Following the various matches that took place at UFC 262, a new UFC pound-for-pound rankings list has been released, seeing a huge figure in the UFC cut out and Charles Oliveira make the list for the first time in his career. The P4P ranking; a list of the top 15 fighters in the UFC welcomes the new lightweight division champion, who has never made the list before.
Charles Oliveira is no doubt deserving of a spot in the P4P rankings, after all, he defeated Michael Chandler to claim the UFC lightweight division title at UFC 262 which had been left without a holder following Khabib Nurmagomedov’s retirement in March, as well stringing a consistent number of victories together in the ring. It is fair to say he had it coming and he has gotten a spot he truly worked for. He debuts on the list at the 11th position.
Latest UFC pound-for-pound rankings update: Superstar gets cut out; Oliveira makes huge leap.
Shocking news as regarding the pound-for-pound rankings is Conor McGregor losing his spot in the rankings. McGregor who is a superb fighter and entertainer has been left out from the list, after losing his most recent fight to Dustin Poirier at UFC 257, he had also suffered a defeat to Khabib Nurmagomedov in 2018, although he had a win against Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone between both losses in 2020.
To be candid, McGregor hasn’t been in superb form and has been inconsistent plus he has been quite inactive in the sport, it is not unfair for him to lose his spot in the ranking; considering the fact that there are other fighters who have been consistently dropping superb results in the ring further justifies him being dropped from the list.
However, McGregor faces Poirier again in July for a trilogy bout and a win for him will most likely see him regain his spot in the list of top 15 fighters in the UFC.
In the latest rankings of the UFC lightweight division following UFC 262, we see some changes that have Charles Oliveira sitting at the top of the pack after becoming the champion of the division at UFC 262, Tony Ferguson due to his loss to Beneil Dariush has dropped from fifth position in the division to sixth position, while, Dariush has gotten a huge step up in his ranking and moved from ninth position to third position.
Conor McGregor; despite dropping out of the P4P list has surprisingly capitalized on Tony Ferguson’s loss to Beneil Dariush without doing anything and has seen his rank in the division go up to fifth position.
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