Sean O’Malley is venting his frustration over the present UFC pound-for-pound rankings.
The official UFC rankings garnered some modifications following UFC 303 this previous weekend.
The UFC 303 fundamental occasion featured Alex Pereira (11-2 MMA) defeating Jiri Prochazka (30-5 MMA) by TKO within the mild heavyweight fundamental occasion. Within the course of ‘Poatan’ reclaimed the title and moved up 2 spots within the P4P rankings.
The UFC P4P rankings had different modifications as properly, which might be discovered beneath.
MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND RANKINGS as of July fifth:
1. Islam Makhachev
2. Alex Pereira (+2)
3. Jon Jones (-1)
4. Leon Edwards ( -1)
5. Ilia Topuria
6. Sean O’Malley
7. Alexander Volkanovski
8. Max Holloway
9. Dricus Du Plessis
10. Alexandre Pantoja
11. Tom Aspinall (+2)
12. Israel Adesanya ( -1)
13. Charles Oliveira (-1)
14. Sean Strickland
15. Aljamain Sterling
The equation for the way the UFC compiles its official rankings is acknowledged beneath:
“Rankings have been generated by a voting panel made up of media members. The media members have been requested to vote for who they really feel are the highest fighters within the UFC by weight-class and pound-for-pound. A fighter is just eligible to be voted on if they’re in energetic standing within the UFC. A fighter can seem in a couple of weight division at a time. The champion and interim champion are thought-about to be within the prime positions of their respective divisions and subsequently should not eligible for voting by weight-class. Nonetheless, the champions might be voted on for the pound-for-pound rankings.”
Properly, ‘Suga’ is making it recognized that he’s none too happy about being ranked quantity 6, behind the undefeated Ilia Topuria (15-0 MMA) who’s ranked at quantity 5.
Sean O’Malley took to ‘X‘ with the next remark regarding the newest P-4-P rankings:
How’s Illia greater on p4p ? Much less title protection and 5 inches shorter. Plz clarify.
— Sean O’Malley (@SugaSeanMMA) July 5, 2024
“How’s Ilia greater on p4p? Much less title defence and 5 inches shorter. Plz clarify.”
O’Malley (18-1 MMA) is the present UFC bantamweight champion after defeating Aljamain Sterling (24-4 MMA) by TKO again in August of 2023 at UFC 292. ‘Suga’ went on to defend his title in opposition to Marlon Vera (23-9 MMA) this previous March at UFC 299.
Topuria is the present UFC featherweight champion after knocking out Alex Volkanovski within the headliner of UFC 298.
The Spaniard responded to ‘Suga’ with the next:
“One other hater, however this one is ugly as f**okay.”
One other hater, however this one is ugly as fuck . https://t.co/JFRlSKNIlw
— Ilia Topuria (@Topuriailia) July 5, 2024
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