UFC Releases Updated Pound-For-Pound Rankings

The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s latest pound-for-pound rankings are out and Jon Jones keeps hold of the top spot.

Jones, who returned from a two-year hiatus last December, recaptured the light heavyweight championship in his rematch against Alexander Gustafsson.

He has successfully defended his belt twice, beating Anthony Smith and Thiago Santos respectively.

With this solid run, the MMA great retains his spot on the updated pound-for-pound rankings released by the UFC on Tuesday afternoon.

Meanwhile, the promotion’s biggest draw, Conor McGregor, fell to 14th spot, down two places from his previous rank.

‘The Notorious’ from Ireland last fought in October 2018, where he lost to lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov by way of submission.

Completing the top five of the P4P rankings are Nurmagomedov, two-weight champs, Henry Cejudo and Amanda Nunes, and Stipe Miocic.

Check out the full list below:

Pound-For-Pound

1. Jon Jones

2. Khabib Nurmagomedov

3. Henry Cejudo

4. Stipe Miocic

5. Amanda Nunes

6. Daniel Cormier

7. Max Holloway

8. Israel Adesanya

9. Tony Ferguson

10. Kamaru Usman

11. Valentina Shevchenko

12. Dustin Poirier

13. Robert Whittaker +1

14. Conor McGregor -2

15. Tyron Woodley

Flyweight

Champion: Henry Cejudo

1. Joseph Benavidez

2. Jussier Formiga

3. Deiveson Figueiredo

4. Alexandre Pantoja

5. Brandon Moreno

6. Kai Kara France

7. Rogerio Bontorin

8. Tim Elliott

9. Matt Schnell

10. Jordan Espinosa

11. Alex Perez

12. Askar Askarov

13. Ryan Benoit

14. Mark De La Rosa

15. Raulian Paiva

Bantamweight

Champion: Henry Cejudo

1. Marlon Moraes

2. Aljamain Sterling

3. Cory Sandhagen

4. Petr Yan

5. Raphael Assuncao

6. Pedro Munhoz

7. Jimmie Rivera

8. Cody Garbrandt

9. Cody Stamann

10. Rob Font

11. John Dodson

12. Urijah Faber

13. Song Yadong

14. Marlon Vera

15. Casey Kenney

Featherweight

Champion: Max Holloway

1. Alexander Volkanovski

2. Brian Ortega

3. Jose Aldo

4. Zabit Magomedsharipov

5. Frankie Edgar

6. Yair Rodriguez

7. Chan Sung Jung

8. Renato Moicano

9. Jeremy Stephens

10. Josh Emmett

11. Calvin Kattar

12. Shane Burgos

13. Mirsad Bektic

14. Arnold Allen

15. Ryan Hall

Lightweight

Champion: Khabib Nurmagomedov

1. Tony Ferguson

2. Dustin Poirier

3. Conor McGregor

4. Justin Gaethje

5. Donald Cerrone

6. Paul Felder

7. Dan Hooker

8. Kevin Lee

9. Al Iaquinta

10. Edson Barboza

11. Anthony Pettis

12. Gregor Gillespie

13. Charles Oliveira

14. Alexander Hernandez

15. Islam Makhachev

Welterweight

Champion: Kamaru Usman

1. Tyron Woodley

2. Colby Covington

3. Jorge Masvidal

4. Leon Edwards

5. Rafael dos Anjos

6. Demian Maia

7. Santiago Ponzinibbio

8. Stephen Thompson

9. Nate Diaz

10. Anthony Pettis

11. Robbie Lawler

12. Ben Askren

13. Vicente Luque

14. Gilbert Burns

15. Geoff Neal

Middleweight

Champion: Israel Adesanya

1. Robert Whittaker

2. Paulo Costa

3. Yoel Romero

4. Jared Cannonier

5. Darren Till

6. Jack Hermansson

7. Kelvin Gastelum

8. Derek Brunson +1

9. Edmen Shahbazyan +1

10. Ian Heinisch +1

11. Uriah Hall +1

12. Brad Tavares +1

13. Antonio Carlos Junior +1

14. Omari Akhmedov +1

15. Anderson Silva *NR

Light Heavyweight

Champion: Jon Jones

1. Thiago Santos +1

2. Daniel Cormier -1

3. Anthony Smith

4. Dominick Reyes

5. Corey Anderson

6. Jan Blachowicz

7. Alexander Gustafsson

8. Volkan Oezdemir

9. Glover Teixeira

10. Aleksandar Rakic

11. Johnny Walker

12. Ilir Latifi

13. Misha Cirkunov

14. Nikita Krylov +1

15. Ronaldo Souza *NR

Heavyweight

Champion: Stipe Miocic

1. Daniel Cormier

2. Francis Ngannou

3. Curtis Blaydes

4. Junior dos Santos

5. Derrick Lewis

6. (T) Alistair Overeem

6. (T) Alexander Volkov

8. Walt Harris

9. Shamil Abdurakhimov

10. Blagoy Ivanov

11. Aleksei Oleinik

12. Augusto Sakai

13. Sergei Pavlovich

14. Jairzinho Rozenstruik

15. Maurice Greene

(Featured Image Source: Instagram/ Jon Jones and Conor McGregor)

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