Daniel Cormier leads the UFC pound-for-pound rankings

D. Cormier (photo) needed 4m33s to knock out S. Miocic and win two belts: light heavyweight and heavyweight. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook UFC

With the victory over Stipe Miocic, at UFC 226, Daniel Cormier become the holder of two belts: light heavyweight and heavyweight. The knockout of the former champion made DC move up three places and lead the Ultimate weight-for-pound rankings. The flyweight champion, Demetrious Johnson he was in first place and now he moves to second place. The Ultimate rankings were updated on Tuesday (10).

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The Brazilian Paulo borrachinha moved up two places by knocking out Uriah Hall in the second round. He was ranked tenth and now occupies eighth place in the middleweight division. The Nigerian promise Israel adesanya who won Brad Tavares in the main fight of TUF 27 Finale he was in 11th position and went into the Top 10 of the category. With the change in the under-84kg division, Cezar Mutant which was in 15th place leaves the list.

Even with a disappointing fight on Saturday, Derrick Lewis won Francis Ngannou by unanimous decision. The triumph placed the North American in second place in the heavyweight division.

Anthony Pettis finished Michael chiesa and is in eighth place. Roxanne Modaferr beat Barb Honchak to take fourth place. The two fighters moved up four positions each.

UFC weight-for-pound ranking updated on July 11, 2018. Photo: UFC Reproduction