{"id":15588,"date":"2023-12-20T01:50:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T22:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/15588\/mma-pound-for-pound-p4p-rankings\/"},"modified":"2023-12-20T01:50:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T22:50:26","slug":"mma-pound-for-pound-p4p-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=15588","title":{"rendered":"MMA pound-for-pound P4P rankings &#8211; Alexandre Pantoja rises after big win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MMA pound-for-pound P4P rankings &#8211; Alexandre Pantoja rises after big win\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Leon Edwards and Alexandre Pantoja scored dominant victories in their title defense Saturday night, but those victories weren&#39;t enough to cause a major upset in ESPN&#39;s pound-for-pound rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards and Pantoja controlled their title challengers \u2013 Colby Covington and Brandon Royval, respectively \u2013 as both champions scored unanimous decision victories.  Edwards used his takedown defense to stifle eight of Covington&#39;s 10 takedown attempts and keep the fight where it&#39;s most dangerous, on the feet.  Meanwhile, Pantoja used his wrestling and grappling to dictate the fight against Royval, continually forcing the challenger to fight back.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the one-sided victory, Edwards remained in fourth place.  Pantoja&#39;s <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/win\/\"   title=\"win\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">win<\/a> moved him two spots ahead of Israel Adesanya and Sean O&#39;Malley to No. 7.  UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira claimed sole possession of fifth place;  previously he was tied with Charles Oliveira.<\/p>\n<p>There was also movement at the bottom of the P4P women&#39;s rankings, as PFL featherweight champion Larissa Pacheco claimed sole possession of 8th place.  Pacheco was previously tied with fellow PFL fighter Kayla Harrison.  Harrison lost one place and is now tied with Manon Fiorot in 9th place.<\/p>\n<p>For ESPN MMA division rankings, click here.<\/p>\n<p><i>Note: Results are current;  rankings as of December 19.  To be eligible for ranking, a fighter must have competed within the last 12 months or must have an upcoming fight booked.  Fighters who have been dropped for inactivity may only be reinstated after competing.<\/i><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>Pound for pound ranking for men<\/h2>\n<p><b>1. <\/b><b>Islam Makhachev<\/b> <\/p>\n<p><b>UFC lightweight champion<\/b><br \/><b>Save:<\/b> 25-1<br \/><b>Last:<\/b> W (KO1) vs. Alexander Volkanovski, October 21, 2023<br \/><b>Following:<\/b> To be determined<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><b>2. Jon Jones<\/b> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NFL-Week-7-Power-Rankings-2023-How-all-32-teams.png\" width=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>UFC Heavyweight Champion<\/strong><br \/><b>Save:<\/b> 27-1, 1 NC<br \/><b>Last:<\/b> F (Sub1) vs. Ciryl Gane, March 4, 2023<br \/><b>Following:<\/b> To be determined<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><b>3. Alexander Volkanovski<\/b> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NFL-Week-7-Power-Rankings-2023-How-all-32-teams.png\" width=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>UFC featherweight champion<\/strong><br \/><b>Save:<\/b> 26-3<br \/><b>Last:<\/b> L (KO1) against Islam Makhachev, October 21, 2023<br \/><b>Following:<\/b> February 17 against Ilia Topuria<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><b>4. Leon Edwards<\/b> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NFL-Week-7-Power-Rankings-2023-How-all-32-teams.png\" width=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>UFC