New ‘update’ of the UFC rankings. After the latter UFC Fight Night In Des Moines, the great winners of the night of May 3 were expected to climb some position in their respective classifications that ‘order’ the fighters who are closest to be able to become champions of the maximum promoter of MMA in the world.
Cory Sandhagen (18-5) and Reinier de Ridder (20-2) will not be very happy After seeing how they have not helped their respective rivals without reaching the decision of the judges and taking two of the bonds for action of the night.
Cory Sandhagen defeated Deiveson Figueire by Tko. However, He did not climb any position in the so tight division of the Gallo peso. Something unusual but understandable in the case of still number four of the division, because above it is Umar Nurmagomedov. The Russian defeated the American by unanimous decision in August 2024, so it would not make sense that it was above the Khabib cousin. Figueiredo has dropped from fifth to the sixth place of the 135 pounds.
Reinier de Ridder has had the same fate. While it is true that its rival was not part of the medium weight ranking, He has fulminated the now former undefeated in the MMA, Bo Nickal. The American was projected as a predestined to reign the 185 pounds, but far from reality, De Ridder showed him that he has not had a UFC level fighter in his personal record. This victoria por knockout In the second assault of Reinier It has not served him To upload posts in the middle weight ranking, which has generated a lot of controversy In social networks, questioning the UFC classification system. Just above the Dutch is Paulo Costa, who has not fought for practically a year, his last victory was in 2022 and is the only victory in his last five fights.
The UFC rankings system does not like the fans or the CEO itself of the promoter, Dana Whitewho announced that, at the end of the year, a new G -classifications system will be createdenergized and updated by artificial intelligenceby the hand of the finish line. However, current rankings will not disappear.
