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UFC fighter rankings: Ben Rothwell, Ryan Bader removed

The UFC’s latest event in Brazil didn’t cause a major rankings ripple, but a mild upset in the flyweight division caused some upheaval there. Also, Kelvin Gastelum got a bit of a bump from his main event win over Vitor Belfort. Overall though, the main reason for a bunch of ranking changes is due to the removal of two veterans - Ben Rothwell and Ryan Bader.

Check out all the updates below.

P4P - No changes.

Heavyweight - Rothwell had been at number five, but a USADA out-of-competition test issue led the UFC to pull him from the rankings (and presumably his fight with Fabricio Werdum).