Rankings Show | Conor McGregor Plummets Out Of Top 15 + Predicting 2022's Biggest Movers

MMA Fighting

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🗓️ 5 January 2022

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Co-hosts Shaun Al-Shatti and Alexander K. Lee ring in the new year by rummaging through the chaos left by an unforgettable run in December, anointing a new women's pound-for-pound No. 1 atop MMA Fighting’s Global Rankings and more. Then, the duo are joined by old friends Mike Heck and Jed Meshew around (24:30) to discuss Conor McGregor finally falling out of the rankings, play a round of "Ever Again?" to examine the futures of some down-on-their luck veterans, predict three names each (55:00) who will either rise into the top-5 or plummet out of title contention by the end of 2022, plus much more. Catch new episodes of the MMA Fighting Rankings Show on the first Wednesday of every month. Follow Shaun Al-Shatti @ShaunAlShatti Follow Alexander K. Lee @AlexanderKLee Follow Mike Heck @MikeHeck_JR Follow Jed Meshew @JedKMeshew Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:19.2	Welcome back my friends.
0:21.3	I am sure I'm not the first, but let me wish you anyway.
0:24.6	A happy 2022 to everyone out there from the MMA Fidey family.
0:28.8	You guys already know.
0:29.8	This is our once a month ranking show.
0:32.4	My name is Sean and I am joined by my good friend and co-host, the Prince of Positivity,
0:37.0	the King in the North, Alexander Kay Lee, and a New Year's upon us AK, a new ranking
0:42.2	cycle.
0:43.6	And boy, this one was a doozy my man upsets all over the place in December, including one
0:49.3	of the biggest in the history of sport, obviously that was Julie on a penia.
0:52.5	But really, both the men and the female bantam weights underwent a total reshuffling.
0:56.8	You had Sergio Pettis, Josie Aldo, Dominic Cruz, Sean O'Malley, even crept in the rankings.
1:02.2	We have a new women's pound for pound number one, Conor McGregor finally fell outside
1:06.7	of Frankie Edgar.
1:07.7	We're going to get to all of that on today's show, but it was just pure chaos over these
1:12.4	last few weeks.
1:13.8	AK, when you look back on December 2021 and all the changes we just saw, what for you stands
1:20.8	out as the biggest story to affect these rankings heading into the New Year?
1:23.7	Well, I'll tell you a shame the story that I'm most satisfied about is one Mr. Charles
1:28.0	Olivera.
1:29.0	Let me let's let's let's let's let's this isn't the number one story, but let me just touch
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