Arman Tsarukyan Ascends: Top 2 in Lightweight After UFC Victory

Arman Tsarukyan Climbs Lightweight Rankings After Dominating Dan Hooker at UFC Fight Night

Fighter Arman Tsarukyan proved his worth in the lightweight division by submitting Dan Hooker in the main event of UFC Fight Night held in Doha, Qatar. This triumph not only reaffirms his position as one of the best in the category, but also allowed him to regain a prominent place in the divisional ranking. Tsarukyan, who hadn’t competed in more than a year and a half, needed a convincing victory to re-enter the division’s top. His performance earned him a rise to second place among the 155-pound fighters. In addition to the Tsarukyan movement, there were changes in the welterweight weight category, where Ian Machado Garry moved up to fourth place after his victory over Belal Muhammad, who dropped to sixth place.

These are the updated rankings of Alofoke Deportes.

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

HEAVYWEIGHT (up to 265 pounds)

• Tom Aspinall

Promotion: UFC Champion Record: 15-3, 1 NC Last: NC1 vs. Ciryl Gane, Oct. 25 Next: To be defined

• Ciryl Gane

Promotion: UFC
Record: 13-2, 1 NC
Last: NC1 vs. Tom Aspinall, Oct.25
Next: To be defined

• Curtis Blaydes

Promotion: UFC
Record: 19-5, 1 NC
Last: W (TKO1) vs. Rizvan Kuniev, June 21
Next: To be determined

• Alexander Volkov

Promotion: UFC
Record: 39-11
Last: W (SD) vs. Jailton Almeida, Oct. 25
Next: To be determined

• Sergei Pavlovich

Promotion: UFC
Record: 20-3
Last: W (UD) vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta, Aug. 23
Next: To be determined

• Jailton Almeida

Promotion: UFC
Record: 22-4
Last: L (SD) vs. Alexander Volkov, Oct. 25
Next: To be determined

• Waldo Cortes-Acosta

Promotion: UFC
Record: 16-2
Last: W (KO1) vs. Shamil Gaziev, Nov. 22
Next: January 24 vs. Derrick Lewis

• Renan Ferreira

Promotion: PFL
Record: 13-4, 3 NC
Last: L (KO1) vs. Francis Ngannou, Oct. 19, 2024
Next: December 13 vs. Vadim Nemkov

• Serghei Spivac

Promotion: UFC
Record: 17-6
Last: L (UD) vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta, June 7
Next: To be defined

• Derrick Lewis

Promotion: UFC
Record: 29-12, 1 NC
Last: W (TKO1) vs. Tallison Teixeira, July 12
Next: January 24 vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta

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

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (up to 205 pounds)

• Alex Pereira

Promotion: UFC Champion
Record: 13-3
Last: W (TKO1) vs. Magomed Ankalaev, Oct. 4
Next: To be determined

• Magomed Ankalaev

Promotion: UFC Previous Ranking: 1 Record: 21-2-1, 1 NC Last: L (TKO1) vs. Alex Pereira, Oct. 4 Next: To be defined

• Jirí Procházka

Promotion: UFC
Record: 32-5-1
Last: W (KO3) vs. Khalil Rountree Jr., Oct. 4
Next: To be determined

• Carlos Ulberg

Promotion: UFC
Record: 14-1
Last: W (KO1) vs. Dominick Reyes, Sept. 27
Next: To be determined

• Khalil Rountree Jr.

Promotion: UFC
Record: 14-7, 1 NC
Last: L (KO3) vs. Jiří Procházka, Oct. 4
Next: To be determined

• Azamat Murzakanov

Promotion: UFC
Record: 16-0
Last: W (TKO1) vs. Aleksandar Rakić, Oct. 25
Next: To be determined

• Dominick Reyes

Promotion: UFC
Record: 15-5
Last: L (KO1) vs. Carlos Ulberg, Sept. 27
Next: To be defined

• Aleksandar Rakić

Promotion: UFC
Record: 14-6
Last: L (TKO1) vs. Azamat Murzakanov, Oct. 25
Next: To be determined

• Jamahal Hill

Promotion: UFC
Record: 12-4, 1 NC
Last: L (UD) vs. Khalil Rountree Jr., June 21
Next: To be determined

• Corey Anderson

Promotion: PFL Champion Record: 20-6-1 Last: W (UD) vs. Dovlet Yagshimuradov, Oct. 3 Next: To be determined

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

MIDDLEWEIGHT (up to 185 pounds)

• Khamzat Chimaev

Promotion: UFC Champion
Record: 15-0
Last: W (UD) vs. Dricus Du Plessis, Aug. 16
Next: To be determined

• Dricus du Plessis

Promotion: UFC
Record: 23-3
Last: L (UD) vs. Khamzat Chimaev, Aug. 16
Next: To be defined

• Nassourdine Imavov

Promotion: UFC
Record: 17-4, 1 NC
Last: W (US) vs. Caio Borralho, Sept. 6
Next: To be determined

• Sean Strickland

Promotion: UFC
Record: 29-7
Last: L (UD) vs. Dricus Du Plessis, Feb. 8
Next: To be defined

• Israel Adesanya

Promotion: UFC
Record: 24-5
Last: L (KO2) vs. Nassourdine Imavov, Feb. 1
Next: To be determined

• Anthony Hernandez

Promotion: UFC
Record: 15-2, 1 NC
Last: W (Sub4) vs. Roman Dolidze, Aug. 9
Next: To be determined

