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USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA rankings, Oct. 30: Anthony Smith keeps on climbing

With three straight wins over high-level competition, including two former champions, Anthony Smith continues to climb.

Smith (31-13 MMA, 7-3 UFC) this past Saturday took out Volkan Oezdemir (15-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) in the UFC Fight Night 138 main event at SMG Moncton in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. It was his third straight high-profile win. Oezdemir was a recent light heavyweight title challenger, and before that Smith stopped former champions Rashad Evans and Mauricio Rua.

So it’s no surprise that in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA rankings, “Lionheart” made a big leap on the 205-pound list.

What’s next for Smith? Time will tell, but he almost certainly will be keeping a close eye on the light heavyweight title fight in December between former champ Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson. He may be next in line for the winner.

Check out the new light heavyweight rankings, as well as all the other lists ahead of this week’s UFC 230 – which could see some shifts at heavyweight and middleweight.

UFC free fight: Charles Oliveira rallies to light up Michael Chandler for first title win

Charles Oliveira proved he had championship mettle when he battled through some early adversity against Michael Chandler. Oliveira faced Chandler for the vacant lightweight title in the main event of UFC 262 in May 2021. It took “Do Bronx” 28 octagon appearances to earn his first-career title shot. Round...

Javier Mendez disagrees with Daniel Cormier’s claim that Islam Makhachev more dangerous than Khabib Nurmagomedov

For Javier Mendez, Islam Makhachev is more skilled than Khabib Nurmagomedov but not more dangerous. Daniel Cormier, who also trained under Mendez at American Kickboxing Academy, said UFC lightweight champion Makhachev is even more dangerous than former champ Nurmagomedov was during his prime. Mendez heavily disagrees. “OK, he’s more...

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