UFC Rankings Update: Holly Holm climbs on women's pound for pound list; Justin Gaethje moves past former foe 

The official update in UFC rankings have been announced following last weekend’s UFC Fight Island 4 event, and there have been quite a few changes as usual, including a surprising change in the men's pound for pound list.

The most notable changes have been that of former UFC women's bantamweight champ Holly Holm and Germaine de Randamie as both fighters climbed up the women’s pound-for-pound rankings list after picking up impressive victories on the female-dominated card. In the main event of UFC Fight Island 4, Holly Holm outclassed Irene Aldana over five rounds to pick up a lopsided unanimous decision win while de Randamie submitted Julianna Pena in their main card scrap earlier that night.

There has been another interesting change on the men’s pound-for-pound list, as interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje moved past his former opponent Dustin Poirier.

Check out the updated UFC rankings below (via MMA Mania)

UFC MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND RANKINGS

1. Jon Jones

2. Khabib Nurmagomedov

3. Israel Adesanya

4. Stipe Miocic

5. Kamaru Usman

6. Alexander Volkanovski

7. Justin Gaethje +1

8. Dustin Poirier -1

9. Max Holloway

10. Petr Yan

11. Conor McGregor

12. Deiveson Figueiredo

13. Tony Ferguson

14. Robert Whittaker

15. Francis Ngannou

UFC FLYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: Deiveson Figueiredo

1. Joseph Benavidez

2. Brandon Moreno

3. Askar Askarov

4. Alex Perez

5. Alexandre Pantoja

6. Brandon Royval +1

7. Jussier Formiga -1

8. (T) Kai Kara France

8. (T) Rogerio Bontorin +1

10. Matt Schnell

11. David Dvorak

12. Raulian Paiva

13. Tim Elliott

14. Jordan Espinosa

15. Tyson Nam

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. Dominick Cruz

11. Rob Font

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. Arnold Allen +1

9. Jeremy Stephens -1

10. (T) Dan Ige

10. (T) Shane Burgos

12. Sodiq Yusuff

13. Ryan Hall

14. Edson Barboza

15. Bryce Mitchell

UFC LIGHTWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV

1. Justin Gaethje

2. Dustin Poirier

3. Tony Ferguson

4. Dan Hooker

5. Conor McGregor

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. Drew Dober

15. Donald Cerrone

UFC WELTERWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: KAMARU USMAN

1. Colby Covington

2. Gilbert Burns

3. Leon Edwards

4. Jorge Masvidal

5. Stephen Thompson

6. Demian Maia

7. Tyron Woodley

8. Michael Chiesa

9. Rafael dos Anjos

10. (T) Vicente Luque

10. (T) Neil Magny

12. Geoff Neal

13. Nate Diaz

14. Anthony Pettis

15. Robbie Lawler

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. Chris Weidman

10. Uriah Hall

11. Edmen Shahbazyan

12. Brad Tavares

13. Omari Akhmedov

14. Marvin Vettori

15. Ian Heinisch

UFC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: Jan Blachowicz

1. Thiago Santos

2. Dominick Reyes

3. Glover Teixeira

4. Aleksandar Rakic

5. Jiri Prochazka

6. Volkan Oezdemir

7. Anthony Smith

8. Nikita Krylov

9. Johnny Walker

10. Misha Cirkunov

11. Magomed Ankalaev

12. Ryan Spann

13. Mauricio Rua

14. Paul Craig

15. Ovince Saint Preux

UFC HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: STIPE MIOCIC

1. Francis Ngannou

2. Curtis Blaydes

3. Jairzinho Rozenstruik

4. Derrick Lewis

5. Alistair Overeem

6. Alexander Volkov

7. Junior dos Santos

8. Walt Harris

9. Shamil Abdurakhimov

10. Augusto Sakai

11. Aleksei Oleinik

12. (T) Sergei Pavlovich

12. (T) Ciryl Gane +1

14. Blagoy Ivanov

15. Tanner Boser

UFC 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. Holly Holm +1

8. Germaine De Randamie +1

9. Tatiana Suarez -2

10. Aspen Ladd

11. Katlyn Chookagian

12. Cynthia Calvillo +1

13. Claudia Gadelha -1

14. Nina Ansaroff +1

15. Julianna Pena -1

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: WEILI ZHANG

1. Rose Namajunas

2. Jessica Andrade

3. Tatiana Suarez

4. Joanna Jedrzejczyk

5. Nina Ansaroff

6. Carla Esparza

7. Claudia Gadelha

8. Michelle Waterson

9. Marina Rodriguez

10. Yan Xiaonan

11. Tecia Torres

12. Amanda Ribas

13. Angela Hill

14. Mackenzie Dern

15. Virna Jandiroba

WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: VALENTINA SHEVCHENKO

1. Katlyn Chookagian

2. Cynthia Calvillo

3. Jennifer Maia

4. Lauren Murphy

5. Jessica Eye

6. Joanne Calderwood

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

15. Gillian Robertson

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Champion: AMANDA NUNES

1. Germaine de Randamie

2. Holly Holm

3. Aspen Ladd

4. Raquel Pennington +1

5. Irene Aldana +1

6. Julianna Pena -2*

7. Ketlen Vieira

8. Yana Kunitskaya

9. Sara McMann

10. Marion Reneau

11. Macy Chiasson

12. Lina Lansberg

13. Sijara Eubanks

14. Pannie Kianzad

15. Julia Avila