Post-UFC 278 Ranking Updates: Usman Loses Top Spot

There are massive shakeups in the UFC rankings after UFC 278.

Going into UFC 278, Kamaru Usman was the number one ranked pound-for-pound fighter. However, after his loss to Leon Edwards, his place is now taken by the featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski.

Newly crowned welterweight champ Leon Edwards is ranked at number six in P4P rankings.

Adesanya is now ranked at number two followed by Charles Oliveira & Kamaru Usman.

Men’s Pound for Pound Rankings

1. Alexander Volkanovski
2. Israel Adesanya
3. Charles Oliveira
4. Kamaru Usman
5. Francis Ngannou
6. Leon Edwards
7. Aljamain Sterling
8. Dustin Poirier
9. Deiveson Figueiredo
10. Jiří Procházka
11. Max Holloway
12. Jon Jones
13. Stipe Miocic
14. Petr Yan
15. Brandon Moreno

Merab Dvalishvili is now ranked at number three, while Jose Aldo moved down to the number six spot in the bantamweight division.

There is also an update in women’s Pound for Pound ranking where Carla Esparza has moved up to number fourth, followed by Rose Namajunas (#5) and Zhang Weili (#6).

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