UFC fighter rankings: Lightweight division sees major changes following UFC 274

UFC 274 was fairly the occasion. A brand new champion was topped at ladies’s strawweight in one of many worst title fights within the promotion’s historical past. And whereas the fights earlier than and after Rose Namajunas and Carla Esparza underwhelmed everybody, the truth that Charles Oliveira couldn’t make weight means the light-weight division doesn’t have a champion proper now.

Right here’s a have a look at all of the adjustments this week, which principally got here at 155 and within the ladies’s divisions.

Males’s P4P – Oliveira strikes up one spot to 4, dropping Francis Ngannou to 5. Aljamain Sterling strikes up one right into a tie for 9 with Jon Jones. Robert Whittaker is up one to 14, pushing Brandon Moreno down to fifteen.

Heavyweight – No adjustments.

Mild Heavyweight – No adjustments.

Middleweight – No adjustments.

Welterweight – No adjustments.

Light-weight – Every thing is flip-turned the other way up. With the belt vacant, nearly everybody moved down a spot. Oliveira is the primary contender, after all. Dustin Poirier drops to 2. Gaethje is down two to take a seat within the three place. Islam Makhachev is right down to 4. Beneil Dariush falls two slots to 6. Rafael dos Anjos is down one to seven. Ferguson falls three to 10. Rafael Fiziev and Arman Tsurukyan are fall one every to 11 and 12. Mateusz Gamrot falls two to 14. Brad Riddell holds on within the 15 spot.

Featherweight – No adjustments.

Bantamweight – No adjustments.

Flyweight – Alexandre Pantoja strikes again up right into a tie for 3 with Askar Askarov. Brandon Royval’s fast win on the weekend strikes him as much as 4, pushing Alex Perez to 5.

Ladies’s P4P – Julianna Pena rises one to a few, with Thug Rose transferring right down to 4. New champ Esparza is up two to 6. Jessica Andrade and Holly Holm go down one spot every to seven and eight respectively. Mackenzie Dern and Irene Aldana flip-flip the 12 and 13 spots.

Ladies’s Bantamweight – Pannie Kianzad passes Miesha Tate for the 9 spot, dropping the previous champ to 10.

Ladies’s Flyweight – Tracy Cortez enters the rankings for the primary time at 15.

Ladies’s Strawweight – Esparza sits atop the division. Namajunas is the primary contender, with Zhang Weili dropping to 2. Yan Xiaonan strikes up right into a tie for 5 with Andrade.