MMA rankings report: UFC 245 aftermath

Let MMA Junkie’s John Morgan and George Garcia walk you through the aftermath of a consequential night at UFC 245.

UFC 245 lived up to its billing as a consequential event.

Saturday night’s event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas lived up to the hype as the UFC finished it’s 2019 pay-per-view calendar with a bang:

  • [autotag]Kamaru Usman[/autotag] defended his welterweight title in the main event in a stirring victory over a game Colby Covington, finishing things in the final minute of the fifth round.
  • There’s a new sheriff in town at men’s featherweight, as [autotag]Alexander Volkanovski [/autotag]downed Max Holloway to take 145-pound gold.
  • [autotag]Amanda Nunes[/autotag] left no doubt where she stands, as the women’s featherweight and bantamweight champ defended her latter belt with a one-sided win over Germaine de Randamie.

And there were many more fights with meaningful divisional implications all up and down the card.

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How did these results and more play out in this week’s USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings? Let “Gorgeous” George Garcia and John Morgan walk you through all the changes of note in the video above.

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