Welcome to the latest update to the MMA Fighting Global Rankings, where our esteemed panel of experts team up to sort out the movers and shakers of the ever-shifting MMA landscape.
There is only one word to properly describe July: Chaos.
With six major events happening over a four-week span, last month proved to be a month of mayhem for some of the biggest names in mixed martial arts. Top-ranked contenders in six different divisions returned to action, controversial decisions ran roughshod over the sport’s landscape, and the man who may very well be the best non-UFC fighter in the world set fire to his division’s rankings with a coming out party for the ages.