Conor McGregor Moves Up In Latest Pound-For-Pound Rankings

Following a massive win at UFC 246 last Saturday, Conor McGregor has jumped two places in the updated pound-for-pound rankings.

‘The Notorious’ from Ireland made a successful MMA comeback this weekend as he demolished Donald Cerrone just 40 seconds into their welterweight clash – the second fastest victory in his UFC career.

The former two-division champion took home a disclosed $3 million fight purse from his Las Vegas appearance and an extra $50 000 for the Performance of the Night honor.

It was his first MMA win in three years, which helped him improve in the latest fighters rankings in the UFC.

McGregor cracked the top 15 in the welterweight rankings, secured the the third spot at 155 pounds, and moved up to 11th place in the P4P list.

Check out the updated UFC rankings below:

Pound-for-pound

1. Jon Jones
2. Khabib Nurmagomedov
3. Henry Cejudo
4. Stipe Miocic
5. Amanda Nunes
6. Daniel Cormier
7. Israel Adesanya
8. Kamaru Usman
9. Alexander Volkanovski
10. Tony Ferguson
11. Conor McGregor +2
12. Valentina Shevchenko -1
13. Max Holloway -1
14. Dustin Poirier +1
15. Tyron Woodley -1

Flyweight

Champion: Henry Cejudo

1. Joseph Benavidez
2. Jussier Formiga
3. Deiveson Figueiredo
4. Alexandre Pantoja
5. Brandon Moreno
6. Askar Askarov +6
7. Rogerio Bontorin -1
8. Kai Kara France
9. Matt Schnell
10. Tim Elliott -3
11. Jordan Espinosa -1
12. Alex Perez -1
13. Mark De La Rosa
14. Raulian Paiva
15. Ryan Benoi

Bantamweight

Champion: Henry Cejudo

1. Marlon Moraes
2. Aljamain Sterling
3. Petr Yan
4. Cory Sandhagen
5. Raphael Assuncao
6. Pedro Munhoz
7. Jimmie Rivera
8. Jose Aldo
9. Cody Garbrandt
10. Rob Font
11. Cody Stamann
12. John Dodson
13. Song Yadong
14. Marlon Vera
15. Casey Kenny

Featherweight

Champion: Alexander Volkanovski

1. Max Holloway
2. Brian Ortega
3. Zabit Magomedsharipov
4. Chan Sung Jung
5. Yair Rodriguez
6. Frankie Edgar
7. Renato Moicano
8. Jeremy Stephens
9. (T) Jose Aldo
9. (T) Josh Emmett +1
11. Calvin Kattar
12. Shane Burgos
13. Ryan Hall +1
14. (T) Sodiq Yosef *NR
14. (T) Mirsad Bektic -1

Lightweight

Champion: Khabib Nurmagomedov

1. Tony Ferguson
2. Dustin Poirier
3. Conor McGregor +1
4. Justin Gaethje -1
5. Donald Cerrone
6. Paul Felder
7. Dan Hooker
8. Kevin Lee
9. Al Iaquinta
10. Edson Barboza
11. Diego Ferreira *NR
12. Gregor Gillespie
13. Charles Oliveira
14. Islam Makhachev +1
15. Alexander Hernandez -1

Welterweight

Champion: Kamaru Usman

1. Tyron Woodley
2. Colby Covington
3. Jorge Masvidal
4. Leon Edwards
5. Rafael dos Anjos
6. Demian Maia
7. Stephen Thompson
8. Nate Diaz
9. Robbie Lawler +1
10. Geoff Neal +1
11. Anthony Pettis -2
12. Gilbert Burns +1
13. Vicente Luque -1
14. Conor McGregor *NR
15. Neal Magny -1

Middleweight

Champion: Israel Adesanya

1. Robert Whittaker
2. Paulo Costa
3. Yoel Romero
4. Jared Cannonier
5. Darren Till
6. Jack Hermansson
7. Kelvin Gastelum
8. Derek Brunson
9. Edmen Shahbazyan
10. Uriah Hall
11. Brad Tavares
12. Ian Heinisch
13. Omari Akhmedov
14. Antonio Carlos Junior
15. Anderson Silva

Light Heavyweight

Champion: Jon Jones

1. Thiago Santos
2. Daniel Cormier
3. Anthony Smith
4. Dominick Reyes
5. Corey Anderson
6. Jan Blachowicz
7. Alexander Gustafsson
8. Volkan Oezdemir
9. Glover Teixeira
10. Aleksandar Rakic
11. Johnny Walker
12. Ilir Latifi
13. Misha Cirkunov
14. Nikita Krylov
15. Ronaldo Souza

Heavyweight

Champion: Stipe Miocic

1. Daniel Cormier
2. Francis Ngannou
3. Curtis Blaydes
4. Junior dos Santos
5. (T) Derrick Lewis
5. (T) Jairzinho Rozenstruik
7. Alexander Volkov
8. Alistair Overeem
9. Walt Harris
10. Shamil Abdurakhimov
11. Blagoy Ivanov
12. Aleksei Oleinik
13. Augusto Sakai
14. Sergei Pavlovich
15. Ciryl Gane

What do you think of Conor McGregor’s UFC rankings? Who do you think should be his next opponent?

(Featured Image Source: Instagram/ Conor McGregor)

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