Merab Dvalishvili Becomes Number Two Ranked Pound-For-Pound Fighter, More Ranking Updates
UFC 316 saw some rankings move.
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Usually, we will see some movement in the rankings every Tuesday following a UFC event, if applicable. Well, following UFC 316 this past Saturday, we saw a ton of movement from multiple different divisions. Thanks to John Morgan for the updates.
Kicking things off with the Pound-For-Pound lists, Merab Dvalishvili has moved up two spots following his main event victory. He now sits at #2 ranked men’s pound-for-pound, surpassing Ilia Topuria and Jon Jones. Islam Makhachev remains number one. Sean O’Malley has dropped off the list completely, and Arman Tsarukyan is now #15 after being unranked.
On the women’s side, Kayla Harrison saw some movement in the women’s pound-for-pound. Kayla moves up four spots and is now ranked at #3 in the women’s pound-for-pound list. Kayla’s opponent, Juliana Pena, has dropped down to #5 and of course is the number one contender now in the women’s bantamweight division.
In the men’s bantamweight division, Mario Bautista has moved up to #9 following his win this past weekend. Umar Nurmagomedov moved up to #2.
Additionally, in the Welterweight rankings, Vicente Luque has dropped out of the top 15 with his loss, as Kevin Holland hops into the #14 spot after being unranked previously.
Joshua Van had a big win this past weekend and he moved up four spots in the Flyweight rankings. Josh Van has now moved into the top 10 and sits at #10. The man he defeated, Bruno Silva, falls two spots to #14. In the Light-Heavyweight division, Azamat Murzakanov now sits at #11, trading spots with Johnny Walker who is now #12.
In the Heavyweight division, Waldo Cortes-Acosta moves up three spots and is now in the top 10 at #8. The man he defeated at UFC 316, Serghei Spivac, falls down two spots to #9.
In the women’s Flyweight rankings, Wang Cong debuts in the rankings at #14. The woman she beat this past Saturday, Ariane da Silva drops to #15. This knocks JJ Aldrich out of the rankings.
With more big UFC events coming up this month, there will surely be more movement in the rankings, so keep an eye out. Congrats to those who moved up.
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