The official Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) rankings have been updated following UFC on FOX 14, which went down this past weekend (Sat., Jan., 24, 2015) inside Tel2 Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.
Anthony Johnson solidified himself as the No. 1 light heavyweight in the world, taking over Alexander Gustafsson's top spot after blitzing though the towering Swede in the main event of the evening (video replay). The impressive victory was also good enough to earn him a championship fight against division kingpin Jon Jones.
With the loss, "The Mauler" dropped down to No. 2.
Dan Henderson now faces an even steeper climb back to contention, as "Hendo" dropped down all the way to No. 12 (still at 205) after getting knocked out by Gegard Mousasi early in the opening round (full recap here.). On the flip side, "The Dreamcatcher" climbed up to No. 7 (middleweight) after pounding out Henderson.
The victory over "Hollywood" also helped Gegard avoid "irrelevancy."
Here's what the rest of the field looks like courtesy of UFC.com. Note: (+/- = movement in rankings, *NR = Not previously ranked).
POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Jon Jones
2 Jose Aldo
3 Demetrious Johnson
4 Chris Weidman
5 Anthony Pettis
6 Cain Velasquez
7 Ronda Rousey +1
8 T.J. Dillashaw -1
9 Anderson Silva
10 Renan Barao
11 Robbie Lawler
12 Johny Hendricks
13 Vitor Belfort +1
14 Dominick Cruz -1
15 Fabricio Werdum *NR
FLYWEIGHT
Champion : Demetrious Johnson
1 John Dodson
2 Joseph Benavidez
3 Ian McCall
4 John Moraga
5 Jussier Formiga -1
6 John Lineker
7 Ali Bagautinov
8 Kyoji Horiguchi
9 Chris Cariaso
10 Zach Makovsky
11 Timothy Elliott
12 Dustin Ortiz
13 Brad Pickett +1
14 Wilson Reis -1
15 Chico Camus
BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion : T.J. Dillashaw
1 Renan Barao
2 Dominick Cruz
3 Urijah Faber
4 Raphael Assuncao
5 Michael McDonald
6 Takeya Mizugaki
7 Eddie Wineland
8 Iuri Alcantara
9 Johnny Eduardo
10 Bryan Caraway
11 Francisco Rivera
12 Erik Perez
13 Alex Caceres
14 Mitch Gagnon
15 Joe Soto
FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion : Jose Aldo
1 Chad Mendes
2 Frankie Edgar
3 Conor McGregor +1
4 Ricardo Lamas -1
5 Cub Swanson
6 Dennis Bermudez
7 Dustin Poirier
8 Nik Lentz
9 Charles Oliveira
10 Jeremy Stephens
11 Dennis Siver +1
12 Clay Guida -1
13 Max Holloway
14 Darren Elkins
15 Hacran Dias
LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion : Anthony Pettis
1 Rafael dos Anjos
2 Khabib Nurmagomedov
3 Donald Cerrone
4 Gilbert Melendez
5 Benson Henderson
6 Edson Barboza
7 Josh Thomson
8 Myles Jury
9 Bobby Green
10 Eddie Alvarez
11 Jim Miller
12 Michael Johnson
13 Jorge Masvidal
14 Nate Diaz
15 Rustam Khabilov
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion : Robbie Lawler
1 Johny Hendricks
2 Rory MacDonald
3 Tyron Woodley
4 Carlos Condit
5 Hector Lombard
6 Matt Brown
7 Kelvin Gastelum
8 Demian Maia
9 Tarec Saffiedine
10 Dong Hyun Kim
11 Jake Ellenberger
12 Rick Story
13 Jordan Mein
14 Gunnar Nelson
15 Ryan LaFlare
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion : Chris Weidman
1 Anderson Silva
2 Jacare Souza
3 Lyoto Machida
4 Vitor Belfort
5 Luke Rockhold
6 Yoel Romero
7 Gegard Mousasi +1
8 Tim Kennedy -1
9 Michael Bisping
10 CB Dollaway
11 Thales Leites
12 Costas Philippou
13 Tim Boetsch +1
14 Mark Munoz -1
15 Brad Tavares
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion : Jon Jones
1 Anthony Johnson +2
2 Alexander Gustafsson -1
3 Daniel Cormier -1
4 Rashad Evans
5 Ryan Bader +2
6 Phil Davis -1
6 Glover Teixeira
8 Ovince Saint Preux
9 Jimi Manuwa +1
10 Mauricio Rua +1
11 Rafael Cavalcante +1
12 Dan Henderson -3
13 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira +1
14 Fabio Maldonado -1
15 Patrick Cummins
HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion : Cain Velasquez
1 Fabricio Werdum (Interim Champion)
2 Junior Dos Santos
3 Travis Browne
4 Stipe Miocic
5 Mark Hunt
6 Josh Barnett
7 Andrei Arlovski
8 Bigfoot Silva
9 Roy Nelson
10 Ben Rothwell
11 Alistair Overeem
12 Matt Mitrione
13 Frank Mir
14 Gabriel Gonzaga
15 Stefan Struve
WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion : Carla Esparza
1 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
2 Claudia Gadelha
3 Jessica Penne
4 Rose Namajunas
5 Tecia Torres +1
6 Joanne Calderwood -1
7 Randa Markos
8 Felice Herrig
9 Aisling Daly
10 Paige VanZant
11 Heather Clark
12 Juliana Lima
13 Angela Hill
14 Seohee Ham
15 Bec Rawlings
WOMEN'S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion : Ronda Rousey
1 Cat Zingano
2 Miesha Tate
3 Sara McMann
4 Alexis Davis
5 Sarah Kaufman
6 Jessica Eye
7 Liz Carmouche
8 Bethe Correia
9 Amanda Nunes
10 Jessica Andrade
11 Julianna Pena
12 Raquel Pennington
13 Holly Holm +1
14 Germaine de Randamie -1
15 Leslie Smith
Interesting.
You can expect these standings to change when UFC 183: "Silva vs. Diaz" goes down this weekend (Sat., Jan. 31, 2015) from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. To check out that entire fight card and line up click here.