MMA pound-for-pound P4P rankings – how excessive for Alex Pereira – eastpowernews

The staredown alone may have earned Alex Pereira a spot within the pound-for-pound rankings, however Pereira sewed up his place among the many finest when he adopted Saturday evening’s prolonged, no-blinking prefight staring contest with Jirí Procházka by knocking out the previous champion within the UFC 295 major occasion to assert the sunshine heavyweight title.

Pereira thus grew to become the ninth fighter to win UFC championships in two weight lessons. He has achieved that in simply 11 professional MMA fights, seven contained in the Octagon.

The second-round TKO of Procházka elevates Pereira into the highest 5 of the most recent ESPN pound-for-pound rankings — after beforehand being unranked.

“Nobody else on the record aside from Jon Jones has achieved two titles in numerous divisions, not to mention within the quick timeframe Alex has performed it,” ESPN betting knowledgeable Ian Parker stated, in explaining why he ranked Pereira as extremely as he did. “A few of the others have not defended a belt in a single division, not to mention compete in two and win in two. If that does not scream P4P greatness, then I do not know what does.”

The one different main motion within the males’s and ladies’s prime 10s is that Carla Esparza drops out due to inactivity. The previous UFC strawweight champ has not fought since final November.

For the ESPN divisional MMA rankings, click on right here.

Observe: Outcomes are present; rankings as of Nov. 13. To be able to be eligible for the rankings, a fighter should have competed over the previous 12 months or should have an upcoming struggle booked. Fighters who’ve been dropped for inactivity will be reinstated solely after they compete.

Males’s pound-for-pound rankings

1. Islam Makhachev  

UFC light-weight champion
File: 25-1
Final: W (KO1) vs. Alexander Volkanovski, Oct. 21, 2023
Subsequent: TBD

2. Jon Jones  

UFC heavyweight champion
File: 27-1, 1 NC
Final: W (Sub1) vs. Ciryl Gane, March 4, 2023
Subsequent: TBD

3. Alexander Volkanovski  

UFC featherweight champion
File: 26-3
Final: L (KO1) vs. Islam Makhachev, Oct. 21, 2023
Subsequent: Feb. 17 vs. Ilia Topuria

4. Leon Edwards  

UFC welterweight champion
File: 21-3, 1 NC
Final: W (MD) vs. Kamaru Usman, March 18, 2023
Subsequent: Dec. 16 vs. Colby Covington

T-5. Charles Oliveira  

UFC light-weight
File: 34-9, 1 NC
Final: W (TKO1) vs. Beneil Dariush, June 10, 2023
Subsequent: TBD

T-5. Alex Pereira  

UFC mild heavyweight champion
Earlier rating: Unranked
File: 9-2
Final: W (TKO2) vs. Jirí Procházka, Nov. 11, 2023
Subsequent: TBD

7. Israel Adesanya  

UFC middleweight
Earlier rating: 6
File: 24-3
Final: L (UD) vs. Sean Strickland, Sept. 9, 2023
Subsequent: TBD

8. Sean O’Malley  

UFC bantamweight champion
Earlier rating: 7
File: 17-1, 1 NC
Final: W (TKO2) vs. Aljamain Sterling, Aug. 19, 2023
Subsequent: TBD in March vs. Marlon Vera

9. Alexandre Pantoja  

UFC flyweight champion
Earlier rating: 8
File: 26-5
Final: W (SD) vs. Brandon Moreno, July 8, 2023
Subsequent: Dec. 16 vs. Brandon Royval

10. Sean Strickland  

UFC middleweight champion
Earlier rating: 9
File: 28-5
Final: W (UD) vs. Israel Adesanya, Sept. 9, 2023
Subsequent: Jan. 20 vs. Dricus Du Plessis

Different fighters receiving votes: Kamaru Usman, Aljamain Sterling, Khamzat Chimaev, Max Holloway, Demetrious Johnson, Justin Gaethje and Brandon Moreno.

How our panel voted

Brett Okamoto: 1. Islam Makhachev; 2. Alexander Volkanovski; 3. Jon Jones; 4. Leon Edwards; 5. Israel Adesanya; 6. Alex Pereira; 7. Charles Oliveira; 8. Alexandre Pantoja; 9. Max Holloway; 10. Brandon Moreno.

Marc Raimondi: 1. Makhachev; 2. Jones; 3. Volkanovski; 4. Edwards; 5. Oliveira; 6. Pereira; 7. Sean O’Malley; 8. Pantoja; 9. Sean Strickland; 10. Adesanya.

Megan Anderson: 1. Makhachev; 2. Jones; 3. Volkanovski; 4. Edwards; 5. Oliveira; 6. Adesanya; 7. Kamaru Usman; 8. Pereira; 9. Aljamain Sterling; 10. O’Malley.

Carlos Contreras Legaspi: 1. Makhachev; 2. Jones; 3. Volkanovski; 4. Edwards; 5. Pereira; 6. Adesanya; 7. O’Malley; 8. Strickland; 9. Oliveira; 10. Holloway.

