UFC Rankings Update: Conor McGregor Drops Five Spots On Pound-For-Pound List
Reigning UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor had a rough night at UFC 196 this past weekend (March 5, 2016), coming up short in his move up to 170-pounds where he met usual lightweight Nate Diaz.
After a tremendous amount of trash talk, the “Notorious” one would end up suffering a rear naked choke loss in the second round to Diaz.
After the defeat, McGregor has dropped five spots in the pound-for-pound rankings, now sitting at No. 8.
Miesha “Cupcake” Tate also upset Holly Holm in the co-main event of the evening, becoming the new women’s bantamweight championship as well as breaking into the pound-for-pound rankings at No. 15.
Check out the fully updated rankings below courtesy of UFC.com:
Pound-For-Pound
- Jon Jones
- Demetrious Johnson
- Luke Rockhold +2
- Dominick Cruz
- Fabricio Werdum +1
- Rafael dos Anjos +1
- Robbie Lawler +1
- Conor McGregor -5
- Daniel Cormier
- Jose Aldo
- Chris Weidman
- Frankie Edgar +2
- TJ Dillashaw -1
- Joanna Jedrzeczyk +1
- Miesha Tate *NR
Flyweight
Champion: Demetrious Johnson
- Joseph Benavidez
- Henry Cejudo +1
- Jon Dodson -1
- Jussier Formiga
- Ian McCall
- Kyoji Horiguchi
- John Moraga
- Zach Makovsky
- Wilson Reis
- Dustin Ortiz
- Ali Bagautinov
- Justin Scoggins
- Luis Smolka
- Ray Borg
- Sergio Pettis
Bantamweight
Champion: Dominick Cruz
- TJ Dillashaw
- Renan Barao
- Urijah Faber
- Raphael Assuncao
- Aljamain Sterling
- Michael McDonald
- Thomas Almeida
- Bryan Caraway
- Takeya Mizugaki
- Johnny Eduardo
- Jimmie Rivera
- John Lineker
- Frankie Saenz
- Eddie Wineland
- Cody Garbrandt
Featherweight
Champion: Conor McGregor
- Jose Aldo
- Frankie Edgar
- Chad Mendes
- Max Holloway
- Ricardo Lamas
- Cub Swanson
- Charles Oliveira
- Dennis Bermudez
- Jeremy Stephens
- Hacran Diaz
- Darren Elkins
- Brian Ortega
- Tatsuya Kawajiri
- Nik Lentz
- Clay Guida
Lightweight
Champion: Rafael dos Anjos
- Eddie Alvarez
- Khabib Nurmagomedov
- Anthony Pettis
- Tony Ferguson
- Nate Diaz
- Michael Johnson
- Beneil Dariush
- Edson Barboza
- Donald Cerrone
- Dustin Poirier
- Al Iaquinta -1
- Bobby Green
- Evan Dunham
- Michael Chiesa
- Rashid Magomedov
Welterweight
Champion: Robbie Lawler
- Rory MacDonald
- Stephen Thomson
- Tyron Woodley
- Carlos Condit
- Johny Hendricks
- Demian Maia
- Matt Brown
- Dong Hyun Kim
- Neil Magny
- Tarec Saffiedine
- Rick Stroy
- Kelvin Gastelum
- Hector Lombard
- Albert Tumenov +1
- Thiago Alves -1
Middleweight
Champion: Luke Rockhold
- Chris Weidman
- Jacare Souza
- Vitor Belfort
- Michael Bisping
- Lyoto Machida
- Anderson Silva
- Tim Kennedy
- Robert Whittaker
- Gegard Mousasi
- Uriah Hall
- Derek Brunson
- Thales Leites
- Rafael Natal
- Dan Henderson
- CB Dolloway
Light Heavyweight
Champion: Daniel Cormier
- Jon Jones
- Anthony Johnson
- Alexander Gustafsson
- Glover Teixeira
- Ryan Bader
- Ovince Saint Preux
- Rashad Evans
- Mauricio Rua
- Jimi Manuwa
- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
- Patrick Cummins
- Corey Anderson
- Ilir Latifi *NR
- Nikita Krylov +1
- Gian Villante -2
Heavyweight
Champion: Fabricio Werdum
- Cain Velasquez
- Stipe Miocic
- Alistair Overeem
- Ben Rothwell
- Junior Dos Santos
- Andrei Arlovski
- Travis Browne
- Josh Barnett
- Mark Hunt
- Frank Mir
- Roy Nelson
- Antonio Silva
- Matt Mitirone
- Ruslan Magomedov
- Alexey Oliynyk -1
Women’s Strawweight
Champion: Joanna Jedrzeczyk
- Claudia Gadelha
- Carla Esparza
- Rose Namajunas
- Tecia Torres
- Jessica Penne
- Valerie Letourneau
- Paige VanZant
- Michelle Waterson
- Maryna Moroz
- Karolina Kowalkiewicz
- Joanne Calderwood
- Randa Markos
- Jessica Aguilar
- Julianna Lima
- Felice Herrig
Women’s Bantamweight
Champion: Miesha Tate
- Holly Holm -1
- Ronda Rousey -1
- Cat Zingano
- Amanda Nunes
- Julianna Pena
- Sara McMann
- Jessica Eye
- Bethe Correia
- Liz Carmouche
- Sarah Kaufman +1
- Valentina Schevchenko -1
- Raquel Pennington
- Germaine de Randamie
- Lauren Murphy
- Marion Reneau
