list, what an odd practice
 
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