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Latest UFC rankings update: Yair Rodriguez, Sergio Pettis enter top 10 with big wins in Phoenix

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently wrapped its UFC Fight Night 103: "Rodriguez vs. Penn" FOX Sports 1 event, taking place last Sunday night (Jan. 15, 2017) inside Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.

Some fighters experienced the highest of highs, like up-and-coming contender Yair Rodriguez, who knocked out longtime veteran and all-around mixed martial arts (MMA) legend, BJ Penn, in the headlining bout. "El Pantera" knocked around " The Prodigy" for five the first five minutes of the bout before putting the finishing touches on the Hawaiian early in the second frame (watch it).

The result was a bump up to No.