With victory at UFC Las Vegas 37, Anthony Smith surpasses Marreta and returns to the top 5 of the light heavyweight division

A. Smith submitted R. Spann in the main event of UFC Las Vegas 37 (Photo: Instagram/UFC)

After finishing Ryan spann in the main fight of UFC Las Vegas 37 and achieve the third consecutive victory, Anthony Smith took an important step in the race for another opportunity to compete for the light heavyweight belt (up to 93 kg). The result made “Coração de Leão” surpass Thiago Marreta e Dominick reyes and climb to fourth place in the category ranking.

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Between the winner of the main fight of UFC Las Vegas 37 and the champion Jan Blachowicz only appear Aleksandar rakic, who should be the next opponent of Anthony Smith, Jiri Prochazka e Glover Teixeira, next challenger for the category belt. The Brazilian Thiago Marreta, who faces his compatriot Johnny Walker in October, it fell to fifth place.

Besides Anthony Smith, two other winners of the UFC Las Vegas 37 gained positions in the Ultimate rankings. Light weight (up to 70,3 kg) Arman Tsarukyan, who knocked out Christos Giagos in the first round, it moved up a notch in the category, surpassing Raphael Fiziev and occupying 13th place. In women's bantamweight (up to 61,2 kg), Rachel Pennington, who defeated Pannie kianzad, returned to the rankings, occupying 10th place after more than a year away from the octagon.

The new ranking update also saw the removal of the name of Joseph Benavidez, who recently announced his retirement, from the flyweight list (up to 56,7 kg).

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