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USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings, July 2: Ngannou climbs, Benavidez enters P4P list

A pair of potential title eliminators were at the top of the bill of the UFC’s long-awaited return to Minneapolis this past Saturday.

In the UFC on ESPN 3 main event at Target Center, Francis Ngannou (14-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) shut down former heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos (21-6 MMA, 15-5 UFC) in a hurry with a TKO and may have punched his ticket to be next in line for a title shot.

And in the co-feature, two-time flyweight title challenger Joseph Benavidez (28-5 MMA, 15-3 UFC) took out Jussier Formiga (23-6 MMA, 9-5 UFC) in the second round in a rematch from nearly six years ago. Benavidez may have left no doubt who should be next for a shot at Henry Cejudo’s 125-pound belt.

In the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA rankings, Ngannou’s win gave him a big leap from No. 6 at heavyweight to No. 3, just behind champion Daniel Cormier and former champ Stipe Miocic – who rematch next month in California.

And though Benavidez can’t really push past No. 3 at flyweight with champ Cejudo at No. 1 and former champ Demetrious Johnson, who holds two wins over Benavidez, at No. 2, at the very least he was able crack into our pound-for-pound rankings.

To see those updates and more, check out the latest edition of our rankings.

‘That’s not who I am’: Igor Severino apologizes for bite, hopes one mistake doesn’t define career

Igor Severino’s life isn’t the same as it was one week ago. As of now, the 20-year-old ex-UFC fighter doesn’t know if it’ll ever be even similar after he bit opponent Andre Lima during their March 23 fight at UFC on ESPN 53 in Las Vegas. The highly unusual...

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