Paige VanZant Vs. Felice Herrig Highlights, UFC Rankings Movement, Why Phil Davis Left UFC

- Paige VanZant made a huge leap in the UFC Women's Featherweight rankings this week, moving up five spots to number 7. The 21-year old impressed many with her dominant performance of veteran Felice Herrig at UFC on Fox 15.

You can see highlights of the fight above.

- Speaking of the UFC rankings, VanZant wasn't the only one making moves. Herrig fell three spots to #11, while bantamweight fighter Aljamain Sterling jumped all the way up to #10 after not being ranked. The undefeated Sterling turned heads with a one sided victory over then #6-ranked Takeya Mizugaki, who fell to #7.

Luke Rockhold is now the #1-ranked middleweight, as he dominated Lyoto Machida, who fell from #2 to #4. The previous number one in Jacare Souza was unseated and moved to number two despite a victory. Finally, Max Holloway made it to #6 in the featherweight division with a win over #5 Cub Swanson.

- We noted last week that top-10 Light Heavyweight Phil Davis jumped from UFC to Bellator after receiving a bigger deal from the Viacom-owned company. Davis told Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour this week that he originally wanted to re-sign with the UFC.

"I have nothing but gratitude for those guys. I would have liked to sign the big contract and stay with the UFC That was my first option. As more options became available, I went with other options. It's hard to look at it emotionally. I'm entirely looking at it as a business move," said Davis

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