MMA rankings report: UFC 245 aftermath

UFC 245 lived up to its billing as a consequential event.

Saturday night’s event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas lived up to the hype as the UFC finished it’s 2019 pay-per-view calendar with a bang:

• Kamaru Usman defended his welterweight title in the main event in a stirring victory over a game Colby Covington, finishing things in the final minute of the fifth round.
• There’s a new sheriff in town at men’s featherweight, as Alexander Volkanovskidowned Max Holloway to take 145-pound gold.
• Amanda Nunes left no doubt where she stands, as the women’s featherweight and bantamweight champ defended her latter belt with a one-sided win over Germaine de Randamie.

And there were many more fights with meaningful divisional implications all up and down the card.

How did these results and more play out in this week’s USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings? Let “Gorgeous” George Garcia and John Morgan walk you through all the changes of note in the video above.