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UFC fighter rankings: Daniel Cormier removed, heavyweights move up

UFC Vegas 9 was a bit of a bust. As with other recent cards, COVID and injuries destroyed a bunch of the fights, leaving the event with just seven bouts - and only two of any relevance rankings-wise. Alistair Overeem picked up a nice win over Augusto Sakai in the main event, and Viviane Araujo moved up a bit with her win.

Everything else? Didn’t matter much.

The one thing that did cause a ratings ripple this week was the removal of former two-division champion Daniel Cormier, who has now officially retired.

Here’s a look at the changes this week.