UFC Women’s P4P Rankings: Shevchenko SOLIDIFIES #1, Natalia Silva SURGES In!

Peter Klein

Peter Klein’s updated women’s UFC pound-for-pound rankings:  👑 Shevchenko UNTOUCHABLE at #1 after Fiorot win. 🌟 Natalia Silva DEBUTS at #10 – hype train or legit contender? 📉 Alexa Grasso FALLS OFF – two straight lackluster fights. 💎 Dark horse: Tatiana Suarez’ hangs around  #UFC #WMMA #Shevchenko #NataliaSilva #Grasso  🔗 Stay Connected & Support the Show 🎧 Listen & Subscribe:  Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/couch-potato-diary/id1564122189  Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/3QgazeHcSKSteZbBIubcuM 🧠 Partners & Promos:  C of Dead Apparel → https://www.cofdead403.ca/  Swift Energy → https://www.swiftenergy.gg/?ref=mriusnqm  🎁 Use Promo Code: PKPrimetime for 25% off! 📲 Follow Me:  Twitter (X) → https://x.com/primetimeklein  Instagram → https://instagram.com/primetimeklein  Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/Couchpotatodiary  Twitch → https://twitch.tv/primetimepk 📬 Business Inquiries & Fan Mail:  Email → couchpotatodiary@yahoo.com

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00:00So, after UFC 315, one of the all-time pound-for-pound greats is still the champion, Valentina

00:17Shevchenko, with the win. That, and her spot on the rankings, probably not going to change,

00:22but we do have a couple other alterations that have been made over the last couple of

00:25months. So, let's roll through them. At number 10, debuting on the top 10, Natalia Silva,

00:31coming off of a dominant win against a former champion, I think really does show how good she

00:36is and how good she can be. And so, there is a little bit of projecting in this ranking,

00:41and I do think that there is a little bit of me just assuming what she can be by putting her on

00:46this top 10 list, but I just think the world of the talents that we saw from her on Saturday against

00:52Alexa Grosso, and it's a big win against a former champion, and someone who was on this list.

00:56At number 9, Tatiana Suarez, coming off of the first setback of her career. I still think that

01:01she has the high-quality resume to deserve a spot in the top 10. At number 8, it is Rose Namiunis.

01:10Again, we've had a couple of stumbles, but I just think that this is a little bit more of a legacy

01:14one, and I still think you have to have Rose in your top 10. Aaron Blanchfield comes in at number 7,

01:19and does have a bit of a setback, but has bounced back from that, and now has a massive fight coming

01:24up at the end of the month against Macy Barber, and it's an opportunity for her to, I think,

01:29really cement her place as one of the greats in the sport right now. I think she is that good,

01:35I think she is that talented, and I still think she has the resume to deserve a spot in the top 10,

01:39so she is at number 7. At 6, it's Manon Fioro, who does drop a couple of spots coming off of a loss.

01:46I think she hung with Valentina Shevchenko. I think she showed up really, really well,

01:50and so because of that, I think that she is still deserving of being on this list, so Fioro sticks

01:56around just outside the top 5. At 5, it is the next title challenger in Kayla Harrison. She gets

02:03the spot at number 5. A lot of it is outside of the UFC and the dominance that she showed, but she

02:09is showing that now in the Ultimate Fighting Championship as well, and so because of that,

02:13I think you have to give her a spot here. At 4, Yan Zhao Nan, who, again, has had some setbacks,

02:19but has shown to be a high-level fighter, and so probably a little high. Just kind of going

02:24through this now, that might be a bit of a higher ranking for her, but I still think that she is

02:28that talented of a fighter that she is deserving of that spot. At 3, it is Juliana Pena. I do not like

02:36the kind of character that she is trying to portray in this heel version and everything

02:41like that. She's just kind of bad at it, but she is a good fighter and has a lot of high-level

02:47qualities as a champion right now, so she comes in at number 3. At 2, it is Zhang Weili. Again,

02:53just one of the best fighters in the world, and I think a lot of her is a fighter, and I think

03:01there are maybe a few times in the sport that she would be number 1, but right now, it is Valentina

03:06Shevchenko, who is just on another level. It's another high-level win for her. A fun one at that.

03:12There is a clear number 1 in the women's pound-for-pound rankings right now, and that is Valentina

03:17Shevchenko. So, at the bottom, Natalia Silva is the new addition to the list. That does mean someone

03:23has to come off, and that someone was Alexa Grosso. It is two underwhelming performances in a row

03:28that offsets the one big win she had over Shevchenko. So, it is weird to have someone

03:34who beat the number 1 pound-for-pound fighter on the list not be on the list, but it has been so

03:40underwhelming the last couple of fights that I just, I cannot put her as one of the top 10

03:44female fighters in the sport, or in the UFC anyway, right now.

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