Alex Pereira is among the five best fighters in the UFC. The organization updated the athlete rankings this Tuesday (14) and placed Poatan in the top-5 of Ultimate after winning the light heavyweight belt against Czech Jiri Prochazka. The Brazilian, who was in 10th, moved up five positions.
With the jump, Poatan left his compatriot Charles do Bronx behind, as well as Sean O’Malley (current bantamweight champion), Sean Strickland (current middleweight champion), Israel Adesanya and Brazilian Alexandre Pantoja (current champion flyweight). Alex Pereira is only behind Leon Edwards (current welterweight champion), Alex Volkanovski (current featherweight champion), Jon Jones (current heavyweight champion) and Islam Makhachev (current lightweight champion)
Check out the weight-by-pound ranking updated by the UFC:
Islam Makhachev (lightweight champion) – Russia
Jon Jones (heavyweight champion) – USA
Alex Volkanovski (featherweight champion) – Australia
Leon Edwards (welterweight champion) – England
Alex “Poatan” Pereira (light heavyweight champion) – Brazil
Charles do Bronx – Brazil
Sean O’Malley (bantamweight champion) – USA
Sean Strickland (middleweight champion) – USA
Israel Adesanya – Nigeria
Alexandre Pantoja (flyweight champion) – Brazil
Aljamain Sterling – Jamaica
Max Holloway – USA
Kamaru Usman – Nigeria
Tom Aspinall (interim heavyweight champion) – England
Jiri Prochazka – Czech Republic
