Editorial Commentary by Peter Parsons
There are times when it makes sense for Fighter A to be ranked ahead of Fighter B even though Fighter A lost to Fighter B. However, this rarely makes sense when the fight in question happened quite recently. When this week’s UFC rankings were released, two examples of this situation stood out to me. In both cases, the movement happened without any of the four fighters having had a recent fight.
Kevin Lee ranked ahead of Al Iaquinta?
In the UFC lightweight division, Al Iaquinta dropped two spots this week to No. 12, beneath the No. 11 ranked Kevin Lee, a fighter whom he has defeated twice.
Colby Covington ripped into the Dallas Mavericks and owner Mark Cuban, as well as the NBA, after the Mavericks had refused to play the national anthem.
Gina Carano, a pioneer in women's MMA, is no longer part of the Star Wars series "The Mandalorian" following "abhorrent and unacceptable" social media comments.