{"id":261999,"date":"2025-11-04T22:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T22:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/261999\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T22:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T22:24:08","slug":"ufc-rankings-shakeup-offers-new-fight-for-kayla-harrison-during-wait-for-amanda-nunes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/261999\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC rankings shakeup offers new fight for Kayla Harrison during wait for Amanda Nunes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_fy2dxnsd1\">If a highly-anticipated superfight between Kayla Harrison and Amanda Nunes fails to materialize, there might be a clear next challenger for Harrison following UFC Vegas 110.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_dgodpv5sn\">Topped by a featherweight main event that saw Steve Garcia stop David Onama in the first round to extend his winning run to seven fights, UFC Vegas 110 also saw Waldo Cortes-Acosta knock out Ante Delija in a battle between top heavyweights after <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_gsswpw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/fannation\/mma\/news\/ante-delija-rips-nsac-ufc-officiating-shocking-ufc-vegas-110-loss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cortes-Acosta sustained an eye poke <\/a>during what Delija though was his own fight-winning sequence. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_y1168m2go\">The <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_gsswpw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/fannation\/mma\/news\/ufc-fight-night-free-live-stream-results-highlights-steve-garcia-vs-david-onama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">only other ranked matchup on the card <\/a>was relegated to the prelims, as Norma Dumont took a narrow split decision over Ketlen Vieira and brought her current win streak to six fights dating back to 2023. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_9xbre2311\">Following the contentious win over Vieira, Dumont moved up to the #3 spot in the UFC women\u2019s bantamweight rankings and sent her countrywoman down to the #4 place that she previously occupied. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_y0kyvs8jx\">READ MORE: <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_gsswpw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/fannation\/mma\/news\/kevin-vallejos-giga-chikadze-fight-final-ufc-event-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Surging UFC newcomer gets ranked opponent for banger fight at final UFC event of 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_mc4u23sre\">\u201cThe Immortal\u201d also made her debut in the UFC\u2019s women\u2019s pound-for-pound rankings at #15 after UFC Vegas 110. The only two women\u2019s bantamweight currently ranked ahead of her are former titleholders Raquel Pennington and Julianna Pe\u00f1a, who took the belt from Pennington at UFC 307 but saw her second title reign end prematurely when she was submitted by Harrison at UFC 316. <\/p>\n<p><img class=\"base_1emrqjj-o_O-initial_fzbddc-o_O-style_1a1csmw\" alt=\"Norma Dumont during Riyadh Season Noche UFC 306 at Sphere.\" title=\"Norma Dumont during Riyadh Season Noche UFC 306 at Sphere.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Norma Dumont during Riyadh Season Noche UFC 306 at Sphere. \/ Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_d38nhznhq\">Both Harrison and the UFC brass still seem most interested <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_gsswpw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/fannation\/mma\/news\/kayla-harrison-shares-update-ufc-superfight-amanda-nunes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in getting a fight with Nunes booked<\/a> after the two women had a viral faceoff at UFC 316, but \u201cThe Lioness\u201d is now more than two years removed from her retirement announcement at UFC 289 and hasn\u2019t provided any concrete updates on when she\u2019d like to return to the cage. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_dhqrz8bj2\">There was no movement in the heavyweight rankings following Cortes-Acosta\u2019s bizarre win over Tybura, but the UFC Vegas 110 main event did cause a significant shakeup at 145 lbs.. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_irjg2svl7\">READ MORE: <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_gsswpw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/fannation\/mma\/news\/ufc-axes-mma-fighter-betting-scandal-suspicious-loss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UFC axes MMA fighter linked with betting scandal after suspicious loss<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_7044b1fn7\">Ranked as the UFC\u2019s #12 featherweight contender coming into his first UFC main event, Garcia\u2019s stoppage-win over Onama saw the 33-year-old jump up four places to #8. \u201cMean Machine\u201d passed former title challengers Brian Ortega and Josh Emmett, as well as fan favorite Jean Silva. <\/p>\n<p><img class=\"base_1emrqjj-o_O-initial_fzbddc-o_O-style_1a1csmw\" alt=\"Calvin Kattar (red gloves) fights Steve Garcia (blue gloves) in a featherweight bout during UFC Fight Night.\" title=\"Calvin Kattar (red gloves) fights Steve Garcia (blue gloves) in a featherweight bout during UFC Fight Night.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Calvin Kattar (red gloves) fights Steve Garcia (blue gloves) in a featherweight bout during UFC Fight Night at Bridgestone Arena. \/ Steve Roberts-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_zvh5oafbd\">Onama dropped down one place to #14 after he was previously ranked one spot behind his opponent ahead of UFC Vegas 110. In the aftermath of the event, Garcia seems certain that <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_gsswpw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/fannation\/mma\/news\/steve-garcia-doubles-down-max-holloway-callout-ufc-vegas-110-win\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">he may only be one more win away<\/a> from his first shot at the UFC featherweight title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_0rcjxmi05\">\u2022 <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_gsswpw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/fannation\/mma\/news\/quillan-salkilld-devastating-injury-viral-ufc-321-knockout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UFC star suffered devastating injury during viral UFC 321 knockout<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_wqnygn3yb\">\u2022 <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_gsswpw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/fannation\/mma\/news\/gable-steveson-ufc-legend-jon-jones-15-second-ko\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gable Steveson celebrates with UFC legend Jon Jones after viral 15-second KO<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_fhk4payae\">\u2022 <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_gsswpw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/fannation\/mma\/news\/ufc-legend-ronda-rousey-scathing-assessment-joe-rogan-fighting-experience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UFC legend shares scathing assessment of Joe Rogan&#8217;s fighting experience<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_reoawjt72\">\u2022 <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_gsswpw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/fannation\/mma\/news\/jon-jones-brutally-trolls-ufc-star-tom-aspinall-dbx-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jon Jones brutally trolls UFC star Tom Aspinall during DBX 4 weigh-ins<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_uyosnryiy\">Stick with <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_gsswpw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/fannation\/mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MMAKnockout<\/a> for more FREE coverage of the UFC and MMA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_g9ubfe6kz\">Follow MMAKnockout on <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_gsswpw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MMAKnockoutSI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_gsswpw\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UFCKnockout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_gsswpw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mmaknockoutsi\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If a highly-anticipated superfight between Kayla Harrison and Amanda Nunes fails to materialize, there might be a clear&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-261999","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}