Sherdog’s Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings - Zabit Goes On
By: Tristen Critchfield Nov 11, 2019
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Magomedsharipov continues to impress in the Ultimate Fighting
Championship’s featherweight division.
The 28-year-old Ricardo
Almeida Jiu-Jitsu product earned his sixth consecutive victory
within the Las Vegas-based promotion — and 14th in a row overall —
on Saturday, as he held off fellow contender Calvin
Kattar in the
UFC Fight Night 163 headliner in Moscow. Magomedsharipov was
hindered by an infection and faded a little in the third frame, but
there is little doubt that he ranks among the most interesting
contenders at 145 pounds. Whether he gets a shot at the Max
Holloway-Alexander
Volkanovski winner next remains to be seen, but for now, the
rising star moves up one spot to sixth in our latest featherweight
poll.
Elsewhere, Alexander
Volkov put together a conservative-yet-effective performance in
the UFC Moscow co-main event, as he outpointed short-notice foe
Greg
Hardy. Volkov, who was originally supposed to face Junior dos
Santos in the evening’s headliner, seemed content to pick his
adversary apart with straight punches and kicks at range for his
seventh victory in his last eight pro appearances. A win over dos
Santos would’ve been cause for movement, but for now Volkov stays
put at No. 7 in the heavyweight rankings.
Meanwhile, Arlene
Blencowe continues to compile a solid 145-pound resume, as she
took a clear unanimous verdict over UFC veteran Leslie
Smith at Bellator 233. “Angerfist” has won six of her last
seven bouts and remains entrenched at No. 4 in the women’s
featherweight poll. Also at featherweight, we bid adieu to Holly Holm,
whose last 145-pound appearance came in a decision win over
Megan
Anderson in June 2018.
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