UFC Fight Night: Buckley vs. Malott touched down at Rogers Place in Edmonton on October 17. The rankings office updated four divisions on Tuesday. Loopy Godinez made the biggest single-week jump, and the middleweight board absorbed most of the other movement.
Biggest Movers
| Fighter | Division | Old Rank | New Rank | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loopy Godinez | Women's Strawweight | #11 | #8 | +3 |
| Brendan Allen | Middleweight | #5 | #4 | +1 |
| Joe Pyfer | Middleweight | #4 | #5 | -1 |
| Ikram Aliskerov | Middleweight | #11 | #10 | +1 |
| Christian Leroy Duncan | Middleweight | #10 | #11 | -1 |
| Bryce Mitchell | Bantamweight | #15 | #14 | +1 |
| Marlon Vera | Bantamweight | #14 | #15 | -1 |
| Nora Cornolle | Women's Bantamweight | #12 | #13 | -1 |
Loopy Godinez Jumps Three Spots
The headline of this week's update is Loopy Godinez, who moves from #11 to #8 in women's strawweight. A three-spot climb in a single cycle is rare in a division where the committee typically shifts fighters one position at a time.
Godinez is now inside the top ten, having passed Piera Rodríguez — who drops to #9 — and two others in the upper-middle tier. The women's strawweight top five has held steady for months, but positions six through eleven have been fluid. At #8, Godinez is one statement win away from forcing a top-five conversation. The committee's decision to move her three spots reflects accumulated activity rather than a single result, which makes the climb more durable than a one-fight bump.
Middleweight Shifts After Barriault vs. Daukaus
Marc-André Barriault stopped Kyle Daukaus by TKO via elbows at 4:28 of round one on the Edmonton main card. It was a one-sided performance from the opening exchange, and the middleweight rankings reflected it in this update.
Brendan Allen moves from #5 to #4, passing Joe Pyfer, who drops to #5. Allen has built a steady body of results in the 185-pound division and this move puts him a step closer to a top-three conversation. Pyfer drops one but remains firmly in the top five.
Further down, Ikram Aliskerov climbs to #10 while Christian Leroy Duncan falls to #11. Middleweight has seen steady churn between ranks nine and twelve throughout 2026. This week continues that pattern — no top-three changes, but the middle of the board stays in motion.
Bantamweight: Adjustments at the Bottom
Bryce Mitchell gains one spot to reach #14, with Marlon Vera sliding to #15. Neither appeared in Edmonton. The move reflects the committee's routine review of activity and recency of results at the base of the top 15.
Bantamweight remains one of the UFC's deepest divisions. Petr Yan holds the belt, Merab Dvalishvili sits at #1, and Song Yadong at #2. The adjustments at #14 and #15 don't alter the title picture but shift the order for fighters working toward contender status.
Women's Bantamweight
Nora Cornolle drops to #13 and Macy Chiasson falls to #14. These are activity-driven maintenance moves rather than fight results. The committee runs these adjustments regularly at the margins of the women's bantamweight rankings.
Edmonton's Main Card and What Comes Next
Mike Malott put together one of the finishes of the year when a perfectly timed knee put Joaquin Buckley out cold at 2:32 of round two. Malott is now 15-2-1 and has established himself as a serious welterweight contender. The welterweight rankings were not updated this week, but a ranking entry in the next cycle is near certain.
In the co-main, Jasmine Jasudavicius took a unanimous decision over Erin Blanchfield across all three judges at 29-28 in women's flyweight. Blanchfield had been a consistent fixture in the division. A loss to Jasudavicius reshapes the flyweight contender landscape heading into the next update.
No titles changed in Edmonton. Every champion across bantamweight, featherweight, flyweight, heavyweight, and light heavyweight holds. This is a maintenance and calibration cycle — the headline is Godinez jumping to #8 in strawweight and a four-position shuffle in middleweight following Barriault's dominant first-round stoppage.
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