Ilia Topuria’s seismic knockout of Max Holloway within the UFC 308 primary occasion this previous Saturday can have loads of aftershock ripples. One in all them comes within the type of the pound-for-pound rankings.
Topuria (16-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC), the UFC’s first champion from Spain, defended his featherweight title with a third-round end of ex-champ Holloway (26-8 MMA, 22-8 UFC) at Etihad Area in Abu Dhabi. Holloway by no means had been knocked out in his prolonged profession and was coming off the monumental “BMF” title second towards Justin Gaethje.
It is smart that Topuria takes a brief climb up the ladder of the pound-for-pound rankings, and on this case, he’ll bounce from No. 6 previous Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou into third. Check out the fallout from that, in addition to motion in different divisions after key UFC 308 outcomes, as effectively, within the USA TODAY Sports activities/MMA Junkie rankings.
