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Conor McGregor Slips Down The UFC Pound-For-Pound Rankings

Conor McGregor Slips Down The UFC Pound-For-Pound Rankings

The Irishman hasn't fought since his submission defeat to Khabib Nurmagomedov last October.

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

Conor McGregor has dropped down to twelfth place in the UFC pound-for-pound rankings having not won a fight for three years.

McGregor, 31, was previously ranked eleventh, before being overtaken by women's flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko.

Of course, the former UFC 'champ-champ' hasn't fought since his devastating defeat to Khabib Nurmagomedov last October and hasn't won a bout inside the famed Octagon since November 2016.

Image: PA
Image: PA

UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones remains the pound-for-pound king ahead of UFC lightweight champion Nurmagomedov.

Henry Cejudo, Stipe Miocic and Amanda Nunes are placed third, fourth and fifth, respectively.

UFC Pound-For-Pound Rankings:

1. Jon Jones

2. Khabib Nurmagomedov

3. Henry Cejudo

4. Stipe Miocic

5. Amanda Nunes

6. Daniel Cormier

7. Max Holloway

8. Kamaru Usman

9. Robert Whittaker

10. Tony Ferguson

11. Valentina Shevchenko

12. Conor McGregor

13. Dustin Poirier

14. Israel Adesanya

15 Tyron Woodley

McGregor continues to tease a return to the UFC with hints on social media. He recently uploaded an interesting message on social media regarding his comeback.

He shared a picture of himself in Reebok clothing, accompanied with the words: "Gearing up for my next challenge".

His coach, meanwhile, wants him to face Frankie Edgar on his UFC return.

"I think him, and Frankie Edgar would be a great fight," said John Kavanagh.

"I think it was in the works when Conor was kind of going on that featherweight tear. He's an ex-champion, great fighter. Yeah, if it was me, I would love to see the Frankie Edgar fight this year if possible. And then go on another run in 2020.

"Frankie has a style that's very difficult to deal with. But it's also one we're somewhat familiar with. Even from his first fight with [Marcus] Brimage.

"This small, fast guy, quick hands, wrestling. But Frankie's just been in there with everybody. World champion, beaten legends like B.J. Penn and so on. I just think that's a great match for the fans and for me. I'd love to see it."

Who do you want to see McGregor face in the UFC? Let us know.

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Topics: Khabib Nurmagomedov, Conor Mcgregor, Jon Jones, UFC News, MMA News, Fight News, UFC, MMA

Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado, and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Darren Till, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.

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