Rankings Update: Lots of changes

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’s UFC on FOX 12 had a few meaningful bouts for a few divisions, but those bouts changed the rankings significantly in several divisions:

FEATHERWEIGHT

Champion : Jose Aldo

1 Chad Mendes 

2 Cub Swanson +1

3 Frankie Edgar -1

4 Ricardo Lamas 

5 Dustin Poirier +1

6 Chan Sung Jung -1

7 Dennis Bermudez +5

8 Nik Lentz 

9 Conor McGregor +1

10 Dennis Siver -1

11 Jeremy Stephens 

12 Clay Guida -5

13 Darren Elkins 

14 Charles Oliveira 

15 Tatsuya Kawajiri 

LIGHTWEIGHT

Champion : Anthony Pettis

1 Benson Henderson 

2 Gilbert Melendez 

3 Khabib Nurmagomedov +1

4 Donald Cerrone +1

5 Rafael dos Anjos +1

6 Josh Thomson -3

7 Bobby Green +6

8 Jim Miller -1

9 Myles Jury -1

10 Michael Johnson 

11 Edson Barboza -2

12 Gray Maynard -1

13 Rustam Khabilov -1

14 Jorge Masvidal 

15 Joe Lauzon

?WELTERWEIGHT

Champion : Johny Hendricks

1 Robbie Lawler 

2 Rory MacDonald 

3 Carlos Condit 

4 Tyron Woodley 

5 Matt Brown 

6 Hector Lombard 

7 Demian Maia +1

8 Jake Ellenberger -1

9 Dong Hyun Kim +1

10 Tarec Saffiedine -1

11 Kelvin Gastelum 

12 Gunnar Nelson 

13 Mike Pyle 

14 Ryan LaFlare 

15 Rick Story *NR