{"id":921031,"date":"2026-10-05T03:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/921031\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T03:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:16:14","slug":"sherdogs-official-mixed-martial-arts-rankings-natalia-silva-wins-ufc-gold-payton-talbott-crashes-flyweight-top-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/921031\/","title":{"rendered":"Sherdog\u2019s official mixed martial arts rankings: Natalia Silva wins UFC gold, Payton Talbott crashes flyweight Top 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261005012719_rankings640.JPG\" width=\"640\" class=\"Picture\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-332-TBA-114123\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC<br \/>\n332<\/a> main event crowned a new queen in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> flyweight division.<\/p>\n<p>Headlining what will go down as the card that set the record for<br \/>\nfirst-round knockouts in the modern UFC era, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Natalia-Silva-193033\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Natalia<br \/>\nSilva<\/a> emerged victorious in her clash with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Cong-Wang-413126\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cong Wang<\/a>.<br \/>\nWith a more effective striking game and solid grappling, Silva<br \/>\n(21-5-1, 9-0 UFC) outpointed Wang (10-2, 5-2 UFC) on all three<br \/>\nscorecards, weathering the storm of Wang\u2019s late resurgence.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 332 sends Natalia Silva to the throne and Payton Talbott<br \/>\ninto the Top 10<br \/>\n<br \/>\nIn victory, Silva captured the women\u2019s flyweight championship<br \/>\nvacated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Valentina-Shevchenko-45384\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Valentina<br \/>\nShevchenko<\/a> because of injury. The Brazilian solidifies her spot<br \/>\nat No. 2 in the division as she awaits a potential clash with<br \/>\nShevchenko. Wang stays at No. 14 as she works to get back on track,<br \/>\nclimb the rankings and earn another title shot.<\/p>\n<p>The UFC 332 co-main event featured the other fight relevant to<br \/>\nSherdog\u2019s rankings, as former two-time UFC flyweight champion<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Deiveson-Figueiredo-110485\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deiveson<br \/>\nFigueiredo<\/a> collided with Dana White\u2019s Contender Series graduate<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Payton-Talbott-296553\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Payton<br \/>\nTalbott<\/a>. It took Talbott a little more than two minutes to stop<br \/>\nhis opponent, as he landed a decisive combination of punches that<br \/>\nhalted the contest at the 2:09 mark of Round 1. Talbott, who has<br \/>\nlong been on the fringe of the Top 15, confidently joins the Top 10<br \/>\nat No. 10 after his decisive victory. Figueiredo, a pale shadow of<br \/>\nhis former self, drops to No. 15.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Vinicius-Oliveira-139517\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vinicius<br \/>\nOliveira<\/a> leaves the bantamweight rankings, as his future<br \/>\nappears to be in the 145-pound division. Note: Previous rankings<br \/>\nlisted in brackets.<\/p>\n<p>Jump To \u00bb<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/rankings\/2\/Sherdogs-official-mixed-martial-arts-rankings-Natalia-Silva-wins-UFC-gold-Payton-Talbott-crashes-flyweight-Top-10-203061\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nHEAVYWEIGHT<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/rankings\/3\/Sherdogs-official-mixed-martial-arts-rankings-Natalia-Silva-wins-UFC-gold-Payton-Talbott-crashes-flyweight-Top-10-203061\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nLIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/rankings\/4\/Sherdogs-official-mixed-martial-arts-rankings-Natalia-Silva-wins-UFC-gold-Payton-Talbott-crashes-flyweight-Top-10-203061\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nMIDDLEWEIGHT<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/rankings\/5\/Sherdogs-official-mixed-martial-arts-rankings-Natalia-Silva-wins-UFC-gold-Payton-Talbott-crashes-flyweight-Top-10-203061\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nWELTERWEIGHT<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/rankings\/6\/Sherdogs-official-mixed-martial-arts-rankings-Natalia-Silva-wins-UFC-gold-Payton-Talbott-crashes-flyweight-Top-10-203061\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nLIGHTWEIGHT<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/rankings\/7\/Sherdogs-official-mixed-martial-arts-rankings-Natalia-Silva-wins-UFC-gold-Payton-Talbott-crashes-flyweight-Top-10-203061\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nFEATHERWEIGHT<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/rankings\/8\/Sherdogs-official-mixed-martial-arts-rankings-Natalia-Silva-wins-UFC-gold-Payton-Talbott-crashes-flyweight-Top-10-203061\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nBANTAMWEIGHT<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/rankings\/9\/Sherdogs-official-mixed-martial-arts-rankings-Natalia-Silva-wins-UFC-gold-Payton-Talbott-crashes-flyweight-Top-10-203061\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nFLYWEIGHT<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/rankings\/10\/Sherdogs-official-mixed-martial-arts-rankings-Natalia-Silva-wins-UFC-gold-Payton-Talbott-crashes-flyweight-Top-10-203061\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nWOMEN&#8217;S FEATHERWEIGHT<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/rankings\/11\/Sherdogs-official-mixed-martial-arts-rankings-Natalia-Silva-wins-UFC-gold-Payton-Talbott-crashes-flyweight-Top-10-203061\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nWOMEN&#8217;S BANTAMWEIGHT<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/rankings\/12\/Sherdogs-official-mixed-martial-arts-rankings-Natalia-Silva-wins-UFC-gold-Payton-Talbott-crashes-flyweight-Top-10-203061\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nWOMEN&#8217;S FLYWEIGHT<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/rankings\/13\/Sherdogs-official-mixed-martial-arts-rankings-Natalia-Silva-wins-UFC-gold-Payton-Talbott-crashes-flyweight-Top-10-203061\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nWOMEN&#8217;S STRAWWEIGHT<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/rankings\/14\/Sherdogs-official-mixed-martial-arts-rankings-Natalia-Silva-wins-UFC-gold-Payton-Talbott-crashes-flyweight-Top-10-203061\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nWOMEN&#8217;S ATOMWEIGHT<\/a>    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UFC 332 main event crowned a new queen in the Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight division. Headlining what&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":921032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[1331,49,48,641,261293,638,44,82],"class_list":["post-921031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-article","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-https-www-sherdog-com-news-rankings-1-ufc","tag-mma","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921031","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=921031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/921032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=921031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=921031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}