January 29, 2024 10: 30 am ET
Jamahal Hill takes concern with the UFC’s pound-for-pound rankings.
Hill (12-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC), a previous UFC light heavyweight champion, chose to leave his belt after rupturing his Achilles tendon.
“Sweet Dreams” states he was neverever in the leading 10 of the UFC’s pound-for-pound rankings when he endedupbeing champ, and was gotridof from the list when he givenup his title.
“When I won the title, I can’t think of the last time someone endedupbeing a champ and they were ranked outside of the leading 10 pound-for-pound rankings,” Hill stated on the Overdogs Podcast. “Go appearance at anyone else who’s won a title. Sean O’Malley, it doesn’t matter who it is. They were put in the leading 10.
“(Alexandre) Pantoja, they were all put in the leading10 If you win a title, you’re currently top of a weight class. They neverever put me above12 Jiri (Prochazka) is still on the pound-for-pound list. I was taken off the pound-for-pound list, which is cool, however it’s a w