Jose Aldo’s attempt to revitalize his career with a move to bantamweight continued to prove successful this past weekend. Aldo dominated Rob Font in the main event of UFC Fight Night to score a unanimous decision victory.
The win moved Aldo up a spot to No. 5 at bantamweight in the CBS Sports UFC Divisional Rankings. The win was Aldo’s third straight after a failed bid to capture the then-vacant UFC bantamweight championship against Petr Yan in July 2020. Perhaps most encouraging for fans of Aldo, the fight with Font was arguably the two-time former featherweight champion’s most complete and impressive showing since his decision to drop to 135 pounds in 2019.
Font slipped two spots to No. 7 in defeat. Font entered the fight on a four-fight winning streak and off the best result of his career, a convincing decision win over former division champion Cody Garbrandt.
Saturday’s UFC 269 features two fights featuring CBS Sports ranked fighters.
- Lightweight: No. 1 Dustin Poirier vs. No. 2 Charles Oliveira
- Women’s Bantamweight: No. 1 Amanda Nunes vs. No. 4 Julianna Pena
- Flyweight: No. 6 Kai Kara-France vs. Cody Garbrandt
- Featherweight: No. 9 Josh Emmett vs. Dan Ige
- Bantamweight: No. 8 Pedro Munhoz vs. Dominick Cruz
- Heavyweight: No. 10 Tai Tuivasa vs. Augusto Sakai
Rankings are compiled following the submission of ballots by Brent Brookhouse, Brian Campbell and Brandon Wise. Without further ado, here’s where things stand ahead of Saturday’s card.
For Brian Campbell’s updated Pound for Pound Rankings, click here.
Flyweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Brandon Moreno (c) |
19-5-2 |
|
2. Deiveson Figueiredo |
20-2-1 |
|
3. Askar Askarov |
14-0-1 |
|
4. Matt Schnell |
15-6 |
|
5. Alexandre Pantoja |
23-5 |
|
6. Kai Kara-France |
22-9 |
|
7. Joseph Benavidez |
28-8 |
|
8. Alex Perez |
24-6 |
|
9. Brandon Royval |
12-6 |
|
10. Jussier Formiga |
23-8 |
Bantamweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Petr Yan |
16-2 |
|
2. Aljamain Sterling (c) |
19-4 |
|
3. TJ Dillashaw |
17-4 |
|
4. Cory Sandhagen |
14-4 |
|
5. Jose Aldo |
31-7 |
|
6. Merab Dvalishvili |
14-4 |
|
7. Rob Font |
19-5 |
|
8. Pedro Munhoz |
19-6 |
|
T9. Cody Garbrandt |
12-4 |
|
T9. Jimmie Rivera |
23-5 |
Featherweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Alexander Volkanovski (c) |
22-1 |
|
2. Max Holloway |
23-6 |
|
3. Brian Ortega |
15-2 |
|
4. Yair Rodriguez |
13-3 |
|
5. Giga Chikadze |
14-2 |
|
6. Korean Zombie |
17-6 |
|
7. Calvin Kattar |
22-5 |
|
8. Edson Barboza |
22-10 |
|
T9. Josh Emmett |
16-2 |
|
T9. Shane Burgos |
14-3 |
Lightweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Dustin Poirier |
28-6 |
|
2. Charles Oliveira (c) |
31-8 |
|
3. Justin Gaethje |
23-3 |
|
4. Islam Makhachev |
21-1 |
|
5. Beneil Dariush |
21-4-1 |
|
6. Rafael dos Anjos |
30-13 |
|
7. Michael Chandler |
22-7 |
|
8. Dan Hooker |
20-11 |
|
9. Gregor Gillespie |
14-1 |
|
10. Tony Ferguson |
25-6 |
Welterweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Kamaru Usman (c) |
20-1 |
|
2. Leon Edwards |
19-3 |
|
3. Colby Covington |
16-3 |
|
4. Gilbert Burns |
20-4 |
|
5. Vicente Luque |
21-7-1 |
|
6. Stephen Thompson |
16-5-1 |
|
7. Jorge Masvidal |
35-15 |
|
8. Khamzat Chimaev |
10-0 |
|
9. Sean Brady |
15-0 |
|
10. Neil Magny |
25-8 |
Middleweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Israel Adesanya (c) |
21-1 |
|
2. Robert Whittaker |
23-5 |
|
3. Marvin Vettori |
18-5-1 |
|
4. Derek Brunson |
23-7 |
|
5. Jared Cannonier |
14-5 |
|
6. Paulo Costa |
13-2 |
|
7. Jack Hermansson |
22-6 |
|
8. Sean Strickland |
24-3 |
|
9. Kelvin Gastelum |
16-8 |
|
10. Darren Till |
18-4-1 |
Light heavyweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Glover Teixeira (c) |
33-7 |
|
2. Jiri Prochazka |
28-3-1 |
|
3. Jan Blachowicz |
28-9 |
|
4. Aleksandar Rakic |
14-2 |
|
5. Anthony Smith |
36-16 |
|
6. Thiago Santos |
22-9 |
|
7. Magomed Ankalaev |
15-1 |
|
8. Dominick Reyes |
12-3 |
|
9. Johnny Walker |
18-6 |
|
10. Nikita Krylov |
26-8 |
Heavyweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Francis Ngannou (c) |
16-3 |
|
2. Stipe Miocic |
20-4 |
|
3. Ciryl Gane |
10-0 |
|
4. Curtis Blaydes |
15-3 |
|
5. Derrick Lewis |
25-8 |
|
6. Alexander Volkov |
34-9 |
|
7. Marcin Tybura |
22-7 |
|
8. Chris Daukaus |
12-3 |
|
9. Jairzinho Rozenstruik |
12-3 |
|
10. Tai Tuivasa |
12-3 |
Women’s strawweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Rose Namajunas (c) |
11-4 |
|
2. Weili Zhang |
21-3 |
|
3. Carla Esparza |
18-6 |
|
4. Marina Rodriguez |
14-1-2 |
|
T5. Yan Xiaonan |
13-2 |
|
T5. Joanna Jedrzejczyk |
16-4 |
|
T7. Mackenzie Dern |
11-1 |
|
T7. Tatiana Suarez |
8-0 |
|
9. Amanda Ribas |
11-2 |
|
10. Jessica Andrade |
22-9 |
Women’s flyweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Valentina Shevchenko (c) |
22-3 |
|
2. Jessica Andrade |
22-9 |
|
3. Jennifer Maia |
19-7-1 |
|
4. Lauren Murphy |
15-5 |
|
5. Maycee Barber |
9-2 |
Women’s bantamweight
|
Fighter |
Record |
|
1. Amanda Nunes (c) |
21-4 |
|
2. Germaine de Randamie |
10-4 |
|
3. Holly Holm |
14-5 |
|
4. Julianna Pena |
10-4 |
|
5. Irene Aldana |
13-6 |
|
6. Aspen Ladd |
9-2 |
|
7. Yana Kunitskaya |
14-6 |
|
8. Sara McMann |
12-6 |
|
9. Ketlen Vieira |
12-2 |
|
10. Julia Avila |
9-2 |
