Kamaru Usman has risen to the highest of the sport, taking up the No. 1 spot within the ESPN pound-for-pound males’s MMA rankings.
Usman (19-1) retained his UFC welterweight championship with a stunning knockout of Jorge Masvidal on Saturday, his 18th consecutive victory and fourth title protection.
He takes excessive spot from Jon Jones, whose keep was temporary. The previous mild heavyweight champ, who vacated his title in August as a way to combat at heavyweight, had moved as much as No. 1 in March after the retirement of Khabib Nurmagomedov. Jones (26-1, 1 NC) had been a longtime No. 1 previous to Nurmagomedov taking up. Now he has been surpassed once more, and on the identical time his profession is in limbo, as he has been unable to return to phrases with the UFC on a combat in opposition to heavyweight titlist Francis Ngannou.
Usman has been steadily rising. He moved from fourth to second within the March rankings, then grabbed the highest spot on the power of his UFC 261 efficiency, incomes the first-place nod from three of the ESPN panel’s 4 voters.
The lads’s high 10 additionally has a pair of recent arrivals, as former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker and ex-bantamweight champ Petr Yan share 10th place.
Within the ladies’s rankings, Rose Namajunas leapfrogs Zhang Weili after dethroning her at strawweight at UFC 261, transferring up from No. 5. And Jessica Andrade slips one spot, to No. 7, after being knocked out by flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko on Saturday.
Be aware: Outcomes are present; rankings as of April 28.
Males’s pound-for-pound rankings
1. Kamaru Usman 
UFC welterweight champion
Earlier rating: 2
Report: 19-1
Final: W (KO2) Jorge Masvidal, April 24, 2021
Subsequent: TBD vs. Colby Covington
2. Jon Jones 
UFC mild heavyweight/introduced transfer to heavyweight
Earlier rating: 1
Report: 26-1, 1 NC
Final: W (UD) Dominick Reyes, Feb. Eight, 2020
Subsequent: TBD
Three. Israel Adesanya 
UFC middleweight champion
Report: 20-1
Final: L (UD) Jan Blachowicz, March 6, 2021
Subsequent: June 12 vs. Marvin Vettori
Four. Francis Ngannou
UFC heavyweight champion
Report: 16-Three
Final: W (KO2) Stipe Miocic, March 27, 2021
Subsequent: TBD vs. Derrick Lewis
UFC featherweight champion
Report: 22-1
Final: W (SD) Max Holloway, July 11, 2020
Subsequent: TBD vs. Brian Ortega
T-6. Jan Blachowicz
UFC mild heavyweight champion
Report: 28-Eight
Final: W (UD) Israel Adesanya, March 6, 2021
Subsequent: Sept. Four vs. Glover Teixeira
T-6. Deiveson Figueiredo
UFC flyweight champion
Report: 20-1-1
Final: D (MD) Brandon Moreno, Dec. 12, 2020
Subsequent: June 12 vs. Brandon Moreno
T-6. Dustin Poirier
UFC light-weight
Report: 27-6, 1 NC
Final: W (TKO2) Conor McGregor, Jan. 23, 2021
Subsequent: July 10 vs. Conor McGregor
9. Max Holloway
UFC featherweight
Report: 22-6
Final: W (UD) Calvin Kattar, Jan. 16, 2021
Subsequent: TBD
T-10. Robert Whittaker
UFC middleweight
Earlier rating: Unranked
Report: 23-5
Final: W (UD) Kelvin Gastelum, April 17, 2021
Subsequent: TBD
T-10. Petr Yan
UFC bantamweight
Earlier rating: Unranked
Report: 15-2
Final: L (DQ4) Aljamain Sterling, March 6, 2021
Subsequent: TBD
