The ‘Beast’ is back! Derrick Lewis returns to heavyweight Top 10 in latest UFC rankings update

Derrick Lewis is again within the heavyweight High 10.

“The Black Beast” captured his second straight win — and record-setting fifteenth UFC knockout — by planishing Rodrigo Nascimento as a part of the UFC St. Louis MMA occasion final weekend at Enterprise Heart in Missouri. The Brazilian, who snapped a three-fight profitable streak with the loss, stays ranked at No. 15 in defeat.

Elsewhere on the charts, 170-pound striker Joaquin Buckley held his place at No. 11 within the welterweight division after outlasting unranked opponent Nursulton Ruziboev. As for Carlos Ulberg, he landed at No. 11 within the 205-pound lineup by trashing Alonzo Menifield, who slipped two locations to No. 13.

Right here’s how UFC compiles its official rankings:

Rankings have been generated by a voting panel made up of media members. The media members have been requested to vote for who they really feel are the highest fighters within the UFC by weight-class and pound-for-pound. A fighter is barely eligible to be voted on if they’re in lively standing within the UFC. A fighter can seem in a couple of weight division at a time. The champion and interim champion are thought-about to be within the high positions of their respective divisions and subsequently usually are not eligible for voting by weight-class. Nevertheless, the champions may be voted on for the pound-for-pound rankings.

Check out what the newest rankings subject appears to be like like courtesy of UFC.com. Be aware: (+/- = motion in rankings, T = tie, *NR = Not beforehand ranked).

MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND

1. Islam Makhachev2. Jon Jones3. Leon Edwards4. Alex Pereira5. Ilia Topuria6. Sean O’Malley7. Alexander Volkanovski8. Max Holloway9. Dricus Du Plessis10. Alexandre Pantoja11. Israel Adesanya12. Tom Aspinall13. Charles Oliveira14. Sean Strickland15. Aljamain Sterling

FLYWEIGHT

Champion: Alexandre Pantoja

1. Brandon Royval2. Brandon Moreno3. Amir Albazi4. Kai Kara France5. Alex Perez6. Muhammad Mokaev7. Manel Kape8. Matheus Nicolau9. Steve Erceg10. Tim Elliott11. Matt Schnell12. Tagir Ulanbekov13. Tatsuro Taira14. Su Mudaerji15. David Dvorak

BANTAMWEIGHT

Champion: Sean O’Malley

1. Merab Dvalishvili2. Cory Sandhagen3. Petr Yan4. Marlon Vera5. Henry Cejudo6. Deiveson Figueiredo7. Track Yadong8. Jose Aldo9. Rob Font10. Umar Nurmagomedov11. Kyler Phillips12. Mario Bautista +113. Dominick Cruz -114. Jonathan Martinez15. Pedro Munhoz

FEATHERWEIGHT

Champion: Ilia Topuria

1. Alexander Volkanovski2. Max Holloway3. Brian Ortega4. Yair Rodriguez5. Movsar Evloev6. Arnold Allen7. Josh Emmett8. Aljamain Sterling9. Giga Chikadze +110. Calvin Kattar -111. Bryce Mitchell +112. Edson Barboza -113. Dan Ige14. Diego Lopes15. Sodiq Yusuff

LIGHTWEIGHT

Champion: Islam Makhachev

1. Arman Tsarukyan2. Charles Oliveira3. Justin Gaethje4. Dustin Poirier5. Mateusz Gamrot6. Michael Chandler7. Beneil Dariush8. Rafael Fiziev9. Max Holloway10. Renato Moicano11. Dan Hooker12. Jalin Turner13. Benoit Saint-Denis14. Rafael dos Anjos15. Bobby Inexperienced

WELTERWEIGHT

Champion: Leon Edwards

1. Kamaru Usman2. Belal Muhammed3. Shavkat Rakhmonov4. Colby Covington5. Jack Della Maddalena6. Gilbert Burns7. Ian Machado Garry8. Sean Brady9. Stephen Thompson10. Geoff Neal11. Joaquin Buckley12. Neil Magny13. Michael Page14. Vicente Luque15. Kevin Holland

MIDDLEWEIGHT

Champion: Dricus Du Plessis

1. Sean Strickland2. Israel Adesanya3. Robert Whittaker4. Jared Cannonier5. Marvin Vettori6. Paulo Costa7. Brendan Allen8. Nassourdine Imavov9. Jack Hermansson10. Khamzat Chimaev11. Roman Dolidze12. Caio Borralho13. Michel Pereira14. Anthony Hernandez15. Chris Curtis

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Champion: Alex Pereira

1. Jiri Prochazka2. Magomed Ankalaev3. Jamahal Hill4. Jan Blachowicz 5. Aleksandar Rakic 6. Nikita Krylov7. Johnny Walker8. Khalil Rountree9. Volkan Oezdemir 10. Anthony Smith11. Carlos Ulberg *NR12. Bogdan Guskov13. Alonzo Menifield -214. Azamat Murzakanov -115. Dominick Reyes -1

HEAVYWEIGHT

Champion: Jon Jones

1. Tom Aspinall2. Ciryl Gane3. Sergei Pavlovich4. Curtis Blaydes5. Alexander Volkov +16. Stipe Miocic -17. Jailton Almeida8. Marcin Tybura9. Serghei Spivac10. Derrick Lewis +211. Tai Tuivasa -112. Jairzinho Rozenstruik -113. Alexandr Romanov14. Marcos Rogerio De Lima15. Rodrigo Nascimento

WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND

1. Alexa Grasso2. Zhang Weili3. Valentina Shevchenko4. Manon Fiorot5. (T) Julianna Pena5. (T) Raquel Pennington7. Rose Namajunas8. Erin Blanchfield9. Tatiana Suarez10. Yan Xiaonan11. Jessica Andrade12. Amanda Lemos13. Ketlen Vieira14. Kayla Harrison15. Maycee Barber

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT

Champion: Zhang Weili

1. Tatiana Suarez2. Yan Xiaonan3. Amanda Lemos4. Jessica Andrade5. Virna Jandiroba6. Marina Rodriguez7. Mackenzie Dern8. Amanda Ribas9. Luana Pinheiro10. Crazy Godinez11. Tabatha Ricci12. Angela Hill13. Michelle Waterson-Gomez +114. Iasmin Lucindo -115. Karolina Kowalkiewicz

WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT

Champion: Alexa Grasso

1. Valentina Shevchenko2. Manon Fiorot3. Erin Blanchfield4. Maycee Barber5. Jessica Andrade6. Rose Namajunas7. Katlyn Cerminara8. Natalia Silva9. Amanda Ribas10. Viviane Araújo11. Tracy Cortez12. Karine Silva13. Ariane Da Silva14. Casey O’Neill15. Jasmine Jasudavicius *NR

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT

Champion: Raquel Pennington

1. Julianna Pena2. Ketlen Vieira3. Mayra Bueno Silva4. Kayla Harrison5. Irene Aldana6. Holly Holm7. Macy Chiasson8. (T) Miesha Tate8. (T) Karol Rosa10. Norma Dumont11. Pannie Kianzad12. Yana Santos13. Julia Avila14. Chelsea Chandler15. Germaine De Randamie

You may anticipate these rankings to vary round this time subsequent week, significantly within the featherweight division, following the UFC Vegas 92: “Barboza vs. Murphy” blended martial arts (MMA) occasion on ESPN+, scheduled for Sat., Could 18, 2024 at APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.

For way more on that upcoming combat card click on right here.