{"id":814378,"date":"2026-07-21T12:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/814378\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:55:09","slug":"ufc-oklahoma-city-power-rankings-rating-the-nights-big-winners-in-okc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/814378\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Oklahoma City Power Rankings: Rating The Night’s Big Winners In OKC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UFC Octagon<\/a> landed in Oklahoma City on Saturday night for a UFC Fight Night event that featured two former champions at the top of a fight card stacked with rising stars of the sport.<\/p>\n

Here are our power rankings for the night\u2019s top performers in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n

UFC Oklahoma City Power Rankings<\/p>\n

1. Dricus Du Plessis<\/p>\n

Dricus Du Plessis<\/a> arrived in Oklahoma City with a point to prove, and he proved it emphatically. The South African produced an outstanding performance that showcased his improved takedown defence as he outstruck and overpowered former welterweight champion Kamaru Usman<\/a> over the full five-round distance in Saturday night\u2019s main event.<\/p>\n

Du Plessis\u2019s victory means that he\u2019s right back in the championship conversation at 185 pounds, and he made clear exactly what he wants to happen next \u2013 a chance to recapture the undisputed middleweight championship.<\/p>\n

That could mean a third meeting with Sean Strickland<\/a>, who currently holds the belt. But with two wins against him already on his record, Du Plessis will be super-confident of completing a hat-trick and capturing the belt once again.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

2. Tommy McMillen<\/p>\n

Tommy \u201cGun\u201d McMillen showed up and showed out in Oklahoma City as he delivered a spectacular performance to defeat fellow rising prospect Alberto Montes in their featherweight matchup.<\/p>\n

McMillen made full use of his reach advantage as he comprehensively outstruck Montes on the feet to set a new record for significant strikes in a three-round featherweight fight as he eventually stopped his man in the third round to put the seal on a show-stealing performance.<\/p>\n

The protege of Sean O\u2019Malley also banked himself a cool $100,000 Performance of the Night bonus, but even more importantly, he made a statement to the UFC that he\u2019s a talented new force in the division.<\/p>\n

Daniel Cormier<\/a> called him \u201ca promoter\u2019s dream. He\u2019s not wrong.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

3. Fatima Kline<\/p>\n

Fatima Kline faced the toughest test of her fighting career so far, and passed with flying colors to announce her arrival as a new contender in the women\u2019s strawweight division.<\/p>\n

Kline faced top-10 contender Tabatha Ricci, and showed that she carried some educated hands in her MMA gloves<\/a> as she outstruck \u201cBaby Shark\u201d on the feet, then literally tossed her around the Octagon with her eye-catching wrestling.<\/p>\n

Her unanimous decision victory has shown that she\u2019s ready for the division\u2019s elite, and her spiky post-fight interview made clear she feels the same way, as she called out everyone in the strawweight top five, including the champion, Mackenzie Dern<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kline\u2019s next fight is set to be appointment viewing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

4. Christian Leroy Duncan<\/p>\n

England\u2019s Christian Leroy Duncan has been steadily refining his game as he\u2019s made his way up the UFC middleweight division, and now he finds himself in rarified air after comprehensively defeating a former title challenger.<\/p>\n

Jared Cannonier is tougher than a two-dollar steak, and has been in there with some of the very best in the world at 185 pounds. But for the 15 minutes they shared inside the Octagon, \u201cCLD\u201d showed himself to be the superior fighter as he mixed up his striking to score consistently on the feet, while showing off his ever-improving defensive wrestling to ensure \u201cTha Killa Gorilla\u201d didn\u2019t trap him on the mat and pound his way to victory.<\/p>\n

There are still things to improve \u2013 Duncan telegraphed some of his spinning attacks a little too much at times \u2013 but his progress has been impressive to watch, and it\u2019ll be really interesting to see how much he\u2019s leveled up when he makes his next appearance inside the Octagon.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

5. Chase Hooper<\/p>\n

After losing back-to-back fights in the first round, Chase Hooper needed a big bounceback win, and that\u2019s exactly what he got.<\/p>\n

After securing an early takedown, Hooper finished Mitch Ramirez via first-round rear-naked choke<\/a> as he returned to the win column in fine style with a much-needed victory.<\/p>\n

Hooper has the physical tools to be a real problem at 185 pounds, but he\u2019s struggled at times to put it all together in the white-hot heat of the Octagon. That wasn\u2019t the case in Oklahoma City, though, as he stepped into the cage and produced a near-perfect performance to seal the 17th win of his career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UFC Octagon landed in Oklahoma City on Saturday night for a UFC Fight Night event that featured…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-814378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}