Merab Dvalishvili Leaps Past Jon Jones In P4P Rankings
The post Merab Dvalishvili Leaps Past Jon Jones In P4P Rankings appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – JUNE 07: Merab Dvalishvili of Georgia celebrates after defeating Sean O’Malley … More of the United States in the bantamweight title bout during UFC 316 at the Prudential Center on June 07, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) Getty Images The UFC has a new No. 2 ranked pound-for-pound fighter following Saturday’s UFC 316 fight card as UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili bumped inactive UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones from that spot. Merab Dvalishvili Moves Up The UFC Pound-For-Pound Rankings NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – JUNE 07: Merab Dvalishvili of Georgia reacts after his submission victory … More against Sean O’Malley in the UFC bantamweight championship bout during the UFC 316 event at Prudential Center on June 07, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Ed Mulholland/Zuffa LLC) Zuffa LLC Dvalishvili (20-4) extended his winning streak to 13 straight in the main event of UFC 316. The 34-year-old easily defended his UFC bantamweight title in front of a sold-out crowd at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, submitting Sean O’Malley at the top of the pay-per-view card. The Dvalishvili vs. O’Malley matchup was a rematch of their September 2024 meeting. Dvalishvili took the UFC bantamweight title from O’Malley on that night, winning a unanimous decision. Dvalishvili has not lost since he opened his UFC career with back-to-back losses to Frankie Saenz and Ricky Simon in 2017 and 2018. With his win at UFC 316, Dvalishvili advanced two spots in the official UFC Pound-For Pound-Rankings: 1 Islam Makhachev 2 Merab Dvalishvili 3 Jon Jones 4 Ilia Topuria 5 Dricus Du Plessis 6 Magomed Ankalaev 7 Alexander Volkanovski 8 Jack Della Maddalena 9 Alex Pereira 10 Alexandre Pantoja 11 Tom Aspinall 12 Max Holloway 13 Belal Muhammad 14 Charles Oliveira 15 Arman Tsarukyan Despite losing…
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NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – JUNE 07: Merab Dvalishvili of Georgia celebrates after defeating Sean O’Malley … More of the United States in the bantamweight title bout during UFC 316 at the Prudential Center on June 07, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) Getty Images The UFC has a new No. 2 ranked pound-for-pound fighter following Saturday’s UFC 316 fight card as UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili bumped inactive UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones from that spot. Merab Dvalishvili Moves Up The UFC Pound-For-Pound Rankings NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – JUNE 07: Merab Dvalishvili of Georgia reacts after his submission victory … More against Sean O’Malley in the UFC bantamweight championship bout during the UFC 316 event at Prudential Center on June 07, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Ed Mulholland/Zuffa LLC) Zuffa LLC Dvalishvili (20-4) extended his winning streak to 13 straight in the main event of UFC 316. The 34-year-old easily defended his UFC bantamweight title in front of a sold-out crowd at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, submitting Sean O’Malley at the top of the pay-per-view card. The Dvalishvili vs. O’Malley matchup was a rematch of their September 2024 meeting. Dvalishvili took the UFC bantamweight title from O’Malley on that night, winning a unanimous decision. Dvalishvili has not lost since he opened his UFC career with back-to-back losses to Frankie Saenz and Ricky Simon in 2017 and 2018. With his win at UFC 316, Dvalishvili advanced two spots in the official UFC Pound-For Pound-Rankings: 1 Islam Makhachev 2 Merab Dvalishvili 3 Jon Jones 4 Ilia Topuria 5 Dricus Du Plessis 6 Magomed Ankalaev 7 Alexander Volkanovski 8 Jack Della Maddalena 9 Alex Pereira 10 Alexandre Pantoja 11 Tom Aspinall 12 Max Holloway 13 Belal Muhammad 14 Charles Oliveira 15 Arman Tsarukyan Despite losing…
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