Undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib “The Eagle” Nurmagomedov, who retired after his successful title defence over Justin Gaethje, has risen to the top of the UFC’s official men’s pound-for-pound rankings. He displaces former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, who had held the number one position since August of 2019. He is the first person to displace Jones from the number one position through wins alone. Jones first rose to the number one spot in 2013 following the defeat of Anderson Silva by Chris Weidman.
Since then, Jones was removed three times; once in 2015 after the UFC suspended him for his infamous hit-and-run incident.