{"id":30412,"date":"2026-09-29T13:10:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=30412"},"modified":"2026-09-29T13:10:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:10:17","slug":"raul-rosas-jr-crashes-top-10-in-ufc-vegas-121-rankings-update-ailin-perez-climbs-to-no-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=30412","title":{"rendered":"Raul Rosas Jr. crashes Top 10 in UFC Vegas 121 rankings update, Ailin Perez climbs to No. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The UFC Meta Rankings have been updated following the UFC Vegas 121 MMA event last weekend in Las Vegas and it\u2019s more bad news for Raoni Barcelos. Not only did the bantamweight veteran get hospitalized after a scary knockout loss to Raul Rosas Jr., the Brazilian also coughed up his Top 10 ranking to \u201cEl Ni\u00f1o Problema.\u201d<\/p>\n

UFC Vegas 121 results also saw Ailin Perez climb two spots to No. 2 in the women\u2019s bantamweight rankings following her decision win over Norma Dumont. In addition, Montel Jackson\u2019s finish over bantamweight bruiser Ricky Simon (watch the highlights here) helped \u201cQuik\u201d improve his position in the Top 15 at 135 pounds.<\/p>\n

Check out the updated UFC Meta Rankings below (for an explanation on how they work click here).<\/p>\n

1. Manel Kape
2. Alexandre Pantoja
3. Brandon Royval
4. Tatsuro Taira
5. Asu Almabayev
6. Lone\u2019er Kavanagh
7. Ramazan Temirov
8. Kyoji Horiguchi
9. Brandon Moreno
10. Amir Albazi
11. Sumudaerji
12. Mitch Raposo
13. Rei Tsuruya
14. Charles Johnson
15. Alessandro Costa<\/p>\n

1. Merab Dvalishvili
2. Song Yadong
3. Sean O\u2019Malley
4. Mario Bautista
5. Umar Nurmagomedov
6. Cory Sandhagen
7. David Martinez
8. Raul Rosas Jr. *NR
9. Farid Basharat
10. Marcus McGhee
11. Deiveson Figueiredo
12. Montel Jackson +3
13. Aiemann Zahabi
14. Marlon Vera -2
15. Bryce Mitchell -1<\/p>\n

Champion: Alexander Volkanovski<\/p>\n

1. Movsar Evloev
2. Diego Lopes
3. Lerone Murphy
4. Aljamain Sterling
5. Jean Silva
6. Arnold Allen
7. Pat Sabatini
8. Pavel Andrusca
9. Youssef Zalal
10. Kevin Vallejos
11. Joanderson Brito
12. Melquizael Costa
13. Steve Garcia
14. Aaron Pico
15. Jamall Emmers<\/p>\n

1. Ilia Topuria
2. Arman Tsarukyan
3. Charles Oliveira
4. Max Holloway
5. Paddy Pimblett
6. Quillan Salkilld
7. Benoit Saint Denis
8. Renato Moicano
9. Mateusz Gamrot
10. Mauricio Ruffy
11. Tom Nolan
12. Rafael Fiziev
13. Tofiq Musayev
14. Grant Dawson
15. Jalin Turner<\/p>\n

Champion: Islam Makhachev<\/p>\n

1. Carlos Prates
2. Ian Machado Garry
3. Michael Morales
4. Jack Della Maddalena
5. Sean Brady
6. Gabriel Bonfim
7. Belal Muhammad
8. Joaquin Buckley
9. Uros Medic
10. Leon Edwards
11. Mike Malott
12. Kamaru Usman
13. Yaroslav Amosov
14. Kevin Holland
15. Daniel Rodriguez<\/p>\n

Champion: Sean Strickland<\/p>\n

1. Khamzat Chimaev
2. Dricus Du Plessis
3. Nassourdine Imavov
4. Joe Pyfer
5. Brendan Allen
6. Caio Borralho
7. Gregory Rodrigues
8. Anthony Hernandez
9. Israel Adesanya
10. Christian Leroy Duncan
11. Ikram Aliskerov
12. Bo Nickal
13. Abus Magomedov
14. Edmen Shahbazyan
15. Shara Magomedov *NR<\/p>\n

1. Alex Pereira
2. Magomed Ankalaev
3. Jiri Prochazka
4. Paulo Costa
5. Jamahal Hill
6. Khalil Rountree
7. Navajo Stirling
8. Dominick Reyes
9. Reinier de Ridder
10. Azamat Murzakanov
11. Alonzo Menifield
12. Bogdan Guskov
13. Robert Whittaker
14. Johnny Walker
15. Muhammad Saidov<\/p>\n

1. Tom Aspinall -1
2. Sergei Pavlovich +1
3. Alex Pereira +1
4. Alexander Volkov -2
5. Rizvan Kuniev
6. Josh Hokit
7. Curtis Blaydes
8. Waldo Cortes Acosta
9. Vitor Petrino
10. Mario Pinto
11. Valter Walker
12. Brando Pericic
13. Serghei Spivac
14. Shamil Gaziev +1
15. Aleksandar Raki\u0107 *NR<\/p>\n

1. Zhang Weili
2. Virna Jandiroba
3. Tatiana Suarez
4. Denise Gomes
5. Gillian Robertson
6. Fatima Klein
7. Alexia Thainara
8. Piera Rodriguez
9. Yan Xiaonan
10. Mizuki Inoue
11. Loopy Godinez
12. Tabatha Ricci
13. Jaqueline Amorim
14. Talita Alencar
15. Amanda Lemos<\/p>\n

Champion: Valentina Shevchenko<\/p>\n

1. Natalia Silva
2. Alexa Grasso
3. Erin Blanchfield
4. Manon Fiorot
5. Zhang Weili
6. Wang Cong
7. Jasmine Jasudavicius
8. Rose Namajunas
9. Maycee Barber
10. Tracy Cortez
11. Casey O\u2019Neill
12. Miranda Maverick
13. Regina Tarin
14. Karine Silva
15. Carli Judice<\/p>\n

1. Joselyne Edwards
2. Ailin Perez +2
3. Norma Dumont -1
4. Luana Santos -1
5. Julianna Pena
6. Yana Santos
7. Jacqueline Cavalcanti
8. Michelle Montague
9. Melissa Croden
10. Karol Rosa
11. Bia Mesquita
12. Nora Cornolle
13. Macy Chiasson
14. Daria Zhelezniakova
15. Raquel Pennington<\/p>\n

The official media rankings have not been updated at the time of publishing and are expected to be phased out in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

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You can expect these rankings to change around this time next week, particularly in the women\u2019s flyweight division, following the upcoming UFC 332: \u201cSilva vs. Wang\u201d MMA event on Paramount+, scheduled for Sat., Oct. 3, 2026 at Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.<\/p>\n

For much more on that upcoming fight card click here.<\/p>\n


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