Former UFC bantamweight champion, Petr Yan, reestablished himself as a significant menace to the 135-pound throne by turning away ex-flyweight titleholder, Deiveson Figueiredo, atop the UFC Macau MMA occasion final weekend abroad. However “No Mercy” was already ranked two spots above the Brazilian at No. 3 and can acquire no traction within the newest (and official) UFC rankings replace.
Not the case for Carlos Ulberg.
The hard-hitting kiwi captured his seventh straight victory by defeating former 205-pound title challenger Volkan Oezdemir within the UFC Macau co-main occasion. His efficiency was adequate to ship “Black Jag” three spots up the sunshine heavyweight ladder to No. 7, whereas Oezdemir drops one spot to No. 8 in defeat. Don’t be stunned to see Ulberg draw a Prime 5 contender his subsequent day trip.
Right here’s how the rankings are compiled, no less than till AI takes over:
Rankings are 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 of to be within the prime positions of their respective divisions and due to this fact aren’t eligible for voting by weight-class. Nevertheless, the champions will be voted on for the pound-for-pound rankings.
Check out what the most recent 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. Belal Muhammad6. Dricus Du Plessis7. Merab Dvalishvili8. Tom Aspinall9. Leon Edwards10. Alexander Volkanovski11. Alexandre Pantoja12. 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. Alex Perez7. Asu Almabayev8. Steve Erceg9. Manel Kape10. Tim Elliott11. Tagir Ulanbekov12. Bruno Silva13. Charles Johnson14. Cody Durden15. Matt Schnell
BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Merab Dvalishvili
1. Sean O’Malley2. Umar Nurmagomedov3. Petr Yan4. Cory Sandhagen5. Deiveson Figueiredo6. Marlon Vera7. Henry Cejudo8. Music 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. Yair Rodriguez5. Movsar Evloev6. 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. Benoit Saint Denis13. Paddy Pimblett14. Jalin Turner15. Rafael dos Anjos
WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Belal Muhammed
1. Leon Edwards2. Kamaru Usman3. Shavkat Rakhmonov4. (T) Jack Della Maddalena4. (T) Sean Brady6. Colby Covington7. Ian Machado Garry8. Gilbert Burns9. Joaquin Buckley10. Stephen Thompson11. Geoff Neal12. Michael Morales13. Carlos Prates14. Vicente Luque15. Michael Web page
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Dricus Du Plessis
1. Sean Strickland2. Israel Adesanya3. Khamzat Chimaev4. Robert Whittaker5. Nassourdine Imavov6. Caio Borralho7. Marvin Vettori8. Jared Cannonier9. Brendan Allen10. Roman Dolidze11. Paulo Costa12. Jack Hermansson13. Anthony Hernandez14. Shara Magomedov15. Michel Pereira
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Alex Pereira
1. Magomed Ankalaev2. Jiri Prochazka3. Jamahal Hill4. Jan Blachowicz 5. Aleksandar Rakic 6. Khalil Rountree7. Carlos Ulberg +38. Nikita Krylov -29. Volkan Oezdemir -110. Johnny Walker -111. Azamat Murzakanov12. Dominick Reyes13. Anthony Smith -114. Bogdan Guskov15. Alonzo Menifield
HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Jon Jones
1. Tom Aspinall2. Ciryl Gane3. Alexander Volkov4. Sergei Pavlovich5. Curtis Blaydes6. Jailton Almeida7. Serghei Spivac8. Marcin Tybura9. Jairzinho Rozenstruik10. Derrick Lewis11. Tai Tuivasa12. Marcos Rogerio De Lima13. Waldo Cortes Acosta14. Mick Parkin15. Shamil Gaziev
WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND
1. Valentina Shevchenko2. Zhang Weili3. Alexa Grasso4. Julianna Pena5. Manon Fiorot6. Erin Blanchfield7. Kayla Harrison8. Rose Namajunas9. Raquel Pennington -110. 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. Katlyn Cerminara8. Jessica Andrade9. Viviane Araújo10. Amanda Ribas11. Tracy Cortez12. Karine Silva13. Jasmine Jasudavicius14. Ariane Da Silva15. Casey O’Neill
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Julianna Pena
1. Raquel Pennington2. Kayla Harrison3. Ketlen Vieira4. (T) Macy Chiasson4. (T) Norma Dumont6. (T) Irene Aldana6. (T) Mayra Bueno Silva8. Holly Holm9. Karol Rosa10. Yana Santos11. Miesha Tate12. Julia Avila13. Ailin Perez14. Jacqueline Cavalcanti15. Chelsea Chandler
You possibly can anticipate these rankings to vary in roughly two weeks, significantly within the flyweight and welterweight divisions, following the UFC 310: “Pantoja vs. Asakura” pay-per-view (PPV) occasion on ESPN+, scheduled for Sat., Dec. 7, 2024 at T-Cell Area in Las Vegas.
For far more on that upcoming battle card click on right here.