Anderson Silva drops another position in the UFC rankings and is overtaken by Barão

Anderson (photo) awaits judgment from the Athletic Commission, which should only happen in August. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC

the situation of Anderson Silva It's really complicated. Still serving a provisional suspension pending the judgment of his doping case, Spider remains in disrepute with the panel of journalists responsible for voting on the official UFC ranking and once again dropped one position in the weight-for-weight ratio, in which he was the first leader in the rankings. time of the launch of the classification, and gave up 12th place to his compatriot Renan Barao.

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Now, Anderson occupies 13th place, his lowest mark since the rankings were created. In the middleweight division, however, Spider's position remained unchanged and he remains in fifth place. Barão became the third best athlete who does not hold a belt in weight-for-weight ratio, behind only Cain Velazquez (10th) and Anthony Pettis (11º).

Another Brazilian, who, even without fighting, had his position changed in the official rankings were Thiago Pitbull, Lyoto Machida and Hacran Dias. While Pitbull gained a position, thanks to the drop in Neil Magny At welterweight, Lyoto and Hacran lost one place each, respectively, at middleweight and featherweight.

The only participant at UFC Fight Night 69, held last Saturday (20) in Berlin (Germany), to change position, Japanese Tatsuya Kawajiri made a real leap in the featherweight division, gaining three positions and now appearing in 12th place.