UFC rankings: Jailton Almeida moves up three slots, now sits at No. 9 in heavyweight division
Almeida’s UFC on ABC 4 win over Jairzinho Rozenstruik awarded with a significant move into the heavyweight division’s top 10.
Jailton Almeida (19-2 MMA, 5-0 UFC) is now officially a top-10 contender in the UFC’s heavyweight division.
Following his weekend victory over Jairzinho Rozenstruik (13-5 MMA, 7-5 UFC), the latest official rankings update sees Almeida awarded with a move up three positions and sliding past Marcin Tybura and Derrick Lewis into the No. 9 slot and opening up the possibility for an even bigger matchup moving forward.
Meanwhile, Rozenstruik drops three slots and now sits at the No. 12 spot previously held by Almeida.
The heavyweight division wasn’t the only weight class to see some shifts in the new update. Take a look at the latest UFC heavyweight rankings below. Check out the full updated rankings at UFC.com.
UFC heavyweight champion: Jon Jones
- Ciryl Gane
- Sergei Pavlovich
- Stipe Miocic
- Curtis Blaydes
- Tom Aspinall
- Tai Tuivasa
- Alexander Volkov
- Serghei Spivac
- Jailton Almeida +3
- Marcin Tybura
- Derrick Lewis
- Jairzinho Rozenstruik -3
- Chris Daukaus
- Alexandr Romanov +1
- Blagoy Ivanov -1