MMA pound-for-pound rankings — Amanda Nunes is again in her acquainted spot

A well-known face is again on prime.

Amanda Nunes, who had occupied the No. 1 spot within the ESPN girls’s pound-for-pound rankings for years previous to her being stunningly upset final December by Julianna Peña, has reclaimed her place of supremacy after taking the bantamweight title again from Peña at UFC 277 final Saturday.

Nunes, who after her win over the weekend is as soon as once more a two-division champion, moved again above UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko. Nunes, extensively acclaimed as the best of all time in girls’s MMA, additionally owns the featherweight belt.

Not a lot else has modified within the newest males’s and girls’s prime 10s. Former males’s bantamweight champ Brandon Moreno earned some votes on the power of his interim-belt-winning efficiency at UFC 277, however he didn’t crack the highest 10.

Word: Outcomes are present; rankings as of Aug. 3.

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1. Amanda Nunes  

UFC bantamweight and featherweight champion
Earlier rating: 2
Report: 22-5
Final: W (UD) Julianna Peña, July 30, 2022
Subsequent: TBD

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2. Valentina Shevchenko  

UFC flyweight champion
Earlier rating: 1
Report: 22-3
Final: W (SD) Taila Santos, June 11, 2022
Subsequent: TBD

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3. Cris Cyborg  

Bellator featherweight champion
Report: 26-2, 1 NC
Final: W (UD) Arlene Blencowe, April 23, 2022
Subsequent: TBD

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T-4. Julianna Peña  

UFC bantamweight
Report: 11-5
Final: L (UD) Amanda Nunes, July 30, 2022
Subsequent: TBD

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T-4. Zhang Weili  

UFC strawweight
Earlier rating: 5
Report: 22-3
Final: W (KO2) Joanna Jedrzejczyk, June 11, 2022
Subsequent: TBD

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6. Carla Esparza  

UFC strawweight champion
Report: 19-6
Final: W (SD) Rose Namajunas, Could 7, 2022
Subsequent: TBD

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7. Rose Namajunas  

UFC strawweight
Report: 11-5
Final: L (SD) Carla Esparza, Could 7, 2022
Subsequent: TBD

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8. Jessica Andrade  

UFC flyweight
Report: 23-9
Final: W (Sub1) Amanda Lemos, April 23, 2022
Subsequent: TBD

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9. Kayla Harrison  

PFL light-weight champion
Report: 14-0
Final: W (TKO1) Kaitlin Young, July 1, 2022
Subsequent: Aug. 20 vs. Martina Jindrova

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10. Marina Rodriguez  

UFC strawweight
Report: 16-1-2
Final: W (SD) Yan Xiaonan, March 5, 2022
Subsequent: TBD

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Different fighters receiving votes: Katlyn Chookagian, Holly Holm and Seika Izawa.

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How our panel voted

Brett Okamoto: 1. Amanda Nunes; 2. Valentina Shevchenko; 3. Cris Cyborg; 4. Rose Namajunas; 5. Zhang Weili; 6. Julianna Peña; 7. Carla Esparza; 8. Jessica Andrade; 9. Kayla Harrison; 10. Katlyn Chookagian.

Marc Raimondi: 1. Amanda Nunes; 2. Valentina Shevchenko; 3. Cris Cyborg; 4. Julianna Peña; 5. Carla Esparza; 6. Kayla Harrison; 7. Rose Namajunas; 8. Zhang Weili; 9. Jessica Andrade; 10. Seika Izawa.

Carlos Contreras Legaspi: 1. Amanda Nunes; 2. Valentina Shevchenko; 3. Julianna Peña; 4. Cris Cyborg; 5. Kayla Harrison; 6. Carla Esparza; 7. Zhang Weili; 8. Rose Namajunas; 9. Jessica Andrade; 10. Holly Holm.

Megan Anderson: 1. Amanda Nunes; 2. Valentina Shevchenko; 3. Cris Cyborg; 4. Zhang Weili; 5. Rose Namajunas; 6. Carla Esparza; 7. Jessica Andrade; 8. Marina Rodriguez; 9. Kayla Harrison; 10. Julianna Peña.

Eddie Maisonet III: 1. Amanda Nunes; 2. Valentina Shevchenko; 3. Julianna Peña; 4. Zhang Weili; 5. Cris Cyborg; 6. Carla Esparza; 7. Jessica Andrade; 8. Rose Namajunas; 9. Kayla Harrison; 10. Marina Rodriguez.

Jeff Wagenheim: 1. Amanda Nunes; 2. Valentina Shevchenko; 3. Cris Cyborg; 4. Zhang Weili; 5. Jessica Andrade; 6. Julianna Peña; 7. Carla Esparza; 8. Rose Namajunas; 9. Kayla Harrison; 10. Katlyn Chookagian.

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Males’s pound-for-pound rankings

1. Kamaru Usman  

UFC welterweight champion
Report: 20-1
Final: W (UD) Colby Covington, Nov. 6, 2021
Subsequent: Aug. 20 vs. Leon Edwards

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2. Alexander Volkanovski  

UFC featherweight champion
Report: 25-1
Final: W (UD) Max Holloway, July 2, 2022
Subsequent: TBD

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T-3. Israel Adesanya  

UFC middleweight champion
Report: 23-1
Final: W (UD) Jared Cannonier, July 2, 2022
Subsequent: TBD

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T-3. Charles Oliveira  

UFC light-weight
Report: 33-8, 1 NC
Final: W (Sub1) Justin Gaethje, Could 7, 2022
Subsequent: Oct. 22 vs. Islam Makhachev

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5. Francis Ngannou  

UFC heavyweight champion
Report: 17-3
Final: W (UD) Ciryl Gane, Jan. 22, 2022
Subsequent: TBD

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6. Jiri Prochazka  

UFC gentle heavyweight champion
Report: 29-3-1
Final: W (Sub5) Glover Teixeira, June 11, 2022
Subsequent: TBD

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7. Deiveson Figueiredo  

UFC flyweight champion
Report: 21-2-1
Final: W (UD) Brandon Moreno, Jan. 22, 2022
Subsequent: TBD

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T-8. Dustin Poirier  

UFC light-weight
Report: 28-7, 1 NC
Final: L (Sub3) Charles Oliveira, Dec. 11, 2021
Subsequent: TBD

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T-8. Aljamain Sterling  

UFC bantamweight champion
Earlier rating: 9
Report: 21-3
Final: W (SD) Petr Yan, April 9, 2022
Subsequent: Sept. 10 vs. TJ Dillashaw

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10. Max Holloway  

UFC featherweight
Report: 23-7
Final: L (UD) Alexander Volkanovski, July 2, 2022
Subsequent: TBD

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Different fighters receiving votes: Robert Whittaker, Brandon Moreno, Colby Covington Khamzat Chimaev and Glover Teixeira.

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How our panel voted

Brett Okamoto: 1. Alexander Volkanovski; 2. Kamaru Usman; 3. Israel Adesanya; 4. Charles Oliveira; 5. Francis Ngannou; 6. Deiveson Figueiredo; 7. Robert Whittaker; 8. Dustin Poirier; 9. Aljamain Sterling; 10. Brandon Moreno.

Marc Raimondi: 1. Kamaru Usman; 2. Israel Adesanya; 3. Alexander Volkanovski; 4. Francis Ngannou; 5. Charles Oliveira; 6. Aljamain Sterling; 7. Jiri Prochazka; 8. Dustin Poirier; 9. Colby Covington; 10. Deiveson Figueiredo.

Carlos Contreras Legaspi: 1. Kamaru Usman; 2. Alexander Volkanovski; 3. Charles Oliveira; 4. Israel Adesanya; 5. Francis Ngannou; 6. Jiri Prochazka; 7. Max Holloway; 8. Deiveson Figueiredo; 9. Aljamain Sterling; 10. Brandon Moreno.

Megan Anderson: 1. Kamaru Usman; 2. Alexander Volkanovski; 3. Charles Oliveira; 4. Israel Adesanya; 5. Francis Ngannou; 6. Max Holloway; 7. Jiri Prochazka; 8. Robert Whittaker; 9. Deiveson Figueiredo; 10. Glover Teixeira.

Eddie Maisonet III: 1. Kamaru Usman; 2. Charles Oliveira; 3. Israel Adesanya; 4. Alexander Volkanovski; 5. Francis Ngannou; 6. Dustin Poirier; 7. Deiveson Figueiredo; 8. Aljamain Sterling; 9. Jiri Prochazka; 10. Khamzat Chimaev.

Jeff Wagenheim: 1. Kamaru Usman; 2. Alexander Volkanovski; 3. Francis Ngannou; 4. Charles Oliveira; 5. Israel Adesanya; 6. Jiri Prochazka; 7. Dustin Poirier; 8. Aljamain Sterling; 9. Deiveson Figueiredo; 10. Robert Whittaker.