Formiga (photo) reached the top 5 in the UFC. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC
UFC Fight Night 47, held last Saturday (16), generated changes in the organization's official rankings. Jussier formiga, who scored his second consecutive victory by dominating Zach Makovsky, jumped into the top 5 of the flyweight division, in fourth place, leaving behind former title challengers Ali Bagautinov and John Moraga.
The Brazilian is only behind John Dodson, Joseph Benavidez and Ian McCall on the list of the category, which has as champion Demetrious Johnson. Another Tupiniquim athlete to appear in the flyweight rankings is John Lineker, seventh.
Ross Pearson, who defeated Gray Maynard in the same event, it starts to appear in the official UFC rankings, which only includes the 15 best placed in each division. The Englishman jumped to 14th place, just ahead of Maynard, removing him from the list Joe lauzon.
The official UFC ranking is updated weekly, based on voting by specialized journalists from around the world.
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