Rankings Show: Did Alex Pereira Beating Israel Adesanya Permanently Break The Pound-For-Pound List? | Plus Dominick Reyes And MMA's Cruelest Reversals of Fortune

Alex Pereira beating Israel Adesanya shakes up the pound-for-pound rankings plus where does Dominick Reyes' latest loss rank him among the cruelest reversals of fortune in MMA history?

MMA Fighting · MMA Fighting

November 16, 20221h 29mExplicit

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Show Notes

Alex Pereira is not only the undisputed UFC middleweight champion after beating Israel Adesanya, he is now a top-10 Pound-for-Pound fighter. But does that make sense?

How can Pereira - with just eight MMA fights to his name - be higher ranked than longstanding luminaries like Charles Oliveira, Jiri Prochazka, Max Holloway, Patricio Pitbull, and Demetrious Johnson?

The MMA Fightings Rankings Show is back to analyze the aftermath of UFC 281, which featured two dramatic title changes and some harsh reality checks for a litany of fighters.

Host Alexander K. Lee attempts to guide the esteemed panel of Steven Marrocco, Damon Martin, and Jed Meshew as they figure out what to do with the Pound-for-Pound list after yet another stunning championship upset, ponder the fate of Dominick Reyes while running through a lengthy list of the cruelest reversals of fortune in MMA history, and then give their best guesses for a trio of Over/Under questions, including what to expect from Pereira's and Zhang Weili's championship runs.

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