Till debuts in the UFC rankings after knockout over Cerrone

D. Till (right) remains undefeated in MMA (Photo: Reproduction Facebook UFC)

The welterweight Darren till made his debut in the UFC rankings and was catapulted directly into the top-10 of the welterweight division after his victory over Donald Cerrone at UFC Poland last Saturday (21). With the knockout over Cowboy, the Englishman now occupies eighth place on the list, pushing the North American, who now comes from three consecutive defeats for the first time in his career, to ninth.

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Till's meteoric rise is explained by the fact that Cerrone was in sixth place before UFC Poland, while the Englishman himself, who is part of his training in Brazil, wasn't even ranked. With Cowboy's fall, other athletes benefited, such as Carlos Condit e Colby covington. The two Americans gained one position and now occupy sixth and seventh position, respectively. Other names, however, ended up losing positions, such as the Brazilian Alex Cowboy, which was 14th and is now 15th.

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Another significant change in the ranking released by the UFC this week was the rise of the interim lightweight champion. Tony Ferguson in the weight-by-weight list. The ranking, which places the best Ultimate fighters regardless of category, has the owner of the flyweight belt Demetrious Johnson on the top. “El Cucuy” gained a position in relation to Michael Bisping, linear middleweight champion. Ferguson is 12th and the “Count”, who faces Georges St Pierre in the main fight of UFC 217, he was in 13th place.