Jon Jones Removed From Latest UFC Rankings
It looks like Demetrious Johnson can’t take over the number one spot in the pound-for-pound rankings even if the former holder of that title was removed from the list altogether.
In the fallout of the UFC’s stripping of light heavyweight champion Jon Jones due to a felony arrest for a bizarre and unfortunate hit-and-run accident in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Jones has been stricken off of the latest official UFC rankings, and previous No. 2-ranked pound-for-pound fighter Jose Aldo has not surprisingly taken his place at the top.
Jones’ 205-pound division obviously got a big shakeup, but each light heavyweight maintaining their positioning thanks to ‘Bones’’ iron grip on the top. The vacant belt will receive a new owner when No. 1-ranked Anthony “Rumble” Johnson takes on recent title challenger and No. 3-ranked Daniel Cormier in the main event of UFC 187 on May 23 from Las Vegas.
In the meantime, here are the current and updated rankings with Jones removed:
POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Jose Aldo +1
2 Demetrious Johnson +1
3 Chris Weidman +1
4 Cain Velasquez +1
5 Ronda Rousey +1
6 TJ Dillashaw +1
7 Rafael dos Anjos +1
8 Robbie Lawler +1
9 Anderson Silva +1
10 Anthony Pettis +1
11 Renan Barao +1
12 Johny Hendricks +1
13 Fabricio Werdum +1
14 Vitor Belfort +1
15 Dominick Cruz (debut)
FLYWEIGHT
Champion : Demetrious Johnson
1 John Dodson
2 Joseph Benavidez
3 Ian McCall
4 John Moraga
5 Jussier Formiga
6 John Lineker
7 Kyoji Horiguchi
8 Zach Makovsky
9 Henry Cejudo
10 Chris Cariaso
11 Dustin Ortiz
12 Timothy Elliott
13 Wilson Reis
14 Chico Camus
15 Brad Pickett
BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion : TJ Dillashaw
1 Renan Barao
2 Dominick Cruz
3 Urijah Faber
4 Raphael Assuncao
5 Michael McDonald
6 Eddie Wineland
7 Takeya Mizugaki
8 Johnny Eduardo
9 Aljamain Sterling
10 Bryan Caraway
11 Francisco Rivera
12 Iuri Alcantara
13 Frankie Saenz
14 Erik Perez
15 Thomas Almeida
FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion : Jose Aldo
1 Chad Mendes
2 Frankie Edgar
3 Conor McGregor
4 Ricardo Lamas
5 Max Holloway
6 Cub Swanson
7 Dennis Bermudez
8 Nik Lentz
9 Charles Oliveira
10 Clay Guida
11 Jeremy Stephens
12 Dennis Siver
13 Darren Elkins
14 Hacran Dias
15 Dustin Poirier
LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion : Rafael dos Anjos
1 Anthony Pettis
2 Khabib Nurmagomedov
3 Donald Cerrone
4 Gilbert Melendez
5 Michael Johnson
6 Benson Henderson
7 Edson Barboza
8 Myles Jury
9 Josh Thomson
10 Eddie Alvarez
11 Bobby Green
12 Tony Ferguson
13 Al Iaquinta
14 Beneil Dariush
15 Jorge Masvidal
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion : Robbie Lawler
1 Johny Hendricks
2 Rory MacDonald
3 Tyron Woodley
4 Carlos Condit
5 Matt Brown
6 Demian Maia
7 Tarec Saffiedine
8 Dong Hyun Kim
9 Jake Ellenberger
10 Kelvin Gastelum
11 Rick Story
12 Thiago Alves
13 Gunnar Nelson
14 Ryan LaFlare
15 Neil Magny
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion : Chris Weidman
1 Luke Rockhold
2 Jacare Souza
3 Vitor Belfort
4 Lyoto Machida
5 Anderson Silva
6 Yoel Romero
7 Gegard Mousasi
8 Tim Kennedy
9 Michael Bisping
10 Thales Leites
11 CB Dollaway
12 Costas Philippou
13 Tim Boetsch
14 Brad Tavares
15 Roan Carneiro
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
1 Anthony Johnson
2 Alexander Gustafsson
3 Daniel Cormier
4 Rashad Evans
5 Ryan Bader
6 Glover Teixeira
7 Ovince Saint Preux
8 Jimi Manuwa
9 Mauricio Rua
10 Rafael Cavalcante
11 Rampage Jackson *NR
12 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
13 Fabio Maldonado
14 Patrick Cummins
15 Jan Blachowicz
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 Alistair Overeem
9 Ben Rothwell
10 Frank Mir
11 Roy Nelson
12 Matt Mitrione
13 Antonio Silva
14 Stefan Struve
15 Mirko Cro Cop
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion : Joanna Jedrzejczyk
1 Carla Esparza
2 Claudia Gadelha
3 Jessica Penne
4 Rose Namajunas
5 Tecia Torres
6 Randa Markos
7 Paige VanZant
8 Maryna Moroz
9 Joanne Calderwood
10 Felice Herrig
11 Aisling Daly
12 Heather Clark
13 Juliana Lima
14 Angela Hill
15 Valerie Letourneau
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion : Ronda Rousey
1 Cat Zingano
2 Miesha Tate
3 Alexis Davis
4 Sara McMann
5 Jessica Eye
6 Sarah Kaufman
7 Bethe Correia
8 Amanda Nunes
9 Liz Carmouche
10 Holly Holm
11 Julianna Pena
12 Marion Reneau
13 Jessica Andrade
14 Germaine de Randamie
15 Raquel Pennington
