Last week, the former UFC champion in two weight categories, American Henry Cejudo, was defeated by Georgian Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 298. As a result of this defeat, Cejudo moved from third to sixth place in the ranking and Dvalishvili took the first position. overtaking the American Aljamain Sterling.
The new UFC featherweight champion, Spaniard Ilia Topuria, was included in the pound-for-pound rankings, finishing fifth. Australian Alexander Volkanovski, who lost to Topuria, lost four positions and is now in seventh place, and Englishman Leon Edwards rose to third place. The leader of the rankings is the promotion’s lightweight champion, Russian Islam Makhachev.
In his career in mixed martial arts, Yang, 31, has 16 victories and five defeats.
- Merab Dvalishvili defeated Henry Cejudo by decision at UFC 298
Source: Sport
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