Legit or hacked? Questions raised as Conor McGregor usurps Khabib Nurmagomedov in official UFC pound-for-pound rankings

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Questions have been requested as to the present state of the official UFC rankings after eagle-eyed followers seen that Conor McGregor has changed Khabib Nurmagomedov as the highest ranked fighter within the UFC.

Khabib cemented his spot on the summit of the rankings following his defeat of Justin Gaethje at UFC 254 final month after he submitted the American challenger within the second spherical of their world title bout on ‘Struggle Island’.

Instantly afterwards, a tearful Nurmagomedov introduced his retirement from the game – however not earlier than asking the UFC to consolidate his spot on the high of the promotion’s open-weight rankings.

“It was my final battle right here. I do know just one factor I need from UFC,” Khabib mentioned to UFC commentator Jon Anik within the cage. “You guys must put me primary pound-for-pound fighter on the planet as a result of I deserve this.”

The UFC duly obliged, elevating Khabib above Jon Jones in to the highest spot the place it was presumed he would stay for a while. 

Nevertheless, as of Saturday there had been a change. As has been identified on Twitter by an array of battle followers, Khabib had misplaced his high spot – and had been changed by his arch-rival Conor McGregor, the Irishman he defeated in Las Vegas in 2018. 

And sure, the identical itemizing of McGregor as primary appeared on the Russian model of the UFC homepage. Khabib, in the meantime, had fallen to 3rd place.

The image was seen on the Russian model of the UFC web site.

Questions will now be requested as to precisely how, or why, the change was made. McGregor has competed simply as soon as since his defeat to Khabib at UFC 229, defeating Donald Cerrone in a 40-second shellacking in January – however even the Dubliner’s most ardent of supporters would wrestle to make a case suggesting that McGregor’s current physique of labor is sufficient to place him within the high spot.

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So if not an administrative error, what else? May one in all McGregor’s military of supporters have ‘hacked’ the UFC web site to change their hero’s rating – or have the UFC demoted Khabib of their official rankings following his retirement, and stuffed the hole along with his most heated rival?

Time will inform on that entrance however as of the time of writing, on laptop screens no less than, McGregor can lay declare to being the game’s high pound-for-pound fighter. The web says so.