R. Whittaker is the new middleweight champion (Photo: Reproduction/Facebook/UFC)
Robert whittaker has plenty of reasons to celebrate his victory against Yoel romero at UFC 213, held last Saturday (08), in Las Vegas (USA). In addition to winning the interim middleweight belt, the Australian appeared for the first time in the Ultimate weight-for-pound ranking, made up of athletes from all categories. He is in 13th place, one below Amanda nunes, women's bantamweight champion.
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Yes, Fabricio Werdum, which lost to alistair overeem by points in the second most important attraction of the event, he lost one position in the heavyweight list and is now number 2, while his algo advanced two places and appears in first. Also in the 120kg division, Travis Browne, submitted by Aleksei Oleynik, fell from 9th to 14th place, while the Russian rose three positions and is in 11th. Curtis blaydes, who beat Daniel Omielanczuk entered 15th.
The output of Gegard Mousasi also moved the middleweight division. Former number, the Dutch naturalized Iranian was removed from the list, favoring all the other names that were below, promoted in one position. The division also has two new features: Thiago Marreta e Brad Tavares, who won at the weekend, appear in 14th and 15th, respectively.
The debutante Justin gaethje It was also well positioned. He, who knocked out Michael Johnson, debuted in sixth place in the lightweight division, while his most recent victim, who was in number 5, is now in ninth position. Former category champion, Anthony Pettis also returned to the rankings after dominating Jim Miller: he is 13th.
The official UFC ranking is updated weekly and is based on voting by specialized journalists from around the world.
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