Rankings Update: Barboza/Edgar move up

After each 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.

This past weekend the UFC held UFC Fight Night Austin and both the main event and co-main event had an impact on divisional rankings. With this dominating win over Cub Swanson, Frankie Edgar moved up one spot to second in the rankings, while Swanson dropped two spots to fourth.

FEATHERWEIGHT

Champion : Jose Aldo

1 Chad Mendes 

2 Frankie Edgar +1

3 Ricardo Lamas -1

4 Cub Swanson -2

5 Conor McGregor 

6 Dustin Poirier 

7 Dennis Bermudez 

8 Dennis Siver 

9 Nik Lentz 

10 Jeremy Stephens 

11 Clay Guida 

12 Darren Elkins 

13 Charles Oliveira 

14 Max Holloway 

15 Tatsuya Kawajiri 

LIGHTWEIGHT

Champion : Anthony Pettis

1 Gilbert Melendez 

2 Khabib Nurmagomedov 

3 Rafael dos Anjos 

4 Donald Cerrone 

5 Benson Henderson 

6 Edson Barboza +5

6 Josh Thomson 

8 Myles Jury 

9 Bobby Green -2

10 Jim Miller -1

11 Eddie Alvarez -1

12 Michael Johnson -1

13 Jorge Masvidal 

14 Nate Diaz 

15 Rustam Khabilov 

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