USA TODAY Sports actions/MMA Junkie rankings, Nov. 17: RDA’s gigantic light-weight return
Pound For Pound Rankings
As Nurmagomedov seemingly rides off into the sunset, he ascends to No. 1 put within the pound-for-pound ranks with a really scintillating ranking over Justin Gaethje.
Already judicious judicious one of the very finest warring parties of all-time, Jones acknowledged he desires to flip his attention to heavyweight in hopes of building an rather more spectacular legacy – though he looks awfully caught up in Israel Adesanya at present.
While we’re serene ready on an decent announcement, it looks Adesanya is going to be gunning for UFC champ-champ put soon in opposition to Jan Blachowicz.
After pleasant his dream of along side a world belt to his collection of championships, ‘Mighty Mouse’ now looks to be to add ONE’s flyweight belt to the huge prix title he already earned.
Usman would maybe not be the most accepted figure on the UFC roster, nonetheless he’s certainly effective and is initiating to build his title within the ancient past books along with his dominant drag.
With his trilogy ranking over Daniel Cormier secured, Miocic is widely judicious the very finest heavyweight in UFC ancient past – and maybe even all of MMA.
Bader modified into as soon as without a doubt disappointed to lose his Bellator champ-champ put, nonetheless he does serene fill one belt and promises to attain in high make.
It wasn’t as convincing because the critical time around, nonetheless Volkanovski picked up a second ranking over Max Holloway and says he desires to proceed casting off high contenders.
Poirier is quiet judicious one of essentially the most appealing warring parties within the sport, and his grit is immeasurable – qualities he hopes will obtain him one other UFC title shot within the approach future.
Khabib Nurmagomedov proved to be too grand for Justin Gaethje at UFC 254, nonetheless ‘The Highlight’ might well very correctly get one other title shot within the very approach future.
With a comely ranking over Jared Cannonier, Whittaker proved himself the No. 1 contender within the UFC’s middleweight division nonetheless made it determined he would not are seeking to fight again till 2021.
Costa modified into as soon as pissed off after struggling the critical loss of his career and has been campaigning for a rematch with Israel Adesanya, though it without a doubt would not appear to be within the playing cards comely now.
Honorable Mentions
USA TODAY Sports actions/MMA Junkie rankings, Nov. 17: RDA’s gigantic light-weight return
By MMA Junkie Team |
November 17, 2020 10: 05 pm
It’s somewhat a busy drag for MMA, as we enter the third straight November week in which we fill critical events from Bellator and the UFC, and Contender Sequence on Tuesday, in addition.
Final week, Raphael dos Anjos partied savor it’s 2015. The ragged UFC light-weight champion had came upon middling success at some level of the last few years at welterweight. But he returned to the weight class over which he formerly dominated on Saturday at UFC Fight Evening 182.
There, he took on a sport final-minute foe within the consistently advanced Paul Felder. And he showed the make at 155 which made him champ. RDA obtained two 50-45 ratings within the fight, an true portrayal of the bout, along with a nonsensical 48-47 Felder for which formally made the fight a split determination.
Dos Anjos, then, dives comely abet into the sport’s deepest pool, as he locations No. 7 within the fresh USA TODAY Sports actions/MMA Junkie rankings.
The UFC’s card got here two nights after an eventful Bellator 252. Within the night’s critical occasion, light-weight and featherweight champ Patricio Freire made immediate work of Pedro Carvalho in a fight which modified into as soon as both for Freire’s latter title and furthermore a quarterfinal fight within the huge prix match.
So where did “Pitbull,” who’s comely now initiating to get his due as judicious one of the realm’s in reality elite competitors, foul at featherweight after one other spectacular carry out To gain out where both he your entire various competitors who scored gigantic wins space, click on the tumble-down menu at the tip of the page.
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