Take a glance at the UFC’s official lightweight rankings and you’ll notice it houses several of the promotion’s marquee names. Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson sit at the very top with the likes of former champions Eddie Alvarez and Anthony Pettis, as well as inactive stars Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz, among those a little further down the list.
Sitting outside of the top-10 are the next tier of would-be contenders, including a fighter who has only one UFC fight on his resume: Alexander Hernandez.