The latest "official" Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) rankings are out thanks to the conclusion of UFC Fight Night 33: "Hunt vs. Bigfoot," which took place last week (Fri., Dec. 6, 2013) at Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
And the Welterweight silliness seems to have been corrected ... at least until the next mixed martial arts (MMA) "media" poll.
Before we get to the changes at Heavyweight, which were brought about by the UFC Fight Night 33 main event between Mark Hunt vs. Antonio Silva (watch full video highlights here) "Down Under," let's point out the 170-pound problem ... again.
Robbie Lawler has reclaimed his No. 3 spot -- sending Rory MacDonald back down to No. 4 -- without even lifting a finger. That sounds about right, considering that just last month, "Ruthless" unseated "Ares" from that spot with a hard-fought win at UFC 167.
It appears the rankers realized the error of their ways.
However, Lyoto Machida somehow leap-frogged Michael Bisping at Middleweight, while Tim Kennedy did the same to Constantinos Philippou and Fabricio Werdum reclaimed his No. 2 position from Daniel Cormier.
Whatever.
Anyway, Hunt ousted Roy Nelson from the Top 10 list and dropped Frank Mir and Stipe Miocic one spot each thanks to his five-round war with "Bigfoot," who remained at No. 4. And Mauricio Rua skyrocketed three spots thanks to starching James Te Huna with a killer left cross (watch full video highlights here).
Below are the updated UFC.com rankings (+/- = movement in rankings):
Pound-for-Pound
1. Jon Jones
2. Georges St-Pierre
3. Jose Aldo
4. Anderson Silva
5. Cain Velasquez
6. Renan Barao
7. Demetrious Johnson
8. Anthony Pettis
9. Chris Weidman
10. Ben Henderson
Flyweight
Champion: Demetrious Johnson
1. Joseph Benavidez
2. John Dodson
3. Ian McCall
4. John Moraga
5. John Lineker
6. Jussier Formiga
7. Chris Cariaso
8. Tim Elliott +1
9. Ali Bagautinov -1
10. Louis Gaudinot
Bantamweight
Champion: Dominick Cruz
1. Renan Barao (Interim Champion)
2. Urijah Faber
3. Michael McDonald
4. Raphael Assuncao +1
5. Eddie Wineland -1
6. Brad Pickett
7. Scott Jorgensen
8. T.J. Dillashaw
9. Mike Easton
10. Takeya Mizugaki
Featherweight
Champion: Jose Aldo
1. Chad Mendes
2. Ricardo Lamas
3. Frankie Edgar
4. Cub Swanson
5. Chan Sung Jung
6. Dustin Poirier
7. Dennis Siver
8. Nik Lentz
9. Clay Guida
10. Darren Elkins
Lightweight
Champion: Anthony Pettis
1. Ben Henderson
2. Gilbert Melendez
3. T.J. Grant
4. Josh Thomson
5. Nate Diaz
6. Rafael dos Anjos
7. Khabib Nurmagomedov
8. Donald Cerrone +1
9. Gray Maynard -1
10. Jim Miller
Welterweight
Champion: Georges St-Pierre
1. Johny Hendricks
2. Carlos Condit
3. Robbie Lawler +1
4. Rory MacDonald -1
5. Jake Ellenberger
6. Demian Maia
7. Jake Shields
8. Martin Kampmann +1
9. Matt Brown -1
10. Nick Diaz
Middleweight
Champion: Chris Weidman
1. Anderson Silva
2. Vitor Belfort
3. Ronaldo Souza
4. Lyoto Machida +1
5. Michael Bisping -1
6. Luke Rockhold
7. Mark Munoz
8. Francis Carmont
9. Tim Kennedy +1
10. Constantinos Philippou -1
Light Heavyweight
Champion: Jon Jones
1. Alexander Gustafsson
2. Glover Teixeira
3. Rashad Evans
4. Phil Davis
5. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
6. Mauricio Rua +3
7. Dan Henderson -1
8. Chael Sonnen -1
9. Gegard Mousasi -1
10. Lyoto Machida
Heavyweight
Champion: Cain Velasquez
1. Junior dos Santos
2. Fabricio Werdum +1
3. Daniel Cormier -1
4. Antonio Silva
5. Travis Browne
6. Josh Barnett
7. Alistair Overeem
8. Mark Hunt (not ranked)
9. Frank Mir -1
10. Stipe Miocic -1
Women's Bantamweight
Champion: Ronda Rousey
1. Cat Zingano
2. Miesha Tate
3. Alexis Davis
4. Sara McMann
5. Sarah Kaufman
6. Liz Carmouche
7. Jessica Eye
8. Amanda Nunes
9. Jessica Andrade
10. Germaine de Randamie
Thoughts?
Let's get some feedback, Maniacs, then compare this list to the one recently compiled by the SB Nation rankings committee here. To compare these to the last official UFC rankings click here.