welterweight champion<\/b><br \/><b>Save:<\/b> 22-3, 1 NC<br \/><b>Last:<\/b> W (UD) vs. Colby Covington, December 16, 2023<br \/><b>Following:<\/b> To be determined<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><b>5. Alex Pereira<\/b> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NFL-Week-7-Power-Rankings-2023-How-all-32-teams.png\" width=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>UFC light heavyweight champion<\/strong><br \/><b>Save:<\/b> 9-2<br \/><b>Last:<\/b> W (TKO2) vs. Jir\u00ed Proch\u00e1zka, November 11, 2023<br \/><b>Following:<\/b> To be determined<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><b>6. Charles Oliveira<\/b> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1697549598_612_NFL-Week-7-Power-Rankings-2023-How-all-32-teams.png\" width=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>Lightweight UFC<\/b><br \/><b>Previous ranking:<\/b> Tied for 5<br \/><b>Save:<\/b> 34-9, 1 NC<br \/><b>Last:<\/b> W (TKO1) vs. Beneil Dariush, June 10, 2023<br \/><b>Following:<\/b> To be determined<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><b>7. Alexandre Pantoja<\/b> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1697549598_357_NFL-Week-7-Power-Rankings-2023-How-all-32-teams.png\" width=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>UFC flyweight champion<\/strong><br \/><b>Previous ranking:<\/b> 9<br \/><b>Save:<\/b> 27-5<br \/><b>Last:<\/b> W (UD) vs. Brandon Royval, December 16, 2023<br \/><b>Following:<\/b> To be determined<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><b>8. Israel Adesanya<\/b> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1697549598_612_NFL-Week-7-Power-Rankings-2023-How-all-32-teams.png\" width=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Middleweight UFC<\/strong><br \/><b>Previous ranking:<\/b> 7<br \/><b>Save:<\/b> 24-3<br \/><b>Last:<\/b> L (UD) vs. Sean Strickland, September 9, 2023<br \/><b>Following: <\/b>To be determined<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><b>9. Sean O\u2019Malley<\/b> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1697549598_612_NFL-Week-7-Power-Rankings-2023-How-all-32-teams.png\" width=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>UFC bantamweight champion<\/b><br \/><b>Previous ranking:<\/b> 8<br \/><b>Save:<\/b> 17-1, 1 NC<br \/><b>Last:<\/b> W (TKO2) vs. Aljamain Sterling, August 19, 2023<br \/><b>Following:<\/b> March 9 against Marlon Vera<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><b>10. Aljamain Sterling<\/b> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1697549598_357_NFL-Week-7-Power-Rankings-2023-How-all-32-teams.png\" width=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>UFC bantamweight<\/strong><br \/><b>Previous ranking:<\/b> Unclassified<br \/><b>Save:<\/b> 23-4<br \/><b>Last:<\/b> L (TKO2) vs. Sean O&#39;Malley, August 19, 2023<br \/><b>Following:<\/b> To be determined<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Other fighters who received votes: Sean Strickland, Kamaru Usman, Aljamain Sterling, Khamzat Chimaev, Max Holloway, Demetrious Johnson, Justin Gaethje and Brandon Moreno.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>How our panel voted<\/h2>\n<p><b>Brett Okamoto:<\/b> 1. Islam Makhachev;  2. Alexander Volkanovski;  3. Leon Edwards;  4. Jon Jones;  5. Israel Adesanya;  6. Alex Pereira;  7. Alexandre Pantoja;  8. Charles Oliveira;  9. Max Holloway;  10. Brandon Moreno.<\/p>\n<p><b>Marc Raimondi:<\/b> 1. Makhachev;  2.Jones;  3. Edwards;  4. Volkanovski;  5. Oliveira;  6. Pereira;  7. Pantoja;  8. Sean O\u2019Malley;  9. Sean Strickland;  10. Adesanya.<\/p>\n<p><b>M\u00e9gane Anderson:<\/b> 1. Makhachev;  2.Jones;  3. Volkanovski;  4. Edwards;  5. Pereira;  6. Oliveira;  7. Adesanya;  8. Kamaru Usman;  9. Aljamain Sterling;  10. O\u2019Malley.