UFC rankings: Jon Jones once again promotion’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter; Alexa Grasso debuts at No. 2
Following a lengthy layoff, ‘Bones’ claimed the UFC’s heavyweight title this past weekend and also reclaims the top position in the pound-for-pound list.
Jon Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) is the UFC’s top pound-for-pound fighter once more.
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Following his impressive submission win over Ciryl Gane (11-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) at this past weekend’s UFC 285 event, the latest official UFC rankings see “Bones” once again awarded the top pound-for-pound spot.
Inactive for more than three years, Jones had slid down to the No. 10 spot during his layoff but makes a massive move up to No. 1 in the most recent update.
Jones, of course, also takes the champion slot at heavyweight. However former champ Stipe MIocic is also rewarded with a slight move and no longer sits at No.2 but is now tied with Gane for No. 1.
Jones wasn’t the only athlete to receive a big bump in the pound-for-pound rankings. New women’s flyweight champion Alexa Grasso (16-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) debuts on the women’s pound-for-pound list at No. 1, standing only behind reigning doubte champ Amanda Nunes at No. 1 and just ahead of the women she beat, Valentina Shevchenko (23-4 MMA, 12-3 UFC), at No. 3.
Take a look at the latest UFC pound-for-pound rankings below. Check out the full updated rankings at UFC.com.
- Jon Jones +9
- Alexander Volkanovski -1
- Islam Makhachev -1
- Leon Edwards -1
- Kamaru Usman -1
- Israel Adesanya -1
- Alex Pereira -1
- Aljamain Sterling -1
- Charles Oliveira -1
- Brandon Moreno -1
- Jiri Prochazka
- Dustin Poirier
- Jamahal Hill
- Robert Whittaker
- Max Holloway
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