Following UFC on ESPN 56, the USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings required updating.
Within the feature bout of the event at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Derrick Lewis knocked out Rodrigo Nascimento, extending his UFC knockout record.
A couple of other notables made their presence felt in an enormous way with strong showings. Within the co-feature, Joaquin Buckley continued a powerful run since dropping all the way down to welterweight by shutting out Nursulton Ruziboev. Also, Carlos Ulberg scored a lightning-fast finish of Alonzo Menifield.
Each fighters moved up within the rankings of their respective divisions following their impressive performances.
Try all the most recent pound-for-pound and divisional USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings above.
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