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Stock Up, Stock Down: Making Sense of the UFC's Updated Rankings

UFC 242 was the Khabib Nurmagomedov show. The Arena on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi played host to the UFC lightweight title unification bout between Nurmagomedov and Dustin Poirier, and it was all Nurmagomedov.

It was mostly a one-fight card in terms of significance, but a few more ranked fighters helped fill-out the card including: Edson Barboza, Paul Felder and Curtis Blaydes.

There was not a lot of movement around the rankings, but some of the results proved helpful to fighters who are making a push for title bids as the new year looms. Who are those warriors making moves?