Rankings Update: No change at light heavyweight
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.
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 Fight Night Bangor only featured a few fights between ranked fighters resulting in some minor shifts in divisional rankings:
Champion : Demetrious Johnson
1 John Dodson
2 Joseph Benavidez
3 Ian McCall
4 Jussier Formiga +2
5 John Moraga
6 Ali Bagautinov -2
7 John Lineker
8 Chris Cariaso
9 Brad Pickett +1
10 Zach Makovsky -1
11 Timothy Elliott
12 Dustin Ortiz
13 Louis Gaudinot
14 Kyoji Horiguchi
15 Scott Jorgensen
Champion : Anthony Pettis
1 Benson Henderson
2 Gilbert Melendez
3 Khabib Nurmagomedov
4 Donald Cerrone
5 Rafael dos Anjos
6 Josh Thomson
7 Bobby Green
8 Jim Miller
9 Myles Jury
10 Michael Johnson
11 Edson Barboza
12 Rustam Khabilov +1
13 Jorge Masvidal +1
14 Ross Pearson *NR
15 Gray Maynard -3
One thing to note is the main event was between two ranked light heavyweights: Ryan Bader in eighth and Ovince St-Preux was ranked tenth. Bader won a unanimous decision but neither athlete moved up or down in the rankings.
In the co-main event Ross Pearson TKO’d Gray Maynard and finally entered the rankings at fourteenth. Maynard who had been ranked twelfth dropped to fifteenth.