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MMA rankings report: Does Jan Blachowicz deserve bump after UFC Sao Paulo?

It wasn’t the most eventful weekend in MMA history, but nonetheless, UFC on ESPN+ 22 and Bellator 234 are in the books, and there were some items of note:

Jan Blachowicz earned a victory over Ronaldo Souza in the UFC light heavyweight main event in Sao Paulo. What does that mean for his spot in line hoping to meet champion Jon Jones?
What do you do with “Jacare” after his unsuccessful light heavyweight debut? (Spoiler alert: Continue ranking him at middleweight).
Over at Bellator 234, Sergei Kharitonov, who was an honorable mention at heavyweight, was upset by Linton Vassell.

What does this all mean for our weekly USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings? Let MMA Junkie’s “Gorgeous” George Garcia and John Morgan walk you through the changes in the video above.

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