UFC Rankings Update: Holloway Stuck Behind Swanson, Rockhold Takes #1
UFC on FOX 15 saw waves being made in the middleweight, featherweight and women’s strawweight divisions. AKA (American Kickboxing Academy) star and former Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold undoubtedly had the best night, as he completely dominated former light-heavyweight kingpin Lyoto Machida in the main event.
The win has seen “Rocky” fill the number one spot in the rankings, ahead of Ronaldo De Souza, who also competed this past Saturday (April 18th, 2015). “Jacare” wrapped up a first round submission win over two-time opponent Chris Camozzi. What more can you say about Max Holloway after his superb performance against Cub Swanson?
“Blessed” took out “Beautiful Destruction” with a third round submission after a dominant showing, extending his own streak to six straight, while putting Cub on a two-fight skid. Somehow, Holloway is still ranked behind Swanson at number six.
Women’s strawweights Paige VanZant and Felice Herrig went at it, with VanZant emerging the clear winner after three dominant rounds, and grabbing thr number seven spot in the table.
Check out the full UFC rankings update below:
POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Jon Jones
2 Jose Aldo
3 Demetrious Johnson
4 Chris Weidman
5 Cain Velasquez
6 Ronda Rousey
7 TJ Dillashaw
8 Rafael dos Anjos
9 Robbie Lawler
10 Anderson Silva
11 Anthony Pettis
12 Renan Barao
13 Johny Hendricks
14 Fabricio Werdum
15 Vitor Belfort
FLYWEIGHT
Champion : Demetrious Johnson
1 John Dodson
2 Joseph Benavidez
3 Ian McCall
4 John Moraga
4 Jussier Formiga +1
6 John Lineker
7 Kyoji Horiguchi +1
8 Zach Makovsky -1
9 Henry Cejudo
10 Chris Cariaso
11 Dustin Ortiz
12 Timothy Elliott
13 Wilson Reis
14 Chico Camus
15 Brad Pickett
BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion : TJ Dillashaw
1 Renan Barao
2 Dominick Cruz
3 Urijah Faber
4 Raphael Assuncao
5 Michael McDonald
6 Eddie Wineland +1
7 Takeya Mizugaki -1
8 Johnny Eduardo
9 Bryan Caraway
10 Aljamain Sterling *NR
11 Francisco Rivera
12 Iuri Alcantara -2
13 Frankie Saenz -1
14 Erik Perez
15 Mitch Gagnon -2
FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion : Jose Aldo
1 Chad Mendes
2 Frankie Edgar
3 Conor McGregor
4 Ricardo Lamas
5 Cub Swanson
6 Max Holloway +3
7 Dennis Bermudez -1
8 Nik Lentz -1
9 Charles Oliveira -1
10 Clay Guida
11 Jeremy Stephens
12 Dennis Siver
13 Dustin Poirier
14 Darren Elkins
15 Hacran Dias
LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion : Rafael dos Anjos
1 Anthony Pettis
2 Khabib Nurmagomedov
3 Donald Cerrone
4 Gilbert Melendez
5 Michael Johnson +1
6 Benson Henderson -1
7 Edson Barboza
8 Myles Jury
9 Eddie Alvarez
10 Josh Thomson
11 Bobby Green
12 Tony Ferguson +1
13 Al Iaquinta +1
14 Beneil Dariush *NR
15 Jorge Masvidal
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion : Robbie Lawler
1 Johny Hendricks
2 Rory MacDonald
3 Tyron Woodley
4 Carlos Condit
5 Matt Brown
6 Demian Maia
7 Tarec Saffiedine
8 Dong Hyun Kim
9 Kelvin Gastelum
10 Jake Ellenberger
11 Rick Story
12 Thiago Alves
13 Ryan LaFlare +1
14 Gunnar Nelson -1
15 Neil Magny
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion : Chris Weidman
1 Luke Rockhold +3
2 Jacare Souza +1
3 Vitor Belfort
4 Lyoto Machida -2
5 Anderson Silva
6 Yoel Romero
7 Gegard Mousasi
8 Tim Kennedy
9 Thales Leites
10 Michael Bisping
11 CB Dollaway
12 Costas Philippou
13 Tim Boetsch
14 Brad Tavares
15 Roan Carneiro
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion : Jon Jones
1 Anthony Johnson
2 Alexander Gustafsson
3 Daniel Cormier
4 Rashad Evans
5 Ryan Bader
6 Glover Teixeira
7 Ovince Saint Preux
8 Jimi Manuwa
9 Mauricio Rua
10 Rafael Cavalcante
11 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
12 Fabio Maldonado +1
13 Patrick Cummins -1
14 Dan Henderson
15 Jan Blachowicz
HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion : Cain Velasquez
1 Fabricio Werdum (Interim Champion)
2 Junior Dos Santos
3 Travis Browne
4 Stipe Miocic
5 Mark Hunt
6 Josh Barnett
7 Andrei Arlovski
8 Alistair Overeem
9 Ben Rothwell
10 Frank Mir
11 Roy Nelson
12 Matt Mitrione +1
12 Antonio Silva
14 Stefan Struve
15 Mirko Cro Cop
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion : Joanna Jedrzejczyk
1 Carla Esparza
2 Claudia Gadelha
3 Jessica Penne
4 Rose Namajunas
5 Tecia Torres
6 Randa Markos
7 Paige VanZant +5
8 Joanne Calderwood -1
9 Maryna Moroz
10 Aisling Daly
11 Felice Herrig -3
12 Heather Clark -1
13 Juliana Lima
14 Angela Hill
15 Bec Rawlings *NR
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion : Ronda Rousey
1 Cat Zingano
2 Miesha Tate
3 Alexis Davis
4 Sara McMann
5 Sarah Kaufman
6 Jessica Eye
7 Bethe Correia
8 Amanda Nunes +1
9 Liz Carmouche -1
10 Holly Holm
11 Julianna Pena
12 Marion Reneau
13 Jessica Andrade
14 Germaine de Randamie
15 Raquel Pennington
