Khabib Nurmagomedov is officially retired. It will be exciting to watch as he transitions into a coach and to see what comes of the lightweight belt. Francis Ngannou just took the heavyweight title off of Stipe Miocic with a vicious knockout. Aljamain Sterling just took the belt off of Peter Yan. This seems like a great opportunity to look at how we would rank the current UFC roster Pound-for-Pound. Here’s our top ten:
1. Kamaru Usman, welterweight champ.
Last Fight: Gilbert Burns (win by TKO) Next Fight: Jorge Masvidal
2. Jon Jones, heavyweight.
Last Fight: Dominic Reyes (win by decision) Next Fight: TBD.
3. Francis Ngannou, heavyweight champ.
Last Fight: Stiope Miocic (win by KO) Next Fight: TBD.
4. Jan Blachowicz, light-heavyweight champ.
Last Fight: Israel Adesayna (win by decision) Next Fight: TBD.
5. Israel Adesanya, middleweight champ.
Last Fight: Jan Blachowicz (loss by decision) Next Fight: TBD.
6. Alex Volkanovski, featherweight champ.
Last Fight: Max Holloway (win by decision) Next Fight: TBD.
7. Stipe Miocic, heavyweight.
Last Fight: Francis Ngannou (loss by KO) Next Fight: TBD.
8. Max Holloway, featherweight.
Last Fight: Calvin Kattar (win by decision) Next Fight: TBD.
9. Dustin Poirier, lightweight.
Last Fight: Conor McGregor (win by TKO) Next Fight: Conor McGregor
10. Petr Yan, bantamweight.
Last Fight: Aljamain Sterling (loss via DQ) Next Fight: TBD.