UFC fighter rankings: Changes at HW, LHW
Finally there's been some movement in the UFC fighter rankings. Heavyweight and light heavyweight both saw a few changes.
Finally there's been some movement in the UFC fighter rankings. Heavyweight and light heavyweight both saw a few changes.
An event that was light in relevant fights led to barely a ripple in the official UFC rankings this week.
UFC 160 didn't provide a lot of changes to the UFC fighter rankings, but lightweight T.J. Grant did make a jump after his win over Gray Maynard.
Nik Lentz, John Lineker, and Jacare Souza moved up in the official UFC rankings due to their UFC on FX 8 wins, while Luke Rockhold tumbled.
UFC 159 didn't have much of an effect on many divisions, but lightweight and the women's 135 division saw some changes that bled in from UFC on Fox 7.
The women's bantamweight rankings saw some major changes after Cat Zingano beat Miesha Tate on Saturday night.
It's not all that surprising that last weekend's UFC on Fuel 9 event didn't cause much of a disturbance in the official UFC fighter rankings.
Nick Diaz has plummeted in the official UFC rankings after his loss to Georges St. Pierre at UFC 158.
Yushin Okami and Mark Hunt moved up in the UFC official fighter rankings after their UFC on Fuel 8 wins, while Hector Lombard and Strefan Struve dropped. In addition to that, there's an official women's ranking list for the first time.
The official UFC fighter rankings aren't close to perfect yet, but UFC 157 did shake them up a bit.