MMA Rankings: Rothwell, Johnson can’t move up despite big wins
February 2, 2016 - 8:44 am
Despite scoring a big victory over Josh Barnett on Saturday night, Ben Rothwell finds himself in the same spot in this week's CoveringTheCage.com rankings.
Rothwell was already at No. 5 and remains there behind a very strong top four in the division.
Barnett, however, fell down to No. 10 after the loss on the UFC on Fox 18 card in Newark, N.J.
Anthony Johnson also finds himself stuck at No. 3 in the light heavyweight division behind former champ Jon Jones and current champion Daniel Cormier.
Johnson's quick knockout of Ryan Bader wasn't enough to overtake either of those stalwarts.
Flyweight Dustin Ortiz fell out of the top ten after a loss to Wilson Reis on the card.
Stay tuned each Monday for the latest updates and keep in mind, while the ranked weight classes are those used by the UFC, fighters competing outside the organization are eligible.
MEN
Heavyweight
Fabricio Werdum
Cain Velasquez
Stipe Miocic
Ben Rothwell
Alistair Overeem
Travis Browne
Andrei Arlovski
Junior dos Santos
Mark Hunt
Josh Barnett
Light Heavyweight
Jon Jones
Daniel Cormier
Anthony Johnson
Alexander Gustafsson
Ryan Bader
Phil Davis
Glover Teixeira
Liam McGeary
Rashad Evans
Ovince St. Preux
Middleweight
Luke Rockhold
Chris Weidman
Yoel Romero
Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza
Vitor Belfort
Lyoto Machida
Tim Kennedy
Michael Bisping
Gegard Mousasi
Robert Whittaker
Welterweights
Robbie Lawler
Rory MacDonald
Carlos Condit
Johny Hendricks
Ben Askren
Tyron Woodley
Hector Lombard
Matt Brown
Demian Maia
Stephen Thompson
Lightweights
Rafael dos Anjos
Khabib Nurmagomedov
Eddie Alvarez
Anthony Pettis
Benson Henderson
Tony Ferguson
Donald Cerrone
Nate Diaz
Gilbert Melendez
Will Brooks
Featherweight
Conor McGregor
Jose Aldo
Frankie Edgar
Max Holloway
Chad Mendes
Ricardo Lamas
Daniel Straus
Cub Swanson
Charles Oliveira
Patricio Freire
Bantamweights
Dominick Cruz
TJ Dillashaw
Renan Barao
Urijah Faber
Raphael Assuncao
Aljamain Sterling
Bibiano Fernandes
Marlon Moraes
Marcos Galvao
John Lineker
Flyweights
Demetrious Johnson
Joseph Benavidez
John Dodson
Henry Cejudo
Ali Bagautinov
Jussier Formiga
Kyoji Horiguchi
John Moraga
Zach Makovsky
Ian McCall
WOMEN
Bantamweight
Holly Holm
Ronda Rousey
Miesha Tate
Amanda Nunes
Alexis Davis
Julianna Pena
Cat Zingano
Jessica Eye
Sara McMann
Valentina Shevchenko
Strawweight
Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Claudia Gadelha
Rose Namajunas
Jessica Aguilar
Valerie Letourneau
Tecia Torres
Carla Esparza
Paige VanZant
Jessica Penne
Karolina Kowalkiewicz
OVERALL
Pound for Pound
Jon Jones
Demetrious Johnson
Conor McGregor
Daniel Cormier
Luke Rockhold
Robbie Lawler
Dominick Cruz
Fabricio Werdum
Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Rafael dos Anjos
Contact reporter Adam Hill at ahill@reviewjournal.com or 702-224-5509. Follow him on Twitter: @adamhilllvrj