October 14, 2026

Surinamese Jairzinho Rozenstruik has always been in good standing in the heavyweight division, never falling below the top level. In other words, if he lost, it was only to really big names in the heavyweight division. In fact, this happened at UFC Fight Night in Saudi Arabia, where he lost on points to Sergei Pavlovich. However, this is where Jairzinho's path in the UFC ended for now - they did not renew his contract.

Also, Brazilian Marcos Rogerio de Lima left the top 15. American Dontale Mays and Brazilian Jonata Diniz debuted in the rankings to replace him and Rozenstruik . Both, by the way, lost their last fights, so the UFC is obviously not doing well with new faces in the division.

Having won his fourth victory in a row, this time over the legendary ex-champion Adesanya, Dagestani from France Nassurdin Imavov has already risen to the second position, taking up a place right behind the current title challenger Strickland. Israel , in turn, against the backdrop of a depressing series of three defeats, has already dropped to the fourth place.

Swedish veteran Jack Hermansson and recent debutant from Russia Shara Magomedov left the Top 15. And while the Scandinavian has not entered the cage since February last year, Magomedov lost to Michael Page at a tournament in Saudi Arabia. In the middleweight rankings, the dropouts were replaced by Russian Roman Kopylov and American Bo Nickal .