The Middleweight altering of the guard has arrived.
Over the weekend (Sat., Aug. 24, 2024), Caio Borralho smacked round Jared Cannonier for many of five-rounds, ascending far up the Middleweight ladder into the High 5 because of this. Cannonier, a former title challenger and perennial contender, has dropped from those self same ranks for the primary time since defeating Anderson Silva in 2019.
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 lively standing within the UFC. A fighter can seem in multiple weight division at a time. The champion and interim champion are thought of to be within the prime positions of their respective divisions and due to this fact are usually not eligible for voting by weight-class. Nonetheless, the champions could 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. Dricus Du Plessis +16. Belal Muhammad -16. Sean O’Malley +18. Tom Aspinall +29. Leon Edwards -110. Alexander Volkanovski -111. Max Holloway -112. Alexandre Pantoja13. Sean Strickland +214. Charles Oliveira15. Israel Adesanya -2
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. Matt Schnell12. Tagir Ulanbekov13. Bruno Silva14. Asu Almabayev15. Cody Durden
BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Sean O’Malley
1. Merab Dvalishvili2. Umar Nurmagomedov3. Petr Yan4. Cory Sandhagen5. Deiveson Figueiredo6. Henry Cejudo7. Marlon Vera8. Music Yadong9. Rob Font +110. Jose Aldo -111. Mario Bautista +112. Kyler Phillips -1. 13. Jonathan Martinez +114. Dominick Cruz -115. Montel Jackson
FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Ilia Topuria
1. Alexander Volkanovski2. Max Holloway3. Brian Ortega4. Yair Rodriguez5. Arnold Allen6. Movsar Evloev7. Josh Emmett8. Aljamain Sterling9. Calvin Kattar10. Giga Chikadze11. Lerone Murphy12. Diego Lopes13. 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. Max Holloway9. Rafael Fiziev +1 11. 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 Maddalena +15. Colby Covington -16. Gilbert Burns7. Ian Machado Garry8. Sean Brady9. Stephen Thompson10. Geoff Neal11. Joaquin Buckley12. Michael Morales NR13. Michael Web page +114. Vicente Luque -115. Neil Magny -3
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Dricus Du Plessis
1. Sean Strickland2. Israel Adesanya3. Robert Whittaker4. Nassourdine Imavov5. Caio Borralho +76. Marvin Vettori7. Jared Cannonier -28. Brendan Allen -19. Paulo Costa -110. Roman Dolidze11. Jack Hermansson -212. Khamzat Chimaev -113. Anthony Hernandez +114. Michel Pereira -115. Chris Curtis
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Alex Pereira
1. Jiri Prochazka2. Magomed Ankalaev3. Jamahal Hill4. Jan Blachowicz 5. Aleksandar Rakic 6. Volkan Oezdemir +17. Nikita Krylov -18. 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 Miocic -19. Marcin Tybura9. Jairzinho Rozenstruik +111. Derrick Lewis12. Tai Tuivasa +113. Alexander Romanov -114. Marcos Rogerio De Lima15. Rodrigo Nascimento
WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND
1. Alexa Grasso2. Zhang Weili3. Valentina Shevchenko4. Manon Fiorot5. Julianna Pena6. Rose Namajunas +17. Erin Blanchfield +18. Raquel Pennington -39. Tatiana Suarez10. Yan Xiaonan11. Jessica Andrade12. Kayla Harrison13. Virna Jandiroba14. Amanda Lemos +115. Ketlen Vieira -1
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Zhang Weili
1. Tatiana Suarez2. Yan Xiaonan3. Virna Jandiroba4. Jessica Andrade5. Amanda Lemos6. Marina Rodriguez7. Mackenzie Dern +18. Amanda Ribas -19. Tabatha Ricci +210. Crazy Godinez11. Angela Hill -212. Luana Pinheiro13. Gillian Robertson14. Iasmin Lucindo15. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Alexa Grasso
1. Valentina Shevchenko2. Manon Fiorot3. Erin Blanchfield4. Maycee Barber5. Rose Namajunas6. Jessica Andrade7. Katlyn Cerminara8. Natalia Silva9. Viviane Araújo +2 10. Amanda Ribas -111. Karine Silva -112. 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. Irene Aldana6. Mayra Bueno Silva7. Holly Holm8. Karol Rosa9. Norma Dumont -110. Yana Santos11. Miesha Tate12. Pannie Kianzad13. Julia Avila14. Germaine De Randamie15. Chelsea Chandler
You’ll be able to count on these rankings to alter in about two weeks, notably within the Welterweight division, following the UFC Vegas 97: “Burns vs. Brady” combined martial arts (MMA) occasion on ESPN+, scheduled for Sat., Sept. 7, 2024 at APEX in Las Vegas.
