Absolute Fighting Championship (UFC) official website updated promotion ratings.
The promotion’s lightweight champion Islam Makhachev has moved into second place in the UFC rankings, regardless of weight category. Jon Jones comes first.
UFC 294 took place on October 21. In the main event of the tournament, UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev defended his title for the second time by knocking out Australian Alex Volkanovski in the first round. The Russian earned $1.79 million from this fight, while his opponent earned $1.58 million.
In the second important fight of the night, Khamzat Chimaev defeated Kamaru Usman by score. The Swedish fighter of Chechen origin earned 865 thousand dollars from the victory, while his opponent earned 1.02 million dollars.
Originally, Makhachev was supposed to fight Charles Oliveira at the tournament in Abu Dhabi, but he was injured during training and could not perform.
Previously recognized The reason why Khabib Nurmagomedov will not take part in the Makhachev fight.