Jorge Masvidal loses big and Petr Yan enters the pound-for-pound list as UFC releases official rankings update

UFC 251: Usman v Masvidal
UFC 251: Usman v Masvidal

The UFC has announced the updates in the official UFC rankings in the aftermath of Saturday’s historic UFC 251 card at the Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, and as expected, there have been some major changes after the huge and much-awaited card.

However, the most notable of all changes is that Jorge Masvidal, who, on six days' notice, challenged and came up short against UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman in the UFC 251 main event, fell down one spot in the welterweight rankings. He’s now behind Englishman Leon Edwards.

Recently crowned UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan, who destroyed Jose Aldo to claim the vacant 135lbs title at UFC 251, has entered the pound-for-pound rankings for the first time in his career.

Given below is the updated UFC rankings, featuring the aforementioned changes and more. (h/t MMA Mania):

Note:

+/- = movement in rankings

*NR = Not previously ranked

UFC MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND RANKINGS

1. Jon Jones

2. Khabib Nurmagomedov

3. Stipe Miocic

4. Israel Adesanya

5. Kamaru Usman +1

6. Daniel Cormier -1

7. Alexander Volkanovski

8. Dustin Poirier +1

9. Max Holloway +1

10. Conor McGregor -2

11. Justin Gaethje -1

12. Tony Ferguson

13. Petr Yan *NR

14. Robert Whittaker -1

15. Francis Ngannou -1

UFC FLYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: VACANT

1. Deiveson Figueiredo

2. Joseph Benavidez

3. Brandon Moreno

4. Alexandre Pantoja

5. Alex Perez

6. Jussier Formiga

7. Askar Askarov

8. Kai Kara France

9. Rogerio Bontorin

10. Matt Schnell

11. Brandon Royval

12. Raulian Paiva +2

13. Tim Elliott -1

14. Jordan Espinosa -1

15. David Dvorak

UFC BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: Petr Yan

1. Marlon Moraes

2. Aljamain Sterling

3. Cody Garbrandt +1

4. Cory Sandhagen +1

5. Pedro Munhoz +2

6. Jose Aldo

7. Raphael Assuncao +1

8. Jimmie Rivera +1

9. Cody Stamann +1

10. Rob Font +1

11. Dominick Cruz +1

12. John Dodson +1

13. Song Yadong +2

14. Sean O’Malley

15. Merab Dvalishvili *NR

UFC FEATHERWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: ALEXANDER VOLKANOVSKI

1. Max Holloway

2. Zabit Magomedsharipov

3. Brian Ortega

4. Chan Sung Jung

5. Yair Rodriguez

6. Calvin Kattar

7. (T) Frankie Edgar

7. (T) Josh Emmett

9. Jeremy Stephens

10. Dan Ige

11. Arnold Allen +1

12. Shane Burgos +2

13. Ryan Hall

14. Sodiq Yosef +1

15. Jose Aldo -4

UFC LIGHTWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV

1. Justin Gaethje

2. Dustin Poirier

3. Tony Ferguson

4. Conor McGregor

5. Dan Hooker

6. Charles Oliveira

7. Paul Felder

8. Diego Ferreira

9. Kevin Lee

10. Al Iaquinta

11. Islam Makhachev

12. Gregor Gillespie

13. Donald Cerrone

14. Beneil Dariush +1

15. Drew Dober -1

UFC WELTERWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: KAMARU USMAN

1. Gilbert Burns

2. Colby Covington

3. Leon Edwards +1

4. Jorge Masvidal -1

5. Tyron Woodley

6. Stephen Thompson

7. Demian Maia

8. Michael Chiesa

9. Rafael dos Anjos

10. Geoff Neal

11. Nate Diaz

12. Vicente Luque

13. Robbie Lawler

14. Neil Magny

15. Anthony Pettis -1

UFC MIDDLEWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: ISRAEL ADESANYA

1. Robert Whittaker

2. Paulo Costa

3. Jared Cannonier

4. Yoel Romero

5. Darren Till

6. Jack Hermansson

7. Kelvin Gastelum

8. Derek Brunson

9. Edmen Shahbazyan

10. Uriah Hall

11. Omari Akhmedov

12. Brad Tavares

13. Ian Heinisch

14. Marvin Vettori

15. Antonio Carlos Junior

UFC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: JON JONES

1. Dominick Reyes

2. Thiago Santos

3. Jan Blachowicz

4. Corey Anderson

5. Glover Teixeira

6. Anthony Smith

7. Alexander Gustafsson +1

8. Jiri Prochazka *NR

9. Volkan Oezdemir -2

10. Aleksandar Rakic -1

11. Nikita Krylov -1

12. Misha Cirkunov -1

13. Johnny Walker -1

14. Ryan Spann -1

15. Magomed Ankalaev -1

UFC HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: STIPE MIOCIC

1. Daniel Cormier

2. Francis Ngannou

3. Curtis Blaydes

4. Derrick Lewis

5. Junior dos Santos

6. Jairzinho Rozenstruik

7. Alistair Overeem

8. Alexander Volkov

9. Augusto Sakai

10. Walt Harris

11. Aleksei Oleinik

12. Shamil Abdurakhimov

13. Sergei Pavlovich

14. Fabricio Werdum

15. Ciryl Gane

UFC WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND RANKINGS

1. Amanda Nunes

2. Weili Zhang

3. Valentina Shevchenko

4. Rose Namajunas +2

5. Joanna Jedrzejczyk

6. Jessica Andrade -2

7. Tatiana Suarez

8. Holly Holm

9. Germaine De Randamie

10. Aspen Ladd

11. Katlyn Chookagian

12. Claudia Gadelha

13. Cynthia Calvillo

14. Julianna Pena

15. Nina Ansaroff

UFC WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: WEILI ZHANG

1. Rose Namajunas +1

2. Jessica Andrade -1

3. (T) Tatiana Suarez

3. (T) Joanna Jedrzejczyk +1

5. Nina Ansaroff

6. Claudia Gadelha

7. Carla Esparza

8. Michelle Waterson

9. Marina Rodriguez

10. Yan Xiaonan

11. Tecia Torres

12. Amanda Ribas +2

13. Alexa Grasso -1

14. Angela Hill -1

15. Felice Herrig

UFC WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: VALENTINA SHEVCHENKO

1. Katlyn Chookagian

2. Cynthia Calvillo

3. Joanne Calderwood

4. Lauren Murphy

5. Jessica Eye

6. Jennifer Maia

7. Roxanne Modafferi

8. Viviane Araujo

9. Andrea Lee

10. Maycee Barber

11. Alexis Davis

12. Montana De La Rosa

13. Antonina Shevchenko

14. Ji Yeon Kim

15. Molly McCann

UFC WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: AMANDA NUNES

1. Germaine de Randamie

2. Holly Holm

3. Aspen Ladd

4. (T) Julianna Pena

4. (T) Raquel Pennington

6. Irene Aldana

7. Ketlen Vieira

8. Yana Kunitskaya

9. Sara McMann

10. Marion Reneau

11. Lina Lansberg

12. Macy Chiasson

13. Bethe Correia

14. Sijara Eubanks

15. Julia Avila

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Edited by Anurag Mitra