D. Cruz celebrates the devastating knockout over Mizugaki. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC
With a card full of stars and important fights, UFC 178 caused changes in the organization's official rankings. Two of the highlights of the attraction, Dominick Cruz e Conor McGregor they gained many positions in their categories according to this Monday's update (29).
The former UFC bantamweight champion, who defeated Takeya Mizugaki last Saturday, gained eight positions and now occupies second place in the category, just behind Renan Barao, which follows as the first. The impressive performance also placed the “Dominator” on the pound-for-pound list at 15th.
Conor McGregor gained four positions among the featherweights with the quick knockout over Dustin poirier. The Irishman is now fifth in the division, leaving behind Chan sung jung, Poirier himself, Dennis Bermudez e Nik lentz.
Among the midfielders, Yoel romero moved up four places with his victory over Tim Kennedy, who, in turn, fell to fifth. Already Amanda nunes, defeated by Zingano cat, lost her position as the best Brazilian in the female bantamweight division when she fell to ninth, being overtaken by Bethe Correia.
Lastly, Demetrious Johnson, who successfully defended the UFC flyweight belt for the fifth time against Chris Cariaso, gained a spot on the pound-for-pound list, leaving heavyweight champion, Cain Velazquez, which fell to fourth.
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 - Demetrious Johnson
4 - Cain Velazquez
5 - Chris Weidman
6 - Anthony Pettis
7 - Anderson Silva
8 - Ronda Rousey
9 - John hendricks
10 - Renan Barao11 - TJ Dillashaw
12 - Vitor belfort
13 - Daniel Cormier
14 - Alexander Gustafson
15 - Dominick Cruz
Flies (up to 57 kg):
Champion – Demetrious Johnson
1 - John Dodson
2 - Joseph Benavidez
3 – Ian McCall
4 - Jussier formiga
5 – John Moraga
6 – Ali Bagautinov
7 – John Lineker
8 – Chris Cariaso
9 – Zach Makovsky
10 - Tim Elliott
11 - Brad pickett
12 – Dustin Ortiz
13 – Kyoji Horiguchi
14 – Louis Gaudinot
15 – Scott Jorgensen
Female roosters (up to 61 kg):
Champion – Ronda Rousey
1 - Zingano cat
2 - Miesha Tate
3 - Sara McMann
4 - Alexis Davis
5 – Sarah Kaufman
6 - Jessica Eye
7 – Liz Carmouche
8 - Bethe Correia
9 - Amanda nunes
10 - Jessica Andrade
11 - Julianna Pena
12 - Germain de Randamie
13 – Leslie Smith
14 - Rachel Pennington
15 - Holly holm
Roosters (up to 61 kg):
Dillashaw (photo) is the UFC bantamweight champion. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC
Champion – TJ Dillashaw
1 - Renan Barao
2 - Dominick Cruz
3 - Urijah faber
4 - Raphael Assunção
5 – Michael McDonald
6 – Takeya Mizugaki
7 - Eddie Wineland
8 - Iuri Marajó
9 - Johnny Eduardo
10 - Bryan caraway
11 – Francisco Rivera
12 - Alex Caceres
13 – Erik Perez
14 – Joe Soto
15 – Masanori Kanehara
Feathers (up to 66 kg):
Champion – José Aldo
1 - Chad Mendes
2 - Cub swanson
3 - Frankie Edgar
4 – Ricardo Lamas
5 - Conor McGregor
6 - Chan sung jung
7 - Dustin poirier
8 - Dennis Bermudez
9 - Nik lentz
10 - Jeremy Stephens
11 – Dennis Siver
12 - Clay guida
13 – Darren Elkins
14 - Charles of the Bronx
15 – Tatsuya Kawajiri
Light (up to 70 kg):
Champion – Anthony Pettis
1 – Gilbert Melendez
2 - Khabib Nurmagomedov
3 - Rafael dos Anjos
4 - Donald Cerrone
5 – Benson Henderson
6 - Josh thomson
7 - Bobby Green
8 – Myles Jury
9 - Jim Miller
10 – Eddie Alvarez
11 - Michael Johnson
12 - Edson Barboza
13 - Jorge masvidal
14 – Rustam Khabilov
15 - Nate diaz
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 - Tyron woodley
4 - Carlos Condit
5 – Matt Brown
6 - Hector Lombard
7 - Jake ellenberger
8 - Demian Maia
9 - Tarec saffiedine
10 – Dong Hyun Kim
11 - Kelvin Gastelum
12 – Gunnar Nelson
13 – Jordan Mein
14 – Ryan LaFlare
15 - Mike pyle
Medium (up to 84 kg):
Champion – Chris Weidman
1 - Anderson Silva
2 - Ronaldo Jacare
3 - Vitor belfort
4 - Lyoto Machida
5 - Luke Rockhold
6 - Yoel romero
7 – Tim Kennedy
8 - Gegard Mousasi
9 - Michael Bisping
10 – CB Dollaway
11 - Thales leites
12 – Costas Philippou
13 – Tim Boetsch
13 – Mark Munoz
15 - Brad Tavares
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 - Ryan bader
8 - Dan Henderson
9 - Mauritius Shogun
10 - Ovince St Preux
11 – Jimi Manuwa
12 - Rafael Feijão
13 - Vitor belfort
14 - Rogério Minotouro
15 - Fabio Maldonado
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 - Stipe Miocic
5 - Mark Hunt
6 – Josh Barnett
7 - Andrei Arlovski
8 - Antonio Pezão
9 - Roy Nelson
10 – Ben Rothwell
11 - alistair overeem
12 - Gabriel Napao
13 - Frank mir
14 - Stefan struve
15 – Matt Brown
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