MMA Pound-For-Pound ranking: Zhang Weili finds place n ° 1 of Valentina Shevchenko

The second reign of Zhang Weili as a champion of weights has confirmed that most of us already knew: she is the most nasty woman on the planet.

While the first Zhang championship race featured opponents with more power star (Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Jessica Andrade, as well as her two defeats against Rose Namajunas), this time, she is in opposition, starting By a unilateed belt Walope and now a series of dominant decisions on Amanda Lemos, Yan Xiaonan and now Tatiana Suarez at UFC 312.

His manipulation of Suarez, who was both undefeated and the favorite of the ratings before Saturday, was so convincing that it broke what was virtual equality with the Champion of Mouches Mouches Valentina Shevchenko and made Zhang probe in our place N ° 1 On the book for the book -stern wiper. Five of our six panelists have Zhang N ° 1, with a leaning towards the “ball”. The recess bias could be at stake, and if Shevchenko does Manon Fiorot’s easy work (a fight that has not yet been reserved), there could be a switch to the top next time this list will be updated .

Or Zhang and Shevchenko could meet inside the octagon to adjust it.

On the side of men, Dricus du Plessis added to his Book Book References with a second head sign against Sean Strickland. The victory eliminated Strickland from our ranking, but did not drop the Plessis before the champions right in front of him, Belal Muhammad and Merab Dvalishvili.

Dvalishvili has just removed a defense of the Zhang-Esque title by profoundly defeating the Umarmagomedov, unbeaten, and our panel adopts a waiting approach with Muhammad, which probably fights Shavkat Rakhmonov.

This means that Du Plessis must wait at least a few months before retiring again and his fate is in his hands as a reservation and subsequent victory against Booggeyman of medium weight Khamzat Chimaev would surely stimulate Plessis in a top 5.

Consult the books for books for updates below.

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Recent results for classified fighters (previous classification shown): No. 2 Zhang Weili Def. No. 6 Tatiana Suarez, no. 12 Seika Izawa Def. Lucia Apdelgarin

The next battles featuring classified fighters: And. 11 Yan Xiana vs. and. 18 Girl Virna (UFC 314, April 12)

The combatants also receive votes (number of voting appearances presented): Maycee Barber (3), Stamp Fairtex (2), Macy Chiasson (1), Norma Dumont (1), Amanda Lemos (1), Marina Rodriguez (1), Mayra Bueno Silva (1)

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Recent results for classified fighters (previous classification shown): N ° 6 Dricus du Plessis def. N ° 17 Sean Strickland (UFC 312, February 8)

The next battles featuring classified fighters: N ° 2 Alex Pereira vs. Magomed Ankalaev (UFC 313, March 8), n ° 12 Leon Edwards vs. Jack of the Maddalena (UFC London, March 22)

The combatants also receive votes (number of voting appearances presented): Sean Strickland (3), Israel, the most (2), Jiri Fore now (2), Patricio Pitbull (2), Magomed Ankalaev (1), Usman Nurmagomedov (1), Kamaru Usman (1)

Fall from the ranking (previous classification shown): No 17 Sean Strickland

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Finally, a refreshment on certain basic rules:

• The six -person voting committee is made up of MMA combat staff, Alexander K. Lee, Guilherme Cruz, Mike Heck, E. Casey Leydon, Damon Martin and Jed Meshew.
• The updates to the ranking will be completed following each Pay-Per-View of the UFC. The fighters will be withdrawn from the ranking if they do not compete in the 18 months following their last fight.
• If a fighter announces his retirement, our panel will decide whether this fighter must be immediately removed from the ranking or maintain his position until further notice (let’s talk about this: we would have taken Khabib nurmagomedov Of our rankings much faster than the UFC).

As a reminder, the notion of book supremacy for book will always be intrinsically subjective. When you debate if someone like Sean Strickland should be classified over someone like Charles OliveiraThere is no real good answer. In other words: it is not a serious matter, friends.

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