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 https://www.instagram.com/p/BuigGJilYEo/

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 https://www.instagram.com/p/B4xFGGcJ1cv/

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 https://www.instagram.com/p/B3iRvWaFJcc/ (Featured Image Source: Instagram/ Jon Jones and Conor McGregor)