Israel Adesanya takes second place in the UFC weight-for-pound rankings after victory over Whittaker

I. Adesanya (photo) retains middleweight belt in UFC 271. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram @ufc_brasil

Israel adesanya He is the second best active fighter in the UFC. At least that's what the organization's official weight-for-weight ranking says. After defending the middleweight belt for the fourth time last Saturday (12), defeating again Robert whittaker, the Nigerian surpassed the featherweight champion (up to 65,7 kg) Alexander Volkanovsky and took second place in the ranking, behind only his compatriot Kamaru Usman, welterweight champion (up to 77 kg).

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Another change in the Ultimate weight-for-pound ranking was due to Jon Jones, which, having been inactive for more than two years, fell to seventh place, being overtaken by the former featherweight champion Max Holloway, which is now in sixth place.

Winner of the co-main event UFC 271, Tai tuivasa He was the fighter with the biggest jump in the rankings in his division. The heavyweight (up to 120,2 kg), who entered the octagon to face Derrick Lewis as eleventh placed in the category, it gained eight positions and now occupies third place, behind only Stipe Miocic, Cyryl Gane and, obviously, the champion Francis Ngannou. Lewis lost two positions and is now fifth.

Another relevant change took place in the middleweight division (up to 83,9 kg). By defeating Derek Brunson, Jared Cannonier gained a position in the ranking, surpassing Marvin vettori and occupying second place. The North American should be the next challenger for the belt Israel adesanya.

Finally, in the women's flyweight (up to 56,7 kg), the undefeated young Casey O'Neill benefited from her victory over Roxane Moddaferi to gain three positions in the division, moving to twelfth place. Moddaferi, who said goodbye to MMA last Saturday, left the rankings and gave way to Erin Blanchfield, in fifteenth position.