<\/p>\n<p><b>Carlos Contreras Legaspi:<\/b> 1. Makhachev;  2.Jones;  3. Volkanovski;  4. Edwards;  5. Pereira;  6. Adesanya;  7. O\u2019Malley;  8. Strickland;  9. Pantoja;  10. Oliveira.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ian Parker:<\/b> 1.Jones;  2. Makhachev;  3. Volkanovski;  4. Pereira;  5. Edwards;  6. O\u2019Malley;  7. Pantoja;  8. Strickland;  9. Demetrious Johnson;  10. Khamzat Chimaev.<\/p>\n<p><b>Eddie Maisonet III:<\/b> 1. Makhachev;  2. Volkanovski;  3.Jones;  4. Edwards;  5. Pantoja;  6. Oliveira;  7. Adesanya;  8. Chimaev;  9. Pereira;  10. Ousman.<\/p>\n<p><b>Jeff Wagenheim:<\/b> 1. Makhachev;  2.Jones;  3. Volkanovski;  4. Edwards;  5. Oliveira;  6. O\u2019Malley;  7. Pantoja;  8. Pereira;  9. Pound sterling;  10. Justin Gaethje.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Larissa Pacheco won the PFL Women&#39;s Featherweight Championship at the 2023 PFL World Championship. <cite>Photo by Cooper Neill\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><b>1. Zhang Weili<\/b> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NFL-Week-7-Power-Rankings-2023-How-all-32-teams.png\" width=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>UFC strawweight champion<\/b><br \/><b>Save:<\/b> 24-3<br \/><b>Last:<\/b> W (UD) vs. Amanda Lemos, August 19, 2023<br \/><b>Following:<\/b> To be determined<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><b>2. Alexa Grasso<\/b> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NFL-Week-7-Power-Rankings-2023-How-all-32-teams.png\" width=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>UFC flyweight champion<\/b><br \/><b>Save:<\/b> 16-3-1<br \/><b>Last:<\/b> Draw against Valentina Shevchenko, September 16, 2023<br \/><b>Following:<\/b> To be determined<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><b>3. Valentina Shevchenko<\/b> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NFL-Week-7-Power-Rankings-2023-How-all-32-teams.png\" width=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>UFC Flyweight<\/b><br \/><b>Save:<\/b> 22-4-1<br \/><b>Last:<\/b> Shared draw against Alexa Grasso, September 16, 2023<br \/><b>Following:<\/b> To be determined<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><b>4. Cris Cyborg<\/b> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NFL-Week-7-Power-Rankings-2023-How-all-32-teams.png\" width=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>Bellator featherweight champion<\/b><br \/><b>Save:<\/b> 27-2, 1 NC<br \/><b>Last:<\/b> W (TKO1) vs. Cat Zingano, October 7, 2023<br \/><b>Following:<\/b> To be determined<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><b>5. Erin Blanchfield<\/b> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NFL-Week-7-Power-Rankings-2023-How-all-32-teams.png\" width=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>UFC Flyweight<\/b><br \/><b>Save:<\/b> 12-1<br \/><b>Last:<\/b> W (UD) vs. Taila Santos, August 26, 2023<br \/><b>Following:<\/b> To be determined<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><b>6. Tatiana Su\u00e1rez<\/b> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NFL-Week-7-Power-Rankings-2023-How-all-32-teams.png\" width=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>UFC strawweight<\/b><br \/><b>Save:<\/b> 10-0<br \/><b>Last:<\/b>W (Sub2) vs. Jessica Andrade, August 5, 2023<br \/><b>Following:<\/b>To be determined<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><b>7. Yan Xiaonan<\/b><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NFL-Week-7-Power-Rankings-2023-How-all-32-teams.png\" width=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>UFC strawweight<\/b><br \/><b>Save:<\/b>17-3<br \/><b>Last:<\/b>W (KO1) vs. Jessica Andrade, May 6, 2023<br \/><b>Following:<\/b>To be determined<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><b>8. Larissa Pacheco<\/b><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NFL-Week-7-Power-Rankings-2023-How-all-32-teams.png\" width=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>PFL Featherweight Champion<\/b><br \/><b>Save:<\/b>23-4<br \/><b>Last:<\/b>W (UD) vs Marina Mokhnatkina, November 24, 2023<br \/><b>Following:<\/b>To be determined<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><b>T-9.  