Featherweight Rankings Post UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor

McGregor ends Aldo's reign

January 2016  

1. Conor McGregor +1

2. Jose Aldo -1 

3. Frankie Edgar

4. Chad Mendes

5. Max Holloway

6. Ricardo Lamas 

7. Cub Swanson 

8. Daniel Straus

9. Patricio Freire 

10. Charles Oliveira

UFC 194 

McGregor beats Aldo 

Featherweight Rankings Post UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor

McGregor wins the Interim title

August 2015  

1. Jose Aldo

2. Conor McGregor +2 

3. Frankie Edgar -1

4. Chad Mendes -1 

5. Max Holloway

6. Ricardo Lamas 

7. Cub Swanson 

8. Patricio Freire 

9. Charles Oliveira

10. Jeremy Stephens 

UFC 189

McGregor stops Mendes 

Featherweight Rankings Post Bellator 123: Curran vs. Pitbull 2 & UFC 178 Johnson vs. Cariaso

McGregor arrives

October 2014 

1. Jose Aldo

2. Chad Mendes

3. Ricardo Lamas

4. Cub Swanson

5. Conor McGregor NR

6. Patricio Freire +3 

7. Jeremy Stephens -2

8. Darren Elkins -2

9. Pat Curran -2

10. Daniel Straus -2

Bellator 123

Freire beat Curran 

UFC 178 

McGregor beat Poirier 

Lightweight Rankings Post UFC Fight Night 98: Dos Anjos vs Ferguson, UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor & Bellator 165: Chandler vs. Henderson

McGregor becomes a dual champion

December 2016

1. Khabib Nurmagomedov

2. Conor McGregor NR 

3. Tony Ferguson NR

4. Eddie Alvarez -2 

5. Rafael Dos Anjos -2 

6. Edson Barboza -2 

7. Anthony Pettis -2 

8. Donald Cerrone -2   

9. Will Brooks NR 

10. Michael Chandler NR  

Results 

UFC Fight Night 98

Ferguson beats Dos Anjos 

UFC 205 

Mcgregor beats Alvarez, wins the lightweight title

Bellator 165

Chandler beats Henderson