UFC Rankings: Holloway Is Top 10, Dillashaw Passes Silva
The UFC rankings have taken a little shuffle since this past Saturday (February 14th, 2015), as the promotion took a trip to Broomfield, Ohio. UFC Fight Night 60 featured some pivotal bouts in the featherweight, flyweight and welterweight divisions. Benson Henderson made a “Smooth” transition to 170 pounds by besting Brandon Thatch in the main event, but doesn’t crack the top 15 at welterweight with the win.
Hector Lombard and Anderson Silva drop one place each, coincidence?, but it’s the P4P (pound-for-pound) list where “The Spider” got surpassed. None other than UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dilashaw passed Silva in the rankings. Apparently a win over Renan Barao and one defense against Joe Soto was enough to seal the deal.
Streaking featherweight Max Holloway makes the most significant leap in the UFC rankings, as he passes Clay Guida, Dennis Siver and Jeremy Stephens to fill the number 10 spot at 145 pounds. He beat “Magrinho” Cole Miller in a convincing decision at Fight Night 60, and set himself up for a ‘ninja fight’ with Cub Swanson at UFC On FOX 15.
Check out the full UFC rankings update:
Courtesy of UFC.com Note: +/- = movement in rankings, *NR = Not previously ranked
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 T.J. Dillashaw +1
9 Anderson Silva -1
10 Robbie Lawler
11 Renan Barao
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 Jussier Formiga +1
5 John Moraga -1
6 Ali Bagautinov
7 John Lineker
8 Kyoji Horiguchi
9 Zach Makovsky +1
10 Chris Cariaso -1
11 Dustin Ortiz +1
12 Timothy Elliott -1
13 Wilson Reis +1
14 Brad Pickett -1
15 Chico Camus
BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion : T.J. Dillashaw
1 Renan Barao
2 Dominick Cruz
3 Urijah Faber
4 Raphael Assuncao
5 Michael McDonald
6 Takeya Mizugaki +1
7 Eddie Wineland -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
2 Chad Mendes
3 Conor McGregor
4 Ricardo Lamas
5 Cub Swanson
6 Dennis Bermudez
7 Dustin Poirier
8 Nik Lentz
9 Charles Oliveira
10 Max Holloway +3
11 Jeremy Stephens -1
12 Clay Guida -1
13 Dennis Siver -1
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
15 Al Iaquinta
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion : Robbie Lawler
1 Johny Hendricks
2 Rory MacDonald
3 Tyron Woodley
4 Carlos Condit
5 Matt Brown +1
6 Hector Lombard -1
7 Demian Maia
8 Tarec Saffiedine
9 Dong Hyun Kim
10 Kelvin Gastelum
11 Jake Ellenberger
12 Rick Story
13 Thiago Alves
14 Ryan LaFlare +1
15 Gunnar Nelson -1
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
11 C.B. Dollaway
12 Costas Philippou
13 Mark Munoz
14 Tim Boetsch
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
8 Ovince Saint Preux
9 Jimi Manuwa
10 Mauricio Rua
11 Rafael Cavalcante
12 Fabio Maldonado
13 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
14 Patrick Cummins
15 Dan Henderson
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
4 Sara McMann
5 Sarah Kaufman
6 Jessica Eye
7 Bethe Correia
8 Liz Carmouche
9 Amanda Nunes
10 Jessica Andrade
11 Julianna Pena
12 Raquel Pennington
13 Holly Holm
14 Germaine de Randamie
15 Leslie Smith