McGregor drops, Tate debuts in the pound for pound rankings
This past weekend the UFC held UFC 196 on PPV featuring a couple key match ups ranking wise and the pound for pound rankings had some big changes.
After his epic knockout of Jose Aldo at UFC 194, Conor McGregor called himself the top pound for pound fighter in the sport, but the media ranked him third.
As they do after each event, the UFC released updated rankings after a select group of media members ranked fighters in every division.
This past weekend the UFC held UFC 196 on PPV featuring a couple key match ups ranking wise and the pound for pound rankings had some big changes:
POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Jon Jones
2 Demetrious Johnson
3 Luke Rockhold +2
4 Dominick Cruz
4 Fabricio Werdum +1
6 Rafael Dos Anjos +1
7 Robbie Lawler +1
8 Conor McGregor -5
9 Daniel Cormier
10 Jose Aldo
11 Chris Weidman
12 Frankie Edgar + 2
13 TJ Dillashaw -1
14 Joanna Jedrzejczyk + 1
15 Miesha Tate *NR