UFC 310 took place Saturday in Las Vegas and the promotion’s flyweight champion made a statement in the marquee.
Titleholder [autotag]Alexandre Pantoja[/autotag] made it look relatively easy against debuting Japanese star [autotag]Kai Asakura[/autotag], as he notched another title defense. Pantoja submitted Asakura by second-round rear-naked choke. As a result, Pantoja jumped a massive five spots in the USA Today/MMA Junkie rankings.
Additionally, contenders [autotag]Shavkat Rakhmonov[/autotag] and [autotag]Movsar Evloev[/autotag] inched upward as a result of their impressive wins over Ian Machado Garry and Aljamain Sterling.
Check out all the latest pound-for-pound and divisional USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings.