The UFC rankings have been updated following the incredible UFC 178 event in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
Conor McGregor continued his meteoric ascent of the featherweight rankings after his stunning first round knockout of Dustin Poirier in what was christened ‘the people’s main event’ by MMA journalist Ariel Helwani. McGregor moved up four places to steal the Diamond’s number five spot. Meanwhile, Poirier dropped two places to seventh causing Dennis Bermudez and Nik Lentz who moved back to eighth and ninth respectively.
Yoel Romero moved up four places to sixth in the middleweight rankings after his controversial victory over Tim Kennedy while Donald Cerrone and Eddie Alvarez also made a jump following their fights at UFC 178.