The UFC returned to action Saturday. And while the ramifications of running a show during COVID-19 won’t be fully known for awhile, we do know that UFC 249 was a heck of a night of great fights, no matter how you slice it. Justin Gaethje (22-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) scored a fifth-round stoppage of a game Tony Ferguson (25-4 MMA, 15-2 UFC) in the evening’s main event in Jacksonville, as he claimed an interim lightweight title and presumably set up a unification bout with undefeated champ Khabib Nurmagomedov (28-0 MMA, 12-0 UFC) later this year. The result pushed Gaethje up to No. 2 on our lightweight list and also saw “The Highlight” debut at No.
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MMA rankings report: Sorting through an eventful UFC 249 – MMA Junkie