Holloway is the new interim featherweight champion. (Photo: Getty Images)
Max Holloway There's one more reason to celebrate. After winning the interim featherweight belt by knocking out Anthony Pettis In the main fight of UFC 206, last Saturday (10), in Toronto (CAN), the Hawaiian appeared for the first time in the organization's weight-for-pound rankings. Now, Holloway is 10th, a place previously held by Chris Cyborg, which lost three positions and is 13th.
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On the other hand, the Brazilian Amanda nunes and the Russian Khabib Nurmagomedov they advanced 'two places', appearing in 11th and 12th place, respectively.
In the featherweight category (up to 66kg), Anthony Pettis lost a position and was overtaken by Jeremy Stephens, which is now 5th. The Brazilian Charles of the Bronx also switched places with Dennis Bermudez, and went from 7th to 8th.
The biggest changes occurred in the welterweight (77kg), middleweight (84kg) and light heavyweight (93kg) categories. Kelvin Gastelum, who knocked out Tim Kennedy at UFC 206, was removed from welterweight and made way for Jake ellenberger, who appears in 14th, one place above Matt Brown. The TUF 17 champion debuted in 10th place in the middleweight division, while his most recent victim lost two places and is 12th. Uriah Hall, Thales leites and Tim Boetsch dropped one place each, and are 13th, 14th and 15th, respectively.
In the up to 93kg division, the biggest beneficiary was Misha Cirkunov, which rose five places and appears in eighth place. Nikita Krylov, finished by Cirkunov, and Rogério Minotouro they fell two places and are in 10th and 12th. Rashad evans was removed from the official ranking. Among the heavyweights, Derrick Lewis 'stole' Travis Browne's place and is 9th.
The official UFC ranking is updated weekly and is based on voting by specialized journalists from around the world.
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