USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings, March 31: Joe Pyfer now top 10
Check out the latest rankings update following UFC Fight Night 271 and PFL Pittsburgh.
UFC Fight Night 271 and PFL Pittsburgh took place last week, causing movement in this week's rankings update. In the main event of UFC Fight Night 271 in Seattle, former middleweight champion Israel Adesanya saw his losing streak continue at the powerful hands of Joe Pyfer. Entering the week at No.
5, Adesanya takes a tumble outside of the top 10, landing at No. 11. One step ahead of him now is Pyfer, who enters the top 10 following the biggest win of his career thus far.
In the co-feature of UFC Seattle, former women's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso executed one of the wildest finishes in recent memory, as she dropped and choked Maycee Barber in an incredible sequence. Grasso climbs one spot from No. 6 to No.
5, while Barber maintains her spot at No. 9. Check out all of the moves in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings .