Despite not earning the top spot at featherweight after his win over Dennis Siver, “Notorious” walked away with a better prize — a shot at the Featherweight strap.
The official Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) rankings have been updated following UFC Fight Night 59, which went down this past weekend (Sun., Jan., 18, 2015) from TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
For full results click here.
Conor McGregor lived up to the hype, yet again, obliterating Dennis Siver in the main event via technical knockout in round two (watch video highlights). That performance was good enough to catapult the fiery Irishman up to the No. 4 spot on the featherweight ladder.
The win was also good enough to earn him a shot at division kingpin Jose Aldo, which is set to go down at UFC 187 on May 24, 2015, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In the co-main event, Donald Cerrone squeaked by Ben Henderson in their 155-pound scrap (see it again here). Apparently, the performance wasn’t impressive enough to improve Cerrone’s standing, as he — along with “Smooth” — remained in the same positions prior to their trilogy match.
In other movement, UFC bantamweight champ T.J. Dillashaw surpassed Ronda Rosuey and Anderson Silva in the pound-for-pound rankings.
Here’s what the rest of the field looks like courtesy of UFC.com. Note: (+/- = movement in rankings, *NR = Not previously ranked).
POUND-FOR-POUND
1. Jon Jones
2. Jose Aldo
3. Demetrious Johnson
4. Chris Weidman
5. Anthony Pettis
6. Cain Velasquez
7. T.J Dillashaw +2
8. Ronda Rousey -1
9. Anderson Silva -1
10. Renan Barao
11. Robbie Lawler
12. Johny Hendricks
13. Dominick Cruz
14. Vitor Belfort
15. Alexander Gustafsson
FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Demetrious Johnson
1. John Dodson
2. Joseph Benavidez
3. Ian McCall
4. Jussier Formiga +1
4. John Moraga
6. John Lineker
7. Ali Bagautinov
8. Kyoji Horiguchi
9. Chris Cariaso
10. Zack Makovsky
11. Timothy Elliot
12. Dustin Ortiz
13. Wilson Reis +1
14. Brad Pickett -1
15. Chico Camus
BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: T.J. Dillashaw
1. Renan Barao
2. Dominick Cruz
3. Urijah Faber
4. Rafael Assuncao
5. Michael McDonald
6. Takeya Mizugaki
7. Eddie Wineland
8. Iuri Alcantara
9. Johny Eduardo
10. Bryan Caraway
11. Francisco Rivera
12. Erik Perez
13. Alex Caceres
14. Mitch Gagnon
15. Joe Soto
FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Jose Aldo
1. Chad Mendes
2. Frankie Edgar
3. Ricardo Lamas
4. Conor McGregor +1
5. Cub Swanson -1
6. Dennis Bermudez +1
7. Dustin Poirier -1
8. Nik Lentz
9. Charles Oliveira
10. Jeremy Stephens +1
11. Clay Guida +1
12. Dennis Siver -2
13. Max Holloway
14. Darren Elkins
15. Hacran Dias
LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Anthony Pettis
1. Rafael dos Anjos
2. Khabib Nurmagomedov
3. Donald Cerrone
4. Gilbert Melendez
5. Benson Henderson
6. Edson Barboza
7. Josh Thomson
8. Myles Jury
9. Bobby Green
10. Eddie Alvarez
11. Jim Miller
12. Michael Johnson
13. Jorge Masvidal
14. Nate Diaz
15. Rustam Khabilov
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Robbie Lawler
1. Johny Hendricks
2. Rory MacDonald
3. Tyron Woodley
4. Carlos Condit
5. Hector Lombard
6. Matt Brown
7. Kelvin Gastelum
8. Demian Maia
9. Tarec Saffiedine
10. Dong Hyun Kim
11. Jake Ellenberger
12. Rick Story
13. Jordan Mein
14. Gunnar Nelson
15. Ryan LaFlare
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Chris Weidman
1. Anderson Silva
2. Jacare Souza
3. Lyoto Machida
4. Vitor Belfort
5. Luke Rockhold
6. Yoel Romero
7. Tim Kennedy
8. Gegard Mousasi
9. Michael Bisping
10. C.B. Dollaway
11. Thales Leites
12. Costas Philippou
13. Mark Munoz +1
14. Tim Boetsch -1
15. Francis Carmont
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Jon Jones
1. Alexander Gustafsson
2. Daniel Cormier
3. Anthony Johnson
4. Rashad Evans
5. Phil Davis
6. Glover Teixeira
7. Ryan Bader
8. Dan Henderson
9. Ovince St. Preux
10. Jimi Manuwa
11. Mauricio Rua
12. Rafael Cavalcante
13. Fabio Maldonado
14. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
15. Vitor Belfort
HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Cain Velasquez
1. Fabricio Werdum *interim champion
2. Junior Dos Santos
3. Travis Browne
4. Stipe Miocic
5. Mark Hunt
6.Josh Barnett
7. Andrei Arlovski
8. Antonio Silva
9. Roy Nelson
10. Ben Rothwell
11. Alistair Overeem
12. Matt Mitrione
13. Frank Mir
14. Gabriel Gonzaga
15. Stefan Struve
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Ronda Rousey
1. Cat Zingano
2. Miesha Tate
3. Sara McMann
4. Alexis Davis
5. Sarah Kaufman
6. Jessica Eye
7. Liz Carmouche
8. Bethe Correira
9. Amanda Nunes
10. Jessica Andrade
11. Julianne Pena
12. Raquel Pennington
13. Germaine de Randamie
14. Holly Holm
15. Leslie Smith
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion : Carla Esparza
1. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
2. Claudia Gadelha
3. Jessica Penne
4. Rose Namajunas
5. Joanne Calderwood +1
6. Tecia Torres -1
7. Randa Markos
8. Felice Herrig
9. Aisling Daly
10. Paige VanZant +1
11. Heather Clark -1
12. Juliana Lima
13. Angela Hill
14. Seohee Ham
15. Bec Rawlings
Interesting.
You can expect these standings to change when UFC On FOX 14 goes down this weekend (Sat., Jan. 24, 2015) from Stockholm, Sweden. To check out that entire fight card and line up click here.
Until then, let’s hear your take in the comments section below.