By Emma Jemegah
After a long and undefeated run at 170 pounds, Kamaru Usman has now dropped two straight, both to reigning UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards, costing “The Nigerian Nightmare” three places on the promotion’s pound-for-pound list.
Usman, who dropped three places, is now number 8 in the Men’s Pound-For-Pound while his conqueror, Leon Edwards retains his fourth position.
However, Usman remains the number one contender for the Welterweight title that Edwards has the champion.
Meanwhile, Jon Jones remains the number one followed by Alexander Volkanovski while Islam Makhachev is in third place.
Slybender, Nigeria’s Israel Adesanya moved a place alongside Alex Pereira on 5th and 6th place.
Similarly, Adesanya retains the number one contender for the middleweight in possession of Alex Pereira ahead of Robert Whittaker.
Also at the UFC 286 pay-per-view (PPV) event last weekend in London, former middleweight title challenger Marvin Vettori got back to his winning ways at 185 pounds and captured the No. 3 rankings spot at the expense of fellow contender Jared Cannonier.
A voting panel made up of media members generated rankings. The media members were asked to vote for who they feel are the top fighters in the UFC by weight-class and pound-for-pound. A fighter is only eligible to be voted on if they are in active status in the UFC.
A fighter can appear in more than one weight division at a time. The champion and interim champion are considered to be in the top positions of their respective divisions and therefore are not eligible for voting by weight-class. However, the champions can be voted on for the pound-for-pound rankings.