“Purely a Marketing Ploy…”: UFC World Erupts As Jon Jones’ Place in Pound-for-Pound UFC Rankings Gets Revealed

Making his comeback after a layoff of 3 years, Jon Jones realized his destiny and fulfilled his decade-long promise as he claimed the vacant heavyweight title at UFC 285. Not only did he silence his doubters, but also brushed aside the opponent, Ciryl Gane, with ease. The doubts of ring rust and a steep challenge at 265 lb also didn’t deter ‘Bones’. While he now comfortably sits at the top of the division, he has his work cut out for one of the greatest heavyweights, Stipe Miocic. However, the UFC 285 results also made some landslide changes in the pound-for-pound rankings. With the win over ‘Bon Gamin’, the Rochester native also made a major leap and dislodged Alexander Volkanovski as the P4P king.

The Albuquerque resident made an improvement of 9 places as he previously occupied the 10th spot in the rankings. The upsurge, as a result, pushed the top 9 a spot downward.

Jon Jones reclaims the pound-for-pound title

The 27-1-1 record holder came all gun blazing into the fight as he banked on his superior wrestling skills. The initial takedown proved critical as he put the French fighter to sleep within a couple of minutes into the first round. Thus, laying claim to the UFC gold and propelling himself to the pound-for-pound title.

Notably, the ranking system recently attracted flake from the fans when Islam Makhachev defeated the then #1 pound-for-pound king, Alexander Volkanovski, at UFC 284. ‘The Great’, however, maintained his top spot despite a loss against the #2 fighter.

How did the fans react to the new rankings?

Fans had several things to say online.

Many fans were not happy with the recent changes in the rankings.

The top 5 after the reshuffle include Volkanovski at the second spot, followed by Islam Makhachev, the welterweight champion Leon Edwards and his rival Kamaru Usman occupies the 5th spot.

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Another displaced champion, Israel Adesanya, assumed the 6th position. Interestingly, his arch-nemesis and the current middleweight champion Alex Pereira again heeled him at 7th.

The bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling held the 8th rank. Following this, Charles Oliveira and Brandon Moreno took the 9th and 10 places, respectively.

What do you think of these new pound-for-pound rankings? Do you believe Jon Jones deserves a spot at the top of the list? Let us know in the comments below.

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