How our writers voted
Brett Okamoto
1. Kamaru Usman
2. Jon Jones
Three. Israel Adesanya
Four. Alexander Volkanovski
5. Deiveson Figueiredo
6. Jan Blachowicz
7. Dustin Poirier
Eight. Max Holloway
9. Petr Yan
10. Francis Ngannou
Marc Raimondi
1. Kamaru Usman
2. Jon Jones
Three. Israel Adesanya
Four. Francis Ngannou
5. Stipe Miocic
6. Alexander Volkanovski
7. Dustin Poirier
Eight. Jan Blachowicz
9. Deiveson Figueiredo
10. Max Holloway
Ariel Helwani
1. Kamaru Usman
2. Jon Jones
Three. Israel Adesanya
Four. Alexander Volkanovski
5. Francis Ngannou
6. Dustin Poirier
7. Max Holloway
Eight. Jan Blachowicz
9. Deiveson Figueiredo
10. Robert Whittaker
Jeff Wagenheim
1. Jon Jones
2. Francis Ngannou
Three. Kamaru Usman
Four. Israel Adesanya
5. Stipe Miocic
6. Deiveson Figueiredo
7. Jan Blachowicz
Eight. Alexander Volkanovski
9. Dustin Poirier
10. Robert Whittaker
1. Amanda Nunes
UFC bantamweight/featherweight champion
Report: 21-Four
Final: W (Sub1) Megan Anderson, March 6, 2021
Subsequent: TBD vs. Julianna Peña
UFC flyweight champion
Report: 21-Three
Final: W (TKO2) Jessica Andrade, April 24, 2021
Subsequent: TBD
Three. Cris Cyborg
Bellator featherweight champion
Report: 23-2, 1 NC
Final: W (Sub2) Arlene Blencowe, Oct. 15, 2020
Subsequent: Might 21 vs. Leslie Smith
Four. Rose Namajunas
UFC strawweight champion
Earlier rating: 5
Report: 10-Four
Final: W (KO1) Zhang Weili, April 24, 2021
Subsequent: TBD
5. Zhang Weili
UFC strawweight
Earlier rating: Four
Report: 21-2
Final: L (KO1) Rose Namajunas, April 24, 2020
Subsequent: TBD
UFC strawweight
Earlier rating: 7
Report: 16-Four
Final: L (SD) Zhang Weili, March 7, 2020
Subsequent: TBD
UFC flyweight
Earlier rating: 6
Report: 21-9
Final: L (TKO2) Valentina Shevchenko, April 24, 2021
Subsequent: TBD
Eight. Germaine de Randamie
UFC bantamweight
Report: 10-Four
Final: W (TechSub3) Julianna Peña, Oct. Three, 2020
Subsequent: TBD
9. Holly Holm
UFC bantamweight
Report: 14-5
Final: W (UD) Irene Aldana, Oct. Three, 2020
Subsequent: TBD
UFC flyweight
Report: 15-Four
Final: W (UD) Cynthia Calvillo, Nov. 21, 2020
Subsequent: Might 15 vs. Viviane Araujo
Different fighters receiving votes: Ayaka Hamasaki and Yan Xiaonan
How our writers voted
Brett Okamoto
1. Amanda Nunes
2. Valentina Shevchenko
Three. Rose Namajunas
Four. Cris Cyborg
5. Zhang Weili
6. Jessica Andrade
7. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Eight. Germaine de Randamie
9. Holly Holm
10. Katlyn Chookagian
Marc Raimondi
1. Amanda Nunes
2. Valentina Shevchenko
Three. Cris Cyborg
Four. Rose Namajunas
5. Zhang Weili
6. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
7. Jessica Andrade
Eight. Germaine de Randamie
9. Holly Holm
10. Ayaka Hamasaki
Ariel Helwani
1. Amanda Nunes
2. Valentina Shevchenko
Three. Cris Cyborg
Four. Rose Namajunas
5. Zhang Weili
6. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
7. Jessica Andrade
Eight. Germaine de Randamie
9. Holly Holm
10. Katlyn Chookagian
Jeff Wagenheim
1. Amanda Nunes
2. Valentina Shevchenko
Three. Cris Cyborg
Four. Rose Namajunas
5. Zhang Weili
6. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
7. Jessica Andrade
Eight. Germaine de Randamie
9. Holly Holm
10. Yan Xiaonan