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Nik Lentz, John Lineker, and Jacare Souza moved up in the official UFC rankings due to their UFC on FX 8 wins, while Luke Rockhold tumbled.

UFC 159 didn't have much of an effect on many divisions, but lightweight and the women's 135 division saw some changes that bled in from UFC on Fox 7.

The women's bantamweight rankings saw some major changes after Cat Zingano beat Miesha Tate on Saturday night.

It's not all that surprising that last weekend's UFC on Fuel 9 event didn't cause much of a disturbance in the official UFC fighter rankings.

Nick Diaz has plummeted in the official UFC rankings after his loss to Georges St. Pierre at UFC 158.

Yushin Okami and Mark Hunt moved up in the UFC official fighter rankings after their UFC on Fuel 8 wins, while Hector Lombard and Strefan Struve dropped. In addition to that, there's an official women's ranking list for the first time.

The official UFC fighter rankings aren't close to perfect yet, but UFC 157 did shake them up a bit.

Other than Jose Aldo in the top spot, there wasn't much consensus among the SB Nation rankings panelists on where the other men in the division currently stand.

Chael Sonnen believes he should be ranked at light heavyweight, despite not competing there since 2006. But this brings up a larger question - how are other fighters going to feel about being unranked when they have a fight booked in a new division?

On Thursday, the announcement that the UFC would be supporting an official ranking system resounded through the media. But a closer look at the system shows that all will return to "business as usual."