It took Australia’s Alexander Volkanovski to win the UFC featherweight title for the 31-year-old to break into the UFC pound-for-pound rankings.
The Shellharbour based athlete debuts at number 9 in the rankings while the opponent he defeated, Max Holloway dropped five positions to number twelve.
He becomes the third Australian & New Zealand fighter on the pound-for-pound rankings with Adesanya ranked at number seven and Whittaker at thirteen.
Jon Jones remains at the top of the tree, followed by Khabib Nurmagomedov and Henry Cejudo.
- Jon Jones
- Khabib Nurmagomedov
- Henry Cejudo
- Stipe Miocic
- Amanda Nunes
- Daniel Cormier
- Israel Adesanya
- Kamaru Usman
- Alexander Volkanovski
- Tony Ferguson
- Valentina Shevchenko
- Max Holloway
- Robert Whittaker
- Conor McGregor
- Dustin Poirier
In other ranking news, Kai Kara-France’s loss on the weekend has Kiwi drop two positions to the number 8 contender ranking in the UFC flyweight division.
The UFC rankings a compiled by a select list of MMA Journalists.
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