USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings, Feb. 2: Big month ahead at heavyweight

After taking a week off, the UFC is back this Saturday with UFC Fight Night 184 to kick off a busy February that is sure to cause plenty of movement in the USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings.

Among the fights to watch:

• No. 6 Alistair Overeem vs. No. 7 Alexander Volkov, heavyweight
• No. 3 Cory Sandhagen vs. No. 4 Frankie Edgar, bantamweight
• No. 1 Kamaru Usman vs. No. 2 Gilbert Burns, welterweight
• No. 5 Pedro Munhoz vs. No. 11 Jimmie Rivera, bantamweight
• No. 14 Maycee Barber vs. Alexa Grasso, women’s flyweight
• No. 3 Curtis Blaydes vs. No. 4 Derrick Lewis, heavyweight
• No. 5 Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. No. 8 Cyril Gane, heavyweight

For those keeping track, the month features three heavyweight main events featuring the Nos. 3 through 8 in our rankings. A lot is at stake among the big men in February.

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