UFC P4P Rankings: Makhachev Over Topuria at #1? | Full Top 10 - video Dailymotion

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Updated UFC Pound-For-Pound Rankings after UFC 322! Islam Makhachev becomes the new #1 P4P fighter after his two-division championship performance, but Ilia Topuria at #2 has an argument. Breaking down the entire top 10 with explanations for every placement.  One fighter drops out, one enters - here's the complete UFC P4P men's rankings!  🏆 UFC POUND-FOR-POUND RANKINGS (MEN'S) - POST UFC 322: #1: ISLAM MAKHACHEV (NEW #1) Two-division champion. Elite resume. Beat Alex Volkanovski when they were #1 and #2 P4P. Why he's #1:  Dominated Jack Della Maddalena for 25 minutes at 170 Beat Volk (then P4P #1) If everyone was the same weight, Makhachev is suplexing everyone Him and Khamzat would dominate with wrestling/grappling That good.  #2: ILIA TOPURIA In almost ANY other era, Topuria's resume would have him at #1. The Topuria Case:  Dominance in TWO weight classes Elite level victories Spectacular finishes Undefeated  Why he's #2: He has to be because Makhachev's resume + two-division status is just slightly better. But this is CLOSE. #3: MERAB DVALISHVILI I slept on this guy for a while. Not anymore. Why Merab is Top 3:  The talent The pace The cardio The EVERYTHING he puts together Deserving of top 3 P4P status  #4: KHAMZAT CHIMAEV Dominant 185-pound champion. Should have been here earlier, honestly. But he's here now and probably sticking around for a while. #5: TOM ASPINALL Undisputed heavyweight champion now. UFC 321 was a dud (eye injury situation) but can't take anything away from him. He's been knocking out the best of the best at heavyweight. #6: ALEX PEREIRA 205-pound champion. Two-division champion. Elite level striker. The Pereira Paradox:  Loss to Ankalaev bumps him from elite tier But still incredible talent Should get heavyweight run (disappointed he hasn't yet) Lot of fun still to come  #7: ALEXANDRE PANTOJA Dominant over everyone at 125 pounds. Could be seeing a difficult challenge soon, but so far he's beaten everyone put in front of him. #8: ALEX VOLKANOVSKI One of the great fighters of all time. Had banana peels along the way (losses to Islam, etc.) but getting the 145-pound championship back puts him at #8. #9: MAX HOLLOWAY Perpetually in P4P top 10. Why he's back:  Win over Dustin Poirier Always near the top Proven excellence at 145  Why he's not higher: Volkanovski is still ahead of him. #10: MAGOMED ANKALAEV Yes, he lost to Pereira after beating him previously. Why he stays in:  Has that win over Pereira when Pereira was P4P great Solid resume Deserves to stay for now  DROPPED OUT: Jack Della Maddalena - After title loss to Islam Why JDM is out:  Very solid, talented fighter But didn't have resume for top 10 Was here because he was champion 10 spots should have most champions Post-loss, resume doesn't justify top 10  ❓ DO YOU AGREE WITH THESE RANKINGS? Drop your P4P top 10 in the comments! 👇  🔔 SUBSCRIBE for UFC rankings, MMA analysis, and combat sports breakdowns!  🎧 Listen on: Apple https://apple.co/49NGm2L

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00:00It is pound for pound rankings time coming out of UFC 322. Let's take a look at the updated

00:22rankings, shall we? So first of all, Jack Della Maddalena drops out of the pound for pound

00:29rankings after his title loss against Islam Akachev. I think that JDM is a very solid

00:36fighter and a very talented one, but he didn't really have the resume to get into the top

00:4210 anyway. He was kind of here because he was the champion and 10 spots, you should have

00:47the champions represented, at least most of them. And so I put him in, I don't think you

00:50can now, coming off of that loss. He just doesn't have the resume to crack the top 10.

00:54In at number 10, Magomed Ankulaev. Yes, losing to Pereira after a big victory against him,

01:01but he still has that win over him at a time where Pereira was one of the pound for pound

01:05greats. So you have to keep Ankulaev in there for a bit. At number nine, I have Max Holloway

01:12checking in. He comes in for JDM. Holloway perpetually toward the top of this and always in the top

01:1910, pound for pound. Coming off of that win over Dustin Poirier, it gets him back into these

01:24conversations. The reason he's not higher is because of a number eight fighter, Alex Volkanovski,

01:29who has had a couple of banana peels along the way, but is still one of the great fighters of all time.

01:34Getting that championship back at 145 pounds puts him at number eight. At seven, it is Pantoja,

01:42who is just dominant over everyone in his weight class. Would love to see, and could be seeing soon,

01:48a difficult challenge for him, but so far he's beaten everyone that's been put in front of him.

01:53At six, it is Pereira, the 205 pound champion. I think the world of the talent of this guy,

02:01a loss against Ankulaev kind of bumps him out of that elite level, but still, I think he should

02:07get a run at heavyweight. I think he should get a run at the heavyweight belt, and I'm a little

02:10disappointed he hasn't to this point, but we could be seeing a whole lot of fun from this guy soon in

02:15the resume. Two-division champion, elite level striker, he deserves to be up here. At five,

02:19it's Tom Aspinall, a dud of a championship fight at UFC 321 with the eye injury situation,

02:26but can't take anything away from this guy. He has been knocking out the best of the best at

02:31heavyweight. Now, the undisputed heavyweight champion, he comes in at five. At four, Hamzat

02:36Chemaev, just a dominant figure at 185 pounds, now with the championship, and so honestly,

02:43he probably should have been up here a while ago, but he's here now for a couple of additions

02:48of the pound-for-pound rankings, and is probably going to stick around for a while. At three,

02:53it is Murab Devalishvili. I slept on this guy for a while. The talent, the pace, the cardio,

03:01the everything that he can put together, I think he is deserving of being a top three fighter in the

03:07pound-for-pound rankings. At two, there is almost no other era where the resume that Ilya Teporia

03:14has put together would have him as the number two fighter. When you think about the fighters he has

03:18defeated, and the dominance that he has shown in now two different weight classes, there aren't

03:25many times where someone who has that kind of a resume ends up at number two in the pound-for-pound

03:30rankings, but he has to, because the new number one, once again, is Islam Akachev, who has an elite

03:36level resume, beat Alex Volkanovski when they were one and two in the pound-for-pound rankings,

03:42and now a two-division champion. You have to give him this number one spot, and I think if you did

03:48one of the classic tropes that people talk about with pound-for-pound rankings, and you made everyone

03:52the same weight, I think it's Makachev and Chemayev who are suplexing guys all over the place and winning

03:59those fights. I think Makachev is that good, and that's why he is number one on the pound-for-pound rankings

04:04for me on the men's side in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

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