Ian Parker: 1. Jones; 2. Makhachev; 3. Volkanovski; 4. Pereira; 5. Edwards; 6. O’Malley; 7. Pantoja; 8. Strickland; 9. Demetrious Johnson; 10. Khamzat Chimaev.

Eddie Maisonet III: 1. Makhachev; 2. Volkanovski; 3. Jones; 4. Oliveira; 5. Adesanya; 6. Edwards; 7. Pantoja; 8. Chimaev; 9. Pereira; 10. Usman.

Jeff Wagenheim: 1. Makhachev; 2. Jones; 3. Volkanovski; 4. Edwards; 5. Oliveira; 6. O’Malley; 7. Pantoja; 8. Pereira; 9. Sterling; 10. Justin Gaethje.

1. Zhang Weili  

UFC strawweight champion
File: 24-3
Final: W (UD) vs. Amanda Lemos, Aug. 19, 2023
Subsequent: TBD

2. Alexa Grasso  

UFC flyweight champion
File: 16-3-1
Final: Break up draw vs. Valentina Shevchenko, Sept. 16, 2023
Subsequent: TBD

3. Valentina Shevchenko  

UFC flyweight
File: 22-4-1
Final: Break up draw vs. Alexa Grasso, Sept. 16, 2023
Subsequent: TBD

4. Cris Cyborg  

Bellator featherweight champion
File: 27-2, 1 NC
Final: W (TKO1) vs. Cat Zingano, Oct. 7, 2023
Subsequent: TBD

5. Erin Blanchfield  

UFC flyweight
File: 12-1
Final: W (UD) vs. Taila Santos, Aug. 26, 2023
Subsequent: TBD

6. Tatiana Suarez  

UFC strawweight
Earlier rating: Tied for 8
File: 10-0
Final: W (Sub2) vs. Jessica Andrade, Aug. 5, 2023
Subsequent: TBD

7. Yan Xiaonan  

UFC strawweight
Earlier rating: 6
File: 17-3
Final: W (KO1) vs. Jessica Andrade, Could 6, 2023
Subsequent: TBD

T-8. Kayla Harrison  

PFL featherweight
Earlier rating: Unranked
File: 15-1
Final: L (UD) vs. Larissa Pacheco, Nov. 25, 2022
Subsequent: Nov. 24 vs. Aspen Ladd

T-8. Larissa Pacheco  

PFL featherweight
Earlier rating: Unranked
File: 22-4
Final: W (TKO1) vs. Olena Kolesnyk, Aug. 18, 2023
Subsequent: Nov. 24 vs. Marina Mokhnatkina

10. Manon Fiorot  

UFC flyweight
Earlier rating: Tied for 8
File: 11-1
Final: W (UD) vs. Rose Namajunas, Sept. 2, 2023
Subsequent: TBD

Different fighters receiving votes: Seika Izawa, Raquel Pennington, Liz Carmouche, Amanda Lemos, Rose Namajunas and Julianna Peña.

How our panel voted

Brett Okamoto: 1. Zhang Weili; 2. Alexa Grasso; 3. Valentina Shevchenko; 4. Cris Cyborg. 5. Erin Blanchfield; 6. Tatiana Suarez; 7. Manon Fiorot; 8. Rose Namajunas; 9. Kayla Harrison; 10. Yan Xiaonan.

Marc Raimondi: 1. Zhang; 2. Cyborg; 3. Shevchenko; 4. Grasso; 5. Blanchfield; 6. Yan; 7. Seika Izawa; 8. Suarez; 9. Fiorot; 10. Raquel Pennington.

Megan Anderson: 1. Zhang; 2. Grasso; 3. Shevchenko; 4. Cyborg; 5. Blanchfield; 6. Yan; 7. Pennington; 8. Fiorot; 9. Suarez; 10. Julianna Peña.

Carlos Contreras Legaspi: 1. Zhang; 2. Grasso; 3. Shevchenko; 4. Cyborg; 5. Kayla Harrison; 6. Blanchfield; 7. Yan; 8. Larissa Pacheco; 9. Suarez; 10. Liz Carmouche.

Ian Parker: 1. Zhang; 2. Grasso; 3. Shevchenko; 4. Cyborg; 5. Blanchfield; 6. Suarez; 7. Pacheco; 8. Fiorot; 9. Harrison; 10. Namajunas.

Eddie Maisonet III: 1. Zhang; 2. Grasso; 3. Shevchenko; 4. Blanchfield; 5. Larissa Pacheco; 6. Cyborg; 7. Amanda Lemos; 8. Harrison; 9. Izawa; 10. Carmouche.

Jeff Wagenheim: 1. Zhang; 2. Grasso; 3. Cyborg; 4. Shevchenko; 5. Blanchfield; 6. Esparza; 7. Yan; 8. Carmouche; 9. Izawa; 10. Suarez.