Good day everybody, and welcome again to a different week of UFC rankings. With UFC Edmonton behind us, we now look forward to UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi.
This week’s principal occasion options two championship fights, giving us lots to sink our enamel into. The principle occasion pits Alexander Volkanovski towards Movsar Evloev as he places his title on the road, whereas the co-main occasion options the rubber match between Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili.
That being mentioned, let’s get to this week’s rankings and see who made it. Have an excellent day, everybody, and should the fights be with you.
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Ranks 10-6
10. Justin Gaethje:
Justin Gaethje defeated Ilia Topuria at UFC Freedom 250 to develop into the only real Light-weight Champion on this planet. Gaethje continues to be ranked ninth, following this large upset of the god-like Topuria. There’s a variety of discuss that Gaethje might step down and retire as champion, however there are rumblings that Arman Tsarukyan may very well be his opponent earlier than that occurs.
9. Joshua Van:
Joshua Van moved as much as ninth spot after he defended his title towards Alexandre Pantoja, who additionally recorded 5 takedowns within the course of. Lots of people felt that this was Pantoja’s pathway to success, which ended up arising quick for him. Nonetheless, later within the combat, Van began to dominate the placing exchanges by the top of the combat, which led to the judges finding out with the champ.
8. Max Holloway:
Max Holloway defeated Conor McGregor in underneath two minutes at UFC 329, after McGregor tried a spinning kick, which resulted in tearing up his knee. Now that Holloway formally received, he needs to be in search of both a title shot or one other big-name fighter to place to sleep. For now, Holloway can take any match that comes his means since he didn’t even break a sweat towards McGregor.
7. Charles Oliveira:
Charles “Do Bronx” Oliveira lastly has a combat to speak about, and it’s towards Diego Lopes at UFC 335 on December twelfth. This is not going to solely be the primary occasion for the cardboard, however this match can even be for the BMF Championship as properly. With Lopes’s latest success main him to this match, you’ll be able to anticipate a struggle, but when this combat hits the bottom, Lopes might discover himself locked up by one of many best finishers in MMA historical past.
6. Alex Pereira:
Alex Pereira will likely be taking up Sergei Pavlovich within the co-main occasion at UFC 335 in Las Vegas. With this being the final card of the yr, this combat goes to have a variety of implications for the heavyweight division going into 2027. With how nice Pavlovich has regarded just lately, Poatan needs to be fearful, particularly after being knocked out by Ciryl Gane. CHAMA!
Prime 5
5. Ilia Topuria:
Ilia Topuria has slipped to fifth on this listing after dropping badly to Justin Gaethje at UFC Freedom 250. It wasn’t simply how he misplaced, however how his god-like complicated received in the way in which of his targets. Since then, he’s again to ranting on X, making himself look extra misplaced than we already thought he was. Topuria has additionally been pushing for a rematch that Gaethje isn’t taken with in any respect.
4. Merab Dvalishvili:
Merab Dvalishvili will likely be going through Petr Yan at UFC 333 on October twenty fourth, this week. This combat goes to be thrilling to see, since all of us have been patiently ready for Dvalishvili to win again his belt. That’s often simpler mentioned than performed, and he’ll should take down Yan extra this time if he desires his Bantamweight Championship again. Regardless, after Dvalishvili mentioned he desires to tear his head off, you’ll be able to solely assume this match could get bloody.
3. Sean Strickland:
Sean Strickland stays on the third spot as he continues to get pleasure from his time as champion. Nonetheless, after Dricus Du Plessis defeated Kamaru Usman, DDP feels {that a} third match with Strickland is so as, since he’s already crushed him twice. Nonetheless, Strickland just lately took to social media to speak about his pay and his want for more cash for his subsequent title protection. This might get bushy, however ultimately, I see Strickland ultimately defending his title early subsequent yr.
2. Alexander Volkanovski:
Alexander “The Nice” Volkanovski will likely be combating Movsar Evloev at UFC 333 this Saturday, in Abu Dhabi. This thrilling conflict will happen as the primary occasion as we see a battle between an up and coming star in Evloev, to the greatness we all know at Volkanovski. Stylistically, each are related of their method, however with a ton of methods up the trunk for Volk, he might simply retain. For now, we’ll have to attend, however you’ll be able to wager that this combat goes to be one for the ages.
1. Islam Makhachev:
Islam Makhachev continues to be the number-one pound-for-pound fighter on this planet, and there’s little doubt about it. After dismantling Ian Machado-Garry at UFC 330, the champ can now sit again and revel in the remainder of the yr, with a while off. I say that as a result of I don’t see Makhachev combating once more until early spring if we’re fortunate. Until then, we get to speak a couple of bunch of rumors and hope that perhaps we’ll see Lord Makhachev sooner moderately than later. SMESH!