Kayla Harrison<\/b><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1697549598_612_NFL-Week-7-Power-Rankings-2023-How-all-32-teams.png\" width=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>PFL Featherweight<\/b><br \/><b>Previous ranking:<\/b>Tied for 8<br \/><b>Save:<\/b>16-1<br \/><b>Last:<\/b>L (UD) vs. Aspen Ladd, November 24, 2023<br \/><b>Following:<\/b>To be determined<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><b>T-9.  Manon Fiorot<\/b><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1697549598_357_NFL-Week-7-Power-Rankings-2023-How-all-32-teams.png\" width=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>UFC Flyweight<\/b><br \/><b>Previous ranking:<\/b>ten<br \/><b>Save:<\/b>11-1<br \/><b>Last:<\/b>W (UD) vs. Rose Namajunas, September 2, 2023<br \/><b>Following:<\/b>To be determined<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Other fighters receiving votes: Seika Izawa, Raquel Pennington, Liz Carmouche, Amanda Lemos, Rose Namajunas and Julianna Pe\u00f1a.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>How our panel voted<\/h2>\n<p><b>Brett Okamoto<\/b>: 1. Zhang Weili;  2. Alexa Grasso;  3. Valentina Shevchenko;  4. Cris Cyborg.  5. Erin Blanchfield;  6. Tatiana Suarez;  7. Manon Fiorot;  8. Rose Namajunas;  9. Kayla Harrison;  10. Yan Xiaonan.<\/p>\n<p><b>Marc Raimondi<\/b>: 1. Zhang;  2. Cyborgs;  3. Shevchenko;  4. Grasso;  5. Blancfield;  6.Yan;  7. Seika Izawa;  8. Su\u00e1rez;  9. Fiorot;  10. Raquel Pennington.<\/p>\n<p><b>Megan Anderson<\/b>: 1. Zhang;  2. Grasso;  3. Shevchenko;  4. Cyborgs;  5. Blancfield;  6.Yan;  7. Pennington;  8. Fiorot;  9. Su\u00e1rez;  10. Julianna Pena.<\/p>\n<p><b>Carlos Contreras Legaspi<\/b>: 1. Zhang;  2. Grasso;  3. Shevchenko;  4. Cyborgs;  5. Kayla Harrison;  6. Blancfield;  7. Larissa Pacheco;  8.Yan;  9. Su\u00e1rez;  10. Liz Carmouche.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ian Parker<\/b>: 1. Zhang;  2. Grasso;  3. Shevchenko;  4. Cyborgs;  5. Blancfield;  6. Su\u00e1rez;  7. Pacheco;  8. Fiorot;  9. Harrison;  10. Namajunas.<\/p>\n<p><b>Eddie Maisonet III<\/b>: 1. Zhang;  2. Grasso;  3. Shevchenko;  4. Blancfield;  5. Larissa Pacheco;  6. Cyborgs;  7. Amanda Lemos;  8. Harrison;  9. Izawa;  10. Carmouche.<\/p>\n<p><b>Jeff Wagenheim<\/b>: 1. Zhang;  2. Grasso;  3. Cyborgs;  4. Shevchenko;  5. Blancfield;  6.Yan;  7. Izawa;  8. Su\u00e1rez;  9. Pennington;  10. Fiorot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MMA pound-for-pound P4P rankings &#8211; Alexandre Pantoja rises after big win\u060c Leon Edwards and Alexandre Pantoja scored dominant victories in their title defense Saturday night, but those victories weren&#39;t enough to cause a major upset in ESPN&#39;s pound-for-pound rankings. Edwards and Pantoja controlled their title challengers \u2013 Colby Covington and Brandon Royval, respectively \u2013 as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7942,698,3807,7941,7943,3130,26,7795,10],"class_list":["post-15588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","tag-alexandre","tag-big","tag-mma","tag-p4p","tag-pantoja","tag-poundforpound","tag-rankings","tag-rises","tag-win"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15588"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15590,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15588\/revisions\/15590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}