Arman Tsarukyan Ascends: Top 2 in Lightweight After UFC Victory

Fighter Arman Tsarukyan proved his worth as one of the best lightweights in the world by submitting Dan Hooker in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Doha, Qatar. Tsarukyan, after a period of inactivity of more than a year and a half, needed this victory to reaffirm his position in the ESPN ranking. His outstanding performance allowed him to rise to second place in the ranking of 155-pound fighters. Regarding the changes in the ranking, Ian Machado Garry, after his victory over Belal Muhammad, climbed from fifth to fourth place in the welterweight category, while Muhammad dropped to sixth place.

Tom Aspinall’s first heavyweight title defense ended in a no contest at UFC 321.

HEAVYWEIGHT (up to 265 lbs)

• Tom Aspinall (UFC Champion)
• Ciryl Gane (UFC)
• Curtis Blaydes (UFC)
• Alexander Volkov (UFC)
• Sergei Pavlovich (UFC)
• Jailton Almeida (UFC)
• Waldo Cortes-Acosta (UFC)
• Renan Ferreira (PFL)
• Serghei Spivac (UFC)
• Derrick Lewis (UFC)

Alex Pereira knocked out Magomed Ankalaev with a vengeance at UFC 320 to regain the light heavyweight title.

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (up to 205 lbs)

• Alex Pereira (UFC Champion)
• Magomed Ankalaev (UFC)
• Jiří Procházka (UFC)
• Carlos Ulberg (UFC)
• Khalil Rountree Jr. (UFC)
• Azamat Murzakanov (UFC)
• Dominick Reyes (UFC)
• Aleksandar Rakić (UFC)
• Jamahal Hill (UFC)
• Corey Anderson (PFL Champion)

Khamzat Chimaev is right where he long was expected to be: at the top of the UFC middleweight division.

MIDDLEWEIGHT (up to 185 lbs)

• Khamzat Chimaev (UFC Champion)
• Dricus du Plessis (UFC)
• Nassourdine Imavov (UFC)
• Sean Strickland (UFC)
• Israel Adesanya (UFC)
• Anthony Hernandez (UFC)
• Caio Borralho (UFC)
• Brendan Allen (UFC)
• Reinier de Ridder (UFC)
• Robert Whittaker (UFC)

Islam Makhachev vacated the lightweight title months ago, but winning the welterweight belt at UFC 322 made him a two-division champion.

WELTERWEIGHT (up to 170 pounds)

• Islam Makhachev (UFC Champion)
• Jack Della Maddalena (UFC)
• Shavkat Rakhmonov (UFC)
• Ian Machado Garry (UFC)
• Michael Morales (UFC)
• Belal Muhammad (UFC)
• Kamaru Usman (UFC)
• Sean Brady (UFC)
• Carlos Prates (UFC)
• Joaquin Buckley (UFC)

Ilia Topuria had vacated the featherweight title before UFC 317, but winning the lightweight belt provided a glorious photo op.

LIGHTWEIGHT (up to 155 pounds)

• Ilia Topuria (UFC Champion)
• Arman Tsarukyan (UFC)
• Charles Oliveira (UFC)
• Max Holloway (UFC)
• Justin Gaethje (UFC)
• Usman Nurmagomedov (PFL Champion)
• Paddy Pimblett (UFC)
• Mateusz Gamrot (UFC)
• Rafael Fiziev (UFC)
• Benoît Saint Denis (UFC)

Alexander Volkanovski recaptured the featherweight belt by beating Diego Lopes at UFC 314.

FEATHERWEIGHT (up to 145 lbs)

• Alexander Volkanovski (UFC Champion)
• Movsar Evloev (UFC)
• Diego Lopes (UFC)
• Yair Rodriguez (UFC)
• Lerone Murphy (UFC)
• Aljamain Sterling (UFC)
• Youssef Zalal (UFC)
• Patricio Pitbull (UFC)
• Brian Ortega (UFC)