It would be an underestimation to pronounce the UFC has some questionable rankings. That you simply would possibly possibly attach a question to rankings to be questionable as they are subjective; nonetheless, in this column, I will point out rankings that I feel are evident errors. I could possibly well also analyze critical trek within the rankings that I trust.
Editorial Commentary by Peter Parsons
Raquel Pennington re-entered the bantamweight rankings at No. 10 this week after her victory this past Saturday over No. 12 ranked Pannie Kianzad. Pennington was dropped from the UFC rankings as a consequence of express of no process. She had now now not fought since June of 2020 when she defeated Marion Reneau.
Raquel Pennington ranked No. 10 at bantamweight
Raquel Pennington ought to be ranked increased than No. 10 within the UFC females’s bantamweight division. Pennington got right here into her June 2020 fight ranked No. 6 against Marion Reneau. Pennington won a unanimous resolution against Reneau who was ranked No. 10 at the time. She got right here lend a hand this past Saturday after 15 months away to defeat No. 12 ranked Pannie Kianzad.
Meisha Tate got right here lend a hand now now not too long ago after being away for virtually five years and defeated Marion Reneau who was No. 12 at the time, two spots decrease than when she fought Pennington. The take noticed Tate re-enter the rankings at No. 8 which I didn’t disagree with. In Meisha Tate’s perfect fight earlier than retiring in 2016, she lost to Pennington. In step with their contemporary outcomes, Pennington ought to be ranked increased than Tate.
Pennington has won two in a row and three of her perfect four. All three of these wins believe advance against ranked opponents. Her simplest loss in that stretch was against contemporary No. 2 Holly Holm. In July of 2019, Pennington defeated contemporary No. 4 ranked Irene Aldana. Sooner than the Aldana fight, Pennington lost to contemporary No. 1 ranked Germaine De Randamie. Sooner than the De Randamie fight, Pennington challenged for the bantamweight title, shedding to contemporary champ and female GOAT Amanda Nunes. Pennington has a decrease than stellar 12-8 narrative; nonetheless, she has been in there with the finest the division has to present.
Pennington is also ranked within the lend a hand of No. 9 Sara McMann who has simplest fought four times since September of 2017. McMann has long gone 1-3 over that length, having lost to overall opponent Marion Reneau. I feel Pennington ought to be ranked no decrease than No. 8 and presumably as high as No. 5 within the UFC females’s bantamweight division.
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Must composed Pennington were pulled from the UFC rankings as a consequence of express of no process?
In my perfect two Rankings Review column’s, I talked about Sergei Pavlovich and Shamil Abdurakhimov being ranked at heavyweight despite now now not having fought in over 22 months and over 24 months, respectively. We are seeing an evident lack of consistency with fighters being ineligible for rankings as a consequence of express of no process. Pennington was indolent for a grand shorter length that Pavlovich and Abdurakhimov.
I stated within the previously talked about articles that, in my see, 18 months ought to be potentially the most time that a fighter ought to live eligible for rankings whereas indolent. Pennington went 15 months with out competing. If Pennington by no plan left the rankings, she most likely would believe long gone into her fight this past Saturday versus Kianzad within the tip 6. With a take over the surging Kianzad, Pennington would believe a minimum of maintained her rating.
My rankings would look varied than any varied writer or fan who follows the game carefully. Here’s to be expected, as rankings are subjective. Rankings ought to be primarily based fully mostly primarily on outcomes and now now not perceived doable or recognition.
Some people exclaim rankings enact now now not matter. Rankings enact matter. They matter in terms of matchmaking. They matter in terms of contract negotiations.
Let’s withhold the rankings dialog going. Construct you compromise or disagree with the above Ranking Review? Remark your thoughts within the feedback underneath.
