The new UFC rankings are out, and while there aren’t too many changes, the ones that have been made are fairly noticeable. Brandon Moreno entered the top 15 at flyweight after his big upset win over Louis Smolka. Meanwhile, Alex Oliveira’s defeat of Will Brooks dropped Brooks out of the lightweight rankings, even though the fight at was at a catchweight because Oliveira missed weight by 5.5 lbs.
You can catch the full UFC rankings here.
Pound-for-Pound: No changes
Women’s Strawweight: No changes
Flyweight: Louis Smolka fell and fell hard. He dropped from 9th to 13th, while Brandon Moreno entered the list at 15th, in place of Sergio Pettis. Moving up from 9th-12th are John Moraga, Matheus Nicolau, Dustin Ortiz, and Justin Scoggins.
Women’s Bantamweight: No changes
Bantamweight: John Lineker’s win over John Dodson gets him up to 2nd, while Raphael Assuncao dropped to 3rd. Jimmie Rivera also rose to 4th, sending Bryan Caraway down to 5th. John Dodson remains in 10th.
Featherweight: Hacran Dias’ loss to Andre Fili drove him straight out of the top 15. Darren Elkins, Doo Ho Choi, and Renan Barao moves up to 12th-14th. Mirsad Bektic rounds out the list, as he nears his UFC return this Saturday.
Lightweight: Will Brooks went from #11 to unranked. Gilbert Melendez, Francisco Trinaldo, Al Iaquinta, and Evan Dunham all got bumped up to 11th-14th. Rashid Magomedov rounds out the list.
Welterweight: No changes
Middleweight: No changes
Light Heavyweight: No changes
Heavyweight: No changes