Rankings Update: Machida passes Belfort

Every Monday after an event the UFC releases it’s rankings, aggregated from a group of MMA media sources. This past weekend the UFC held a single event in Brazil featuring only one meaningful bout rankings wise, Lyoto Machida vs. CB Dollaway. 

MIDDLEWEIGHT

Champion : Chris Weidman

1 Anderson Silva 

2 Jacare Souza 

3 Lyoto Machida +1

4 Vitor Belfort -1

5 Luke Rockhold 

6 Yoel Romero 

7 Tim Kennedy 

8 Gegard Mousasi 

9 Michael Bisping 

10 CB Dollaway 

11 Thales Leites 

12 Costas Philippou 

13 Tim Boetsch 

14 Mark Munoz 

15 Brad Tavares 

Lyoto Machida surprisingly surpassed Vitor Belfort in the rankings, taking the number three spot with a win over tenth ranked CB Dollaway. Dollaway’s rann remained unchanged.