Cris Cyborg’s destruction of Lina Lansberg earned her a spot in the UFC’s pound-for-pound rankings.
The new UFC rankings are out, and you’ll notice that Cris Cyborg is now in the pound-for-pound top 15 after her beatdown of Lina Lansberg, last Saturday. She’s not eligible to be ranked anywhere else but the P4P roster, as the UFC doesn’t have a women’s featherweight division. If you want to be completely depressed looking at the heavyweight rankings, Antonio Silva is still at #15 even after Roy Nelson knocked him out.
You can view the full UFC rankings here.
Pound-for-Pound: As mentioned already, Cyborg is in the P4P rankings. She’s replacing Frankie Edgar at #15. Rafael dos Anjos is up to #12, while former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold is down to #13.
Women’s Strawweight: No changes
Flyweight: Kyoji Horiguchi and Jussier Formiga were in a tie for 3rd, but Formiga’s win puts him at 3rd all to himself, with Horiguchi now at 4th.
Women’s Bantamweight: No changes
Bantamweight: Rani Yahya’s 4th consecutive win sees him enter the rankings at #15. Johnny Eduardo rose to 13th, while Takeya Mizugaki dropped to 14th.
Featherweight: Renan Barao makes his 145 lbs rankings debut at #15. Mirsad Bektic is now off the list.
Lightweight: Francisco Trinaldo went from unranked to #13 following his win over Paul Felder. Al Iaquinta and Evan Dunham drop to 14th and 15th, respectively. Rashid Magomedov is off the list.
Welterweight: Albert Tumenov (#14) and Matt Brown (#15) switched spots.
Middleweight: Thiago Santos’ upset loss to Eric Spicely dropped him out of the rankings. Krzysztof Jotko takes his place at #15, while Tim Kennedy moves up to #12, with Dan Henderson down at #13.
Light Heavyweight: No changes
Heavyweight: With Ruslan Magomedov in trouble with USADA, the bottom of heavyweight has changed a little bit. Stefan Struve and Francis Ngannou moved up to 12th and 13th, respectively, while Daniel Omielanczuk goes above Bigfoot Silva at #14.
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