UFC rankings update: Aleksandar Rakic breaks into top-5

There's been quite a few ups and downs in the latest UFC rankings following this weekend's UFC Vegas 8 card held at the Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The biggest winner of the night and surging light heavyweight contender Aleksandar Rakic has now officially broken into the top-5 of the light heavyweight rankings after beating former title challenger Anthony "Lionheart" Smith in the main event.

Apart from Aleksandar Rakic, the other big winner from the night, fight game veteran Neil Magny jumped up the welterweight rankings following his massive short-notice decision victory over former UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler, who now languishes at #15 in the rankings following a disappointing loss to Magny in the co-main event of UFC Vegas 8.

Given below are the updated UFC rankings (via MMA Mania):

UFC MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND RANKINGS

1. Jon Jones

2. Khabib Nurmagomedov

3. Stipe Miocic

4. Israel Adesanya

5. Kamaru Usman

6. Alexander Volkanovski

7. Daniel Cormier

8. Justin Gaethje

9. Dustin Poirier

10. Max Holloway

11. Conor McGregor

12. Petr Yan

13. Deiveson Figueiredo

14. Robert Whittaker

15. Tony Ferguson

UFC FLYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: Deiveson Figueiredo

1. Joseph Benavidez

2. Brandon Moreno

3. Askar Askarov

4. Alex Perez

5. Alexandre Pantoja

6. Jussier Formiga

7. Kai Kara France

8. Rogerio Bontorin

9. Matt Schnell

10. Brandon Royval

11. Tim Elliott

12. Raulian Paiva

13. Jordan Espinosa

14. David Dvorak

15. Amir Albazi

UFC BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: Petr Yan

1. Marlon Moraes

2. Aljamain Sterling

3. Cody Garbrandt

4. Cory Sandhagen

5. Frankie Edgar

6. Pedro Munhoz

7. Jose Aldo

8. Jimmie Rivera

9. Raphael Assuncao

10. Rob Font

11. Dominick Cruz

12. Cody Stamann

13. Merab Dvalishvili

14. Song Yadong

15. Marlon Vera

UFC FEATHERWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: ALEXANDER VOLKANOVSKI

1. Max Holloway

2. Brian Ortega

3. Zabit Magomedsharipov

4. Chan Sung Jung

5. Yair Rodriguez

6. Calvin Kattar

7. Josh Emmett

8. Jeremy Stephens

9. Arnold Allen

10. Dan Ige

11. Sodiq Yusuff

12. Ryan Hall

13. Shane Burgos

14. Jose Aldo

15. Edson Barboza *NR

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. Al Iaquinta

10. Kevin Lee

11. Beneil Dariush

12. Islam Makhachev

13. Gregor Gillespie

14. Donald Cerrone

15. Drew Dober

UFC WELTERWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: KAMARU USMAN

1. Gilbert Burns

2. Colby Covington

3. Leon Edwards

4. Jorge Masvidal

5. Tyron Woodley

6. Stephen Thompson

7. Demian Maia

8. Michael Chiesa

9. Rafael dos Anjos

10. Vicente Luque

11. Neil Magny +3

12. Geoff Neal -1

13. Nate Diaz -1

14. Anthony Pettis +1

15. Robbie Lawler -2

UFC MIDDLEWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: ISRAEL ADESANYA

1. Robert Whittaker

2. Paulo Costa

3. Jared Cannonier

4. Jack Hermansson

5. Yoel Romero

6. Darren Till

7. Derek Brunson

8. Kelvin Gastelum

9. Uriah Hall

10. Edmen Shahbazyan

11. Chris Weidman

12. Brad Tavares

13. Omari Akhmedov

14. Ian Heinisch

15. Marvin Vettori

UFC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: VACANT

1. Dominick Reyes

2. Thiago Santos

3. Jan Blachowicz

4. Glover Teixeira

5. Aleksandar Rakic +3

6. Jiri Prochazka

7. Volkan Oezdemir

8. Anthony Smith -3

9. Nikita Krylov

10. Misha Cirkunov

11. Johnny Walker

12. Ryan Spann

13. (T) Magomed Ankalaev

13. (T) Mauricio Rua +1

15. Paul Craig

UFC HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: STIPE MIOCIC

1. Francis Ngannou

2. Curtis Blaydes

3. Daniel Cormier

4. Jairzinho Rozenstruik

5. Derrick Lewis

6. Alistair Overeem

7. Junior dos Santos

8. Alexander Volkov

9. Augusto Sakai

10. Walt Harris

11. Shamil Abdurakhimov

12. Aleksei Oleinik

13. Ciryl Gane +1

14. Sergei Pavlovich -1

15. Blagoy Ivanov

WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND RANKINGS

1. Amanda Nunes

2. Weili Zhang

3. Valentina Shevchenko

4. Rose Namajunas

5. Joanna Jedrzejczyk

6. Jessica Andrade

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

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: WEILI ZHANG

1. Rose Namajunas

2. Jessica Andrade

3. Tatiana Suarez

4. Joanna Jedrzejczyk

5. Nina Ansaroff

6. Claudia Gadelha

7. Carla Esparza

8. Michelle Waterson

9. Marina Rodriguez

10. Yan Xiaonan

11. Tecia Torres

12. Amanda Ribas

13. Angela Hill

14. Virna Jandiroba +1

15. Mackenzie Dern *NR

WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: VALENTINA SHEVCHENKO

1. Katlyn Chookagian

2. Cynthia Calvillo

3. Jennifer Maia

4. Lauren Murphy

5. (T) Joanne Calderwood

5. (T) Jessica Eye

7. Roxanne Modafferi

8. Viviane Araujo

9. Andrea Lee

10. Maycee Barber

11. Alexis Davis

12. Montana De La Rosa

13. Antonina Shevchenko

14. Alexa Grasso *NR

15. Gillian Robertson

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: AMANDA NUNES

1. Germaine de Randamie

2. Holly Holm

3. Aspen Ladd

4. Julianna Pena

5. Raquel Pennington

6. Irene Aldana

7. Ketlen Vieira

8. Yana Kunitskaya

9. Sara McMann

10. Marion Reneau

11. Lina Lansberg

12. Macy Chiasson

13. Pannie Kianzad

14. Julia Avila

15. Sijara Eubanks