News Alex Pereira surpasses Jon Jones in the official UFC P4P Rankings

[BoxerMaurits]

 

[Ladron4sherdog]

Dana White fuming.

On a serious note, Alex SHOULD be higher than Jones in the p4p list, and it shouldn't be debatable.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

Jones gonna be all up on Twitter today, saying he's better than Alex, with no intention of backing it up.

 

[You Will Vote For Dreyga]

So is this proof that Dana White does not control the rankings?

Or is the pink goof playing mind games?

 

[The Accuser]

JBJ has one win in the last 4 years. JBJ may have all the accolades, if you don't fight you cannot be ranked.

 

[Fatback96]

Inactivity and refusing to fight deserving contenders. I agree.

 

[Fatback96]

JBJ has one win in the last 4 years. JBJ may have all the accolades, if you don't fight you cannot be ranked.

Exactly. Accolades don’t mean anything when you don’t ever fight.
That’s like saying GSP is still currently P4P #1 because of his accolades, but the guy hasn’t fought in years.

 

[Striker Fox]

How are either of these guys ahead of Topuria, Pantoja ect?

O'Malley has beaten good wrestlers, so should be ahead of Pereira

 

[Hdfi]

Agreed.

4 wins in 11 months > 1 win in 4 years.

PS: p4p ranking is not the same as goat ranking. P4P is more about what you've been up to lately.

 

[Gamer2k4]

I don't think Islam is #1 at all, but I have no issue with Alex being above Jon at this point in time. That said, if/when Jones wins again, I fully expect him to be right back at #1.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Jones gonna be all up on Twitter today, saying he's better than Alex, with no intention of backing it up.

Poatan’s response:

Huh, CHAMA

 

[13Seconds]

So is this proof that Dana White does not control the rankings?

Or is the pink goof playing mind games?

How the fuck would Dana control the rankings lol

 

[Substance Abuse]

So is this proof that Dana White does not control the rankings?

Or is the pink goof playing mind games?

It's put to a media vote and rankings are derived from the average ranking. It's been that way for a long time.

 

[pride_rules]

How is Islam #1?
only fought 1 weight class

 

[13Seconds]

Agreed.

4 wins in 11 months > 1 win in 4 years.

PS: p4p ranking is not the same as goat ranking. P4P is more about what you've been up to lately.

Exactly. It's between AP and Islam. Leon might be #1 if he ko's Belal.

Point is p4p is about recent shit.

 

[IronGolem007]

The truth is, Alex should be rated higher than Islam as well.

When did Islam ever move up in weight, and compete at WW, in order to deserve any P4P ranking?

Last I recall, the midget freaking garden gnome, Alexander Volkanovski, moved up in weight, dropped Makhachev, and came arguably close to beating him.

That is not the stuff by which P4P status is earned.
If anything, the close fight with Volk should diminish Islam, not elevate him.

Alex Pereira is the only man, in the entire UFC, to 1) become Champion is a lighter division, and then 2) to have moved up to a higher division, and defeat FOUR current or former Champions in that higher division.

This shouldn't even be a debate.

 

[humdizzle]

How is Islam #1?
only fought 1 weight class

activity and beating other guys on the p4p list. charles was #3 when they fought. volk was #1. i dont think gane was ever on the list.

jones about to go on a twitter blast in 3...2...

 

[CJrider]

Jones looked like trash 3 times and good once and has fought 1 time in 4 years 4 months. He's not P4P #1 at all and him fighting an aged out Stipe and retiring doesn't help that either.

I don't get why Dana has such a hard on for P4P rankings for Jones, the dude is well passed his prime. He is the greatest fighter to ever live, I think being the GOAT is a good enough useless subjective "ranking".

 

[Siver!]

Dana in tears lol

 

[Alpha_T83]

So is this proof that Dana White does not control the rankings?

Or is the pink goof playing mind games?

I think Dana is honestly trying to set up a potential matchup between Pereira and Jones.

The more I think about it, the more I believe Jon Jones WILL NOT accept the Blaydes/Aspinall winner as a backup opponent for his fight with Stipe. I'm sure with all the recent fight cancellations, Dana is thinking about the very real possibility that Stipe gets injured and cannot fight Jon Jones at UFC 309.

In the case where Stipe is injured and Dana cannot convince Jones to fight the Blaydes/Aspinall winner, he might be able to convince Jones to fight Pereira as a short-notice replacement. By ranking Pereira above Jones on the P4P, he's subtly pushing Jon to want to fight him.