UFC Rankings: Kelvin Gastelum Down Three Places
The UFC rankings took a bit of a shake up this past weekend at UFC 183, as the lightweight and welterweight division had some pivotal pairings. Al Iaquinta battled long-time 155-pound stand out Joe Lauzon on the evening’s PPV (pay-per-view) main card, and made a huge impression with his second round TKO.
So much so, that “raging” has now hopped up to the number 15 spot. Thiago Alves debuts in the UFC rankings too, but he hopped up to the number 13 position with his impressive comeback knockout against Jordan Mein. “Young Guns” was blasting the Brazilian banger throughout round one, but “Pitbull” rallied with a one-and-done kick to the bread basket to get the finish in round two.
Kelvin Gastelum drops three places to number 10 after his first ever loss. Tyron Woodley beat “Mini Cain” with a split decision that many argued could go either way. Check out the full UFC rankings, updated after UFC 183:
POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Jon Jones
2 Jose Aldo
3 Demetrious Johnson
4 Chris Weidman
5 Anthony Pettis
6 Cain Velasquez
7 Ronda Rousey
8 Anderson Silva +1
9 T.J. Dillashaw -1
10 Robbie Lawler +1
11 Renan Barao -1
12 Johny Hendricks
13 Vitor Belfort
14 Dominick Cruz
15 Fabricio Werdum
FLYWEIGHT
Champion : Demetrious Johnson
1 John Dodson
2 Joseph Benavidez
3 Ian McCall
4 John Moraga
5 Jussier Formiga
6 Ali Bagautinov +1
7 John Lineker -1
8 Kyoji Horiguchi
9 Chris Cariaso
10 Zach Makovsky
11 Timothy Elliott
12 Dustin Ortiz
13 Brad Pickett
14 Wilson Reis
15 Chico Camus
BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion : T.J. 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 Iuri Alcantara
9 Johnny Eduardo
10 Bryan Caraway
11 Francisco Rivera
12 Erik Perez
13 Alex Caceres
14 Mitch Gagnon
15 Joe Soto
FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion : Jose Aldo
1 Frankie Edgar +1
2 Chad Mendes -1
3 Conor McGregor
4 Ricardo Lamas
5 Cub Swanson
6 Dennis Bermudez
7 Dustin Poirier
8 Nik Lentz
9 Charles Oliveira
10 Jeremy Stephens
11 Clay Guida +1
12 Dennis Siver -1
13 Max Holloway
14 Darren Elkins
15 Hacran Dias
LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion : Anthony Pettis
1 Rafael dos Anjos
2 Khabib Nurmagomedov
3 Donald Cerrone
4 Gilbert Melendez
5 Benson Henderson
6 Edson Barboza
7 Josh Thomson
8 Myles Jury
9 Bobby Green
10 Eddie Alvarez
11 Jim Miller
12 Michael Johnson
13 Jorge Masvidal
14 Rustam Khabilov -1
15 Al Iaquinta *NR
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion : Robbie Lawler
1 Johny Hendricks
2 Rory MacDonald
3 Tyron Woodley
4 Carlos Condit
5 Hector Lombard
6 Matt Brown
7 Demian Maia +1
8 Tarec Saffiedine +1
9 Dong Hyun Kim +1
10 Kelvin Gastelum -3
11 Jake Ellenberger
12 Rick Story
13 Thiago Alves *NR
14 Gunnar Nelson
15 Ryan LaFlare
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion : Chris Weidman
1 Anderson Silva
2 Jacare Souza
3 Lyoto Machida
4 Vitor Belfort
5 Luke Rockhold
6 Yoel Romero
7 Gegard Mousasi
8 Tim Kennedy
9 Michael Bisping
10 Thales Leites +1
11 C.B. Dollaway -1
12 Costas Philippou
13 Mark Munoz +1
14 Tim Boetsch -1
15 Brad Tavares
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion : Jon Jones
1 Anthony Johnson
2 Alexander Gustafsson
3 Daniel Cormier
4 Rashad Evans
5 Ryan Bader
6 Glover Teixeira
7 Phil Davis -1
8 Ovince Saint Preux
9 Jimi Manuwa
10 Mauricio Rua
11 Rafael Cavalcante
12 Fabio Maldonado +2
13 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
14 Patrick Cummins +1
15 Dan Henderson -3
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 Bigfoot Silva
9 Roy Nelson
10 Ben Rothwell
11 Alistair Overeem
12 Matt Mitrione
13 Frank Mir
14 Gabriel Gonzaga
15 Stefan Struve
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion : Carla Esparza
1 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
2 Claudia Gadelha
3 Jessica Penne
4 Rose Namajunas
5 Tecia Torres
6 Joanne Calderwood
7 Randa Markos
8 Felice Herrig
9 Aisling Daly
10 Paige VanZant
11 Heather Clark
12 Juliana Lima
13 Angela Hill
14 Seohee Ham
15 Bec Rawlings
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion : Ronda Rousey
1 Cat Zingano
2 Miesha Tate
3 Alexis Davis +1
4 Sara McMann -1
5 Sarah Kaufman
6 Jessica Eye
7 Bethe Correia +1
8 Liz Carmouche -1
9 Amanda Nunes
10 Jessica Andrade
11 Julianna Pena
12 Raquel Pennington
13 Holly Holm
14 Germaine de Randamie
15 Leslie Smith