UFC Ranking Update: Thiago Santos Cracks Top Five

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Thiago Santos has cracked the top five in the light heavyweight division on the latest UFC rankings update.

As expected, after UFC on ESPN+3 there have been some significant changes in some of the divisions. While Santos made the biggest leap into the top five of the 205-pound division, others like Petr Yan moved into the No. 8 spot in the bantamweight.

Here are the latest rankings courtesy of UFC.com. Note: (+/- = movement in rankings, *NR = Not previously ranked).

POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Daniel Cormier 
2 Jon Jones 
3 Khabib Nurmagomedov 
4 Max Holloway 
5 Henry Cejudo 
6 Tyron Woodley 
7 Amanda Nunes 
8 TJ Dillashaw +1
9 Conor McGregor +1
10 Stipe Miocic +1
11 Georges St-Pierre -3
12 Robert Whittaker 
13 Tony Ferguson 
14 Rose Namajunas 
15 Cris Cyborg 

FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Henry Cejudo
1 Jussier Formiga 
2 Joseph Benavidez 
3 Ray Borg 
4 Deiveson Figueiredo 
5 Wilson Reis 
6 Alexandre Pantoja 
7 Alex Perez 
8 Tim Elliott 
9 Rogerio Bontorin 
10 Magomed Bibulatov 
11 Eric Shelton 
12 Ryan Benoit 
13 TJ Dillashaw 
14 Kai Kara-France 
15 Matt Schnell 

BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: TJ Dillashaw
1 Marlon Moraes 
2 Cody Garbrandt 
3 Raphael Assuncao 
4 Dominick Cruz 
5 Aljamain Sterling 
6 Jimmie Rivera 
7 John Lineker 
8 Petr Yan +6
9 Pedro Munhoz -1
10 Rob Font 
11 John Dodson -2
12 Cody Stamann -1
13 Alejandro Perez -1
14 Thomas Almeida -1
15 Ricky Simon

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FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Max Holloway
1 Jose Aldo 
2 Brian Ortega 
3 Frankie Edgar 
4 Alexander Volkanovski 
5 Renato Moicano 
6 Jeremy Stephens 
7 Cub Swanson 
8 Mirsad Bektic 
9 Josh Emmett 
10 Ricardo Lamas 
11 Yair Rodriguez 
12 Chan Sung Jung 
13 Zabit Magomedsharipov 
14 Darren Elkins 
15 Calvin Kattar 

LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Khabib Nurmagomedov
1 Tony Ferguson 
2 Conor McGregor 
3 Dustin Poirier 
4 Al Iaquinta 
5 Kevin Lee 
6 Edson Barboza 
7 Justin Gaethje 
8 Anthony Pettis 
9 Donald Cerrone 
10 Paul Felder 
11 Gregor Gillespie 
12 Alexander Hernandez 
13 Nate Diaz 
14 James Vick 
15 Charles Oliveira 

WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Tyron Woodley
1 Colby Covington 
2 Kamaru Usman 
3 Darren Till 
4 Stephen Thompson 
5 Rafael Dos Anjos 
6 Robbie Lawler 
7 Santiago Ponzinibbio 
8 Demian Maia 
9 Leon Edwards 
10 Jorge Masvidal 
11 Neil Magny 
12 Gunnar Nelson 
13 Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos 
14 Vicente Luque 
15 Geoff Neal

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MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion : Robert Whittaker
1 Yoel Romero 
2 Luke Rockhold 
3 Jacare Souza 
4 Kelvin Gastelum 
5 Israel Adesanya 
6 Chris Weidman 
7 Paulo Costa 
8 Derek Brunson 
9 Jared Cannonier 
10 Brad Tavares 
11 David Branch 
12 Antonio Carlos Junior 
13 Uriah Hall 
14 Elias Theodorou 
15 Anderson Silva 

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Jon Jones
1 Daniel Cormier 
2 Alexander Gustafsson 
3 Anthony Smith 
4 Thiago Santos +2
5 Jan Blachowicz -1
5 Volkan Oezdemir 
7 Corey Anderson -1
8 Dominick Reyes 
9 Ilir Latifi 
10 Jimi Manuwa 
11 Glover Teixeira 
12 Ovince Saint Preux 
13 Mauricio Rua 
14 Misha Cirkunov 
15 Johnny Walker 

HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1 Stipe Miocic 
2 Francis Ngannou 
3 Derrick Lewis 
4 Curtis Blaydes 
5 Alexander Volkov 
6 Alistair Overeem 
7 Cain Velasquez 
8 Junior Dos Santos 
9 Aleksei Oleinik 
10 Marcin Tybura 
11 Justin Willis 
12 Tai Tuivasa 
13 Shamil Abdurakhimov 
14 Walt Harris 
15 Andrei Arlovski

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WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion : Rose Namajunas
1 Jessica Andrade 
2 Joanna Jedrzejczyk 
3 Nina Ansaroff 
3 Tatiana Suarez 
5 Claudia Gadelha 
6 Karolina Kowalkiewicz 
7 Tecia Torres 
8 Michelle Waterson 
9 Carla Esparza 
10 Cynthia Calvillo 
11 Felice Herrig 
12 Alexa Grasso 
13 Cortney Casey 
14 Randa Markos 
15 Weili Zhang *NR

WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Valentina Shevchenko
1 Jessica Eye 
2 Sijara Eubanks 
3 Katlyn Chookagian 
4 Joanna Jedrzejczyk 
5 Alexis Davis 
6 Liz Carmouche 
7 Joanne Calderwood 
8 Roxanne Modafferi 
9 Lauren Murphy 
10 Andrea Lee 
10 Jessica-Rose Clark 
12 Montana De La Rosa 
13 Mara Romero Borella 
14 Paige VanZant 
15 Antonina Shevchenko 

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Amanda Nunes
1 Germaine de Randamie 
2 Holly Holm 
3 Ketlen Vieira 
4 Raquel Pennington 
5 Cat Zingano 
6 Marion Reneau 
7 Aspen Ladd 
8 Sara McMann 
9 Yana Kunitskaya 
10 Irene Aldana 
11 Bethe Correia +1
12 Tonya Evinger -1
13 Lina Lansberg 
14 Talita Bernardo +1
15 Mayra Bueno Silva *NR