• Caio Borralho

Promotion: UFC
Record: 17-2, 1 NC
Last: L (UD) vs. Nassourdine Imavov, Sept. 6
Next: To be determined

• Brendan Allen

Promotion: UFC
Record: 26-7
Last: W (TKO4) vs. Reinier de Ridder, Oct. 18
Next: To be determined

• Reinier de Ridder

Promotion: UFC
Record: 21-3
Last: L (TKO4) vs. Brendan Allen, Oct. 18
Next: To be determined

• Robert Whittaker

Promotion: UFC Record: 26-9 Last: L (SD) vs. Reinier de Ridder, July 26 Next: To be determined

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

Promotion: UFC Champion
Record: 28-1
Last: W (UD) vs. Jack Della Maddalena, Nov. 15
Next: To be determined

• Jack Della Maddalena

Promotion: UFC Previous Ranking: 1 Record: 18-3 Last: L (UD) vs. Islam Makhachev, Nov. 15 Next: To be defined

• Shavkat Rakhmonov

Promotion: UFC Previous Ranking: 4 Record: 19-0 Last: W (UD) vs. Ian Machado Garry, Dec. 7, 2024 Next: To be determined

• Ian Machado Garry

Promotion: UFC Previous Ranking: 5 Record: 17-1 Last: W (UD) vs. Belal Muhammad, Nov. 22 Next: To be defined

• Michael Morales

Promotion: UFC
Previous Ranking: 6
Record: 19-0
Last: W (TKO1) vs. Sean Brady, Nov. 15
Next: To be defined

• Belal Muhammad

Promotion: UFC Previous Ranking: 3 Record: 24-5, 1 NC Last: L (UD) vs. Ian Machado Garry, Nov. 22 Next: To be determined

• Kamaru Usman

Promotion: UFC
Record: 21-4
Last: W (UD) vs. Joaquin Buckley, June 14
Next: To be determined

• Sean Brady

Promotion: UFC
Record: 18-2
Last: L (TKO1) vs. Michael Morales, Nov. 15
Next: To be defined

• Carlos Prates

Promotion: UFC
Record: 23-7
Last: W (KO1) vs. Leon Edwards, Nov. 15
Next: To be determined

• Joaquin Buckley

Promotion: UFC
Record: 21-7
Last: L (UD) vs. Kamaru Usman, June 14
Next: To be determined

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

Promotion: UFC Champion
Record: 17-0
Last: W (KO1) vs. Charles Oliveira, June 28
Next: To be defined

• Arman Tsarukyan

Promotion: UFC Previous ranking: Unranked Record: 23-3 Last: W (Sub2) vs. Dan Hooker, Nov. 22 Next: To be determined

• Charles Oliveira

Promotion: UFC Previous Ranking: 2 Record: 36-11, 1 NC Last: W (Sub2) vs. Mateusz Gamrot, Oct. 11 Next: To be defined

• Max Holloway

Promotion: UFC Previous Ranking: 3 Record: 27-8 Last: W (UD) vs. Dustin Poirier, July 19 Next: To be defined

• Justin Gaethje

Promotion: UFC Previous Ranking: 4 Record: 26-5 Last: W (UD) vs. Rafael Fiziev, March 8 Next: January 24 vs. Paddy Pimblett

• Usman Nurmagomedov

Promotion: PFL Champion
Previous Ranking: 5
Record: 20-0, 1 NC
Last: W (UD) vs. Paul Hughes, Oct. 3
Next: February 7 vs. Alfie Davis

• Paddy Pimblett

Promotion: UFC
Previous Ranking: 6
Record: 23-3
Last: W (TKO3) vs. Michael Chandler, April 12
Next: January 24 vs. Justin Gaethje

• Mateusz Gamrot

Promotion: UFC Previous Ranking: 7 Record: 25-4, 1 NC Last: L (Sub2) vs. Charles Oliveira, Oct. 11 Next: To be defined

• Rafael Fiziev

Promotion: UFC
Previous Ranking: 8
Record: 13-4 NC
Last: W (UD) vs. Ignacio Bahamondes, June 21
Next: To be defined

• Benoît Saint Denis

Promotion: UFC Previous Ranking: 9 Record: 16-3, 1 NC Last: W (KO1) vs. Beneil Dariush, Nov. 15 Next: To be defined

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

FEATHERWEIGHT (up to 145 pounds)

• Alexander Volkanovski

Promotion: UFC Champion
Record: 27-4
Last: W (UD) vs. Diego Lopes, April 12
Next: January 31 vs. Diego Lopes

• Movsar Evloev

Promotion: UFC
Record: 19-0
Last: W (UD) vs. Aljamain Sterling, Dec. 7, 2024
Next: To be determined

• Diego Lopes

Promotion: UFC
Record: 27-7
Last: W (TKO2) vs. Jean Silva, Sept. 13
Next: January 31 vs. Alexander Volkanovski

• Yair Rodriguez

Promotion: UFC
Record: 16-5, 1 NC
Last: W (UD) vs. Patricio Pitbull, April 12
Next: To be defined

• Lerone Murphy

Promotion: UFC
Record: 17-0-1
Last: W (KO1) vs. Aaron Pico, Aug. 16
Next: To be determined

• Aljamain Sterling

Promotion: UFC
Record: 25-5
Last: W (UD) vs. Brian Ortega, Aug. 23
Next: To be determined

• Youssef Z