UFC fighter rankings: Many big faces out, Yoel Romero is back

As mentioned on the weekend, the UFC rankings underweight a major upheaval with the removal of three stars – UFC interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, heavyweight Brock Lesnar, and middleweight Lyoto Machida. These weren’t the only changes though – another heavyweight and former champion has been removed as well, and there were some minor changes after last weekend’s event in Salt Lake City.

In addition to that, a middleweight coming off suspension also rocketed up the 185-pound charts.

Without further ado, let’s take a look at all the changes.

P4P – Jones was high on this list, so his removal has led to pretty much everyone moving up a spot. Conor McGregor is at 4, Jose Aldo is at 5, Eddie Alvarez is at six, and Joanna Jedrzejczyk is at 7. The rest of the top ten features Stipe Miocic, Tyron Woodley, and Michael Bisping. 11 through 15 is a list of former champions – Robbie Lawler, Rafael dos Anjos, Luke Rockhold, T.J. Dillashaw, and Frankie Edgar.

Heavyweight – Brock Lesnar wasn’t the only one removed …

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