UFC Rankings Update: “Rumble” Moves Up To No. 3

This past Saturday’s (October 25, 2014) UFC 179 pay-per-view (PPV) from Ginásio do Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, provided an action-packed title fight in the form of Jose Aldo vs. Chad Mendes II.

Longtime titleholder Aldo may have kept the belt, but he didn’t emerge unscathed. For his efforts (which left Aldo bruised and bloodied), Mendes held onto his No. 1 ranking at 145 pounds.

There was some movement in the UFC’s most talked-about division, however, as Dustin Poirier, Dennis Bermudez, and Nik Lentz all moved up one spot to Nos. 6, 7, and 9, respectively. After it was found out that Chan Sung Jung will miss the next two years while serving a mandatory two years in the South Korean military, “The Korean Zombie” moved down to No. 8.

The other division that saw the most change was light heavyweight after previous No. 5 contender Phil Davis beat previous No. 4 contender Glover Teixeira in the UFC 179 co-main event. “Mr. Wonderful” moved up to No. 5 while Teixeira slid to No. 6.

The last man to defeat Davis, Anthony “Rumble” Johnson, surprisingly moved up two spots to No. 3 despite an indefinite suspension while under investigation for domestic violence. Out since UFC 167 in November 2013, former champion Rashad Evans dropped to No. 4.

Here are the full updated rankings courtesy of UFC.com:

Pound-for-Pound:

1. Jon Jones

2. Jose Aldo

3. Demetrious Johnson

4. Chris Weidman

5. Cain Velasquez

6. Anthony Pettis

7. Anderson Silva

8. Ronda Rousey  +1

9. Johny Hendricks -1

10. T.J. Dillashaw

11. Renan Barao

12. Vitor Belfort

13. Dominick Cruz +1

14.  Daniel Cormier +1

15. Alexander Gustafsson -1

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. Kyoji Horiguchi

13. Dustin Ortiz

14. Louis Gaudinot

15. Scott Jorgensen

Bantamweight:

Champion: T.J. Dillashaw

1. Renan Barao

2. Dominick Cruz

3. Urijah Faber

4. Rafael Assuncao

5. Michael McDonald

6. Eddie Wineland +1

7. Takeya Mizugaki -1

8. Iuri Alcantara

9. Johny Eduardo

10. Bryan Caraway

11. Francisco Rivera

12. Erik Perez

13. Alex Caceres

14. Mike Easton

15. Joe Soto

Featherweight:

Champion: Jose Aldo

1. Chad Mendes

2. Cub Swanson

3. Frankie Edgar

4. Ricardo Lamas

5. Conor McGregor

6. Dustin Poirier +1

7. Dennis Bermudez +1

8. Chan Sung Jung  – 2

9. Dennis Siver +1

10. Nik Lentz -1

11. Jeremy Stephens

12. Clay Guida

13. Darren Elkins

14. Charles Oliveira

15. Tatsuya Kawajiri

Lightweight:

Champion: Anthony Pettis

1. Gilbert Melendez

2. Khabib Nurmagomedov

3. Rafael dos Anjos

4. Donald Cerrone

5. Benson Henderson

6. Josh Thomson

7. Bobby Green

8. Myles Jury

9. Jim Miller

10. Eddie Alvarez

11. Michael Johnson

12. Edson Barboza

13. Jorge Masvidal

14. Nate Diaz + 1

15. Rustam Khabilov -1

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 -1

11. Kelvin Gastelum

12. Rick Story

13. Jordan Mein

14. Gunnar Nelson

15. Ryan LaFlare

Middleweight:

Champion: Chris Weidman

1. Anderson Silva

2. Jacare Souza

3. Vitor Belfort

4. Lyoto Machida

5. Luke Rockhold

6. Yoel Romero

7. Tim Kennedy

8. Gegard Mousasi

9. Michael Bisping

10. C.B. Dollaway

11. Thales Leites

12. Costas Philippou

13. Tim Boetsch + 1

14. Mark Munoz -1

15. Francis Carmont

Light Heavyweight:

Champion: Jon Jones

1. Alexander Gustafsson

2. Daniel Cormier

3. Anthony Johnson +2

4. Rashad Evans -1

5. Phil Davis +1

6. Glover Teixeira -2

7. Dan Henderson + 1

8. Ryan Bader -1

9. Mauricio Rua

10. Ovince Saint Preux

11. Jimi Manuwa

12. Rafael Cavalcante

13. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

14. Fabio Maldonado +1

15. Vitor Belfort -1

Heavyweight:

Champion: Cain Velasquez

1. Fabricio Werdum

2. Junior Dos Santos

3. Travis Browne

4. Mark Hunt

5. Stipe Miocic

6.Josh Barnett

7. Andrei Arlovski

8. Antonio Silva

9. Roy Nelson

10. Ben Rothwell

11. Alistair Overeem

12. Gabriel Gonzaga

13. Frank Mir

14. Stefan Struve

15.Matt Mitrione

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. Bethe Correira

9. Amanda Nunes

10. Jessica Andrade

11. Julianna Pena

12. Germaine de Randamie

13. Leslie Smith

14. Raquel Pennington

15. Holly Holm