New UFC Rankings: Ferguson enters P4P

UFC 216 on Saturday resulted in a number of changes in the UFC’s official Fighter Rankings, most notably in the Pound for Pound rankings. Tony Ferguson won the interim belt and the resulting #1 contender ranking. He is now on a 10-fight win streak in a deep division, and has not lost in over five years. He has won six performance bonuses in his last six fights, including three fight of the nights. He debuted at lucky #13:
1 Demetrious Johnson
2 Conor McGregor
3 Max Holloway +1
3 Stipe Miocic
5 Daniel Cormier
6 Cody Garbrandt
7 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
8 Tyron Woodley
9 Dominick Cruz
10 Jose Aldo -1
11 Cris Cyborg
12 Michael Bisping
13 Tony Ferguson *NR
14 Amanda Nunes -1
15 Robert Whittaker -1

And Demetrious Johnson’s Mighty Armbar only cemented his #1 spot.

There were also changes in several other divisions, including flyweight, where Ian McCall was granted a release from his UFC contract and was thus removed from the rankings.
Champion: Demetrious Johnson
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10 John Moraga +1
11 Tim Elliott -1
12 Alexandre Pantoja +1
13 Louis Smolka +1
14 Magomed Bibulatov +1
15 Ulka Sasaki *NR

LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Conor McGregor
1 Tony Ferguson (Interim Champion) +1
2 Khabib Nurmagomedov -1
3 Edson Barboza +1
4 Eddie Alvarez -1
5 Justin Gaethje

MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Michael Bisping
1 Robert Whittaker (Interim Champion)
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13 Brad Tavares *NR
14 Tim Boetsch
15 Thiago Santos

The next UFC event with rankings implications is UFC Fight Night 118: Cerrone vs. Till on October 21, 2017 at Ergo Arena in Gdansk, Poland.