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# 1
4

Alex Pereira

Win 11 Loss 2 Draw 0

# 2

Islam Makhachev

Win 26 Loss 1 Draw 0

# 3
2

Jon Jones

Win 27 Loss 1 Draw 0

# 4
1

Leon Edwards

Win 22 Loss 3 Draw 0

Upcoming Fight: vs Belal "Remember the Name" Muhammad | Jul 27, 2024 - UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2

# 5
1

Ilia Topuria

Win 15 Loss 0 Draw 0

# 6

Alexander Volkanovski

Win 26 Loss 7 Draw 0

# 7
1

Sean O'Malley

Win 18 Loss 1 Draw 0

# 8
1

Dricus Du Plessis

Win 21 Loss 2 Draw 0

Upcoming Fight: vs Israel "The Last Stylebender" Adesanya | Aug 17, 2024 - UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya

# 9
2

Demetrious Johnson

Win 25 Loss 4 Draw 1

# 10
1

Alexandre Pantoja

Win 28 Loss 5 Draw 0

# 11
1

Kamaru Usman

Win 20 Loss 4 Draw 0

# 12

Sean Strickland

Win 29 Loss 6 Draw 0

# 13

Aljamain Sterling

Win 24 Loss 4 Draw 0

# 14

Israel Adesanya

Win 24 Loss 3 Draw 0

Upcoming Fight: vs Dricus "Stilknocks" Du Plessis | Aug 17, 2024 - UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya

# 15

Max Holloway

Win 26 Loss 4 Draw 0

Honorable Mentions

# 16

Merab Dvalishvili

bantam
Win 17 Loss 4 Draw 0

# 17

Anatoly Malykhin

heavy
Win 14 Loss 0 Draw 0

# 18

Tom Aspinall

heavy
Win 14 Loss 3 Draw 0

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USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings, July 2: Alex Pereira overtakes Jon Jones for P4P No. 1

Following UFC 303 and 2024 PFL 6, the USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings required updating.

A massive shakeup has occurred in the MMA Junkie pound-for-pound rankings following the UFC’s pay-per-view event headlining International Fight Week in Las Vegas.

Alex Pereira knocked out Jiri Prochazka in Round 2 of their light heavyweight title rematch, and as a result, shook up the top of the P4P rankings.

Jon Jones returned to claim the No. 1 P4P spot after winning the heavyweight title in his divisional debut at UFC 285, and held it until now. Due to his incredible performances and high activity, Pereira, a former middleweight champion, swoops in to take the throne after winning his fourth straight fight, all of which were against former light heavyweight champions.

Due to inactivity, Jones falls to No. 3 behind lightweight champion Islam Makhachev.

Also in action at the pay-per-view event, Ian Machado Garry and Macy Chiasson made waves in the rankings with their victorious outings.

Check out all the latest pound-for-pound and divisional USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings above.

Be sure to visit the MMA Junkie Instagram page and YouTube channel to discuss this and more content with fans of mixed martial arts.

Ranking Criteria

The rankings take into account a fighter's wins/losses, quality of competition, finishing rate/dominance and frequency of fights.

Fighters are no longer eligible to be ranked after they've been inactive for 24 months, either due to injuries, drug/conduct suspensions, contract disputes or self-imposed hiatuses.

Fighters serving drug/conduct suspensions are eligible to be ranked, so long as they're not inactive for more than 24 months.

To the best of our ability, fighters will be ranked in their primary weight class. Catchweight fights and bouts outside the fighter's primary weight class can have a positive or negative impact on the ranking. However, non-titleholders can be ranked in only one weight class at a given time, and in most cases, they won't be ranked in a new weight class until they've had their first fight at that weight.

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