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USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie Rankings, April 26: We have a new pound-for-pound king
- from MMA Junkie on Apr 26, 2016
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Pound 4 Pound rankings
After downing Henry Cejudo at UFC 197, "Mighty Mouse" seems to have few true challenges at 125 pounds, but he doesn't seem willing to move up a division until he beats Anderson Silva's UFC record of 10 consecutive title defenses.
Change: +1 | Record: 24 - 2 - 1
"Bones" returned from a lengthy layoff with a decision win over Ovince Saint Preux. While it wasn't Jones' most spectacular performance, it did likely earn him a shot at Daniel Cormier at UFC 200.
Change: -1 | Record: 22 - 1 - 0
Upcoming Fight: vs. Urijah "The California Kid" Faber | Jun 04, 2016 - UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Weidman 2
Now finally back in action and with the UFC title around his waist, Cruz's career record really is phenomenal, and he now faces longtime rival Urijah Faber at UFC 199.
Change: -- | Record: 21 - 1 - 0
A big money fight with Conor McGregor is gone for now, and dos Anjos next looks to defend his UFC lightweight title against Eddie Alvarez at July's UFC Fight Night 90 event.
Change: -- | Record: 25 - 7 - 0
McGregor's move up to welterweight proved a failed risk, but the UFC featherweight champion isn't ruling out the possibility of renewing his pursuit of the lightweight belt, as well. His next move is still uncertain.
Change: -- | Record: 19 - 3 - 0
It's incredible to think Aldo went unbeaten for 10 years, especially since Conor McGregor was able to end that run in just 13 seconds. The Brazilian now faces Frankie Edgar at UFC 200 for an interim title.
Change: -- | Record: 25 - 2 - 0
Werdum now owns submisson wins over Fedor Emelianenko, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Cain Velasquez. Not bad. Next up is Stipe Miocic at UFC 198 in Brazil.
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 5 - 1
Rockhold has long proven himself as one of the best middleweights in the world, but he took the top spot with an absolute destruction of former UFC champ Chris Weidman. They meet again at UFC 199.
Change: -- | Record: 15 - 2 - 0
Cormier may be champion only because of Jon Jones' legal troubles, but he shouldn't have any doubters as to his worthiness as a titleholder after an incredible win over Alexander Gustafsson. Cormier is expected to meet Jon Jones at UFC 200.
Change: -- | Record: 17 - 1 - 0
After winning the "Fight of the Year" for 2015, Lawler already notched an entry for this year's award with his incredible victory over Carlos Condit. "Ruthless" is on quite the roll.
Change: -- | Record: 27 - 10 - 0
Weidman insists he will come back better than ever following a disappointing loss to Luke Rockhold. He'll get his chance at a rematch at UFC 199.
Change: -- | Record: 13 - 1 - 0
Velasquez lost his title in the thin air of Mexico City but vowed to avenge his defeat. However, injuries scrapped his planned rematch, and he'll start his journey again at UFC 200.
Change: -- | Record: 13 - 2 - 0
There is just no way you can be an MMA fan and not be a fan of Edgar. He is clearly the top UFC contender at 145 pounds, and he meets Jose Aldo at UFC 200 for an interim title.
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 4 - 1
After an impressive first-round finish of Ryan Bader, "Rumble" is now the de facto No. 1 contender, though with an interim belt now in play, he'll have to wait for the titles to be unified first.
Change: -- | Record: 21 - 5 - 0
Injuries slowed Nurmagomedov for two full years, but the undefeated Dagestani lightweight has his heart set on a UFC title shot in his next outing.
Change: -- | Record: 23 - 0 - 0
Honorable Mentions
Change: -- | Record: 24 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 29 - 7 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 18 - 7 - 0
Heavyweight rankings
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 5 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 13 - 2 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 18 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 14 - 2 - 0
Upcoming Fight: vs. Alistair "The Reem" Overeem | May 08, 2016 - UFC Fight Night 87: Overeem vs. Arlovski
Change: -- | Record: 25 - 11 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 18 - 3 - 1
Upcoming Fight: vs. Andrei "The Pitbull" Arlovski | May 08, 2016 - UFC Fight Night 87: Overeem vs. Arlovski
Change: -- | Record: 40 - 14 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 36 - 10 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 17 - 0 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 12 - 10 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 34 - 8 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 18 - 11 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 21 - 12 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 50 - 9 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 9 - 5 - 0
Honorable Mentions
Change: -- | Record: 15 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 7 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 14 - 3 - 0
Light-Heavyweight rankings
"Bones" didn't look in top form in his return fight. Nevertheless, he was dominant in his UFC 197 win over Ovince Saint Preux and is now the UFC's interim light-heavyweight champion.
