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UFC rankings updated after TUF 20 Finale and UFC on FOX 13: Rafael dos Anjos claims No. 1 spot (sort of), women strawweights debut

The top of the lightweight division is getting pretty tight.

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The official Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) rankings have been updated following The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 20 Finale and UFC on FOX 13, which went down this past weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Phoenix, Arizona, respectively.

Get full results here and here.

After putting on a clinic during his co-main event fight opposite Nate Diaz at UFC on FOX 13 (video replay), Rafael dos Anjos shot up the rankings to claim the No. 1 spot in the lightweight division. Unfortunately for "RDA," he has to share the top spot with Khabib Nurmagomedov.

The good news, despite not getting sole ownership of the No. 1 ranking, the Brazilian will indeed get the next shot at division champion, Anthony Pettis.

Sorry, "Eagle."

In other movement, Matt Mitrione made another jump in the heavyweight division after his first-round destruction of Gabriel Gonzaga (video), but it still wasn't good enough to crack the top 10, as he came in at No. 12. Interestingly enough, Alistair Overeem's similar beatdown of Stefan Struve (highlights) wasn't good enough to improve his position, staying put at No. 11.

Also, UFC unveiled the first-ever rankings for the women's flyweight division after Carla Esparza made history by becoming the promotion's inaugural 115-pound champion after defeating Rosa Namajunas in the main event of TUF 20 Finale (video replay).

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. Cain Velasquez
6. Anthony Pettis
7. Ronda Rousey
8. Anderson Silva
9. T.J. Dillashaw
10. Renan Barao
11. Robbie Lawler
12. Johny Hendricks
13. Dominick Cruz
14. Daniel Cormier
15. Vitor Belfort

FLYWEIGHT

Champion: Demetrious Johnson
1. John Dodson
2. Joseph Benavidez
3. Ian McCall
4. John Moraga +1
5. Jussier Formiga -1
6. John Lineker
7. Ali Bagautinov
8. Chris Cariaso
9. Zack Makosvky
10. Tim Elliot
11. Kyoji Horiguchi
12. Brad Pickett
13. Dustin Ortiz
14. Chico Camus +1
15. Louis Gaudinot -1

BANTAMWEIGHT

Champion: T.J. Dillashaw
1. Renan Barao
2. Dominick Cruz
3. Urijah Faber
4. Rafael Assuncao
5. Michael McDonald
6. Takeya Muzigaki
7. Eddie Wineland
8. Iuri Alcantara
9. Johny Eduardo
10. Bryan Caraway
11. Francisco Rivera
12. Alex Caceres
13. Erik Perez
14. Mitch Gagnon
15. Joe Soto

FEATHERWEIGHT

Champion: Jose Aldo
1. Chad Mendes
2. Frankie Edgar
3. Ricardo Lamas
4. Cub Swanson
5. Conor McGregor
6. Dustin Poirier
7. Dennis Bermudez
8. Dennis Siver
9. Nik Lentz
10. Charles Oliveira +4
11. Jeremy Stephens -1
12. Clay Guida -1
13. Darren Elkins -1
14. Max Holloway -1
15. Tatsuya Kawajiri

LIGHTWEIGHT

Champion: Anthony Pettis
1. Rafael dos Anjos +2
1. Khabib Nurmagomedov
3. Gilbert Melendez -1
4. Donald Cerrone
5. Benson Henderson
6. Edson Barboza
7. Josh Thomson
8. Myles Jury
9. Bobby Green
10. Jim Miller
11. Eddie Alvarez
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. Matt Brown
6. Hector Lombard
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. Vitor Belfort
4. Lyoto Machida
5. Luke Rockhold
6. Yoel Romero
7. Tim Kennedy
8. Gegard Mousasi
9. Michael Bisping
10. C.B. Dollaway
11. Thales Leites
12. Costas Philippou
13. Tim Boetsch
14. Mark Munoz
15. Francis Carmont

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Champion: Jon Jones
1. Alexander Gustafsson
2. Daniel Cormier
3. Anthony Johnson
4. Rashad Evans
5. Phil Davis
6. Glover Teixeira
7. Ryan Bader
8. Dan Henderson
8. Ovince St. Preux +1
10. Jimi Manuwa
11. Mauricio Rua
12. Rafael Cavalcante
13. Fabio Maldonado
14. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
15. Vitor Belfort

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. Antonio Silva
9. Roy Nelson
10. Ben Rothwell
11. Alistair Overeem
12. Matt Mitrione +2
13. Frank Mir
14. Gabriel Gonzaga -2
15. Stefan Struve

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 Correira
9. Amanda Nunes
10. Jessica Andrade
11. Julianna Pena
12. Raquel Pennington
13. Germaine de Randamie
14. Holly Holm
15. Leslie Smith

WOMEN'S STRAWWEIGHT

Champion : Carla Esparza
1. Joanna Jedrzejczyk *NR
2. Claudia Gadelha *NR
3. Jessica Penne *NR
4. Rose Namajunas *NR
5. Tecia Torres *NR
6. Joanne Calderwood *NR
7. Randa Markos *NR
8. Felice Herrig *NR
9. Aisling Daly *NR
10. Heather Clark *NR
11. Paige VanZant *NR
12. Juliana Lima *NR
13. Angela Hill *NR
14. Bec Rawlings *NR
15. Seohee Ham *NR

Interesting.

You can expect these numbers to change rather quickly, as UFC Fight Night 58: "Machida vs. Dollaway" goes down this weekend (Sat., Dec. 20, 2014) in Barueri, Brazil. To check out that entire fight card and line up click here.

Until then, let's hear your take in the comment section below.

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