UFC divisional rankings: Giga Chikadze enters featherweight rankings after career-best victory
This previous Saturday was a giant coming-out get together for UFC featherweight Giga Chikadze. Chikadze picked up the most important win of his profession at UFC Struggle Night time, scoring a third-round knockout of Edson Barboza within the night time’s fundamental occasion.
Chikadze is now using a nine-fight profitable streak, with seven of these victories coming within the UFC Octagon. His final loss got here in a June 2018 struggle on Dana White’s Contender Collection, costing him his preliminary likelihood to make the UFC roster. After profitable two fights in lower than a mixed one minute, Chikadze obtained the decision and has not upset since stepping onto the game’s largest stage.
With the win, Chikadze debuted within the CBS Sports activities UFC Divisional Rankings at No. 7.
Barboza dropped from No. 9 to No. 10 after the loss. He’s now 2-2 since making the transfer to featherweight. Barboza had a two-fight profitable streak snapped by Chikadze.
Saturday’s UFC Struggle Night time options only one struggle that includes CBS Sports activities ranked fighters.
- Middleweight: No. 5 Derek Brunson vs. No. 8 Darren Until
Rankings are compiled following the submission of ballots by Brent Brookhouse, Brian Campbell and Brandon Sensible. With out additional ado, here is the place issues stand forward of Saturday’s card.
For Brian Campbell’s up to date Pound for Pound Rankings, click here.
Flyweight
| Fighter | Report |
| 1. Brandon Moreno (c) | 19-5-2 |
| 2. Deiveson Figueiredo | 20-2-1 |
| 3. Askar Askarov | 12-0-1 |
| 4. Matt Schnell | 15-5 |
| 5. Alexandre Pantoja | 23-5 |
| 6. Kai Kara-France | 22-9 |
| 7. Joseph Benavidez | 28-8- |
| 8. Alex Perez | 24-6 |
| 9. Brandon Royval | 12-5 |
| 10. Jussier Formiga | 23-8 |
Bantamweight
| Fighter | Report |
| 1. Petr Yan | 15-1 |
| 2. Aljamain Sterling (c) | 19-3 |
| 3. Cory Sandhagen | 14-3 |
| 4. TJ Dillashaw | 17-4 |
| 5. Rob Font | 19-4 |
| 6. Jose Aldo | 30-7 |
| 7. Merab Dvalishvili | 13-4 |
| 8. Pedro Munhoz | 19-6 |
| 9. Marlon Moraes | 23-8-1 |
| 10. Jimmie Rivera | 23-5 |
Featherweight
| Fighter | Report |
| 1. Alexander Volkanovski (c) | 22-1 |
| 2. Max Holloway | 22-6 |
| 3. Brian Ortega | 15-1 |
| 4. Zabit Magomedsharipov | 18-1 |
| 5. Yair Rodriguez | 12-2 |
| 6. Korean Zombie | 17-6 |
| 7. Giga Chikadze | 14-2 |
| 8. Calvin Kattar | 22-5 |
| 9. Josh Emmett | 16-2 |
| 10. Edson Barboza | 22-10 |
Light-weight
| Fighter | Report |
| 1. Dustin Poirier | 28-6 |
| 2. Charles Oliveira (c) | 31-8 |
| 3. Justin Gaethje | 22-3 |
| 4. Michael Chandler | 22-6 |
| 5. Islam Makhachev | 20-1 |
| 6. Rafael dos Anjos | 30-13 |
| 7. Beneil Dariush | 21-4-1 |
| 8. Dan Hooker | 20-10 |
| 9. Gregor Gillespie | 14-1 |
| 10. Tony Ferguson | 25-6 |
Welterweight
| Fighter | Report |
| 1. Kamaru Usman (c) | 19-1 |
| 2. Colby Covington | 16-2 |
| 3. Leon Edwards | 19-3 |
| 4. Gilbert Burns | 20-4 |
| 5. Stephen Thompson | 16-5-1 |
| 6. Vicente Luque | 21-7-1 |
| 7. Jorge Masvidal | 35-15 |
| 8. Michael Chiesa | 18-5 |
| 9. Neil Magny | 25-8 |
| 10. Santiago Ponzinibbio | 28-4 |
Middleweight
| Fighter | Report |
| 1. Israel Adesanya (c) | 21-1 |
| 2. Robert Whittaker | 23-5 |
| 3. Paulo Costa | 13-1 |
| 4. Jared Cannonier | 14-5 |
| 5. Derek Brunson | 22-7 |
| 6. Marvin Vettori | 17-5-1 |
| 7. Jack Hermansson | 18-2-1 22-6 |
| 8. Darren Until | 18-2-1 |
| 9. Kelvin Gastelum | 17-8 |
| 10. Sean Strickland | 24-3 |
Gentle heavyweight
| Fighter | Report |
| 1. Jan Blachowicz (c) | 28-8 |
| 2. Glover Teixeira | 32-7 |
| 3. Jiri Prochazka | 28-3-1 |
| 4. Aleksandar Rakic | 14-2 |
| 5. Thiago Santos | 21-9 |
| 6. Anthony Smith | 35-16 |
| 7. Dominick Reyes | 12-3 |
| 8. Magomed Ankalaev | 15-1 |
| 9. Johnny Walker | 18-5 |
| 10. Nikita Krylov | 26-8 |
Heavyweight
| Fighter | Report |
| 1. Francis Ngannou (c) | 16-3 |
| 2. Stipe Miocic | 20-4 |
| 3. Ciryl Gane | 10-0 |
| 4. Derrick Lewis | 25-8 |
| 5. Curtis Blaydes | 14-3 |
| 6. Alexander Volkov | 33-9 |
| 7. Jairzinho Rozenstruik | 12-2 |
| 8. Marcin Tybura | 22-6 |
| 9. Chris Daukaus | 11-3 |
| 10. Tai Tuivasa | 13-3 |
Girls’s strawweight
| Fighter | Report |
| 1. Rose Namajunas (c) | 10-4 |
| 2. Weili Zhang | 21-1 |
| 3. Carla Esparza | 18-6 |
| 4. Joanna Jedrzejczyk | 16-4 |
| 5. Mackenzie Dern | 11-1 |
| 6. Marina Rodriguez | 14-1-2 |
| 7. Yan Xiaonan | 13-2 |
| 8. Tatiana Suarez | 8-0 |
| 9. Michelle Waterson | 18-9 |
| 10. Jessica Andrade | 21-9 |
Girls’s flyweight
| Fighter | Report |
| 1. Valentina Shevchenko (c) | 21-3 |
| 2. Lauren Murphy | 15-4 |
| 3. Jennifer Maia | 19-7-1 |
| 4. Katlyn Chookagian | 16-4 |
| 5. Cynthia Calvillo | 9-2-1 |
Girls’s bantamweight
| Fighter | Report |
| 1. Amanda Nunes (c) | 21-4 |
| 2. Germaine de Randamie | 10-4 |
| 3. Holly Holm | 14-5 |
| 4. Aspen Ladd | 9-1 |
| 5. Irene Aldana | 13-6 |
| 6. Julianna Pena | 10-4 |
| 7. Yana Kunitskaya | 14-6 |
| 8. Julia Avila | 8-2 |
| 9. Ketlen Vieira | 11-2 |
| 10. Miesha Tate | 19-7 |
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