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Every UFC fighter spends their time in the company trying to work their way up the ladder until they can reach the position that they were aiming for. This is true for each and every competitor.
One way their status in the company is measured is through their position on the UFC rankings. The fighters are ranked on the basis of their performance and they try and move up the list to get to the position of a Champion. The rankings change on the basis of their performance after every event.
Last weekend, the fighters performed in one of the hottest cards of the year, UFC 244. Following the card, the rankings have changed yet again. In this article, we are going to take a look at how every UFC 244 fighter is ranked after the event. Other fighters, who had no performances over the weekend had their rankings change as well, so we will mention them.
Without any further ado, let's get into it.
Women's Bantamweight:
There were no fights for the Women's Bantamweight division at UFC 244 and thus, there were no changes in the rankings for the division.
UFC Women's Flyweight Division
In the Women's Flyweight Division, Kaitlyn Chookagian faced Jennifer Maia and was able to defeat her. Both women retained their spot at #1 and #5, respectively. Lower down the table, Lauren Murphy rose to #8, while Roxanne Modafferi sank to #9.
UFC Women's Strawweight Division
Much like the Women's Bantamweight division, the Women's Strawweight division did not see any real changes take place as there were no fights scheduled for them. Zhang Weili remains the Champion of the division.
Continue reading as we move on to the next division.
UFC Flyweight Division
Here too, there were no Flyweights competing at UFC 244, so the division rankings remain unchanged.
UFC Bantamweight Division
The Bantamweight division shows no changes either, due to a lack of fights this weekend.
UFC Featherweight Division
The UFC Featherweight Division saw two fights. In one fight, Julio Arce defeated Hakeem Dawodu. Neither of the fighters were ranked.
On the other hand, the other fight saw Shane Burgos pick up a win against Mawan Amirkhani. While Burgos stayed steady at #12, Arnold Allen moved to #14 and Ryan Hall slid to #15, despite not having fought on the night itself.
UFC Lightweight Division
The UFC Lightweight division saw quite a few changes on the night. Previously undefeated fight, Gregor Gillespie, slid down one spot to #12 after being knocked out by Kevin Lee. He pushed up Anthony Pettis to #11 on the UFC rankings.
Meanwhile, Kevin Lee jumped two spots up the rankings to #8, pushing down Al Iaquinta to #9 and Edson Barboza to #10. Following his clean KO, another win might see Lee ready for a title shot.
Continue reading as we talk about the Welterweight, Middleweight, Light Heavyweight, and Heavyweight Divisions.
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.
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.
UFC Middleweight Division
The UFC Middleweight Division saw a lot of movement after the UFC 244 event as well.
Brad Tavares fought Edmen Shahbazyan, only to lose. He dropped down two spots to #13, while Shahbazyan climbed up three spots in the rankings to #10. The arrival of Darren Till after his debut in the Middleweight division also saw some downward movement in the division.
He debuted at #5, having defeated former title contender, Kelvin Gastelum. Meanwhile, Gastelum moved down the rankings to #7. Jared Cannonier moved up to #4, despite not having a fight over the weekend.
A lot of other fighters moved down the UFC rankings despite not having a fight over the weekend, including Ronaldo Souza to #8, Derek Brunson to #9, Ian Heinisch to #11, Uriah Hall to #12 Antonio Carlos Jr to #14, and Omari Akhmedov to #15.
UFC Light Heavyweight Division
There was not much movement in the Light Heavyweight table as there was only one fight, the one between Corey Anderson and Johnny Walker.
Anderson took on Walker and stopped the hype train by beating him. He moved up two spots to #5, while Jan Blachowicz slid to #6 and Alexander Gustafsson slid to #7.
Johnny Walker suffered his first-ever defeat in the UFC but stayed steady at #11.
UFC Heavyweight Division
Finally, the UFC Heavyweight Division saw quite a bit of movement in the rankings as well. There two Heavyweight fights on the card, all of which affected the UFC rankings in one way or the other.
The first fight of the night saw the previously unranked Jairzinho Rozenstruik take on and defeat the former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski. Arlovski has not been pushing the upper echelons of the division for quite a while and is currently unranked.
Jairzinho Rozenstruik's victory over Arlovski saw him climb to #14, while Maurice Greene is now ranked at #15. Augusto Sakai fell a point to #12.
Meanwhile, in the main card of the night, Derrick Lewis put on an extraordinary performance against Blagov Ivanov. The performance was enough for the former title contender to remain ranked at #5. On the other hand, Ivanov slipped down the rankings in the UFC
He slid down two spots to #10, while in turn Walt Harris was pushed up to #9, and Shamil Abdurakhimov to #8.
You can check out the full tables of the rankings here, on Sportskeeda.
