Ronda Rousey and Frankie Edgar rise in UFC rankings after weekend events

Rousey (photo) is on the rise after UFC 175. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC

The events held last weekend had an impact on the official UFC rankings. Ronda Rousey, highlight of UFC 175, and Frankie Edgar, who shone in the TUF 19 Finale, gained positions on the list of best fighters in the organization.

Rousey, who hit Alexis Davis in just 16 seconds last Saturday (5), he gained a position on the list of pound-for-pound athletes, leaving behind the welterweight champion, John hendricks. Now, the owner of the belt in the female bantamweight category is ninth in the ranking, which has Jon Jones, José Aldo e Cain Velazquez in the first three positions. Defeated in main event of UFC 175, Davis fell to third among women, behind Zingano cat e Miesha Tate.

Edgar, who won B.J. Penn for the third time, this time by technical knockout, he overcame Cub swanson on the penalty list. The former lightweight champion currently occupies second place in the 66 kg division, only behind Chad Mendes – for being the champion, José Aldo does not make the list.

The official UFC ranking is updated weekly, based on voting by specialized journalists from around the world.

OFFICIAL UFC RANKINGS:

Weight for weight:

1 - Jon Jones
2 - José Aldo
3 - Cain Velazquez
4 - Demetrious Johnson
5 - Chris Weidman
6 - Anthony Pettis
7 - Anderson Silva
8 - Renan Barao
9 - Ronda Rousey
10 - John hendricks
11 - TJ Dillashaw
12 - Vitor belfort
13 – Benson Henderson
14 - Alexander Gustafson
15 – Gilbert Melendez

Flies (up to 57 kg):

Champion – Demetrious Johnson

1 - John Dodson
2 - Joseph Benavidez
3 – Ian McCall
4 – Ali Bagautinov
5 – John Moraga
6 - Jussier formiga
7 – John Lineker
8 – Chris Cariaso
9 – Zach Makovsky
10 - Brad pickett
11 - Tim Elliott
12 – Dustin Ortiz
13 – Louis Gaudinot
14 – Kyoji Horiguchi
15 – Scott Jorgensen

Female roosters (up to 61 kg):

Champion – Ronda Rousey

1 - Zingano cat
2 - Miesha Tate
3 - Alexis Davis
4 - Sara McMann
5 – Sarah Kaufman
6 - Jessica Eye
7 – Liz Carmouche
8 - Amanda nunes
9 - Jessica Andrade
10 - Bethe Correia
11 - Julianna Pena
12 - Germain de Randamie
13 - Rachel Pennington
14 – Jessamyn Duke
15 – Jessica Rakoczy

Roosters (up to 61 kg):

Dillashaw (photo) is the UFC bantamweight champion. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC

Champion – TJ Dillashaw

1 - Renan Barao
2 - Urijah faber
3 - Raphael Assunção
4 – Michael McDonald
5 – Takeya Mizugaki
6 - Eddie Wineland
7 - Iuri Marajó
8 - Bryan caraway
9 - Johnny Eduardo
10 - Alex Caceres
11 – Francisco Rivera
12 - Dominick Cruz
13 – Erik Perez
14 – Mike Easton
15 - Wilson reis

Feathers (up to 66 kg):

Champion – José Aldo

1 - Chad Mendes
2 - Frankie Edgar
3 - Cub swanson
4 – Ricardo Lamas
5 - Chan sung jung
6 - Dustin poirier
7 - Clay guida
8 – Dennis Siver
9 - Nik lentz
10 - Jeremy Stephens
11 - Dennis Bermudez
12 – Darren Elkins
13 - Conor McGregor
14 - Charles of the Bronx
15 – Tatsuya Kawajiri

Light (up to 70 kg):

Champion – Anthony Pettis

1 – Benson Henderson
2 – Gilbert Melendez
3 - Josh thomson
4 - Khabib Nurmagomedov
5 - Rafael dos Anjos
6 - Donald Cerrone
7 - Jim Miller
8 – Myles Jury
9 - Michael Johnson
10 - Gray Maynard
11 – Rustam Khabilov
12 - Bobby Green
13 - Edson Barboza
14 - Jorge masvidal
15 - Joe lauzon

Welterweight (up to 77 kg):

R. Lawler (photo) leads the welterweight list, which has Hendricks as champion. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC

Champion – John hendricks

1 - Robbie Lawler
2 - Rory McDonald
3 - Carlos Condit
4 - Tyron woodley
5 – Matt Brown
6 - Hector Lombard
7 - Jake ellenberger
8 - Demian Maia
9 - Tarec saffiedine
10 – Dong Hyun Kim
11 - Kelvin Gastelum
12 - Mike pyle
13 – Gunnar Nelson
14 – Ryan LaFlare
15 - Erick silva

Medium (up to 84 kg):

Champion – Chris Weidman

1 - Anderson Silva
2 - Vitor belfort
3 - Lyoto Machida
4 - Ronaldo Jacare
5 - Luke Rockhold
6 – Tim Kennedy
7 - Gegard Mousasi
8 - Michael Bisping
9 – CB Dollaway
10 – Costas Philippou
11 - Yoel romero
12 – Francis Carmont
13 – Mark Munoz
14 – Tim Boetsch
15 - Thales leites

Light heavyweights (up to 93 kg):

Champion – Jon Jones

1 - Alexander Gustafson
2 - Daniel Cormier
3 - Rashad evans
4 - Glover Teixeira
5 - Anthony Johnson
6 - Phil Davis
7 - Dan Henderson
8 - Ryan bader
9 - Mauritius Shogun
10 - Ovince St Preux
11 – Jimi Manuwa
12 - Rafael Feijão
13 - Vitor belfort
14 - Fabio Maldonado
15 – Ryan Jimmo

Heavy (up to 120 kg):

Velasquez (photo) will defend his belt against Werdum, leader in the heavyweight division. Photo: Disclosure/UFC

Champion – Cain Velazquez

1 - Fabricio Werdum
2 - junior gypsy
3 – Travis Browne
4 - Antonio Pezão
5 – Josh Barnett
6 - Stipe Miocic
7 - alistair overeem
8 - Mark Hunt
9 - Roy Nelson
10 - Frank mir
11 - Gabriel Napao
12 - Rodrigo Minotauro
13 - Stefan struve
14 - Andrei Arlovski
15 - Brendan Schaub