Alex Pereira and Merab Dvalishvili have shaken up the rankings as soon as once more.
Each stars shined at UFC 320 on Saturday, with Alex Pereira reclaiming his place atop the sunshine heavyweight mountain with a swift knockout of rival Magomed Ankalaev, and Merab Dvalishvili denying Cory Sandhagen to report his third straight protection of the bantamweight title and his 14th straight win general. Unsurprisingly, these boys are shifting on up within the MMA Preventing Pound-for-Pound Rankings.
Pereira makes an enormous leap again into the highest 5 after quickly residing within the No. 10 spot following his UFC 313 defeat by the hands of Ankalaev. When Ankalaev beat Pereira the primary time, “Poatan” regarded flat and uninspired, elevating the query of whether or not his hectic schedule had lastly gotten the higher of him and if a decline was so as. That query was answered emphatically with Pereira operating by Ankalaev within the rematch and making the previous seven months appear to be a mere blip in Pereira’s more and more absurd fight sports activities profession.
Two spots forward of Pereira is Dvalishvili, who claims a prime 3 spot and a first-place vote after placing collectively one other full five-round efficiency. Sandhagen was a worthy challenger with loads of methods up his sleeve to take care of the same old Dvalishvili onslaught, however “The Machine” had one of the best second of the combat by far as he practically completed Sandhagen with strikes within the second spherical. Exterior of that, Dvalishvili stopped Sandhagen from discovering any offensive rhythm and when the ultimate bell rang, the result wasn’t unsure. It not often is for Dvalishvili and now he solely trails Islam Makhachev and Ilia Topuria in our rankings.
If Makhachev falters in his chase for Jack Della Maddalena’s welterweight title, and Topuria’s inactivity drags on, don’t be shocked if Dvalishvili retains climbing, particularly if he authors a fourth championship protection in 2025 as deliberate.
Take a look at the post-UFC 320 Males’s Pound-for-Pound Rankings beneath.
Current outcomes for ranked fighters (earlier rating proven): No. 4 Merab Dvalishvili def. Cory Sandhagen, No. 10 Alex Pereira def. No. 6 Magomed Ankalaev, No. 18 Jiri Prochazka def. Khalil Rountree, No. 20 Usman Nurmagomedov def. Paul Hughes
Upcoming bouts that includes ranked fighters: No. 1 Islam Makhachev vs. No. 8 Jack Della Maddalena (UFC 322, Nov. 15), No. 7 Tom Aspinall vs. Ciryl Gane (UFC 321, Oct. 25), No. 11 Belal Muhammad vs. Ian Machado Garry (UFC Qatar, Nov. 22), No. 14 Arman Tsarukyan vs. Dan Hooker (UFC Qatar, Nov. 22), No. 19 Charles Oliveira vs. Mateusz Gamrot (UFC Rio, Oct. 11)
Fighters additionally receiving votes (variety of poll appearances proven): Francis Ngannou (2), Joshua Van (2), Diego Lopes (1), Brandon Moreno (1), Sean O’Malley (1), Usman Nurmagomedov (1)
