The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently tied a ribbon around its UFC Vegas 77 fight card, which took place last Saturday night (July 15, 2023) on ESPN and ESPN+ from inside the promotion’s APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was a big night for the winners of the main and co-main events, who both saw improvements in the official rankings update on Tuesday morning.
Mayra Bueno Silva jumped seven spots to No. 3 at 135 pounds after submitting former women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm. “Sheetara” also replaced “The Preacher’s Daughter” at No. 14 on the women’s pound-for-pound list. In the men’s welterweight division, Jack Della Maddalena jumped past fellow 170-pound prospect Ian Machado Garry, landing at No. 13 with his split decision victory over Basil Hafez in “Sin City.”
Here’s how the UFC compiles its official rankings:
Rankings were generated by a voting panel made up of media members. Media members were asked to vote for who they feel are the top fighters in the UFC by weight-class and pound-for-pound. A fighter is only eligible to be considered if they are active in the UFC. A fighter can appear in more than one weight division at a time. The champion and interim champion are considered to be in the top positions of their respective divisions and therefore are not eligible for participation by weight class. However, the champions can be voted on for the pound-for-pound rankings.
MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND
1. (T) Jon Jones 1. (T) Alexander Volkanovski 3. Islam Makhachev 4. Leon Edwards 5. Israel Adesanya 6. Aljamain Sterling 7. Charles Oliveira 8. Kamaru Usman 9. Alexandre Pantoja 10. Jiri Prochazka 11. Alex Pereira 12. Max Holloway 13. Dustin Poirier 14. Jamahal Hill 15. Brandon Moreno
Adesanya is ranked number 5
FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Alexandre Pantoja
1. Brandon Moreno 2. Deiveson Figueiredo 3. Amir Albazi 4. Brandon Royval 5. Kai Kara France 6. Matheus Nicolau 7. Alex Perez 8. Matt Schnell 9. Manel Kape 10. Tim Elliott 11. Muhammad Mokaev 12. Su Mudaerji 13. Tagir Ulanbekov 14. Steve Erceg 15. David Dvorak
BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Aljamain Sterling
1. Merab Dvalishvili 2. Sean O’Malley 3. Henry Cejudo 4. Cory Sandhagen 5. Petr Yan 6. Marlon Vera 7. Rob Font 8. Song Yadong 9. Dominick Cruz 10. Pedro Munhoz 11. Umar Nurmagomedov 12. Ricky Simon 13. Adrian Yanez 14. Chris Gutierrez 15. Jonathan Martinez
FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Alexander Volkanovski
1. Max Holloway 2. Yair Rodriguez 3. Brian Ortega 4. Arnold Allen 5. Ilia Topuria 6. Josh Emmett 7. Calvin Kattar 8. Chan Sung Jung 9. Giga Chikadze 10. Movsar Evloev 11. Sodiq Yusuff 12. Bryce Mitchell 13. Dan Ige 14. Edson Barboza 15. Alex Caceres
LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Islam Makhachev
1. Charles Oliveira 2. Dustin Poirier 3. Justin Gaethje 4. Beneil Dariush 5. Michael Chandler 6. Rafael Fiziev 7. Mateusz Gamrot 8. Arman Tsarukyan 9. Rafael dos Anjos 10. Dan Hooker 11. Grant Dawson 12. Jalin Turner 13. Renato Moicano 14. Damir Ismagulov 15. Matt Frevola
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Leon Edwards
1. Kamaru Usman 2. Colby Covington 3. Belal Muhammed 4. Khamzat Chimaev 5. Gilbert Burns 6. Shavkat Rakhmonov 7. Stephen Thompson 8. (T) Geoff Neal 8. (T) Sean Brady 10. Vicente Luque 11. Neil Magny 12. Michael Chiesa 13. Jack Della Maddalena +1 14. Ian Machado Garry -1 15. Michel Pereira
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Israel Adesanya
1. Dricus Du Plessis 2. Alex Pereira 3. Robert Whittaker 4. Jared Cannonier 5. Marvin Vettori 6. Sean Strickland 7. Paulo Costa 8. Derek Brunson 9. Roman Dolidze 10. Jack Hermansson 11. Brendan Allen 12. Kelvin Gastelum 13. Nassourdine Imavov 14. Andre Muniz 15. Chris Curtis
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Jamahal Hill
1. Jiri Prochazka 2. Magomed Ankalaev 3. Jan Blachowicz 4. Aleksandar Rakic 5. (T) Nikita Krylov 5. (T) Johnny Walker 7. Anthony Smith 8. Volkan Oezdemir 9. Paul Craig 10. Ryan Spann 11. Azamat Murzakanov 12. Dominick Reyes 13. Khalil Rountree 14. Jim Crute 15. Dustin Jacoby
HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Jon Jones
1. Sergei Pavlovich 2. Ciryl Gane 3. Stipe Miocic 4. Curtis Blaydes 5. Tom Aspinall 6. Tai Tuivasa 7. Alexander Volkov 8. Serghei Spivac 9. Jailton Almeida 10. Marcin Tybura 11. Derrick Lewis 12. Jairzinho Rozenstruik 13. Alexandr Romanov 14. Chris Daukaus 15. Blagoy Ivanov
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