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UFC fighter rankings: Luke Rockhold crashes on P4P list

The man who lost to Michael Bisping tumbled down the pound-for-pound list in the rankings this week.

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UFC 199 was full of surprises, but none was bigger than Michael Bisping's dreams coming true. The longtime contender was finally granted a title shot after years of being close, and he made the best of it with a knockout win over Luke Rockhold. Rockhold had been a top-five P4P guy since he won the title from Chris Weidman, but Bisping's upset sent him (and Weidman) falling down the P4P standings in the rankings this week.

Here's the full list of changes after the exciting event.

P4P - Rockhold fell a full ten spots, one of the biggest drops I've ever seen. He went from three all the way to 13. Bisping entered the list at nine. So that allowed Dominick Cruz, who defended his title on the card, to move up to the three spot. Robbie Lawler, Rafael dos Anjos, Conor McGregor, Daniel Cormier, and Jose Aldo all moved up one spot as well - to four, five, six, seven, and eight respectively. Frankie Edgar moved up one spot to ten. Stipe Miocic moved up two spots to 11. And finally, Weidman fell four spots from ten to 14.

Heavyweight - No changes.

Light Heavyweight - No changes.

Middleweight - Bisping's the champ, of course. This bumped four guys down a spot - Rockhold to number one contender, Weidman to two, Jacare Souza to three, and Vitor Belfort to four. Uriah Hall moved past Tim Kennedy for the nine spot. And Dan Henderson's huge KO win moved him up two spots from 15 to 13, dropping Rafael Natal to 14.

Welterweight - Thiago Alves moved up one spot to 14, and Albert Tumenov got back onto the list at 15. Hector Lombard was removed due to his move to 185.

Lightweight - Dustin Poirier's big win over Bobby Green saw him crack the top ten for the first time at lightweight. He's at nine, up two spots. Michael Chiesa and Beneil Dariush dropped one spot each to 10 and 11, despite a Dariush KO win on the card. Rashid Magomedov moved up one spot to 13, Evan Dunham is up one to 14, and Francisco Trinaldo is on the list at 15.

Featherweight - Max Holloway's ninth win in a row saw him pass Chad Mendes for the three spot. Brian Ortega cracked the top ten with his thrilling late win over Clay Guida. He's up two spots to 10, with Hacran Dias and Darren Elkins dropping to 11 and 12 respectively. Yair Rodriguez is up one to 13, bumping Tatsuya Kawajiri to 14 (boo). Clay Guida is out of the rankings for the first time in seemingly forever.

Bantamweight - John Lineker moved into a tie with John Dodson for the eight spot. Thomas Almeida dropped one spot to 10.

Flyweight - No changes.

Women's Bantamweight - No changes.

Women's Flyweight - Karolina Kowalkiewicz is up one spot to six. Jessica Andrade broke into the 115-lb list at seven with her win over Jessica Penne. Maryna Moroz is up one spot to eight. Paige VanZant is down one spot to nine. Penne's loss dropped her four spots to ten. Michelle Waterson and Joanne Calderwood fell one spot each to 11 and 12. Randa Markos is down two to 14. Juliana Lima is down one to 15.