Rankings Update: Silva drops three spots
This past weekend the UFC held UFC 184 in Los Angeles, CA featuring some high profile fights but only a few meaningful bouts rankings-wise.
As they do after each event, the UFC released updated rankings after a select group of media members ranked fighters in every division.
This past weekend the UFC held UFC 184 in Los Angeles, CA featuring some high profile fights but only a few meaningful bouts rankings-wise. The most noticeable change was Anderson Silva dropping three spots despite no fights in the middleweight division at the event.
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion : Chris Weidman
1 Jacare Souza
1 Lyoto Machida +2
3 Vitor Belfort +1
4 Luke Rockhold +1
5 Anderson Silva -3
6 Yoel Romero
7 Gegard Mousasi
8 Tim Kennedy
9 Michael Bisping
10 Thales Leites
11 CB Dollaway
12 Costas Philippou
13 Tim Boetsch +1
14 Brad Tavares +1
15 Roan Carneiro *NR
Another division were there was noticeable change was the women’s bantamweight division where Holly Holm moved up three spots, despite only winning a decision against the fourteenth ranked Raquel Pennington.
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion : Ronda Rousey
1 Cat Zingano
2 Miesha Tate
3 Alexis Davis
4 Sara McMann
5 Sarah Kaufman
6 Jessica Eye
7 Bethe Correia
8 Liz Carmouche
9 Amanda Nunes
10 Holly Holm +3
11 Jessica Andrade
12 Marion Reneau -2
13 Julianna Pena -1
14 Raquel Pennington
15 Germaine de Randamie