My opinion on who are the best pound for pound fighters in the world!

There has been a lot of talk recently on who is the best pound for pound fighter in the world.

Dana white has recently come out and said that he believes Conor McGregor to be the best, however the official UFC rankings have Demetrious Johnson at number 1. In my opinion the reason why Dana has Conor on top is for a number of reasons. He is trying to make the McGregor vs Mayweather fight. Dana White is trying to sell McGregor as being the number one, in an attempt to make McGregor even more marketable for the fight, in the hope of potentially getting a better deal. The second reason is because Dana is annoyed at Johnson turning down a fight recently against TJ Dillashaw.

The official UFC pound for pound rankings are below:

1	Demetrious Johnson
2	Conor McGregor
3	Daniel Cormier
4	Stipe Miocic
5	Max Holloway
6	Cody Garbrandt
7	Joanna Jedrzejczyk
8	Dominick Cruz
9	Tyron Woodley
10	Jose Aldo
11	Michael Bisping
12	Amanda Nunes
13	TJ Dillashaw
14	Khabib Nurmagomedov
15	Frankie Edgar

It will be interesting to see where Jon Jones would go in the rankings when he returns. Surely a win over Daniel Cormier would put him in contention for the number one spot. If you consider the length of time he has been out of the sport, a win over such a high caliber opponent would truly help with help with his already outstanding legacy. 

Same goes for GSP who is in my opinion the greatest fighter ever. However I still have doubts if he will actually return or not. 

If McGregor stays inactive, does he even deserve a space in the rankings? He has made the lightweight division stagnant and if he boxes Mayweather, this will hold up the division for even longer.

Bisping hasn't fought in a while either and there is a risk of the middleweight division also going in a similar direction.

It is hard to justify Aldo being so high in the rankings, considering he has just lost his last fight. I think Aldo is probably on the downturn in his career. 

MMA fans don't really care who the pound for pound best is. The only reason the list exists is to help companies such as the UFC sell fights. 

What do you think of the currently pound for pound list? There are several names on there in my opinion who are lucky to be on there and I feel the list will look different once this years fights have taken place.


Peter Ashdown
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