UFC Pound-for-Pound Rankings: April 2021

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.