McGregor is removed from the featherweight rankings and Anderson drops to middleweight

After losing the featherweight belt, McGregor was removed from the 66kg category rankings. (Photo: Getty Images)

After seeing the UFC take away the featherweight belt from him, automatically confirming José Aldo as the new linear champion of the category, Conor McGregor was removed from the official rankings of the 66 kg division. However, he remains in second place in the weight-for-weight rankings.

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With Conor's departure, all the other featherweight rankings moved up one position on the list. The North American André Fili, who defeated Hacran Dias in October this year, entered the rankings for the first time, in 15th place.

The other category that underwent changes was middleweight (up to 84kg). Robert whittaker, who knocked out Derek Brunson at UFC Melbourne, held last Saturday (26), moved up one place and surpassed Anderson Silva, and is now 6th, leaving the Brazilian in seventh. Brunson, in turn, fell to ninth, benefiting Vitor belfort, which rose to eighth.

Still in the middleweight division, another change was the removal of the former fighter's name Dan Henderson from the list. Rafael Sapo, which was out of the ranking, took its place and is in 15th position. None of the other nine rankings were changed.

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