UFC (finally) dumps Colby Covington from official welterweight rankings, debuts Mike Malott at No. 11
Colby Covington hasn’t won a fight in over four years. In fact, “Chaos” skipped all of 2025 and has yet to compete in 2026, but somehow retained a spot on the 170-pound leaderboard. That came to an end earlier this week when the promotion updated its official rankings, dumping Covington while adding a couple of […]
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - SEPTEMBER 19: Colby Covington reacts after his TKO victory over Tyron Woodley in their welterweight bout during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on September 19, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC) Colby Covington hasn’t won a fight in over four years. In fact, “Chaos” skipped all of 2025 and has yet to compete in 2026, but somehow retained a spot on the 170-pound leaderboard .
That came to an end earlier this week when the promotion updated its official rankings, dumping Covington while adding a couple of new entries. “Proper” Mike Malott (No. 11) and Yaroslav “Dynamo” Amosov (No.
15). Malott (14-2-1) retired longtime welterweight veteran Gilbert Burns in the UFC Winnipeg main event last weekend in Canada to win his fourth straight. As for Amosov (29-1), he debuted with a finish over 170-pound mainstay Neil Magny late last year and returns at UFC 328 in just a few weeks.
Here’s how the rankings are compiled, at least until AI takes over : Rankings are generated by a voting panel made up of media members. The media members were asked to vote for who they feel are the top fighters in the UFC by weight-class and pound-for-pound. A fighter is only eligible to be voted on if they are in active status in the UFC.
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