Change: -- | Record: 22 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 17 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 21 - 5 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 15 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 25 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 5 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 16 - 4 - 0
Saint Preux was able to take Jon Jones the distance, but a broken arm limited his options for the remainder of the moderately paced affair.
Change: -- | Record: 19 - 8 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 19 - 5 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 36 - 11 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 11 - 0 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 19 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 8 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 23 - 10 - 0
Upcoming Fight: vs. Francimar "Bodao" Barroso | May 08, 2016 - UFC Fight Night 87: Overeem vs. Arlovski
Change: -- | Record: 19 - 4 - 0
Honorable Mentions
Change: -- | Record: 19 - 5 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 8 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 15 - 2 - 0
Middleweight rankings
Change: -- | Record: 15 - 2 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 13 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 11 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 22 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 25 - 11 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 28 - 7 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 22 - 7 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 18 - 5 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 38 - 6 - 2
Change: -- | Record: 15 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 18 - 3 - 0
A former "TUF" winner, Whittaker is now riding a five-fight winning streak and is 4-0 in the UFC's middleweight division.
Change: +1 | Record: 15 - 4 - 0
Change: -1 | Record: 25 - 6 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 12 - 6 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 31 - 4 - 2
Honorable Mentions
Change: -- | Record: 12 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 31 - 14 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 33 - 7 - 0
Welterweight rankings
Change: -- | Record: 27 - 10 - 0
Upcoming Fight: vs. Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson | Jun 18, 2016 - UFC Fight Night 89: MacDonald vs. Thompson
Change: -- | Record: 18 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 15 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 14 - 0 - 0
Upcoming Fight: vs. Rory "Ares" MacDonald | Jun 18, 2016 - UFC Fight Night 89: MacDonald vs. Thompson
Change: -- | Record: 12 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 17 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 13 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 22 - 6 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 30 - 9 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 21 - 3 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 18 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 34 - 5 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 18 - 6 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 31 - 8 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 17 - 2 - 0
Honorable Mentions
Change: -- | Record: 10 - 0 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 19 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 16 - 4 - 0
Lightweight rankings
Change: -- | Record: 25 - 7 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 23 - 0 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 27 - 4 - 0
Change: +1 | Record: 19 - 10 - 0
Change: +1 | Record: 16 - 0 - 0
Barboza fought a technically perfect bout against Anthony Pettis and picked up the biggest win of his career by defeating the former champ.
Change: +6 | Record: 17 - 4 - 0
Former top lightweight Pettis is stuck in a three-fight skid and is in bad need of a win in his next outing.
Change: -3 | Record: 18 - 4 - 0
Change: -1 | Record: 22 - 5 - 0
Change: -1 | Record: 14 - 2 - 0
Change: -1 | Record: 17 - 1 - 0
Change: -1 | Record: 12 - 2 - 0
Change: -1 | Record: 16 - 10 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 12 - 3 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 19 - 4 - 0
Honorable Mentions
Change: -- | Record: 39 - 6 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 14 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 1 - 0
Featherweight rankings
Change: -- | Record: 19 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 25 - 2 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 4 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 15 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 17 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 16 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 22 - 7 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 21 - 5 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 24 - 6 - 0
Freire submitted Henry Corrales in his first fight since losing the title to Daniel Straus. He's not sure he's going to wait around for the champ's broken hand to heal before fighting again.
Change: -- | Record: 25 - 3 - 0
Upcoming Fight: vs. Renan "The Baron" Barao | May 29, 2016 - UFC Fight Night 88: Almeida vs. Garbrandt
Change: -- | Record: 24 - 12 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 15 - 5 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 23 - 3 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 10 - 0 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 36 - 9 - 0
Honorable Mentions
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 5 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 10 - 0 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 7 - 1 - 0
Bantamweight rankings
Upcoming Fight: vs. Urijah "The California Kid" Faber | Jun 04, 2016 - UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Weidman 2
Change: -- | Record: 21 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 23 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 12 - 3 - 0
Upcoming Fight: vs. Jeremy "Lil' Heathen" Stephens | May 29, 2016 - UFC Fight Night 88: Almeida vs. Garbrandt
Change: -- | Record: 33 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 33 - 8 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 19 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 16 - 4 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 17 - 3 - 0
Upcoming Fight: vs. Bryan "Kid Lightning" Caraway | May 29, 2016 - UFC Fight Night 88: Almeida vs. Garbrandt
Change: -- | Record: 12 - 0 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 17 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 17 - 6 - 1
Upcoming Fight: vs. Cody "No Love" Garbrandt | May 29, 2016 - UFC Fight Night 88: Almeida vs. Garbrandt
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 0 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 21 - 9 - 2
Change: -- | Record: 9 - 0 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 13 - 5 - 0
Honorable Mentions
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 7 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 8 - 0 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 19 - 1 - 0
Flyweight rankings
"Mighty Mouse" now owns eight consecutive UFC flyweight title defenses, and he has his eyes on Anderson Silva's promotional record of 10 straight.
Change: -- | Record: 24 - 2 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 24 - 4 - 0
Cejudo was humble in defeat after losing for the first time in his career in a failed bid to unseat UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson.
Change: -- | Record: 10 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 18 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 13 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 16 - 2 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 16 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 13 - 5 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 6 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 15 - 5 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 11 - 2 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 19 - 7 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 15 - 7 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 9 - 2 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 10 - 1 - 0
Honorable Mentions
Change: -- | Record: 9 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 9 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 14 - 2 - 0
Women's Bantamweight rankings
Change: -- | Record: 18 - 5 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 10 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 12 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 9 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 17 - 6 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 12 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 8 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 17 - 5 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 7 - 2 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 11 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 12 - 2 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 17 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 10 - 5 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 9 - 2 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 6 - 2 - 0
Honorable Mentions
Change: -- | Record: 9 - 2 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 4 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 7 - 5 - 0
Women's Strawweight rankings
Upcoming Fight: vs. Claudia Gadelha | Jul 08, 2016 - The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale: Team Joanna vs. Team Claudia
Change: -- | Record: 11 - 0 - 0
Upcoming Fight: vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk | Jul 08, 2016 - The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale: Team Joanna vs. Team Claudia
Change: -- | Record: 13 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 19 - 5 - 0
After a 13-month layoff, former UFC champ Carla Esparza made a successful return to the cage and defeated Juliana Lima via unanimous decision.
Change: -- | Record: 11 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 9 - 0 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 7 - 0 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 8 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 8 - 0 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 5 - 2 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 7 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 8 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 7 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 10 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 8 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 13 - 4 - 0
Honorable Mentions
Change: -- | Record: 5 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 12 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 6 - 2 - 0
USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie Rankings, April 26: We have a new pound-for-pound king
Jon Jones and Demetrious Johnson fought back-to-back this past Saturday at UFC 197.
Both won their fights, and both did so convincingly. In the co-main event, flyweight champ Johnson defended his belt for the eighth straight time when he took out Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo with a first-round TKO. In the headliner, former champ Jones became the interim light-heavyweight titleholder when he shut out Ovince Saint Preux over five rounds to set up a rematch with champ Daniel Cormier once he’s healthy.
Going into UFC 197, Jones was the pound-for-pound king in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA pound-for-poung rankings, and Johnson was No. 2. But after the event, we have a new leader on the charts. Johnson and Jones flip-flopped their position – for now. The two are neck-and-neck, which begs the question of just what will happen after their next fights.
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To the best of our ability, fighters will be ranked in their primary weight class. Catchweight fights and bouts outside the fighter's primary weight class can have a positive or negative impact on the ranking. However, fighters can be ranked in only one weight class at a given time, and in most cases, they won't be ranked in a new weight class until they've had their first fight at that weight.
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