The UFC’s latest pay-per-view event was the source of a number of changes in this week’s rankings.
The UFC’s light heavyweight has a new champion and his name is [autotag]Alex Pereira[/autotag]. The former middleweight champ claimed a title in his second weight class by finishing Jiri Prochazka in the main event of UFC 295 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
In the co-main, [autotag]Tom Aspinall[/autotag] viciously knocked out Sergei Pavlovich to take the interim heavyweight title. Time will tell when Aspinall will have an opportunity to unify the title as the promotion has currently decided to wait for champion Jon Jones to return from injury to face former champ Stipe Miocic.
Both winners made big moves in this week’s update, but the biggest is Pereira taking the throne at light heavyweight with the No. 1 spot.
Check out all the latest pound-for-pound and divisional USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings above.