As always, the latest action on offer inside the Octagon has seen some climb the ladder towards contention and others fall away.
And in the aftermath of UFC Fight Night: Ciryl Gane vs. Serghei Spivac, MMA News has you covered with this week’s updates to the official UFC rankings.
Men’s Pound-For-Pound: No changes.
Women’s Pound-for-Pound: The most movement this week has come on the female P4P list, where former two-time women’s strawweight champion has experienced a steep fall. “Thug Rose” was unsuccessful in her flyweight debut this past weekend in Paris.
As a result, the ex-titleholder has slipped four places to #8. The victorious Manon Fiorot, meanwhile, is four spots better off at #6. Those moves have led to some other shifts, including a two-position drop for Tatiana Suarez (#10) that now leaves her below title rival Yan Xiaonan (#9).
Higher up the ladder, Erin Blanchfield (#5) and Julianna Peña (#4) has each climbed a place, while Zhang Weili’s stint sharing top spot with Alexa Grasso lasted just a week. The Chinese star has been pushed back to #2.
Unanimous for @ManonFiorot_MMA! 👏
She takes your #UFCParis co-main over Rose Namajunas pic.twitter.com/8UQ0GQfZbw
— UFC (@ufc) September 2, 2023
Women’s Strawweight: No changes.
Women’s Flyweight: No changes.
Women’s Bantamweight: No changes.
Flyweight: No changes.
Bantamweight: No changes.
Featherweight: Following “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung’s retirement, he’s now been removed from the 145-pound rankings. With that, a spot has opened up, and it’s been filled by the undefeated Lerone Murphy. The Englishman has joined the list at #15 just over a month on from a standout victory over Joshua Culibao in London.
Those previously ranked between #11 and #15 have moved up one place each, leaving Bryce Mitchell inside the top 10.
Lightweight: No changes.
Welterweight: No changes.
Middleweight: No changes.
Light Heavyweight: No changes.
Heavyweight: Ciryl Gane returned to winning ways in style on Saturday, dominating Serghei Spivac en route to a second-round TKO in the French capital. As a result, “Bon Gamin” has been rewarded with a return to #1, which he shares alongside UFC 295 backup fighter Sergei Pavlovich.
Further down the pecking order, Spivac’s defeat has seen him drop one spot to #8, leaving Alexander Volkov (#7) a position better off ahead of his return against Tai Tuivasa this weekend in Sydney.
Ciryl Gane just landed the 2nd largest strike differential in UFC heavyweight history (109 to 11) 🤯 #UFCParis pic.twitter.com/ciZuE5VQjv
— UFC (@ufc) September 2, 2023
You can view the full updated UFC rankings here.
