USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings, March 5: Muhammad Mokaev, Umar Nurmagomedov climb
The rankings accept into consideration a fighter’s wins/losses, quality of opponents, finishing price/dominance and frequency of fights.
Warring parties are no longer eligible to be ranked after they’ve been idle for 24 months, either due to accidents, drug/habits suspensions, contract disputes or self-imposed hiatuses.
Warring parties serving drug/habits suspensions are eligible to be ranked, so long as they are not idle for bigger than 24 months.
To the easiest of our skill, opponents would per chance be ranked of their fundamental weight class. Catchweight fights and bouts launch air the fighter’s fundamental weight class can maintain a clear or destructive affect on the ranking. On the opposite hand, non-titleholders can even be ranked in only one weight class at a given time, and in most cases, they is potentially now not ranked in a brand recent weight class unless they’ve had their first fight at that weight.
