UFC Rankings Update: Jon Jones Passes Khabib On P4P List

The UFC rankings have been updated in the aftermath of last weekend’s (Sat., December 29, 2018) UFC 232 from The Forum in Inglewood, California. Jon Jones regained his light heavyweight title by stopping Alexander Gustafsson in the third round of the main event. You may or may not be surprised to see Jones passes Khabib on the pound-for-pound list of the latest UFC rankings update.

In the latest update from UFC.com, Jones stormed back onto the pound-for-pound list at No. 2, below only his arch-rival and heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier. The move sent lightweight champion Khabib down one spot to No. 3 as a result. Also at pound-for-pound, newly-crowned women’s double-champ Amanda Nunes stormed up six spots to No. 8 for her shocking knockout of Cris Cyborg in the UFC 232 co-main event. Cyborg fell four spots to No. 15.

In other significant movement, rising featherweight star Alexander Volkanovski rose six spots into a tie four the No. 4 spot with Renato Moicano. ‘The Great’ knocked out Chad Mendes in UFC 232’s ‘Fight of the Night.’ Mendes fell two spots to a tie for No. 8 because of the loss.

You can check out the fully updated rankings here:

POUND-FOR-POUND

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

FLYWEIGHT:

Champion: Henry Cejudo
1. Jussier Formiga
2. Joseph Benavidez
3. Ray Borg
4. Deiveson Figueiredo
5. John Moraga
6. Wilson Reis
7. Dustin Ortiz
8. Alexandra Pantoja
9. Alex Perez
10. Tim Elliott
11. Magomed Bibulatov
12. Said Nurmagomedov
13. Ryan Benoit
14. Eric Shelton
15. Matt Schnell

BANTAMWEIGHT:

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

FEATHERWEIGHT:

Champion: Max Holloway
1. Brian Ortega
2. Jose Aldo
3. Frankie Edgar
T4. Alexander Volkanovski +6
T4. Renato Moicano
6. Jeremy Stephens
7. Cub Swanson
T8. Chad Mendes -2
T8. Mirsad Bektic
10. Josh Emmett -1
11. Ricardo Lamas
12. Yair Rodriguez
13. Chan Sung Jung
14. Zabit Magomedsharipov
15. Darren Elkins

LIGHTWEIGHT:

Champion: Khabib Numragomedov
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. James Vick +2
10. Nate Diaz
11. Alexander Hernandez +1
12. Francisco Trinaldo +1
13. Dan Hooker +1
14. Paul Felder +1
15. Gregor Gillespie *NR

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. Jorge Masvidal
10. Leon Edwards
11. Neil Magny
12. Gunnar Nelson
13. Donald Cerrone
14. Elizeu Dos Santos
15. Alex Oliveira

MIDDLEWEIGHT:

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

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT:

Champion: Jon Jones
1. Daniel Cormier -1
2. Alexander Gustafsson
3. Anthony Smith
4. Jan Blachowicz
5. Volkan Oezdemir +1
T6. Corey Anderson +4
T6. Thiago Santos +1
8. Dominick Reyes
9. Ilir Latifi -4
10. Jimi Manuwa -1
11. Ovince Sanit Preux
12. Glover Texeira
13. Mauricio Rua
14. Misha Cirkunov
15. Nikita Krylov

HEAVYWEIGHT:

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

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT:

Champion: Rose Namajunas
1. Jessica Andrade
2. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
T3. Nina Ansaroff
T3. Tatiana Suarez
5. Claudia Gadelha
6. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
7. Tecia Torres
8. Michelle Waterson
9. Carla Esparza
10. Felice Herrig
11. Cortney Casey
12. Cynthia Calvillo
13. Alexa Grasso
14. Randa Markos
15. Mackenzie Dern

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. Roxanne Modaferri
8. Lauren Murphy
9. Jessica Rose-Clark
10. Joanna Calderwood
11. Jennifer Maia +3
12. Ashlee Evans-Smith -1
13. Mara Romello Borella -1
14. Andrea Lee -1
15. Montana De La Rosa

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. Tonya Evinger
12. Bethe Correia
13. Lina Landsberg
14. Lucie Pudilova
15. Talita Bernardo