Conor McGregor plummets in UFC rankings after defeat to Khabib

McGregor fell in the official UFC rankings (Photo: Reproduction/Facebook UFC)

the defeat of Conor McGregor before Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229, held last Saturday (06), is already reflected in the official UFC rankings. The Irishman, who until then occupied 2nd place on the 'weight for weight' list, which brings together fighters from all divisions, dropped six positions and fell to 8th place. And do not stop there. Even in the lightweight rankings, where Notório occupied 1st place, below only the champion, he lost space and was overtaken by Tony Ferguson, which was second on the list.

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Interestingly, Nurmagomedov took the opposite path, rising from 8th place to 2nd, behind only Daniel Cormier, champion of two categories at the same time (light heavyweight and heavyweight). TJ Dillashaw, Max Holloway e Georges St Pierre complete the top 5 of the general ranking.

Another beneficiary in the round was Jussier formiga, who beat Sergio Pettis and rose from 5th to 2nd place. The young Dominick reyes also advanced several houses. By beating the experienced Ovince St Preux, the 'Dominator', as he is known, now occupies number 6 in the light heavyweight rankings, surpassing names like Glover Teixeira, Mauritius Shogun, Corey anderson, Anthony Smith, Misha Cirkunov and the OSP itself.