MMA Rankings: Featherweight Yair Rodriguez nearly breaks in with strong performance
Nothing new to report this week, though one fighter made a strong case for a spot in the rankings.
Yair Rodriguez continued his impressive ascent in the UFC featherweight division with a split-decision win over Alex Caceres in the main event of the UFC’s first card in Utah.
It just wasn’t quite enough to supplant any of the top-10 featherweights in the newest CoveringTheCage.com rankings.
Rodriguez, one of the flashiest and most creative strikers in the entire organization will almost certainly break into that group in the near future should he continue to perform at such a high level.
At just 23 years old, he has plenty of time to make his move.
Cub Swanson looked very good in defeating Tatsuya Kawajiri on the same card, but also held steady in his spot this week.
Feel free to share any disagreements and stay tuned for the latest updates, and keep in mind, while the ranked weight classes are those used by the UFC, fighters competing outside the organization are eligible.
MEN
Heavyweight
1. Stipe Miocic
2. Fabricio Werdum
3. Cain Velasquez
4. Alistair Overeem
5. Junior dos Santos
6. Ben Rothwell
7. Mark Hunt
8. Andrei Arlovski
9. Travis Browne
10. Josh Barnett
Light Heavyweight
1. Jon Jones
2. Daniel Cormier
3. Anthony Johnson
4. Alexander Gustafsson
5. Glover Teixeira
6. Ryan Bader
7. Liam McGeary
8. Nikita Krylov
9. Phil Davis
10. Ovince St. Preux
Middleweight
1. Michael Bisping
2. Luke Rockhold
3. Chris Weidman
4. Yoel Romero
5. Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza
6. Gegard Mousasi
7. Lyoto Machida
8. Vitor Belfort
9. Anderson Silva
10. Tim Kennedy
Welterweight
1. Tyron Woodley
2. Stephen Thompson
3. Robbie Lawler
4. Rory MacDonald
5. Ben Askren
6. Carlos Condit
7. Demian Maia
8. Neil Magny
9. Andrey Koreshkov
10. Kelvin Gastelum
Lightweight
1. Eddie Alvarez
2. Khabib Nurmagomedov
3. Rafael dos Anjos
4. Tony Ferguson
5. Edson Barboza
6. Nate Diaz
7. Anthony Pettis
8. Will Brooks
9. Justin Gaethje
10. Michael Chiesa
Featherweight
1. Conor McGregor
2. Jose Aldo
3. Frankie Edgar
4. Max Holloway
5. Daniel Straus
6. Cub Swanson
7. Charles Oliveira
8. Ricardo Lamas
9. Jeremy Stephens
10. Brian Ortega
Bantamweight
1. Dominick Cruz
2. TJ Dillashaw
3. Urijah Faber
4. John Dodson
5. Bryan Caraway
6. Cody Garbrandt
7. Raphael Assuncao
8. John Lineker
9. Bibiano Fernandes
10. Aljamain Sterling
Flyweight
1. Demetrious Johnson
2. Joseph Benavidez
3. Henry Cejudo
4. Ali Bagautinov
5. Jussier Formiga
6. Kyoji Horiguchi
7. Wilson Reis
8. Zach Makovsky
9. Louis Smolka
10. Ian McCall
WOMEN
Bantamweight
1. Ronda Rousey
2. Amanda Nunes
3. Valentina Shevchenko
4. Miesha Tate
5. Holly Holm
6. Julianna Pena
7. Alexis Davis
8. Cat Zingano
9. Sara McMann
10. Tonya Evinger
Strawweight
1. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
2. Claudia Gadelha
3. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
4. Rose Namajunas
5. Jessica Aguilar
6. Valerie Letourneau
7. Carla Esparza
8. Tecia Torres
9. Angela Hill
10. Jessica Andrade
OVERALL
Pound-for-Pound
1. Demetrious Johnson
2. Jon Jones
3. Daniel Cormier
4. Dominick Cruz
5. Conor McGregor
6. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
7. Stipe Miocic
8. Eddie Alvarez
9. Khabib Nurmagomedov
10. Tyron Woodley
Contact reporter Adam Hill at ahill@reviewjournal.com or 702-224-5509. Follow him on Twitter: @adamhilllvrj
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