Suga State Athletic Fee might be able to overturn Merab’s win over Sean O’Malley, however it will possibly’t preserve the previous 135-pound champion within the pound-for-pound (P4P) Prime 10 after final weekend’s UFC 306 pay-per-view (PPV) occasion at The Sphere in Las Vegas.
Newly-crowned bantamweight titleholder, Merab Dvalishvili, debuted at No. 7 on the P4P chart, sending O’Malley tumbling right down to No. 13. Elsewhere within the rankings, Diego Lopes climbed 10 spots at featherweight together with his UFC 306 victory over Brian Ortega.
Norma Dumont additionally cracked the Prime 5 at bantamweight by slicing and dicing Irene Aldana.
Right here’s how UFC compiles its official rankings:
Rankings had been generated by a voting panel made up of media members. The media members had been requested to vote for who they really feel are the highest fighters within the UFC by weight-class and pound-for-pound. A fighter is just eligible to be voted on if they’re in energetic standing within the UFC. A fighter can seem in multiple weight division at a time. The champion and interim champion are thought-about to be within the prime positions of their respective divisions and subsequently will not be eligible for voting by weight-class. Nonetheless, the champions might be voted on for the pound-for-pound rankings.
Check out what the most recent rankings subject seems like courtesy of UFC.com. Notice: (+/- = motion in rankings, T = tie, *NR = Not beforehand ranked).
MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND
1. Islam Makhachev2. Alex Pereira3. Jon Jones4. Ilia Topuria5. Belal Muhammad +16. Dricus Du Plessis -17. Merab Dvalishvili *NR8. Tom Aspinall9. Leon Edwards10. Alexander Volkanovski11. Max Holloway12. Alexandre Pantoja13. Sean O’Malley -714. Sean Strickland -115. Charles Oliveira -1
FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Alexandre Pantoja
1. Brandon Royval2. Brandon Moreno3. Amir Albazi4. Kai Kara France5. Tatsuro Taira6. Alex Perez7. Matheus Nicolau 8. Steve Erceg 9. Manel Kape10. Tim Elliott11. Tagir Ulanbekov12. Bruno Silva13. Cody Durden14. (T) Matt Schnell14. (T) Asu Almabayev +1
BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Merab Dvalishvili
1. Sean O’Malley -12. Umar Nurmagomedov3. Petr Yan4. Cory Sandhagen5. Deiveson Figueiredo6. Henry Cejudo7. Marlon Vera8. Music Yadong9. Rob Font10. Jose Aldo11. Mario Bautista12. Kyler Phillips13. Jonathan Martinez14. Dominick Cruz15. Montel Jackson
FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Ilia Topuria
1. Alexander Volkanovski2. Max Holloway3. Diego Lopes +104. Yair Rodriguez5. Brian Ortega -26. Movsar Evloev7. Arnold Allen -28. Josh Emmett -19. Aljamain Sterling -110. Calvin Kattar -111. Giga Chikadze -112. Lerone Murphy -113. Bryce Mitchell -114. Dan Ige15. Edson Barboza
LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Islam Makhachev
1. Arman Tsarukyan2. Charles Oliveira3. Justin Gaethje4. Dustin Poirier5. Dan Hooker 6. Michael Chandler7. Beneil Dariush8. Mateusz Gamrot 9. (T) Max Holloway9. (T) Rafael Fiziev11. Renato Moicano 12. Benoit Saint-Denis13. Rafael dos Anjos14. Jalin Turner15. Paddy Pimblett
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Belal Muhammed
1. Leon Edwards2. Kamaru Usman3. Shavkat Rakhmonov4. Jack Della Maddalena5. Colby Covington6. Sean Brady7. Ian Machado Garry8. Gilbert Burns9. Stephen Thompson10. Geoff Neal11. Joaquin Buckley12. Michael Morales13. Michael Page14. Vicente Luque15. (T) Neil Magny15. (T) Kevin Holland
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Dricus Du Plessis
1. Sean Strickland2. Israel Adesanya3. Robert Whittaker4. Nassourdine Imavov5. Caio Borralho6. Marvin Vettori7. Jared Cannonier8. Brendan Allen9. Paulo Costa10. Roman Dolidze11. Jack Hermansson12. Khamzat Chimaev13. Anthony Hernandez14. Michel Pereira15. Chris Curtis
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Alex Pereira
1. Jiri Prochazka2. Magomed Ankalaev3. Jamahal Hill4. Jan Blachowicz 5. Aleksandar Rakic 6. Volkan Oezdemir7. Nikita Krylov8. Khalil Rountree9. Johnny Walker10. Carlos Ulberg11. Azamat Murzakanov12. Anthony Smith13. Dominick Reyes14. Bogdan Guskov15. Roman Dolidze
HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Jon Jones
1. Tom Aspinall2. Ciryl Gane3. Alexander Volkov4. Sergei Pavlovich5. Curtis Blaydes6. Jailton Almeida7. Serghei Spivac8. Stipe Miocic9. (T) Marcin Tybura9. (T) Jairzinho Rozenstruik11. Derrick Lewis12. Tai Tuivasa13. Alexander Romanov14. Marcos Rogerio De Lima15. Rodrigo Nascimento
WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND
1. Valentina Shevchenko +22. Zhang Weili3. Alexa Grasso -24. Manon Fiorot5. Julianna Pena6. Rose Namajunas7. Erin Blanchfield8. Raquel Pennington9. Tatiana Suarez10. Yan Xiaonan11. Kayla Harrison12. Virna Jandiroba13. (T) Jessica Andrade13. (T) Natalia Silva +115. Amanda Lemos
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Zhang Weili
1. Tatiana Suarez2. Yan Xiaonan3. Virna Jandiroba4. Jessica Andrade5. Amanda Lemos6. Marina Rodriguez7. Mackenzie Dern8. Amanda Ribas9. Tabatha Ricci10. Crazy Godinez11. Angela Hill12. Luana Pinheiro13. Gillian Robertson14. Iasmin Lucindo15. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Valentina Shevchenko
1. Alexa Grasso -12. Manon Fiorot3. Erin Blanchfield4. Maycee Barber5. Rose Namajunas6. Natalia Silva7. Katlyn Cerminara8. Jessica Andrade9. Viviane Araújo10. Amanda Ribas11. Karine Silva12. Tracy Cortez13. Ariane Da Silva14. Jasmine Jasudavicius15. Casey O’Neill
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Raquel Pennington
1. Julianna Pena2. Ketlen Vieira3. Kayla Harrison4. Macy Chiasson5. Norma Dumont +36. Irene Aldana -17. Mayra Bueno Silva -18. Holly Holm -19. Karol Rosa10. Yana Santos11. Miesha Tate12. Julia Avila13. Germaine De Randamie14. Chelsea Chandler15. Ailin Perez
You possibly can anticipate these rankings to alter in roughly two weeks, notably within the light-weight division, following the UFC Paris: “Moicano vs. Saint Denis” blended martial arts (MMA) occasion on ESPN+, scheduled for Sat., Sept. 28, 2024 at APEX in Las Vegas.
For far more on that upcoming struggle card click on right here.
