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Monday, April 30
Monday, April 30
The top of the 155-pound division is very stable, as Benson Henderson, Gilbert Melendez and Gray Maynard have appeared in the top four for many months. Behind them, however, is a swirling mess. Lightweights continue to cannibalize themselves on the march to the top. Pat Healy is the latest entrant after he strangled Jim Miller cold in New Jersey. Miller drops from No. 6 to out of the fold completely, which is justified when you take into account the turbulence of the class.
See how they were ranked here.| Lightweight Power Rankings | |||||
| RANK | FIGHTER | TRENDING | COMMENT | ||
| 1 |  Benson Henderson  19-2-0 | -- Last Rank: 1 | A win is a win and Henderson now has seven in the UFC after beating Gilbert Melendez. Close fights happen when you operate in the UFC's most talented division. | ||
| 2 |  Gilbert Melendez 21-3-0 | -- Last Rank: 2 | Color us all impressed, Gil. Melendez might not have won last weekend, but it doesn't feel like he lost either. Henderson expects to see him again. Probably a good guess. | ||
| 3 |  Gray Maynard 11-1-1 | -- Last Rank: 3 | A win in May gets Maynard to a title shot. In the past, fighters not named Frankie Edgar have had trouble beating this guy. Ben Henderson might want to start working on that part of his game. | ||
| 4 |  Anthony Pettis 16-2-0 | -- Last Rank: 4 | Our No. 4 lightweight takes his talents to the featherweight division on Aug. 3. For the time being, though, that destruction of Donald Cerrone is good reason to keep him high on this list. | ||
| 5 |  Mike Chandler 11-0-0 | -- Last Rank: 5 | Bellator is all-in on Chandler and with good reason. He's a good enough wrestler to sit on most guys, but Chandler has a real interest in finishing fights. | ||
| 6 |  TJ Grant  20-5-0 | 3 Last Rank: 9 | Anybody who saw Grant dispose of Matt Wiman in his last fight remembers one thing: elbows. Wait, they remember two things: Elbows and a pretty killer beard. | ||
| 7 |  Donald Cerrone 19-5-0 | 1 Last Rank: 8 | What does Cowboy do after perhaps the most deflating loss of his career? He gets back on the ... yeah, you see where this is going. Cerrone looks to rebound against KJ Noons in May. | ||
| 7 |  Eddie Alvarez 24-3-0 | -- Last Rank: 7 | Free Alvarez! Nobody gets to see this guy in the cage until he's done fighting in court. Whoever gets Eddie next gets an angry Eddie. | ||
| 9 |  Josh Thomson 20-5-0 | 1 Last Rank: 10 | Thomson showed us how "return to the UFC" is done. What will the "Punk" do for an encore? Stay tuned. | ||
| 10 |  Pat Healy 30-16-0 | 1 Last Rank: NR | Welcome to the top 10, "Bam Bam." Healy overwhelmed Jim Miller, and that's not easy to do. Success in his UFC debut set up the experienced mauler for a big 2013. | ||
| Others receiving votes: Nate Diaz 3, Khabib Nurmagomedov 2, Rafael dos Anjos 2 | |||||
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