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Official UFC rankings updated after TUF China Finale: Dong Hyun Kim boots Tyron Woodley from top 10

UFC.com has updated its "official" consensus rankings following this past Saturday's Ultimate Fighter (TUF): "China" Finale in Macau, which includes three contributions from MMAmania.com staff members. Check out the big mixed martial arts (MMA) movers and shakers below.

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The latest "official" Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) rankings are out with the conclusion of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF): "China" Finale, which took place last Saturday (March 1, 2014) inside the Venetian's CotaiArena in Macau.

See all the results and fallout of "Kim vs. Hathaway" by clicking here.

After landing his epic elbow of doom (see it again here), Dong Hyun Kim was able to bust his way into the top 10 rankings -- at the expense of Tyron Woodley -- sitting pretty at No. 10 despite having some fairly impressive numbers. "Stun Gun" is 19-2 overall, the winner of four straight and has knocked out two straight opponents.

But he's not the pundits' darling, I get it.

Elsewhere on the list, no one seemed to be impressed with Anderson Silva's latest Nike ad recovery video and has bumped him down a notch in the pound-for-pound rankings to No. 8. Also falling a few spots while rehabbing an injury is Conor McGregor, who lost two spots in the featherweight class to land at No. 14.

A bum knee didn't stop "Showtime" Pettis from getting promoted, so I guess some injuries are ranked differently than others.

Check out the updated UFC.com rankings (+/- = movement in rankings, *NR = Not previously ranked):

Pound-For-Pound
1. Jon Jones
2. Jose Aldo
3. Renan Barao
4. Cain Velasquez
5. Chris Weidman +1
6. Demetrious Johnson -1
7. Anthony Pettis +1
8. Anderson Silva -1
9. Ronda Rousey
10. Johny Hendricks
11. Vitor Belfort
12. Benson Henderson
13. Gilbert Melendez
14. Alexander Gustafsson +1
15. Urijah Faber -1

Flyweight
Champion: Demetrious Johnson
1. John Dodson
2. Joseph Benavidez
3. Ian McCall
4. John Moraga
5. Ali Bagautinov
6. Jussier Formiga +1
7. John Lineker -1
8. Timothy Elliott
9. Chris Cariaso
10. Zach Makovsky
11. Louis Gaudinot
12. Scott Jorgensen +1
13. Dustin Ortiz -1
14. Darrell Montague
15. Darren Uyenoyama

Bantamweight
Champion: Renan Barao
1. Urijah Faber
2. Michael McDonald (tie)
2. Raphael Assuncao (tie) +1
4. Eddie Wineland
5. TJ Dillashaw
6. Brad Pickett
7. Takeya Mizugaki
8. Mike Easton
9. Iuri Alcantara 
10. Dominick Cruz 
11. Francisco Rivera
12. Erik Perez
13. Alex Caceres
14. Bryan Caraway 
15. Ivan Menjivar

Featherweight
Champion: Jose Aldo
1. Chad Mendes
2. Franke Edgar
3. Ricardo Lamas
4. Cub Swanson
5. Chan Sung Jung
6. Dustin Poirier
7. Dennis Siver
8. Nik Lentz
9. Clay Guida
10. Jeremy Stephens
11. Darren Elkins
12. Dennis Bermudez +1
13. Tatsuya Kawajiri +1
14. Conor McGregor -2
15. Erick Koch

Lightweight
Champion: Anthony Pettis
1. Benson Henderson
2. Gilbert Melendez
3. TJ Grant
4. Josh Thomson
5. Nate Diaz
6. Rafael dos Anjos
7. Khabib Nurmagomedov
8. Donald Cerrone
9. Jim Miller
10. Gray Maynard
11. Edson Barboza
12. Bobby Green
13. Rustam Khabilov +1
14. Michael Johnson -1
15. Diego Sanchez

Welterweight
Champion: Vacant
1. Johny Hendricks
2. Carlos Condit
3. Robbie Lawler
4. Rory MacDonald
5. Jake Ellenberger
6. Jake Shields +1
7. Matt Brown +1
8. Demian Maia -2
9. Tarec Saffiedine
10. Dong Hyun Kim +1
11. Tyron Woodley -1
12. Hector Lombard
13. Mike Pyle 
14. Rick Story
15. Josh Koscheck

Middleweight
Champion: Chris Weidman
1. Anderson Silva
2. Vitor Belfort
3. Lyoto Machida
4. Ronaldo Souza
5. Michael Bisping
6. Luke Rockhold
7. Mark Munoz
8. Tim Kennedy
9. Francis Carmont
10. Costas Philippou
11. Tim Boetsch
12. Gegard Mousasi
13. Alan Belcher
14. Brad Tavares
15. Chael Sonnen

Light Heavyweight
Champion: Jon Jones
1. Alexander Gustafsson
2. Glover Teixeira
3. Rashad Evans
4. Phil Davis
5. Daniel Cormier
6. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira 
7. Mauricio Rua 
8. Dan Henderson 
9. Chael Sonnen 
10. Ryan Bader 
11. Jimi Manuwa 
12. Vitor Belfort
13. Gegard Mousasi 
14. James Te Huna 
15. Rafael Cavalcante

Heavyweight
Champion: Cain Velasquez
1. Junior Dos Santos
2. Fabricio Werdum
3. Travis Browne
4. Antonio Silva 
5. Josh Barnett  
6. Alistair Overeem 
7. Stipe Miocic 
8. Mark Hunt  
9. Roy Nelson  
10. Frank Mir 
11. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 
12. Gabriel Gonzaga
13. Stefan Struve +1
14. Bendan Schaub +1
15. Daniel Cormier -2

Women's Bantamweight
Champion: Ronda Rousey
1. Cat Zingano
2. Alexis Davis 
3. Miesha Tate 
4. Sara McMann
5. Sarah Kaufman 
6. Jessica Eye 
7. Liz Carmouche
8. Amanda Nunes
9. Jessica Andrade
10. Julianna Pena
11. Germaine de Randamie
12. Bethe Correia
13. Raquel Pennington
14. Jessamyn Duke
15. Jessica Rakoczy

As you can see, there is plenty to talk about.

And you can expect these numbers to change this weekend after UFC Fight Night 37, which features a significant bout in the light heavyweight division with Alexander Gustafsson vs. Jimi Manuwa.

See the entire UFC Fight Night 37 and line up here.

Until then, sound off in the comment section below. And to compare these to the last official UFC rankings click here.

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