Alexander Volkanovski drops to number 7 of men's pound for pound rankings on UFC website, Topuria at no. 5

[Davidjacksonjones]

Thoughts? Is 7 the right ranking spot for The Great Volkanoski after the brutal KO loss? And does Topuria deserve 5th spot? What ranking do you give both of the fighters who just fought recently?


He also dropped to number 10 on the MMA Fighting rankings

MMA Pound-for-Pound Rankings: Alexander Volkanovski takes big tumble after UFC 298 loss

Ilia Topuria and Alexander Volkanovski are headed in opposite directions in the latest MMA Fighting’s Pound-for-Pound Rankings.

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[Wreckless]

Too low. He's had 5 consecutive title defenses. Topuria was his 6th title defense.

He should be above Oliveira for sure. Don't think his losses to Islam should take away from what he accomplished at FW.

 

[JustBreed]

I think it's fine. There's no recent data points to say he deserves to be any higher right at this moment, all things considered.

How he performs in his next fight should have some bearing on the number.

 

[Rapa]

merab dvalishvili should be in top 10 at least

 

[Dirty Frank]

Islam on top, baby.

 

[Conan the K-9]

Tbh, Pantoja should be the P4P number 1 at the moment. Only champ who has cleared his division and has a legit title defense. Number two should be Leon.

 

[Pain4Pain]

Islam above Jones? Yeah they don’t mean much.

 

[IneedSometop]

Kind of similar to mine except I have Pantoja and Volk above O'malley, Dricius, and Olives.

 

[JustBreed]

Too low. He's had 5 consecutive title defenses. Topuria was his 6th title defense.

He should be above Oliveira for sure. Don't think his losses to Islam should take away from what he accomplished at FW.

Yeah the problem is, (even though it's probably true) you can only guess or assume that he would've won three different fights in place of the ones he's lost in the past 12 months, and those kind of hypotheticals just won't factor in (even if PFP rankings are based on one big hypothetical question).

 

[JustBreed]

Just seen that MMA fighting has Volk at 10, below DDP -- not so sure I agree with that.

 

[Kb7]

Tbh, Pantoja should be the P4P number 1 at the moment. Only champ who has cleared his division and has a legit title defense. Number two should be Leon.

It's between Jones & Makhachev.

Makhachev beat 2 current fighters on the P4P.

Pantoja didn't clear his division, the division doesn't consist of Royval and Moreno. He still got France, Albazi, Nico & Mokaev.

Hell Pereira is much higher than Pantoja in the p4p given what he has accomplished across 2 weight classes.

 

[World eater]

I think p4p is a silly thing. It is arbitrary and used to promote fighters based on some perceived value “if they could somehow be scaled up or down in weight while keeping the same characteristics”. What does it do for actual fighters on that list? Can they gain or lose anything by going up or down on this list?

 

[ipowerslapmywife]

Islam above Jones? Yeah they don’t mean much.

Jones hasn’t looked dominant since the last time he popped for steroids.

 

[ipowerslapmywife]

p4p is supposed to mean skill regardless of weight. Volk moved up and beat Islam so he should still be in the top 3

 

[Jon's Drug Dealer]

Should drop out entirely after going 1-3 in his last 4 and getting brutally finished twice in a row.

 

[FloydMayweatherMMA]

Islam above Jones? Yeah they don’t mean much.

Jones has one win in four years. He shouldn't even be ranked.

 

[gosuasus]

This is the most opportune time in MMA history to claim the top P4P ranking.

 

[Conan the K-9]

It's between Jones & Makhachev.

Makhachev beat 2 current fighters on the P4P.

Pantoja didn't clear his division, the division doesn't consist of Royval and Moreno. He still got France, Albazi, Nico & Mokaev.

Hell Pereira is much higher than Pantoja in the p4p given what he has accomplished across 2 weight classes.

Pantoja has probably more wins in his own divisions top 5 (top 10 too), than any other current champ, and Moreno was on the P4P list when Pantoja beat him.

And he really does not have the option to pick to fight guys from the smaller weight class, like fighters in the other weightclasses do.

 

[andgonsil]

He is still ahead of three champions

 

[orca]

Just seen that MMA fighting has Volk at 10, below DDP -- not so sure I agree with that.

volk gets kod left and right
ddp has a winstreak right now

i dont care if your volk
but if u lose left and right and get kod
im gonna put the guy who won the belt and has a long winstreak above him