UFC CEO Dana White is fed up with the rankings.
In a video posted to his Instagram story the UFC boss revealed that he has a meeting scheduled this week to “fix the rankings.”
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“The morons strike again. Khalil Rountree fights that badass fight against (Alex) Pereira, and the morons rank him #8,” White said in the video.
“Keep him at #8.”
Rountree Jr (13-6) challenged Pereira for the UFC light heavyweight title at UFC 307 in Salt Lake City. The #8 ranked fighter took it to the champ in the first couple of rounds, but ‘Poatan’ soon took over the fight. It all came on an end in the 4th round when Pereira dropped and finished Rountree Jr to retain the title.
The fight may have surpassed expectations as Rountree Jr lasted longer than most Pereira opponents, took a ton of damage, and still wanted fought to stay in the fight. White clearly believes the voters in charge of UFC rankings dismissed all of that.
So now the UFC CEO is on a mission to change all that.
“Literally this week I have a meeting to try to fix the rankings and get all these know nothing, do nothing, mother f*ckers out of it,” he said.
“Hopefully this week I get this fixed.”
Dana White did not reveal how he plans to ‘fix’ the rankings as of this post.
