UFC Saudi Arabia headliner Israel Adesanya is now not ranked on the promotion’s pound-for-pound chart and is now in peril of dropping out of the Prime 5 at middleweight, until the previous 185-pound champion can flip his profession round and get again into the win column.
The 35 year-old “Final Stylebender” has dropped three straight and 4 of his final 5, together with final weekend’s technical knockout loss to fast-rising French phenom Nassourdine Imavov. “The Sniper” is driving a four-fight win streak and jumped to No. 2 along with his victory over Adesanya.
Right here’s how the rankings are compiled, not less than till AI takes over:
Rankings are generated by a voting panel made up of media members. The media members have 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 a couple of weight division at a time. The champion and interim champion are thought-about to be within the prime positions of their respective divisions and due to this fact should not eligible for voting by weight-class. Nevertheless, the champions will be voted on for the pound-for-pound rankings.
Check out what the newest rankings area appears to be like like courtesy of UFC.com. Notice: (+/- = motion in rankings, T = tie, *NR = Not beforehand ranked).
MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND
1. Islam Makhachev2. Jon Jones3. Alex Pereira4. Ilia Topuria5. Merab Dvalishvili6. Belal Muhammad7. Dricus Du Plessis8. Tom Aspinall9. Alexandre Pantoja10. Leon Edwards11. Alexander Volkanovski12. Max Holloway13. Sean O’Malley14. Sean Strickland15. Charles Oliveira
FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Alexandre Pantoja
1. Brandon Royval2. Brandon Moreno3. Amir Albazi4. Kai Kara France5. Tatsuro Taira6. Manel Kape7. Alex Perez8. Asu Almabayev9. Steve Erceg10. Tim Elliott11. Tagir Ulanbekov12. Charles Johnson13. Bruno Silva14. Kai Asakura15. Joshua Van
BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Merab Dvalishvili
1. Sean O’Malley2. Petr Yan3. Umar Nurmagomedov4. Cory Sandhagen5. Deiveson Figueiredo6. Marlon Vera7. Henry Cejudo8. Tune Yadong9. Rob Font10. Mario Bautista11. Jose Aldo12. Kyler Phillips13. Aiemann Zahabi14. Marcus McGhee15. Montel Jackson
FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Ilia Topuria
1. Alexander Volkanovski2. Max Holloway3. Diego Lopes4. Movsar Evloev5. Yair Rodriguez6. Brian Ortega7. Arnold Allen8. Josh Emmett9. Aljamain Sterling10. Calvin Kattar11. Lerone Murphy12. Giga Chikadze13. Bryce Mitchell14. Dan Ige15. Edson Barboza
LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Islam Makhachev
1. Arman Tsarukyan2. Charles Oliveira3. Justin Gaethje4. Dustin Poirier5. Max Holloway6. Dan Hooker7. Michael Chandler8. Mateusz Gamrot9. Beneil Dariush10. Renato Moicano11. Rafael Fiziev12. Paddy Pimblett13. Jalin Turner14. Benoit Saint Denis15. Grant Dawson
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Belal Muhammed
1. Leon Edwards2. Shavkat Rakhmonov3. Kamaru Usman4. Jack Della Maddalena6. Sean Brady6. Joaquin Buckley7. Ian Machado Garry8. Gilbert Burns9. Colby Covington10. Geoff Neal11. Stephen Thompson12. Michael Morales13. Carlos Prates14. Vicente Luque15. Michael Web page
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Dricus Du Plessis
1. Sean Strickland2. Nassourdine Imavov +33. Khamzat Chimaev4. Israel Adesanya -25. Robert Whittaker -16. Caio Borralho7. Jared Cannonier +18. Marvin Vettori -19. Brendan Allen10. Roman Dolidze11. Paulo Costa12. Anthony Hernandez13. Michel Pereira +214. Roman Kopylov *NR15. Bo Nickal *NR
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Alex Pereira
1. Magomed Ankalaev2. Jiri Prochazka3. Jan Blachowicz4. Jamahal Hill5. Aleksandar Rakic 6. Carlos Ulberg7. Khalil Rountree8. Nikita Krylov9. Volkan Oezdemir10. Johnny Walker11. Dominick Reyes12. Azamat Murzakanov13. Bogdan Guskov14. Anthony Smith15. Alonzo Menifield
HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Jon Jones
1. Tom Aspinall2. Ciryl Gane3. Alexander Volkov4. Sergei Pavlovich5. Curtis Blaydes6. Jailton Almeida7. Serghei Spivac8. Marcin Tybura9. Derrick Lewis +110. Tai Tuivasa +111. Shamil Gaziev +312. Waldo Cortes Acosta +113. Mick Parkin +214. Don’Story Mayes *NR15. Jhonata Diniz *NR
WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND
1. Valentina Shevchenko2. Zhang Weili3. Alexa Grasso4. Julianna Pena5. Manon Fiorot6. Erin Blanchfield7. Kayla Harrison8. Rose Namajunas9. Raquel Pennington10. Tatiana Suarez11. Yan Xiaonan12. Virna Jandiroba13. Jessica Andrade14. Natalia Silva15. Maycee Barber
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Zhang Weili
1. Tatiana Suarez2. Yan Xiaonan3. Virna Jandiroba4. Jessica Andrade5. Amanda Lemos6. Mackenzie Dern7. Iasmin Lucindo8. Amanda Ribas9. Marina Rodriguez10. Tabatha Ricci11. Crazy Godinez12. Gillian Robertson13. Angela Hill14. Luana Pinheiro15. Tecia Pennington
WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Valentina Shevchenko
1. Alexa Grasso2. Manon Fiorot3. Erin Blanchfield4. Maycee Barber5. Natalia Silva6. Rose Namajunas7. Jessica Andrade8. Viviane Araújo +19. Jasmine Jasudavicius +310. Tracy Cortez +111. Karine Silva +212. Ariane Da Silva +213. Miranda Maverick +214. Casey O’Neill *NR15. Mayra Bueno Silva *NR
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Julianna Pena
1. Raquel Pennington2. Kayla Harrison3. Ketlen Vieira4. Norma Dumont5. Macy Chiasson6. Irene Aldana7. Ailin Perez +48. Mayra Bueno Silva -19. Karol Rosa -110. Yana Santos -111. Miesha Tate -112. Julia Avila13. Jacqueline Cavalcanti14. Chelsea Chandler15. Nora Cornolle
You may anticipate these rankings to vary round this time subsequent week, notably within the middleweight division, following the UFC 312: “Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2” pay-per-view (PPV) occasion on ESPN+, scheduled for Sat., Feb. 8, 2025 at Qudos Financial institution Area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
For far more on that upcoming combat card click on right here.
