UFC MW and LW divisions will be pure fireworks this year and the best thing going in UFC and MMA as a whole this year. Personally I think the 2023 UFC MW and LW divisions are the most interesting things happening in all of sports this year.
Fightmatrix ranks the champ as #1 so everyone’s ranking will be bumped down one spot compared to UFC rankings that don’t rank the champ. They also don’t rank CS fighters who have not debuted in the big UFC and they have not been updated from last night.
Rodolfo Vieira is ranked 45.
Phil Hawes is ranked 42.
Barriault is ranked 40.
Alhassan is ranked 37.
Kopylov is ranked 35.
Borrhalo is ranked 26.
Curtis is ranked 16.
Du Plessis is ranked 12.
Allen is ranked 11.
Whittaker is ranked 3.
Title fight between #1 and #2 is in April.
Chimaev is moving up to the division.
Nickal has debuted and is ready to climb the ranks.
This is MMA at its best.