Dricus du Plessis entered UFC 319 on the cusp of consideration for the No. 1 spot on MMA Combating’s Pound-for-Pound checklist.
After 5 rounds with the indomitable Khamzat Chimaev, du Plessis now sits on the skin of the highest 10 trying in.
That’s a harsh and precipitous fall for the now-former middleweight champion, who merely had no solutions for Chimaev’s relentless wrestling assault. Had du Plessis been caught early and completed within the first or second spherical, a destiny so lots of Chimaev’s earlier opponents have suffered, maybe we may have written it off as du Plessis having an off evening or just making a expensive mistake. However seeing him fully neutralized for 5 rounds felt worse, as if Chimaev has been the rightful middleweight king all alongside and du Plessis was merely saving his seat on the throne.
Our rankings panel acted swiftly within the aftermath of Saturday’s pay-per-view, dropping du Plessis all the best way from No. 5 to No. 11, whereas Chimaev makes an enormous eight-spot leap to say du Plessis’ spot. Chimaev has impressed each time he’s been within the cage and seeing him with gold round his waist was the ultimate piece the MMA Combating employees wanted to push him previous the likes of Magomed Ankalaev, Tom Aspinall, Alexander Volkanovski, and Jack Della Maddalena.
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Latest outcomes for ranked fighters (earlier rating proven): No. 13 Khamzat Chimaev def. No. 5 Dricus du Plessis, No. 12 Max Holloway def. Dustin Poirier
Upcoming bouts that includes ranked fighters: No. 4 Merab Dvalishvili vs Cory Sandhagen (UFC 320, Oct. 4), No. 6 Magomed Ankalaev vs. No. 10 Alex Pereira (UFC 320, Oct. 4), No. 7 Tom Aspinall vs. Ciryl Gane (UFC 321, Oct. 25), No. 16 Charles Oliveira vs. Rafael Fiziev (UFC Rio, Oct. 11), No. 18 Jiri Prochazka vs. Khalil Rountree (UFC 320, Oct. 4), No. 20 Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Paul Hughes (PFL Champions Sequence, Oct. 3)
Fighters additionally receiving votes (variety of poll appearances proven): Francis Ngannou (2), Aljamain Sterling (2), Joshua Van (2), Mario Bautista (1), Brandon Moreno (1), Lerone Murphy (1), Sean O’Malley (1), Cory Sandhagen (1)
WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND
Latest outcomes for ranked fighters (earlier rating proven): No. 8 Dakota Ditcheva def. Sumiko Inaba, No. 13 Rose Namajunas def. Miranda Maverick, No. 14 Seika Izawa def. Yu Jin Shin, No. 20 Liz Carmouche def. Jena Bishop
Upcoming bouts that includes ranked fighters: No. 6 Manon Fiorot vs. No. 19 Jasmine Jasudavicius (UFC Vancouver, Oct. 18), No. 12 Tatiana Suarez vs. Amanda Lemos (Noche UFC, Sept. 13)
Fighters additionally receiving votes (variety of poll appearances proven): Norma Dumont (3), Jessica Andrade (2), Maycee Barber (1), Macy Chiasson (1), Crazy Godinez (1), Amanda Lemos (1), Gillian Robertson (1)
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