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USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings review: Biggest movers in 2024

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Summary
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73% Informative

The USA TODAY Sports / MMA Junkie global rankings reflect the ever-changing landscape as each division and pound-for-pound rankings shift.

Ilia Topuria , MMA Junkie’s Male Fighter of the Year for 2024 , went 2 -0 in 2024 .

Demetrious Johnson Johnson naturally fell from No. 5 to out of the pound for pound rankings due to retirement.

Stipe Miocic went 0-1 in his first fight since 2021 .

Umar Nurmagomedov vaulted from No 15 to No 5 following a 2-0 year .

Joaquin Buckley Buckley jumped to No. 5 after a 4 -0 win over Vicente Luque , Nursulton Ruziboev , Stephen Thompson and Colby Covington .

Jason Jackson Jackson fell six spots from No. 8 to No.

14 following a 1-1 year where he lost the Bellator welterweight title to Ramazan Kuramagomedov .

Aljamain Sterling’s fall from No. 3 to out of the rankings was simply due to switching to the featherweight division.

Brandon Royval Royval jumped from.

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