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With his win over Cody Garbrandt at this past Saturday’s UFC Fight Night, Rob Font left no doubt that he is an elite player in the bantamweight division. Working behind a killer jab, Font picked apart the former UFC bantamweight champion to score a clear decision victory.
With the win, Font entered the top five at 135 pounds in the CBS Sports UFC Divisional Rankings, securing the No. 4 spot. Garbrandt fell from No. 4 to No. 9 with the loss. Garbrandt is now just 1-4 in his five most recent fights.
Elsewhere, Carla Esparza and Jack Hermansson also reasserted their spots at women’s strawweight and middleweight, respectively. Esparza used her wrestling to dominate Yan Xiaonan for a second round TKO while Hermansson did the same to Edmen Shahbazyan, using a grinding wrestling approach for a decision win.
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UFC takes a rare week off with the Memorial Day holiday this weekend and returns on June 5 with a pair of heavyweight tilts featuring fighters ranked by CBS Sports, as well as a welterweight showdown with a ranked fighter.
- Heavyweight: No. 8 Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. No. 9 Augusto Sakai
- Heavyweight: No. 10 Marcin Tybura vs. Walt Harris
- Welterweight: No. 10 Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Miguel Baeza
Rankings are compiled following the submission of ballots by Brent Brookhouse, Brian Campbell and Brandon Wise. Without further ado, here’s where things stand ahead of Saturday’s card.
For Brian Campbell’s updated Pound for Pound Rankings, click here.
Flyweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Deivieson Figueiredo (c) |
20-1-1 |
|
2. Brandon Moreno |
18-5-2 |
|
3. Askar Askarov |
12-0-1 |
|
4. Matt Schnell |
15-5 |
|
5. Alexandre Pantoja |
23-5 |
|
6. Kai Kara-France |
22-9 |
|
7. Joseph Benavidez |
28-8 |
|
8. Alex Perez |
24-6 |
|
9. Brandon Royval |
12-5 |
|
10. Jussier Formiga |
23-8 |
Bantamweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Petr Yan |
15-1 |
|
2. Aljamain Sterling (c) |
19-3 |
|
3. Cory Sandhagen |
14-2 |
|
4. Cody Garbrandt Rob Font |
12-4 19-4 |
|
5. Pedro Munhoz |
19-5 |
|
6. Marlon Moraes |
23-7-1 |
|
7. Merab Dvalishili |
13-4 |
|
8. Jimmy Rivera |
23-5 |
|
9. Cody Garbrandt |
12-4 |
|
10. Jose Aldo |
29-7 |
Featherweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Alexander Volkanovski (c) |
22-1 |
|
2. Max Holloway |
22-6 |
|
3. Brian Ortega |
15-1 |
|
4. Zabit Magomedsharipov |
18-1 |
|
5. Yair Rodriguez |
12-2 |
|
6. Korean Zombie |
16-6 |
|
7. Calvin Kattar |
22-5 |
|
8. Josh Emmett |
16-2 |
|
9. Edson Barboza |
22-9 |
|
10. Dan Ige |
15-3 |
Lightweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Dustin Poirier |
27-6 |
|
2. Charles Oliveira (c) |
31-8 |
|
3. Justin Gaethje |
22-3 |
|
4. Michael Chandler |
22-6 |
|
5. Rafael dos Anjos |
30-13 |
|
6. Beneil Dariush |
21-4-1 |
|
7. Islam Makhachev |
19-1 |
|
8. Dan Hooker |
20-10 |
|
9. Conor McGregor |
22-5 |
|
10. Tony Ferguson |
25-6 |
Welterweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Kamaru Usman (c) |
19-1 |
|
2. Colby Covington |
16-2 |
|
3. Leon Edwards |
18-3 |
|
4. Gilbert Burns |
19-4 |
|
5. Stephen Thompson |
16-4-1 |
|
6. Jorge Masvidal |
35-15 |
|
7. Michael Chiesa |
18-4 |
|
8. Vicente Luque |
20-7-1 |
|
9. Neil Magny |
25-8 |
|
10. Santiago Ponzinibbio |
27-4 |
Middleweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Israel Adesanya (c) |
20-1 |
|
2. Robert Whittaker |
23-5 |
|
3. Paulo Costa |
13-1 |
|
4. Jared Cannonier |
13-5 |
|
5. Marvin Vettori |
16-4-1 |
|
6. Derek Brunson |
21-7 |
|
7. Jack Hermansson |
18-2-1 22-6 |
|
8. Uriah Hall |
17-9 |
|
9. Darren Till |
18-2-1 |
|
10. Kelvin Gastelum |
16-7 |
Light heavyweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Jan Blachowicz (c) |
28-8 |
|
2. Glover Teixeira |
32-7 |
|
3. Jiri Prochazka |
28-3-1 |
|
4. Aleksandar Rakic |
14-2 |
|
5. Thiago Santos |
21-9 |
|
6. Anthony Smith |
35-16 |
|
7. Dominick Reyes |
12-3 |
|
8. Magomed Ankalaev |
15-1 |
|
9. Johnny Walker |
18-5 |
|
10. Nikita Krylov |
26-8 |
Heavyweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Francis Ngannou (c) |
16-3 |
|
2. Stipe Miocic |
20-4 |
|
3. Derrick Lewis |
25-7 |
|
4. Curtis Blaydes |
14-3 |
|
5. Alexander Volkov |
33-8 |
|
6. Ciryl Gane |
8-0 |
|
7. Alistair Overeem |
47-19 |
|
8. Jairzinho Rozenstruik |
11-2 |
|
9. Augusto Sakai |
15-2-1 |
|
10. Marcin Tybura |
21-6 |
Women’s strawweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Rose Namajunas (c) |
10-4 |
|
2. Weili Zhang |
21-1 |
|
3. Carla Esparza |
18-6 |
|
4. Joanna Jedrzejczyk |
16-4 |
|
5. Mackenzie Dern |
11-1 |
|
6. Marina Rodriguez |
14-1-2 |
|
7. Yan Xiaonan |
13-2 |
|
8. Tatiana Suarez |
8-0 |
|
9. Michelle Waterson |
18-9 |
|
10. Jessica Andrade |
21-9 |
Women’s flyweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Valentina Shevchenko (c) |
21-3 |
|
2. Lauren Murphy |
14-4 |
|
3. Katlyn Chookagian |
16-4 |
|
4. Joanne Calderwood |
15-5 |
|
5. Jessica Andrade |
21-9 |
Women’s bantamweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Amanda Nunes (c) |
21-4 |
|
2. Germaine de Randamie |
10-4 |
|
3. Holly Holm |
14-5 |
|
4. Aspen Ladd |
9-1 |
|
5. Yana Kunitskaya |
14-5 |
|
6. Irene Aldana |
12-6 |
|
7. Julianna Pena |
10-4 |
|
8. Julia Avila |
8-2 |
|
9. Ketlen Vieira |
11-2 |
|
10. Sara McMann |
12-6 |