MMA Rankings: One punch shakes up the top of the heavyweight division

What a week it was for Stipe Miocic.

The Ohio native won the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title with a backpedaling knockout of Fabricio Werdum in Brazil, then hit a home run while taking batting practice with his beloved Indians in Cleveland.

All that was before he led the cheers during a blowout victory for the Cavaliers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals..

Now he has claimed the top spot in the heavyweight division in this installment of the CoveringTheCage.com rankings.

Miocic has also jumped into the pound-for-pound top 10.

It’s one of several moves in this week’s rankings.

Feel free to share any disagreements and stay tuned each week 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

Stipe Miocic

Fabricio Werdum

Cain Velasquez

Alistair Overeem

Travis Browne

Mark Hunt

Junior dos Santos

Andrei Arlovski

Ben Rothwell

Josh Barnett

Light Heavyweight

Jon Jones

Daniel Cormier

Anthony Johnson

Alexander Gustafsson

Glover Teixeira

Ryan Bader

Phil Davis

Liam McGeary

Ovince St. Preux

Nikita Krylov

Middleweight

Luke Rockhold

Chris Weidman

Yoel Romero

Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza

Lyoto Machida

Michael Bisping

Vitor Belfort

Anderson Silva

Gegard Mousasi

Tim Kennedy

Welterweight

Robbie Lawler

Rory MacDonald

Ben Askren

Carlos Condit

Tyron Woodley

Stephen Thompson

Johny Hendricks

Demian Maia

Neil Magny

Andrey Koreshkov

Lightweight

Rafael dos Anjos

Khabib Nurmagomedov

Eddie Alvarez

Tony Ferguson

Nate Diaz

Edson Barboza

Anthony Pettis

Will Brooks

Justin Gaethje

Michael Chiesa

Featherweight

Conor McGregor

Jose Aldo

Frankie Edgar

Max Holloway

Chad Mendes

Ricardo Lamas

Daniel Straus

Cub Swanson

Charles Oliveira

Patricio Freire

Bantamweight

Dominick Cruz

TJ Dillashaw

Renan Barao

Urijah Faber

Raphael Assuncao

Aljamain Sterling

John Dodson

Bibiano Fernandes

Marlon Moraes

Thomas Almeida

Flyweight

Demetrious Johnson

Joseph Benavidez

Henry Cejudo

Ali Bagautinov

Jussier Formiga

Kyoji Horiguchi

Justin Scoggins

John Moraga

Wilson Reis

Louis Smolka

WOMEN

Bantamweight

Ronda Rousey

Miesha Tate

Holly Holm

Amanda Nunes

Alexis Davis

Julianna Pena

Cat Zingano

Jessica Eye

Tonya Evinger

Sara McMann

Strawweight

Joanna Jedrzejczyk

Claudia Gadelha

Rose Namajunas

Jessica Aguilar

Valerie Letourneau

Carla Esparza

Tecia Torres

Karolina Kowalkiewicz

Angela Hill

Alexa Grasso

OVERALL

Pound-for-Pound