UFC fighter rankings: Featherweight shook up by huge upset
A surprise ending at the UFC on Fox event in Winnipeg shook things up at 145 pounds.
Josh Emmett shocked the world when he knocked out Ricardo Lamas with a devastating left hook in the co-main event of last weekend’s UFC on Fox show in Winnipeg. Even though Emmett didn’t actually make weight for the bout and it was contested at a catchweight, he immediately moved into the top-five at 145 based on his performance.
The event also saw Rafael dos Anjos plant himself square in the welterweight title talk with a dominating unanimous decision over former champ Robbie Lawler. He’s not the number-one contender on the rankings list, but for all intents and purposes he is.
Here’s a look at all the changes coming out of the second-to-last UFC show of 2017.
P4P - No changes.
Heavyweight - No changes.
Light Heavyweight - Jan Blachowicz moved up three spots from 15 to 12 with his victory over Jared Cannonier. Gadzhimurad Antigulov and Tyson Pedro dropped one spot each to 13 and 15. Cannonier barely held on to his ranking, dropping one to 15.
Middleweight - No changes.
Welterweight - Dos Anjos and Lawler flipped the two and four spots due to Dos Anjos’ big victory. Santiago Ponzinibbio moved up one spot from ten to nine after his win over Mike Perry, bumping Donald Cerrone back to ten.
Lightweight - Nate Diaz falls two spots from six to eight, presumably due to inactivity. This allowed Dustin Poirier to move up one to six, and Kevin Lee to move up one to seven. James Vick also re-entered the rankings at 15.
Featherweight - Emmett’s huge KO on Lamas changed nearly everything. Lamas dropped three spots to six. Brian Ortega and Cub Swanson moved up one spot each to three and four, with Emmett entering the list at five. Everyone else - Chan Sung Jung, Yair Rodriguez, Jeremy Stephens, Darren Elkins, Renato Moicano, Dennis Bermudez, Doo Ho Choi, Mirsad Bektic, and Myles Jury - all fell one spot to 7-15 respectively.
Bantamweight - No changes.
Flyweight - No changes.
Women’s Bantamweight - Ronda Rousey fell from a tie for eight to holding down the nine spot on her own.
Women’s Flyweight - Liz Carmouche moved up four spots from ten to six. despite a recent loss. Montana De La Rosa fell one to seven. Jessica-Rose Clark, Shana Dobson, Gillian Robertson, and Kalindra Faria all moved up one spot to 10-13 respectively. Bec Rawlings re-enters at 14.
Women’s Strawweight - No changes.