UFC Rankings Update: Andrei Arlovski Storms Into Top 10

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This past weekend’s (Sat., September 15, 2014) UFC Fight Night 51 from Brasilia, Brazil, didn’t have a huge impact on the rankings, but it did provide a nice shakeup for the somewhat stagnating heavyweight division when previously No. 14-ranked Andrei Arlovski knocked out former No. 4-ranked contender Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva in the main event.

Former champion Arlovski moved up to No. 7 for his efforts, while “Bigfoot” slid down to No. 9.

This Saturday’s (September 20, 2014) UFC Fight Night 52 from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, could impact the women’s bantamweight division when Miesha Tate takes on unbeaten Japanese sensation Rin Nakai.

The heavyweights will once again be impacted as well when No. 6 Mark Hunt meets No. 8 Roy Nelson in a main event battle of knockout sluggers. Here are the full updated rankings courtesy of UFC.com:

POUND-FOR-POUND
1. Jon Jones
2. Jose Aldo
3. Cain Velasquez
4. Demetrious Johnson
5. Chris Weidman
6. Anthony Pettis
7. Anderson Silva
8. Ronda Rousey
9. Johny Hendricks +1
10. Renan Barao -1
11. T.J. Dillashaw
12. Vitor Belfort
13. Alexander Gustafsson
14. Daniel Cormier
15. Gilbert Melendez

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FLYWEIGHT
Champion : Demetrious Johnson
1. John Dodson
2. Joseph Benavidez
3. Ian McCall
4. Jussier Formiga
5. John Moraga
6. John Lineker
7. Ali Bagautinov
8. Chris Cariaso
9. Zach Makovsky
10. Timothy Elliott
11. Brad Pickett
12. Dustin Ortiz
13. Louis Gaudinot
14. Kyoji Horiguchi
15. Scott Jorgensen

BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion : T.J. Dillashaw
1. Renan Barao
2. Urijah Faber
3. Raphael Assuncao
4. Michael McDonald
5. Takeya Mizugaki +1
6. Eddie Wineland -1
7. Iuri Alcantara
8. Johnny Eduardo +1
9. Bryan Caraway -1
10. Alex Caceres
11. Francisco Rivera
12. Dominick Cruz
13. Erik Perez
14. Joe Soto
15. Mike Easton -1

FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion : Jose Aldo
1. Chad Mendes
2. Cub Swanson
3. Frankie Edgar
4. Ricardo Lamas
5. Dustin Poirier
6. Chan Sung Jung
7. Dennis Bermudez
8. Nik Lentz
9. Conor McGregor
10. Jeremy Stephens +1
11. Dennis Siver -1
12. Clay Guida
13. Darren Elkins
14. Charles Oliveira
15. Tatsuya Kawajiri

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LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion : Anthony Pettis
1. Gilbert Melendez
2. Khabib Nurmagomedov
3. Rafael dos Anjos
4. Benson Henderson
5. Donald Cerrone
6. Josh Thomson
7. Bobby Green
8. Jim Miller
9. Myles Jury
10. Michael Johnson
11. Edson Barboza
12. Rustam Khabilov
13. Jorge Masvidal
14. Eddie Alvarez
15. Ross Pearson

WELTERWEIGHT
Champion : Johny Hendricks
1. Robbie Lawler
2. Rory MacDonald
3. Tyron Woodley
4. Carlos Condit
5. Matt Brown
6. Hector Lombard
7. Demian Maia
8. Jake Ellenberger
9. Tarec Saffiedine
10. Dong Hyun Kim
11. Kelvin Gastelum
12. Gunnar Nelson
13. Jordan Mein
14. Ryan LaFlare
15. Mike Pyle

MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion : Chris Weidman
1. Anderson Silva
2. Jacare Souza
3. Vitor Belfort
4. Lyoto Machida
5. Luke Rockhold
6. Tim Kennedy
7. Michael Bisping
8. Gegard Mousasi -1
9. CB Dollaway
10. Yoel Romero
11. Thales Leites +1
12. Costas Philippou -1
13. Mark Munoz
14. Tim Boetsch -1
15. Francis Carmont

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion : Jon Jones
1. Alexander Gustafsson
2. Daniel Cormier
3. Rashad Evans
4. Glover Teixeira
5. Anthony Johnson
6. Phil Davis
7. Ryan Bader +1
8. Dan Henderson -1
9. Mauricio Rua
10. Ovince Saint Preux
11. Jimi Manuwa
12. Rafael Cavalcante
13. Vitor Belfort
14. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
15. Fabio Maldonado

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HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion : Cain Velasquez
1. Fabricio Werdum
2. Junior Dos Santos
3. Travis Browne
4. Stipe Miocic +1
5. Josh Barnett -1
6. Mark Hunt +1
7. Andrei Arlovski +7
8. Roy Nelson
9. Antonio Silva -5
10. Ben Rothwell -1
11. Alistair Overeem -1
12. Gabriel Gonzaga
13. Frank Mir -2
14. Stefan Struve -1
15. Minotauro Nogueira

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion : Ronda Rousey
1. Cat Zingano
2. Miesha Tate
3. Sara McMann
4. Alexis Davis
5. Sarah Kaufman
6. Jessica Eye
7. Liz Carmouche
8. Amanda Nunes
9. Bethe Correia
10. Jessica Andrade
11. Julianna Pena
12. Germaine de Randamie
13. Raquel Pennington
14. Leslie Smith
15. Holly Holm *NR