UFC rankings: Grant Dawson cracks top 10 following UFC on ESPN 47 win over Damir Ismagulov
Following his convincing decision win at this past Saturday’s event, ‘KGD’ rewarded with move up five positions in latest official UFC rankings.
While Sean Strickland was victorious in UFC on ESPN 47’s main event, his position in the UFC’s official rankings remained unchanged in the middleweight division after defeating an unranked opponent.
However, Grant Dawson (20-1-1 MMA, 8-0-1 UFC) proved a big winner following his result in the night’s co-main event. After a convincing decision win over the dangerous Damir Ismagulov (24-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC), the 29-year-old American Top Team product was rewarded with a five-position move in the promotion’s lightweight rankings and now sits at No. 10 following the latest rankings update.
Meanwhile, Ismagulov dropped two positions and now sits at No. 14.
Take a look at the latest UFC featherweight rankings below. Check out the full updated rankings at UFC.com.
UFC lightweight champion: Islam Makhachev
- Charles Oliveira
- Dustin Poirier
- Justin Gaethje
- Beneil Dariush
- Michael Chandler
- Rafael Fiziev
- Mateusz Gamrot
- Arman Tsarukyan
- Rafael Dos Anjos
- Grant Dawson +5
- Jalin Turner -1
- Dan Hooker -1
- Renato Moicano
- Damir Ismagulov -2
- Matt Frevola -1