While it was a fight that technically took place at light heavyweight, this past weekend’s UFC Fight Night 217 event featured a pair of ranked middleweights in the evening’s headliner. 

While Sean Strickland (26-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) looked impressive – especially given that he stepped in as a late replacement on less than one week’s notice – in a convincing decision win over Nassourdine Imavov (12-4 MMA, 4-2 UFC), neither fighter saw their position in the latest official UFC rankings impacted by the result.

Strickland entered the week at No. 7, while Imavov was No. 12, and in the latest update of the rankings, the two stay exactly in the same position.

The full middleweight rankings are listed below. Check out the full updated rankings at UFC.com, which include some movement across divisions that were inactive due to one previous voter removing himself from the panel.

UFC middlweight champion: Alex Pereira

1. Israel Adesanya
2. Robert Whittaker
3. Jared Cannonier 
4. Marvin Vettori
5. Derek Brunson 
6. Paulo Costa
7. Sean Strickland 
8. Roman Dolidze
9. Jack Hermansson 
10. Dricus Du Plessis
11. Andre Muniz 
12. Nassourdine Imavov
13. Kelvin Gastelum 
14. Chris Curtis
15. Darren Till