UFC Women's Pound-For-Pound Rankings | UFC 307 Shakeup - video Dailymotion

Peter Klein

After UFC 307, the UFC Women's Pound-For-Pound Rankings have changed, and Peter Klein breaks down the new list! Julianna Peña jumps into the top 3 after her big win, but how do fighters like Valentina Shevchenko and Zhang Weili stack up? Get the latest rankings update and analysis of the top UFC women fighters, plus predictions for what comes next for stars like Erin Blanchfield, Manon Fiorot, and more.  Apple Pod: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3QgazeH... Twitter: twitter.com/primetimeklein IG: instagram.com/primetimeklein Facebook: www.facebook.com/Couchpotatodiary Twitch: twitch.tv/primetimepk Email: couchpotatodiary@yahoo.com We Had No Idea: every Wednesday morning,  instagram.com/wehadnoideapodcast Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands  Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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00:00Julianna Pena gets the job done in a decision victory over Raquel Pennington at UFC 307.

00:16And people can say what they want about decisions and all of that, but I will just say that

00:23for these particular rankings, the one thing that I like, I don't have a ton of rules,

00:29but one of the things is I can't just say, oh, well, I thought that person won, so they

00:32get it to go ahead in the rankings.

00:34Doesn't work that way.

00:35Win is a win.

00:36You did, while I may disagree with decisions or may disagree with whatever, the rules state

00:44that if you did enough for those three people to think you won, then you won, or at least

00:49two of them, then you won.

00:51So win is a win is kind of how we view this, although there is, you know, some context

00:55when you're helping out a little bit later.

00:57So at number 10, it is the loser of that bout, Raquel Pennington, as she drops from

01:01what was a top five spot, have to keep her in the back part of the top 10 because of

01:05the run that she had up to winning that championship.

01:08But she doesn't really have the big wins that get you a spot still in like the top five

01:15or even the top seven in the pound for pound after losing a championship.

01:20She like all the, most of the big names she's fought, she's kind of lost to.

01:23So I do think that she deserves still to be on this list, but I do think that 10 is a

01:30fine spot for her.

01:31Obviously.

01:32I think that I put her there.

01:33At number nine, Tatiana Suarez.

01:34And I know I just said wins and losses matter and just gave that whole thing.

01:38This is projecting a little bit because I, for a while, have felt that this was the most

01:42talented fighter in maybe even all of women's MMA.

01:46And she just cannot stay healthy and cannot get the fights and cannot get up to that level

01:51to finally validate her talents with a championship.

01:55But I still think she's really good and she still has a good resume.

01:59It's just spaced out a little bit.

02:01And so I have to have her at number nine.

02:04I have to have her on this list, but we can't have her higher.

02:06At eight and seven, a couple fighters are going to be fighting in Edmonton next month

02:09as it is Rose Namiunas taking on Erin Blanchfield in what should be a really fun fight.

02:15Namiunas is at eight, Blanchfield is at seven.

02:18They both have strings of very good victories.

02:21Blanchfield a little bit longer than Namiunas, I believe.

02:23But Rose, obviously, an incredible resume before that, so both of these fighters deserving

02:27to be on this list.

02:28At six, it's Alexa Grasso.

02:31She had a couple of wins over Valentina Shevchenko, or a win and a draw, anyway.

02:35It was a convincing enough loss to knock her out of the top spot and from the top spot

02:40down to six.

02:41So there is that.

02:43I do think she was at 1.7 and then the Pennington loss bumps her back up a little bit here.

02:48But it was still convincing enough and concerning enough that she's going to need a couple

02:52impressive wins to move back into the top five.

02:55A top five spot currently held by Yao Xiaonan, who comes in at five.

03:00Again, a lot of very impressive wins, and just ... these next couple are just very simple.

03:07Xiaonan and Fioro.

03:11Both of them maybe don't necessarily have the championship whatever yet, and in some

03:17cases championship losses.

03:18But it's still, again, it is a talent thing, and there are a lot of other wins that get

03:24you into these spots.

03:25So that's why they're at five and four for me.

03:26At three, it's Giuliana Pena.

03:28I talked some shit, I've never been overly impressed with this particular fighter, and

03:34then the way she goes about some other things, but that's ... now, two-time champion, which

03:40doesn't happen a whole lot, especially given the way that she lost to Amanda Nunes in that

03:45second bout.

03:46For her to get back to the top of the mountain now, regardless of situation, is impressive,

03:51and so she comes in at three.

03:52At two, it's Zhengwei Li, who has been just a wrecking machine, going through challenger

03:59after challenger after challenger, working her way into the top.

04:01So she comes in at two, but at number one, and this one, it's going to take a lot to

04:05change it.

04:06She is back on top of the mountain.

04:07Valentina Shevchenko gets her championship back earlier this summer in a win over Alexa

04:12Grasso.

04:13in the very tippy top, but Giuliana Pena, with a win at UFC 307, moves into the top

04:19three.

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