UFC Rankings Report: Blessed explodes up P4P list
Forrest Griffin and Matt Parrino review Max Holloway’s career-defining, title-capturing win against legend Jose Aldo at UFC 212
Forrest Griffin and Matt Parrino review Max Holloway’s career-defining, title-capturing win against legend Jose Aldo at UFC 212, which earned him a big jump in the pound-for-pound rankings this week. The duo preview Derrick Lewis vs Mark Hunt this Saturday in FS1 in Auckland, New Zealand.
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POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Demetrious Johnson
2 Conor McGregor
3 Daniel Cormier
4 Stipe Miocic +1
5 Max Holloway +7
6 Cody Garbrandt
7 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
8 Dominick Cruz
9 Tyron Woodley
10 Jose Aldo -6
11 Michael Bisping -1
12 Amanda Nunes -1
13 TJ Dillashaw
14 Khabib Nurmagomedov
15 Frankie Edgar
Holloway is a tremendous talent, now on an 11-fight win streak, but the leap of 7 positions may be more emotional that rational – Just because you shot Jesse James, don’t make you Jesse James, quite yet. Joanna Jedrzejczyk, for example, never lost a fight in her career, and has successfully defended her title five times, and is just #7 on the list.
