Rankings Update: Hendricks now top contender
White said that a trilogy fight between Lawler and Hendricks would make sense, and apparently the media agreed as well.
This past weekend at UFC 181, Robbie Lawler earned a split decision win over Johny Hendricks. Rory MacDonald was supposed to meet the winner, but after the fight Dana White said that a trilogy fight between Lawler and Hendricks would make sense, and apparently the media agreed as well:
Champion : Robbie Lawler
1 Johny Hendricks -1
2 Rory MacDonald
3 Tyron Woodley
4 Carlos Condit
5 Matt Brown
6 Hector Lombard
7 Kelvin Gastelum
8 Demian Maia
9 Tarec Saffiedine
10 Dong Hyun Kim
11 Jake Ellenberger
12 Rick Story
13 Jordan Mein
14 Gunnar Nelson
15 Ryan LaFlare
In other meaningful rankings news, Gilbert Melendez dropped one spot to number two and Khabib Nurmagomedov moved up to the number one contender at lightweight. He could be the next opponent for champion Anthony Pettis, but nothing is decided yet.