The updated UFC pound-for-pound rankings see Belal Muhammad debut at #6, with Tom Aspinall moving up to #9

By Susan Cox - July 30, 2024

The updated UFC pound-for-pound rankings have been released with Belal Muhammad debuting at #6 and Tom Aspinall moving up to #9.

Belal Muhammad

Following UFC 304 this past weekend, Saturday July 27th, the P4P rankings have been adjusted.

The main event at UFC 304 featured a welterweight title fight between current champion Leon Edwards (22-4 MMA) and Belal Muhammad (24-3 MMA). The result was a unanimous decision victory for ‘Remember the Name’ crowning him the new UFC welterweight champion.

The co-main event saw interim UFC champion Tom Aspinall (15-3 MMA) taking on Curtis Blaydes (18-5 MMA) in a heavyweight bout. It was Apsinall defeating Blaydes by KO at 1:00 of Round 1.

Commentator John Morgan posted the updated P4P rankings to ‘X‘:

“Pound-for-pound rankings updates following #UFC304:”

  • Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) debuts on the list at No. 6, with Leon Edwards falling to No. 7
  • Tom @Aspinall MMA moves up two spots to No. 9
  • Aljamain Sterling departs list

The Official Updated UFC P4P Rankings:

  1. Islam Makhachev
  2. Alex Pereira
  3. Jon Jones
  4. Ilia Topuria +1
  5. Sean O’Malley +1
  6. Belal Muhammad NR
  7. Leon Edwards -3
  8. Alexander Volkanovski -1
  9. Tom Aspinall +2
  10. Max Holloway -2
  11. Dricus Du Plessis -2
  12. Alexandre Pantoja -2
  13. Israel Adesanya -1
  14. Sean Strickland
  15. Charles Oliveira  -2

(+/- = movement in rankings, NR = previously not ranked)

The official UFC rankings are compiled as follows:

Rankings were generated by a voting panel made up of media members. The media members were asked to vote for who they feel are the top fighters in the UFC by weight-class and pound-for-pound. A fighter is only eligible to be voted on if they are in active status in the UFC. A fighter can appear in more than one weight division at a time. The champion and interim champion are considered to be in the top positions of their respective divisions and therefore are not eligible for voting by weight-class. However, the champions can be voted on for the pound-for-pound rankings.

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