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UFC Welterweight Division

The UFC Welterweight Division was heavily featured at UFC 244, and as a result, there has been a considerable change in the rankings for the division.

Lyman Good and Chance Rencountre fought each other at UFC 244's Early Prelims. While Good won, neither of the fighters are currently ranked.

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Darren Till moved to Middleweight and is no longer on the Welterweight table, as a result of which there was a lot of upward movement for the division, with Geoff Neal appearing at #15, although he was previously not ranked.

Despite losing his fight against Stephen Thompson, after having the fight of the night and with Darren Till's move, Vicente Luque moved up one spot to #13. Stephen Thompson jumped two spots to #8. Jorge Masvidal, despite his win, stayed steady at #3, while Nate Diaz slid down two spots to #9 on the UFC rankings.

Also moving up a spot is Gilbert Burns to #14, Ben Askren to #12, Robbie Lawler to #11, Anthony Pettis to #10, and finally Santiago Ponzinibbio to #7.

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