{"id":81381,"date":"2025-11-18T19:07:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T23:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/makhachev-dominates-new-welterweight-king-topuria-ascends-in-ufc\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T19:07:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T23:07:49","slug":"makhachev-dominates-new-welterweight-king-topuria-ascends-in-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mma\/makhachev-dominates-new-welterweight-king-topuria-ascends-in-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Makhachev Dominates: New Welterweight King, Topuria Ascends in UFC!"},"content":{"rendered":"Attention, mixed martial arts fanatics! Alofoke Deportes brings you the latest updates in the UFC world. The divisional rankings have undergone significant changes, with Islam Makhachev leading the transformation.\n\n

Makhachev Ascends to the Welterweight Throne<\/h2>\n\nIslam Makhachev, after an impressive victory over Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 322, has climbed to the top of the welterweight division. This achievement is even more remarkable considering that Makhachev was already number one in lightweight. Saturday night’s victory secured him the championship in a division 15 pounds heavier.\n\nMakhachev’s rise is just one part of the restructuring that UFC 322 brought in the welterweight division. Knockout victories by Michael Morales and Carlos Prates also boosted their position in the top 10.\n\n\n

New Lightweight Leaders<\/h2>\n\n\nMakhachev’s move to welterweight has opened up new opportunities in lightweight, with Ilia Topuria now holding the number one spot.\n\nFurthermore, Beneil Dariush’s knockout loss to Beno\u00eet Saint Denis at UFC 322, and Renato Moicano’s entry into the rankings, have reconfigured the lightweight rankings.\n\nHere are the updated rankings in the different weight categories:\n\n\n
\"Tom<\/figure>\n\n\nHEAVYWEIGHT (up to 265 pounds)<\/strong>\n\n\n
  • Tom Aspinall (UFC Champion)<\/li>
  • Ciryl Gane<\/li>
  • Curtis Blaydes<\/li>
  • Alexander Volkov<\/li>
  • Sergei Pavlovich<\/li>
  • Jailton Almeida<\/li>
  • Waldo Cortes-Acosta<\/li>
  • Renan Ferreira<\/li>
  • Serghei Spivac<\/li>
  • Derrick Lewis<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    \"Alex<\/figure>\n\n\nLIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (up to 205 pounds)<\/strong>\n\n\n
    • Alex Pereira (UFC Champion)<\/li>
    • Magomed Ankalaev<\/li>
    • Ji\u0159\u00ed Proch\u00e1zka<\/li>
    • Carlos Ulberg<\/li>
    • Khalil Rountree Jr.<\/li>
    • Azamat Murzakanov<\/li>
    • Dominick Reyes<\/li>
    • Aleksandar Raki\u0107<\/li>
    • Jamahal Hill<\/li>
    • Corey Anderson<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
      \"Khamzat<\/figure>\n\n\nAVERAGE WEIGHT (up to 185 pounds)<\/strong>\n\n\n
      • Khamzat Chimaev (UFC Champion)<\/li>
      • Dricus du Plessis<\/li>
      • Nassourdine Imavov<\/li>
      • Sean Strickland<\/li>
      • Israel Adesanya<\/li>
      • Anthony Hernandez<\/li>
      • Caio Borralho<\/li>
      • Brendan Allen<\/li>
      • Reinier de Ridder<\/li>
      • Robert Whittaker<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
        \"Islam<\/figure>\n\n\nWELTERWEIGHT (up to 170 lbs)<\/strong>\n\n\n
        • Islam Makhachev (UFC Champion)<\/li>
        • Jack Della Maddalena<\/li>
        • Belal Muhammad<\/li>
        • Shavkat Rakhmonov<\/li>
        • Ian Machado Garry<\/li>
        • Michael Morales<\/li>
        • Kamaru Usman<\/li>
        • Sean Brady<\/li>
        • Carlos Prates<\/li>
        • Joaquin Buckley<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
          \"Ilia<\/figure>\n\n\nLIGHTWEIGHT (up to 155 pounds)<\/strong>\n\n\n
          • Ilia Topuria (UFC Champion)<\/li>
          • Charles Oliveira<\/li>
          • Max Holloway<\/li>
          • Justin Gaethje<\/li>
          • Usman Nurmagomedov<\/li>
          • Paddy Pimblett<\/li>
          • Mateusz Gamrot<\/li>
          • Rafael Fiziev<\/li>
          • Beno\u00eet Saint Denis<\/li>
          • Renato Moicano<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
            \"Alexander<\/figure>\n\n\nFEATHERWEIGHT (up to 145 pounds)<\/strong>\n\n\n
            • Alexander Volkanovski (UFC Champion)<\/li>
            • Movsar Evloev<\/li>
            • Diego Lopes<\/li>
            • Yair Rodriguez<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Attention, mixed martial arts fanatics! Alofoke Deportes brings you the latest updates in the UFC world. The divisional rankings have undergone significant changes, with Islam Makhachev leading the transformation. Makhachev Ascends to the Welterweight Throne Islam Makhachev, after an impressive victory over Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 322, has climbed to the top of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[1584,1971,228,206],"class_list":{"0":"post-81381","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-islam-makhachev","9":"tag-rankings","10":"tag-ufc","11":"tag-welterweight"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}