UFC Rankings Update: Dricus Du Plessis Climbs 5 Spots On P4P List, Israel Adesanya Falls 2 Spots

This past Saturday, Dricus Du Plessis submitted Israel Adesanya via rear-naked choke in round 4 to retain the Middleweight Title at UFC 305. With that victory, Du Plessis was able to soar five spots in the pound-for-pound rankings. Du Plessis ranked #6, while Adesanya fell two spots down and ranked #15.

Bantamweight Champion Sean O’Malley, Leon Edwards, Alexander Volkanovski, Interim Heavyweight Champion Tom Aspinall, and BMF Champion Max Holloway fell one spot down and ranked #7, #8, #9, #10, and #11, respectively. Sean Strickland climbed from #15 to #13 on the pound-for-pound rankings.

Kai Kara-France defeated Steve Erceg via TKO in round 1 at UFC 305. Erceg slipped one spot down on the flyweight and ranked #8. Kara-France ranked #4 on the list.

Dan Hooker defeated Mateusz Gamrot by split decision at UFC 305. With that victory, Hooker moved up six spots on the lightweight list and ranked #5. Gamrot fell three spots down and ranked #8.

Jairzinho Rozenstruik picked up a split decision win over Tai Tuivasa at UFC 305. Rozenstruik climbed from #12 to #10 in the heavyweight rankings and Tuivasa slipped three spots down and ranked #13.

Men’s Pound-For-Pound Rankings

#	Name	Record
1	Islam Makhachev	26-1
2	Alex Pereira	11-2
3	Jon Jones	27-1 (1 NC)
4	Ilia Topuria	15-0
5	Belal Muhammad	24-3 (1 NC)
6 ⬆5	Dricus Du Plessis	22-2
7 ⬇1	Sean O’Malley	18-1 (1 NC)
8 ⬇1	Leon Edwards	22-4 (1 NC)
9 ⬇1	Alexander Volkanovski	26-4
10 ⬇1	Tom Aspinall	15-3
11 ⬇1	Max Holloway	26-7
12	Alexandre Pantoja	28-5
13 ⬆2	Sean Strickland	29-6
14	Charles Oliveira	34-10 (1 NC)
15 ⬇2	Israel Adesanya	24-4

Women’s Pound-For-Pound Rankings

#	Name	Record
1	Alexa Grasso	16-3-1
2	Zhang Weili	25-3
3	Valentina Shevchenko	23-4-1
4	Manon Fiorot	12-1
5	Julianna Peña	11-5
6 ⬆1	Rose Namajunas	13-6
7 ⬆1	Erin Blanchfield	12-2
8 ⬇3	Raquel Pennington	16-8
9	Tatiana Suarez	10-0
10	Yan Xiaonan	17-4 (1 NC)
11	Jéssica Andrade	26-12
11	Kayla Harrison	17-1
13	Virna Jandiroba	21-3
14	Ketlen Vieira	14-3
15	Amanda Lemos	14-4-1

Heavyweight

#	Name	Record
C	Jon Jones	27-1 (1 NC)
IC	Tom Aspinall	15-3
2	Ciryl Gane	12-2
3	Alexander Volkov	38-10
4	Sergei Pavlovich	18-3
5	Curtis Blaydes	18-5 (1 NC)
6	Jailton Almeida	21-3
7	Serghei Spivac	17-4
7	Stipe Miocic	20-4
9	Marcin Tybura	25-9
10 ⬆2	Jairzinho Rozenstruik	15-5
11	Derrick Lewis	28-12 (1 NC)
12 ⬆1	Alexander Romanov	17-3
13 ⬇3	Tai Tuivasa	15-8
14	Marcos Rogerio de Lima	22-10-1
15	Rodrigo Nascimento	11-2 (1 NC)

Middleweight

#	Name	Record
C	Dricus Du Plessis	22-2
1	Sean Strickland	29-6
2	Israel Adesanya	24-4
3	Robert Whittaker	27-7
4	Nassourdine Imavov	14-4 (1 NC)
5	Jared Cannonier	17-7
6	Marvin Vettori	19-7-1
7	Brendan Allen	24-5
8	Paulo Costa	14-4
9	Jack Hermansson	24-8
10	Roman Dolidze	13-3
11	Khamzat Chimaev	13-0
12	Caio Borralho	16-1 (1 NC)
13	Michel Pereira	31-11 (2 NC)
14	Anthony Hernandez	12-2 (1 NC)
15	Chris Curtis	31-11 (1 NC)

Lightweight

#	Name	Record
C	Islam Makhachev	26-1
1	Arman Tsarukyan	22-3
2	Charles Oliveira	34-10 (1 NC)
3	Justin Gaethje	25-5
4	Dustin Poirier	30-9 (1 NC)
5 ⬆6	Dan Hooker	24-12
6	Michael Chandler	23-8
7	Beneil Dariush	22-6-1
8 ⬇3	Mateusz Gamrot	24-3 (1 NC)
9	Max Holloway	26-7
10 ⬇2	Rafael Fiziev	12-3
11 ⬇1	Renato Moicano	19-5-1
12	Benoit Saint-Denis	13-2 (1 NC)
13	Rafael dos Anjos	32-16
14	Jalin Turner	14-8
15	Paddy Pimblett	22-3

Flyweight

#	Name	Record
C	Alexandre Pantoja	28-5
1	Brandon Royval	16-7
2	Brandon Moreno	21-8-2
3	Amir Albazi	17-1
4	Kai Kara-France	25-11 (1 NC)
5	Tatsuro Taira	16-0
6	Alex Perez	25-9
7 ⬆1	Matheus Nicolau	19-5-1
8 ⬇1	Steve Erceg	12-3
9	Manel Kape	19-7
10	Tim Elliott	21-13-1
11	Matt Schnell	16-8 (1 NC)
11	Tagir Ulanbekov	15-2
13	Bruno Silva	14-5-2 (1 NC)
14	Asu Almabayev	20-2
15	Cody Durden	16-6-1

Women’s Flyweight

#	Name	Record
C	Alexa Grasso	16-3-1
1	Valentina Shevchenko	23-4-1
2	Manon Fiorot	12-1
3	Erin Blanchfield	12-2
4	Maycee Barber	14-2
5	Rose Namajunas	13-6
6	Jéssica Andrade	26-12
7	Katlyn Cerminara	18-6
8	Natália Silva	17-5-1
9 ⬆1	Amanda Ribas	13-5
10 ⬆1	Karine Silva	18-4
11 ⬇2	Viviane Araújo	12-6
11	Tracy Cortez	11-2
13	Ariane Lipski	17-9
14	Jasmine Jasudavicius	11-3
15	Casey O’Neill	10-2