{"id":82769,"date":"2025-11-19T19:33:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T23:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/makhachev-new-welterweight-king-explosive-rise-in-ufc-and-ranking-changes\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T19:33:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T23:33:58","slug":"makhachev-new-welterweight-king-explosive-rise-in-ufc-and-ranking-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mma\/makhachev-new-welterweight-king-explosive-rise-in-ufc-and-ranking-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Makhachev: New Welterweight King, Explosive Rise in UFC and Ranking Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"Attention mixed martial arts fanatics! Alofoke Deportes brings you the latest updates on the ESPN divisional ranking. Islam Makhachev, after an impressive performance, has climbed to the top in a new weight category.\n\n\n

Makhachev: New Champion and Undisputed Leader<\/h2>\n\n\nIslam Makhachev, already positioned at number one in lightweight, has made a giant leap. After his victory over Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 322, Makhachev is crowned welterweight champion. This triumph not only gives him a new belt, but also places him at the top of a division 15 pounds heavier.\n\nThe rise of Makhachev is just one part of the significant changes that UFC 322 brought about in the welterweight category. The knockout victories of Michael Morales and Carlos Prates boosted their position in the top 10.\n\nRegarding lightweight, Makhachev’s move to 170 pounds allowed several competitors to advance in the 155-pound rankings. Ilia Topuria, now the UFC champion, leads the division. Beneil Dariush’s KO loss to Beno\u00eet Saint Denis at UFC 322 also generated changes, with Saint Denis and Renato Moicano entering the rankings.\n\nIn the women’s ranking, Zhang Weili, after losing to Valentina Shevchenko in her attempt for the flyweight title, has not yet defined in which division she will compete. For the moment, she remains in the strawweight ranking at number 1.\n\nHere are the ESPN rankings and the list of current UFC champions.\n\n\n
\"Tom<\/figure>\n\n\nHEAVYWEIGHT (up to 265 pounds)<\/b>\n\n\n
  • Tom Aspinall<\/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)<\/b>\n\n\n
    • Alex Pereira<\/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\nMIDDLEWEIGHT (up to 185 pounds)<\/b>\n\n\n
      • Khamzat Chimaev<\/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 pounds)<\/b>\n\n
        • Islam Makhachev<\/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
          \"Ilia<\/figure>\n\n\nLIGHTWEIGHT (up to 155 pounds)<\/b>\n\n\n
          • Ilia Topuria<\/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)<\/b>\n\n\n
            • Alexander Volkanovski<\/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 on the ESPN divisional ranking. Islam Makhachev, after an impressive performance, has climbed to the top in a new weight category. Makhachev: New Champion and Undisputed Leader Islam Makhachev, already positioned at number one in lightweight, has made a giant leap. After his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[1584,1971,228,206],"class_list":{"0":"post-82769","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\/82769","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=82769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}