UFC Rankings Report: Velasquez Falls Far in P4P, Alvarez Makes Big Jump
“UFC 188” caused the biggest shakeups in the official UFC rankings in recent memory. Cain Velasquez stepped into the octagon with his UFC Heavyweight Championship on Saturday night, but walked out with empty hands and a bloody nose as Fabricio Werdum submitted him in the third round.
As a result of this, Velasquez dropped six spots in the pound for pound rankings. Ronda Rousey, TJ Dillashaw, Fabricio Werdum all benefited from his drop.
Werdum jumped up EIGHT spots in the pound for pound rankings, and he took the top of the heavyweight rankings by knocking Velasquez down a peg.
Eddie Alvarez also jumped up to the fourth spot, knocking down five fighters in the process. Alvarez picked up a split decision win over now fifth ranked Gilbert Melendez.
Check out the official rankings below!
Pound-For-Pound
1. Jose Aldo
2. Chris Weidman +1
3. Demetrious Johnson -1
4. Ronda Rousey
+1
5. TJ Dillashaw
+1
6. Fabricio Werdum
+8
7. Rafael dos Anjos
8. Robbie Lawler
9. Daniel Cormier
10. Cain Velasquez
-6
11. Anthony Pettis
12. Anderson Silva -2
13. Renan Barao -1
14. Frankie Edgar
-1
15. Johny Hendricks
Flyweight
Champion: Demetrious Johnson
1. John Dodson
2. Joseph Benavidez
3. Jussier Formiga
4. Ian McCall
5. Henry Cejudo +2
6. John Moraga
-1
7. John Lineker
-1
8. Kyoji Horiguchi
-1
9. Zach Makovsky
10. Chris Cariaso
11. Dustin Ortiz
12. Wilson Reis
13. Chico Camus
14. Ray Borg
15. Brad Pickett
Bantamweight
Champion: TJ Dillashaw
1. Renan Barao
2. Dominick Cruz
3. Raphael Assuncao
4. Urijah Faber
5. Michael McDonald
6. Eddie Wineland
7. Aljamain Sterling
+1
8. Johnny Eduardo -1
9. Takeya Mizugaki
10. Francisco Rivera
11. Bryan Caraway
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
14. Darren Elkins
15. Tatsuya Kawajiri
Lightweight
Champion: Rafael dos Anjos
1. Anthony Pettis
2. Donald Cerrone
3. Khabib Nurmagomedov
4. Eddie Alvarez
+5
5. Gilbert Melendez
-1
6. Michael Johnson
-1
7. Benson Henderson
-1
8. Edson Barboza
-1
9. Myles Jury
-1
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.
Rick Story +1
11.
Neil Magny +1
12.
Thiago Alves +1
13. Kelvin Gastelum -3
14. Ryan LaFlare +1
15. Gunnar Nelson
-1
Middleweight
Champion: Chris Weidman
1. Luke Rockhold
2. Jacare Souza
3. Vitor Belfort
3. Lyoto Machida
+1
5. Anderson Silva
6. Yoel Romero
7. Gegard Mousasi
8. Tim Kennedy
9. Thales Leites
10. Michael Bisping
11. CB Dollaway
12. Costas Philippou
13. Dan Henderson
14. Robert Whittaker
15. Roan Carneiro
Light Heavyweight
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1. Anthony Johnson
2. Alexander Gustafsson
3. Rashad Evans
4. Ryan Bader
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: Fabricio Werdum
1. Cain Velasquez
-1
2. Junior Dos Santos
3. Stipe Miocic
4. Andrei Arlovski
5. Travis Browne
6. Josh Barnett
7. Mark Hunt
8. Ben Rothwell
9. Alistair Overeem
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. Heather Clark
+1
13. Aisling Daly -1
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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