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U.S.A. TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings, May 9: Belal Muhammad continues up; Henry Cejudo reenters leading 5

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U.S.A. TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings, May 9: Belal Muhammad continues up; Henry Cejudo reenters leading 5

UFC 288 occurred Saturday at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. where numerous fighters made a substantial effect.

In the primary occasion, Henry Cejudo went back to action for the very first time in 3 years when he lost a close split choice to bantamweight champ Aljamain Sterling. With the efficiency, Cejudo is qualified for ranking and inserts in at No. 4.

Co-main occasion winner Belal Muhammad had a remarkable efficiency as he controlled previous UFC title opposition Gilbert Burns for much of 25 minutes to make a consentaneous choice nod– and a dive to No. 3 in our rankings.

2 females’s strawweight competitors, Yan Xiaonan and Virna Jandiroba, likewise had huge, significant triumphes. Xiaonan’s TKO of Jessica Andrade moves her from No. 6 to No. 5. Jandiroba’s consentaneous choice triumph over Marina Rodriguez shoots her up the rankings from No. 11 to No. 6.

Take a look at all the current pound-for-pound and divisional USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings above.

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The rankings consider a fighter’s wins/losses, quality of competitors, ending up rate/dominance and frequency of battles.

Fighters are no longer qualified to be ranked after they’ve been non-active for 24 months, either due to injuries, drug/conduct suspensions, agreement conflicts or self-imposed hiatuses.

Fighters serving drug/conduct suspensions are qualified to be ranked, so long as they’re not non-active for more than 24 months.

To the very best of our capability, fighters will be ranked in their main weight class. Catchweight battles and bouts outside the fighter’s main weight class can have a favorable or unfavorable influence on the ranking. Non-titleholders can be ranked in just one weight class at a provided time, and in the majority of cases, they will not be ranked in a brand-new weight class till they’ve had their very first battle at that weight.

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