UFC Rankings: Dricus Du Plessis DROPS to lowest, Khamzat soars!
The official UFC men's pound-for-pound ranking has been updated following du Plessis title loss to Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 319.
So, du Plessis has dropped to his lowest ranking. Meanwhile, Khamzat is the biggest climber. 1 Ilia Topuria 2 Islam Makhachev 3 Merab Dvalishvili 4 Khamzat Chimaev Rank increased by 10 5 Alexandre Pantoja Rank decreased by 1 6 Alexander Volkanovski 7 Magomed Ankalaev 8 Jack Della Maddalena 9 Tom Aspinall 10 Alex Pereira 11 Dricus Du Plessis Rank decreased by 7 12 Max Holloway Rank decreased by 1 13 Belal Muhammad Rank decreased by 1 14 Arman Tsarukyan Rank decreased by 1 15 Shavkat Rakhmonov NR
So, du Plessis has dropped SEVEN places after losing the first fight of his UFC career against Chimaev.
He fell from FOURTH position to 11th .
Furthermore, Chimaev has soared since conquering dricus and becoming the new UFC middleweight champion at UFC 319.
He has risen 10 spots up and now sits FOURTH in the latest men's pound-for-pound rankings.
Please Note: The UFC's pound-for-pound rankings includes fighters from all weight classes. This does not mean that they are able to face each other as fighters compete within their respective weight classes.
Dricus made over R50 million despite losing one of the most one-sided title bouts in UFC history.
'Just for stepping into the ring at UFC 319 at the United Centre in Chicago, Stillknocks walked away with a cool $3 million – over R52 million,' IOL reported.
So, it is a bitter-sweet pill for du Plessis to swallow. He lost his middleweight championship and was defeated for the first time in his UFC career.
However, he still made over R52 million just for stepping into the ring and showing up.
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