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MMA Junkie Staff

USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings, Aug. 22: Sean O’Malley is world’s No. 1 bantamweight

As many UFC pay-per-view events prove to be, this past Saturday’s UFC 292 at TD Garden in Boston had a number of landscape-altering results, including the crowning of one new champion.

Sean O'Malley achieved what many believe has been a championship destiny when he claimed the UFC bantamweight title from Aljamain Sterling with a second-round TKO finish.

Sterling has put in record number of consecutive title defenses at 135 pounds, so O’Malley knocking him off the throne in a definitive manner has a significant impact. “Suga” shoots all the way to the No. 1 spot, jumping up from his previous No. 3 ranking.

To see how else the else the division was shifted, as well as other weight class changes in the aftermath of UFC 292, check out all the latest pound-for-pound and divisional USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings above.

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