Hey everybody, and welcome again for an additional week of rankings within the UFC. What a wild card we had in Las Vegas on Saturday as Quillan Salkilld confirmed the world he’s able to tackle the remainder of the Light-weight division by defeating Mateusz Gamrot by submission.
This week we’re headed to Philadelphia, PA for UFC 330, which options two title fights. The primary of those fights is Mackenzie Dern versus Gillian Robertson, with the principle occasion that includes Islam Makhachev versus Ian Machado-Garry.
Each of those matches are going to be nice, however solely a type of fights options somebody who is roofed on this article. 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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10. Joshua Van:
Joshua Van stays at tenth even after his superb win towards Tatsuro Taira at UFC 328. Since then, it’s been quiet, however now the wait is lastly over. Van will likely be going through Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 331 on September nineteenth, in Los Angeles, CA.
9. Justin Gaethje:
Justin Gaethje defeated Ilia Topuria at UFC Freedom 250 to change into the only Light-weight Champion on this planet. Gaethje continues to be ranked ninth, following this big upset of the god-like Topuria. There are lots of people deserving of a title shot, so I’m positive we’ll see issues play out over the subsequent few weeks.
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 gained, he needs to be searching for 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 is the brand new BMF Champion on this planet after systematically taking aside Max Holloway at UFC 326. Not too long ago, Oliveira has stated he want to have one other rematch with Justin Gaethje, however this time for the title. That might spell doom for Gaethje, since he went to sleep the final time they fought.
6. Alex Pereira:
Alex Pereira got here nose to nose with UFC historical past on Sunday at UFC Freedom 250, and ended up coming quick ultimately. Pereira was wanting nice till he was caught with a jab that rocked him. From there, Ciryl Gane kicked it into excessive gear, and there Pereira was completed. You’ll assume that this spot would belong to Gane, however given Pereira’s historical past, he solely falls to sixth in my listing. CHAMA!
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 obtained in the way in which of his objectives. Topuria even modified his standing on X to 18-0, which has now been eliminated. Topuria did look nice on this combat and even nearly completed Gaethje, solely to learn how a human can will himself to beat a God.
4. Merab Dvalishvili:
Merab Dvalishvili is about to wrestle Henry Cejudo once more at RAF 12 on August twenty second subsequent month. Though Dvalishvili has been on a wrestling trip, UFC followers hold ready for a rematch twenty sixth Petr Yan, who sits on his throne for now.
3. Sean Strickland:
Sean Strickland stays on the third spot as he continues to get pleasure from his time as champion. Nevertheless, 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. I didn’t need to see this rematch at first, however proper now, it nearly feels proper. Till then, both Uncle Dana or Strickland’s mouth will tell us what’s subsequent for our Middleweight Champion.
2. Alexander Volkanovski:
Alexander “The Nice” Volkanovski strikes as much as second on this listing as among the finest pound-for-pound fighters on this planet, after defeating Diego Lopes at UFC 325. Now that we’re previous that match, Volk has stated that he needs to combat somebody who deserves it. Proper now, it seems to be like Movsar Evloev will likely be getting his title shot someday this fall. For now, I can’t wait to see these two lock horns when it’s formally introduced.
1. Islam Makhachev:
Islam Makhachev continues to be the primary, pound-for-pound fighter on this planet, for now. This Saturday, Makhachev will likely be defending his title towards Ian Machado-Garry at UFC 330 in Philadelphia. Machado-Garry has the instruments to dethrone the champion; nonetheless, Makhachev isn’t the world’s greatest fighter for no motive. Until then, you’ll need to keep tuned in for the Struggle Membership of Ache this Thursday at 7 pm, the place we’ll dissect this match utterly. SMESH!
