Henry Cejudo didn’t get his ultimate wish at this past weekend’s UFC 288 event, but “Triple C” did return to the promotion’s official 135-pound rankings in a favorable position.
Cejudo (16-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) dropped a split-decision result to reigning champ Aljamain Sterling (23-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) in the headlining matchup of Saturday’s card in New Jersey, but after three years on the sidelines, the former two-division champ was given the No. 3 position in the bantamweight division in the promotion’s latest rankings update.
That leaves him only behind Sterlings’ teammate in the No. 1 slot, Merab Dvalishvili, as well as the man expected to challenge for the belt next, Sean O’Malley, who sits at No. 2.
Take a look at the latest UFC bantamweight rankings below. Check out the full updated rankings at UFC.com.
UFC bantamweight champion: Aljamain Sterling
- Merab Dvalishvili
- Sean O’Malley
- Henry Cejudo NR
- Cory Sandhagen -1
- Petr Yan -1
- Marlon Vera -1
- Rob Font -1
- Yadong Song -1
- Dominick Cruz -1
- Pedro Munhoz -1
- Ricky Simon -1
- Umar Nurmagomedov
- Adrian Yanez -1
- Chris Gutierrez
- Jonathan Martinez -2
