The updated rating is published on the official website of the organization.
Finishing Whittaker with a TKO in the second round at UFC 290 in Las Vegas, Du Plessis won the world’s strongest league for the sixth victory in a row and became the main candidate to fight the defending champion Israel Adesanya.
A title fight between Israel Adesanya and Drikus Du Plessis could take place on September 9 at UFC 293 in Sydney, however, while the implementation of this plan is in doubt.
Another fighter who moved up the middleweight rankings was American Sean Strickland, who a week earlier finished with a second-round TKO of Abus Magomedov and moved from seventh to sixth in the division.