Rankings Update: Another P4P shift
Despite none of the fighters competing at this past weekend’s UFC Fight Night 68, the pound for pound rankings shifted around for the second week in a row.
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As they do after each event, the UFC released updated rankings after a select group of media members ranked fighters in every division.
This past weekend the UFC held UFC Fight Night 68 in Louisiana featuring a couple bouts that had an effect in the official rankings. Despite none of the fighters competing, the pound for pound rankings shifted around for the second week in a row:
POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Jose Aldo
2 Demetrious Johnson +1
3 Chris Weidman -1
4 Cain Velasquez
5 Ronda Rousey
6 TJ Dillashaw
7 Rafael dos Anjos
8 Robbie Lawler
9 Daniel Cormier
10 Anderson Silva +2
11 Anthony Pettis -1
12 Renan Barao -1
13 Frankie Edgar
14 Fabricio Werdum
15 Johny Hendricks
In the main event, Dan Henderson returned to middleweight defeating Tim Boetsch in only twenty-eight seconds by technical knockout. The win debuted Henderson in the top fifeteen:
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion : Chris Weidman
1 Luke Rockhold
2 Jacare Souza
3 Vitor Belfort
4 Lyoto Machida
5 Anderson Silva
6 Yoel Romero
7 Gegard Mousasi -1
8 Tim Kennedy
9 Thales Leites
10 Michael Bisping
11 CB Dollaway
12 Costas Philippou
13 Dan Henderson *NR
14 Robert Whittaker
15 Roan Carneiro