With her win over Michelle Waterson at UFC Fight Night 161, Joanna Jedrzejczyk almost certainly punched her ticket towards another shot to regain the UFC women’s strawweight title she once held while dominating the division. In addition to that reward, Jedrzejczyk made a jump from the No. 6 to No. 4 spot in the CBS divisional rankings. She’ll have a shot at claiming the No. 1 spot from Weili Zhang should the title fight come to fruition.
Waterson, who proved her durability in losing to yet another of the division’s elite, slipped slightly in the rankings from No. 7 to No. 8
At this weekend’s UFC on ESPN 6 card in Boston, there are only two fights featuring CBS ranked fighters:
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Light heavyweight: No. 4 Dominick Reyes vs. Chris Weidman
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Featherweight: No. 8 Yair Rodriguez vs. No. 9 Jeremy Stephens
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Rankings are compiled following the submission of ballots by Brent Brookhouse, Brian Campbell, Jack Crosby and Brandon Wise. Without further ado, here’s where things stand before UFC on ESPN 6 on Friday night.
For Brian Campbell’s updated Pound for Pound Rankings, click here.
Flyweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
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1. Henry Cejudo (c) |
15-2 |
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2. Joseph Benavidez |
28-5 |
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3. Jussier Formiga |
23-6 |
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4. Deivieson Figueiredo |
16-1 |
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5. Sergio Pettis |
18-5 |
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6. Kai Kara France |
20-7 |
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7. Alexandre Pantoja |
21-4 |
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8. Matt Schnell |
14-4 |
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9. Brandon Moreno |
15-5 |
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10. Rogerio Bontorin |
16-1 |
Bantamweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Henry Cejudo (c) |
15-2 |
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2. Petr Yan |
13-1 |
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3. Aljamain Sterling |
18-3 |
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4. Cory Sandhagen |
12-1 |
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5. Marlon Moraes |
22-6-1 |
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6. Pedro Munhoz |
18-4 |
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7. Jimmie Rivera |
22-4 |
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8. Raphael Assuncao |
27-7 |
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9. TJ Dillashaw |
16-4 |
|
10. Cody Stamann |
18-2 |
Featherweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Max Holloway (c) |
21-4 |
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2. Alexander Volkanovski |
20-1 |
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3. Brian Ortega |
14-1 |
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4. Zabit Magomedsharipov |
17-1 |
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5. Frankie Edgar |
23-7-1 |
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6. Jose Aldo |
28-5 |
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7. Korean Zombie |
15-5 |
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8. Yair Rodriguez |
11-2 |
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9. Jeremy Stephens |
28-16 |
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10. Josh Emmett |
15-2 |
Lightweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Khabib Nurmagomedov (c) |
28-0 |
|
2. Tony Ferguson |
25-3 |
|
3. Dustin Poirier |
25-6 |
|
4. Justin Gaethje |
21-2 |
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5. Dan Hooker |
19-8 |
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6. Gregor Gillespie |
13-0 |
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7. Conor McGregor |
21-4 |
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8. Donald Cerrone |
36-13 |
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9. Paul Felder |
17-4 |
|
10. Al Iaquinta |
14-6-1 |
Welterweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Kamaru Usman (c) |
15-1 |
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2. Colby Covington |
15-1 |
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3. Jorge Masvidal |
34-13 |
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4. Nate Diaz |
20-11 |
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5. Tyron Woodley |
19-4-1 |
|
6. Leon Edwards |
18-3 |
|
7. Ben Askren |
19-1 |
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8. Santiago Ponzinibbio |
27-3 |
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9. Stephen Thompson |
14-4-1 |
|
10. Rafael dos Anjos |
29-12 |
Middleweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Israel Adesanya (c) |
18-0 |
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2. Paulo Costa |
13-0 |
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3. Robert Whittaker |
20-5 |
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4. Yoel Romero |
13-4 |
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5. Kelvin Gastelum |
15-4 |
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6. Jared Cannonier |
13-4 |
|
7. Derek Brunson |
20-7 |
|
8. Uriah Hall |
15-9 |
|
9. Jack Hermansson |
20-5 |
|
10. Brad Tavares |
17-5 |
Light heavyweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Jon Jones (c) |
25-1 |
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2. Thiago Santos |
21-7 |
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3. Jan Blachowicz |
24-8 |
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4. Dominick Reyes |
11-0 |
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5. Anthony Smith |
32-14 |
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6. Corey Anderson |
12-4 |
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7. Glover Teixeira |
30-7 |
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8. Johnny Walker |
17-3 |
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9. Volkan Oezdemir |
16-4 |
|
10. Aleksandr Rakic |
12-1 |
Heavyweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Stipe Miocic (c) |
19-3 |
|
2. Daniel Cormier |
22-2 |
|
3. Francis Ngannou |
14-3 |
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4. Junior dos Santos |
21-6 |
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5. Curtis Blaydes |
12-2 |
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6. Derrick Lewis |
21-7 |
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7. Alistair Overeem |
45-17 |
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8. Alexander Volkov |
30-7 |
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9. Walt Harris |
13-7 |
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10. Blagoy Ivanov |
18-2 |
Women’s strawweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
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1. Weili Zhang (c) |
20-1 |
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2. Jessica Andrade |
20-7 |
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3. Tatiana Suarez |
8-0 |
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4. Joanna Jedzejczyk |
16-3 |
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5. Claudia Gadelha |
17-4 |
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6. Nina Ansaroff |
10-6 |
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7. Carla Esparza |
14-6 |
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8. Michelle Waterson |
17-7 |
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9. Cynthia Carvalho |
8-1 |
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10. Rose Namajunas |
8-4 |
Women’s flyweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Valentina Shevchenko (c) |
18-3 |
|
2. Katlyn Chookagin |
12-2 |
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3. Joanne Calderwood |
14-4 |
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4. Jessica Eye |
14-7 |
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5. Liz Carmouche |
13-7 |
Women’s bantamweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Amanda Nunes (c) |
18-4 |
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2. Germaine de Randamie |
9-3 |
|
3. Ketlen Viera |
10-0 |
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4. Aspen Ladd |
8-1 |
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5. Holly Holm |
12-5 |
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6. Julianna Pena |
9-3 |
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7. Yana Kunitskaya |
12-4 |
|
8. Raquel Pennington |
10-5 |
|
9. Irene Aldana |
10-5 |
|
10. Sara McMann |
11-5 |
