Official Rankings 11.18.13: Lots of movement at welterweight

After each live event, the UFC polls various members of the media to update its rankings in each weight division as well as the pound for pound rankings. 

With several meaningful bouts at last weekend’s UFC 167, there was a lot of movement in the welterweight rankings:

Champion : Georges St-Pierre

1 Johny Hendricks 

2 Carlos Condit 

3 Robbie Lawler +7

4 Rory MacDonald -1

5 Jake Ellenberger -1

6 Demian Maia -1

7 Jake Shields 

8 Matt Brown 

9 Martin Kampmann -3

10 Nick Diaz -1

The numbers after each athlete represent their movement from their previous rankings. The big winner in this week’s rankings is of course Robbie Lawler, who moved up seven spots by beating Rory MacDonald, who was previously ranked third and moved down one spot.

The shuffle of Lawler up seven spots meant several fighters had to drop a spot to make room, including Jake Ellenberger, Demian Maia, Martin Kampmann, & Nick Diaz.