UFC Rankings Update: Jon Jones Loses Top P4P Spot
The UFC went through some hectic times last week. The last seven days have featured three fight cards, one major drug test failure, and the changing of hands of two titles. In terms of fights, the week was capped off by the monumental UFC 200 card (July 9, 2016), but the action hasn’t stopped as it was announced earlier today (July 11, 2016) that the promotion had actually been sold for a record setting $4 billion.
Throughout all the chaos, however, the show must go on, and the latest UFC rankings update has been released with some key changes. Most notably, former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones, a man many consider to be the greatest fighter of all-time, has lost his spot atop the pound-for-pound list.
Late last week, it was announced that Jones had been flagged by USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) for a possible anti-doping violation. He was then forced out of his scheduled UFC 200 main event bout with Daniel Cormier just days prior. Jones now sits at No. 3 on the list and has been replaced by dominant flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson.
Also, former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, who made his return to action after nearly five years away from the Octagon by beating Mark Hunt at UFC 200, has entered the rankings. “The Beast” now sits at No. 8.
Check out the full rankings courtesy of UFC.com below:
POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Demetrious Johnson +1
2 Dominick Cruz +1
3 Jon Jones -2
4 Robbie Lawler
5 Conor McGregor +1
6 Daniel Cormier +1
7 Jose Aldo +1
8 Eddie Alvarez *NR
9 Joanna Jedrzejczyk +3
10 Stipe Miocic +1
11 Michael Bisping -2
12 Luke Rockhold +1
13 Rafael dos Anjos -8
14 Frankie Edgar -4
15 T.J. Dillashaw *NR
FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Demetrious Johnson
1 Joseph Benavidez
2 Henry Cejudo
3 Jussier Formiga
4 Kyoji Horiguchi
5 Ian McCall
6 Zach Makovsky +1
7 Wilson Reis +1
8 Ali Bagautinov +1
9 John Moraga -3
10 Dustin Ortiz
11 Justin Scoggins
12 Louis Smolka
13 Matheus Nicolau *NR
14 Ray Borg -1
15 Sergio Pettis -1
BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Dominick Cruz
1 TJ Dillashaw
2 Urijah Faber
3 Raphael Assuncao
4 Bryan Caraway
5 Michael McDonald
6 Aljamain Sterling
7 Cody Garbrandt
8 John Lineker
9 John Dodson
10 Thomas Almeida
11 Takeya Mizugaki
12 Johnny Eduardo +1
13 Frankie Saenz -1
14 Jimmie Rivera
15 Eddie Wineland
FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Conor McGregor
1 Jose Aldo
2 Frankie Edgar
3 Max Holloway
4 Chad Mendes
5 Ricardo Lamas
6 Cub Swanson
7 Charles Oliveira
8 Jeremy Stephens
9 Dennis Bermudez
10 Brian Ortega
11 Hacran Dias
12 Darren Elkins
13 Yair Rodriguez
14 Tatsuya Kawajiri
15 Mirsad Bektic
LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Eddie Alvarez
1 Khabib Nurmagomedov
2 Rafael dos Anjos -2
3 Tony Ferguson
4 Nate Diaz +1
5 Donald Cerrone -1
6 Edson Barboza
7 Anthony Pettis
8 Dustin Poirier +1
9 Michael Chiesa -1
10 Michael Johnson -2
11 Beneil Dariush
12 Will Brooks *NR
13 Al Iaquinta -1
14 Rashid Magomedov
15 Evan Dunham -2
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Robbie Lawler
1 Stephen Thompson
2 Rory MacDonald
3 Demian Maia
3 Tyron Woodley -1
5 Carlos Condit
6 Kelvin Gastelum +1
7 Neil Magny
8 Johny Hendricks -2
9 Matt Brown -1
10 Rick Story -1
11 Dong Hyun Kim -1
12 Gunnar Nelson -1
13 Tarec Saffiedine
14 Donald Cerrone
15 Thiago Alves
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Michael Bisping
1 Luke Rockhold
2 Chris Weidman
3 Jacare Souza
4 Vitor Belfort
5 Anderson Silva
6 Robert Whittaker
7 Gegard Mousasi +1
8 Lyoto Machida -1
9 Uriah Hall
10 Derek Brunson
11 Tim Kennedy
12 Thales Leites
13 Dan Henderson
14 Rafael Natal
15 Thiago Santos
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1 Jon Jones (Interim Champion)
2 Anthony Johnson
3 Glover Teixeira
4 Alexander Gustafsson
5 Ryan Bader
6 Ovince Saint Preux
7 Mauricio Rua
8 Rashad Evans
9 Jimi Manuwa
10 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
11 Nikita Krylov
12 Corey Anderson
13 Ilir Latifi
14 Patrick Cummins
15 Gian Villante
HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Stipe Miocic
1 Fabricio Werdum
2 Cain Velasquez
3 Alistair Overeem
4 Junior Dos Santos
5 Ben Rothwell
6 Andrei Arlovski
7 Travis Browne
8 Brock Lesnar *NR
9 Mark Hunt -1
10 Josh Barnett -1
11 Derrick Lewis +1
12 Roy Nelson -2
13 Frank Mir -2
14 Stefan Struve -1
15 Ruslan Magomedov -1
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Joanna Jedrzejczyk
1 Claudia Gadelha
2 Carla Esparza
3 Rose Namajunas
4 Tecia Torres
5 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
6 Jessica Andrade
7 Joanne Calderwood
8 Maryna Moroz
9 Valerie Letourneau
10 Paige VanZant
11 Michelle Waterson
12 Jessica Penne
13 Randa Markos
14 Jessica Aguilar
15 Juliana Lima
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Amanda Nunes
1 Miesha Tate -1
2 Holly Holm -1
3 Ronda Rousey -1
4 Julianna Pena +1
5 Cat Zingano -2
6 Sara McMann
7 Valentina Shevchenko
8 Liz Carmouche
9 Raquel Pennington
10 Jessica Eye
11 Bethe Correia
12 Germaine de Randamie
13 Lauren Murphy
14 Marion Reneau +1
15 Ashlee Evans-Smith –
