Final Combating Championship (UFC) just lately up to date its official rankings following the UFC 298 blended martial arts (MMA) occasion, which occurred this previous weekend (Sat., Feb. 17, 2024) inside Honda Middle in Anaheim, California. Within the headlining act, Ilia Topuria knocked out Alexander Volkanovski to turn into UFC’s new Featherweight champion (see it right here).
In additional motion, Robert Whittaker defeated Paulo Costa in a back-and-forth Middleweight affair. Whereas Whittaker didn’t enhance his place and stays agency at No. 3, Costa did drop down one spot to No. 7.
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 barely 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 high positions of their respective divisions and due to this fact aren’t eligible for voting by weight-class. Nevertheless, the champions may be voted on for the pound-for-pound rankings.
Check out what the most recent rankings area seems like courtesy of UFC.com. Word: (+/- = motion in rankings, T = tie, *NR = Not beforehand ranked).
MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND
1. Islam Makhachev2. Jon Jones3. Leon Edwards +14. Alex Pereira +15. Ilia Topuria NR*6. Charles Oliveira7. Alexander Volkanovski -48. Sean O’Malley -19. Dricus Du Plessis -110. Alexandre Pantoja -111. Israel Adesanya -112. Tom Aspinall13. Sean Strickland -214. Max Holloway15. Aljamain Sterling -3
FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Alexandre Pantoja
1. Brandon Moreno2. Amir Albazi3. Brandon Royval4. Kai Kara France5. Matheus Nicolau6. Manel Kape7. Alex Perez8. Muhammad Mokaev9. Matt Schnell10. Tim Elliott11. Tagir Ulanbekov12. Steve Erceg13. Su Mudaerji14. David Dvorak15. Tatsuro Taira
BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Sean O’Malley
1. Merab Dvalishvili +12. Aljamain Sterling -13. Cory Sandhagen +14. Petr Yan +15. Marlon Vera +16. Henry Cejudo -37. Track Yadong8. Deiveson Figueiredo9. Rob Font10. Jonathan Martinez11. Dominick Cruz12. Pedro Munhoz13. Umar Nurmagomedov14. Mario Bautista15. Ricky Simon
FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Ilia Topuria
1. Alexander Volkanovski -12. Max Holloway -13. Yair Rodriguez -14. Brian Ortega5. Movsar Evloev6. Arnold Allen7. Josh Emmett8. Calvin Kattar9. Giga Chikadze10. Bryce Mitchell11. Edson Barboza12. Dan Ige13. Sodiq Yusuff 14. Lerone Murphy15. Alex Caceres
LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Islam Makhachev
1. Charles Oliveira2. Justin Gaethje3. Dustin Poirier4. Arman Tsarukyan5. Michael Chandler6. Mateusz Gamrot7. Beneil Dariush8. Rafael Fiziev9. Jalin Turner10. Dan Hooker11. Rafael dos Anjos12. Benoit Saint-Denis13. Renato Moicano14. Bobby Green15. Drew Dober
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Leon Edwards
1. Kamaru Usman2. Belal Muhammed3. Shavkat Rakhmonov4. Gilbert Burns5. Colby Covington6. Ian Machado Garry +47. Sean Brady -18. Stephen Thompson -19. Geoff Neal -110. Vicente Luque -111. Jack Della Maddalena12. Neil Magny13. Kevin Holland14. Michael Chiesa15. Rinat Fakhretdinov
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Dricus Du Plessis
1. Sean Strickland2. Israel Adesanya3. Robert Whittaker4. Jared Cannonier5. Marvin Vettori6. Brendan Allen +17. Paulo Costa -18. Nassourdine Imavov9. (T) Jack Hermansson +19. (T) Roman Dolidze11. Khamzat Chimaev12. Paul Craig13. Anthony Hernandez +214. Chris Curtis -1 15. Caio Borralho -1
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Alex Pereira
1. Jamahal Hill2. Jiri Prochazka3. Magomed Ankalaev4. Jan Blachowicz 5. Aleksandar Rakic 6. Nikita Krylov7. Johnny Walker8. Khalil Rountree9. Volkan Oezdemir 10. Anthony Smith11. Ryan Spann12. Alonzo Menifield13. Azamat Murzakanov14. Dominick Reyes15. Dustin Jacoby
HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Jon Jones
1. Tom Aspinall2. Ciryl Gane3. Sergei Pavlovich4. Stipe Miocic5. Curtis Blaydes6. Alexander Volkov7. Jailton Almeida8. Serghei Spivac9. Tai Tuivasa10. (T) Derrick Lewis10. (T) Marcin Tybura12. Jairzinho Rozenstruik13. Alexandr Romanov14. Marcos Rogerio De Lima +115. Rodrigo Nascimento -1
WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND
1. Alexa Grasso2. Zhang Weili3. Valentina Shevchenko4. Erin Blanchfield5. Julianna Pena6. Manon Fiorot7. Raquel Pennington8. Rose Namajunas9. Tatiana Suarez10. Yan Xiaonan11. Jessica Andrade12. Amanda Lemos13. Ketlen Vieira14. Irene Aldana15. Mayra Bueno Silva
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Zhang Weili
1. Yan Xiaonan2. Tatiana Suarez3. Amanda Lemos4. Jessica Andrade5. Virna Jandiroba6. Marina Rodriguez7. Amanda Ribas +18. Mackenzie Dern -19. Luana Pinheiro10. Crazy Godinez11. Tabatha Ricci12. Angela Hill13. Karolina Kowalkiewicz14. Michelle Waterson-Gomez15. Gillian Robertson
WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Alexa Grasso
1. Valentina Shevchenko2. Erin Blanchfield3. Manon Fiorot4. Katlyn Chookagian5. Jessica Andrade6. Maycee Barber7. Natalia Silva8. Amanda Ribas9. Viviane Araújo10. Tracy Cortez11. Ariane Lipski12. Karine Silva13. Casey O’Neill14. Miranda Maverick NR*15. Jasmine Jasudavicius -1
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Raquel Pennington
1. Julianna Pena2. Mayra Bueno Silva3. Ketlen Vieira4. Irene Aldana5. Holly Holm6. Pannie Kianzad7. Yana Santos8. Miesha Tate9. Karol Rosa10. Macy Chiasson11. Norma Dumont12. Julia Avila13. Josiane Nunes14. Chelsea Chandler15. Melissa Dixon
You may anticipate these rankings to alter round this time subsequent week, significantly within the Flyweight division, following the UFC Mexico Metropolis: “Moreno vs. Royval 2” occasion on ESPN+, scheduled for Sat., Feb. 24, 2024, Enviornment CDMX, Mexico Metropolis, Mexico.
For way more on that upcoming struggle card click on right here.
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