UFC Pulls Anderson Silva From Official Rankings, Several Fighters Affected

Anderson Silva's failed drug tests leading up to and after his UFC 183 bout with Nick Diaz in January not only resulted in "The Spider" being suspended for a year and being leveled with a hefty fine, it has also shaken up the official UFC rankings quite a bit.The standard procedure in the UFC when a fighter is popped for failing a drug test is for that fighter to be immediately removed from the official UFC rankings, which is why longtime top-ten ranked lightweight contender Gilbert Melendez was