‘How Does Someone Move Up In the Rankings Without Actually Fighting?- Neil Magny Is Done Following the UFC Rankings, Here’s Why

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Long-time UFC veteran Neil Magny recently revealed that he stopped paying heed to the UFC rankings quite a long time ago. Clearly frustrated with the way he’s been moved down the rankings over the years, Neil Magny narrated an incident wherein he was passed over by other ace fighters for no particular rhyme or reason.

Despite the fact that a fight between Donald Cerrone and Kelvin Gastelum never happened, