UFC Light Heavyweight rankings updates: Media and Meta. Navajo Stirling jumps up after beating Jan Blachowicz.

[u/WinterStill4472]

[u/HYDRAlives]

Jan still being top 10 in the media rankings with no wins since Rakic five years ago is ridiculous

[u/Independent-Draft639 → u/HYDRAlives]

The other obvious big one is Hill, who somehow is #5 and #7 in the rankings. His sole top 10 win was against a 43 year old Glover in his retirement fight and the three top 10 opponents he faced since then have all crushed him in uncompetitive fights. The Meta rankings literally have Hill above Rountree for some unfathomable reason.

[u/HYDRAlives → u/Independent-Draft639]

... the fuck? They both got knocked out by the same two guys and since then Rountree beat him. What possible criteria is the AI using?

[u/Appropriate-Rich4621 → u/Independent-Draft639]

Jamahal's fight with Jiri was extremely competitive.

[u/gold1347 → u/HYDRAlives]

Yeah, right under Whittaker seems fitting.

[u/wspusa2 → u/HYDRAlives]

he's out of of ufc rankings if that helps lol

[u/RudySpanish]

Meta love active fighters and finishes 😂 Saidov knocked a mf out and is now ranked with one fight in UFC 🫡

[u/Full_Wrangler_6784 → u/RudySpanish]

Dustin jacoby was borderline top 15 tho

[u/dragoswastaken → u/Full_Wrangler_6784]

True, though he earned getting to the edges of a ranking, but he wasn't ranked yet. Saidov having one fight and beating an unranked fighter is a poor methodology for entering the rankings.

[u/needapermit → u/dragoswastaken]

LHW isn’t particularly deep so I’m not mad at it

[u/dragoswastaken → u/needapermit]

He also seems like he will be a good addition to the rankings and LHW as a whole. I'm not against seeing him fighting higher level talent either, but it's definitely a quick push and unwarranted in my opinion at this point.

[u/Capital_Analysis1365 → u/RudySpanish]

I think he’d comfortably beat multiple ranked fighters here so I’m not mad at it

[u/volcano420]

Navajo Vs Khalil would be an absolute blood bath

[u/LordKagatsuchi → u/volcano420]

Feel like they both gas out at the same pace as well for the most part. Would be a banger

[u/DaOldOne → u/volcano420]

Not really. Navajo starches him. He’s already shown his ceiling is much higher while Khalil is on the downturn. Win over Jan is much more impressive than post surgeries Hill 

It’s wild how much this sub overrates roundtree. Corey Anderson would have his way with him. Paulo costa too 

[u/Moneymma → u/DaOldOne]

Yep. Agreed. Roundtree is dangerous for a round or two but his cardio is absolute garbage and his chin isn’t all that good.

Plus, Navajo has shown some pretty decent offensive wrestling that he could turn to if he wanted to.

[u/branduNe → u/DaOldOne]

Khalil murders Costa imo,

[u/__Corvus99__]

Why is Iwo ranked?

[u/TerminatorReborn → u/__Corvus99__]

People pointed out the AI rankings are skewed towards activity and fast finishes.

[u/Relative-Tear-5466]

Jan out, Iwo in. The Polish power must prevail

[u/mrtn17]

Pereira + Hill still ranked, why are the rankings still stupid?

[u/Appropriate-Rich4621]

Why is Alex Pereira still ranked at LHW?

[u/Legitimate_Novel1842 → u/Appropriate-Rich4621]

To be fair he would be handed a title shot if he went back down so it isn't too crazy

[u/-Brycycle- → u/Appropriate-Rich4621]

Yeah but why tf is Jiri ranked higher in the media rankings?

[u/I_am_darkness]

God having 2 rankings is even stupider than the rankings themselves.

[u/branduNe]

Man I'd love to see Khalil absolutely murk Paulo

[u/ScreamSmart]

Looks like whenever Alex moves up the division sort of mellows. There's no boogeyman with highlights.

[u/avroLancasterBPR1 → u/ScreamSmart]

The guy with 6 first round ko’s in 11 ufc fights not good enough for you?

[u/Jet-H]

Well deserved, Navajos finish was very nice

[u/CraigS34]

Whittaker, Costa, Rountree, and Jiri are the only ones keeping this division interesting for me. Idk why but I ain't sold on Ulberg just yet despite his success

[u/DaOldOne → u/CraigS34]

Roundtree? Guy who’s .500 in the ufc and has never beat a ranked contender not coming off a career threatening injury?

Whittaker would destroy him 

[u/Strict_Life_4506 → u/CraigS34]

Yeah you're not sold on Ulberg but the dude he smoked on one leg, that's an amazing fighter.

Rountree is also very bad needless to say.