UFC 328 was probably the most noteworthy fight cards of the yr up to now, and with all the motion that took place in Newark, Latest Jersey, there was some movement within the UFC rankings, particularly in the boys’s pound-for-pound list.
Sean Strickland’s dramatic victory over Khamzat Chimaev via split decision to turn out to be the brand new UFC Middleweight Champion has naturally led to Strickland jumping into the highest ten men’s pound-for-pound rankings, landing at number seven alongside former UFC Bantamweight Champion Merab Dvalishvili. Strickland is, in fact, the best ranked middleweight in the corporate without delay, while Chimaev falls right down to number ten on the list after sitting in the highest three for a while. With Strickland’s addition to the highest 15, someone needed to drop out, and that somebody ended up being Magomed Ankalaev.
Strickland and Chimaev’s fight has also caused some movement within the middleweight rankings as Chimaev is now ranked primary behind the brand new champion. This has caused Dricus Du Plessis and Nassourdine Imavov to maneuver right down to second and third respectively, while each Caio Borralho and Anthony Hernandez each move as much as fourth and sixth in consequence.
Back up within the pound-for-pound rankings, UFC Flyweight Champion Joshua Van made his first defense of his crown against Tatsuro Taira in a clash that ended up winning the Fight of the Night bonus. The performance from Van sees him move as much as ninth within the pound-for-pound rankings, with the highest contender within the flyweight division, the person Van took the title from in Alexandre Pantoja, drops right down to eleventh. Nonetheless, given the strength of his own performance, Taira has kept his number three rating within the flyweight division behind Pantoja and Manel Kape.
The opposite big movement within the rankings got here within the welterweight division as Yaroslav Amasov earned himself a Performance of the Night bonus by defeating Joel Alvarez with an Arm Triangle. Amasov jumps up 4 spaces to finally crack the highest ten at 170 kilos, sitting in tenth place and forcing those that were above him heading into UFC 328 to all move down a spot.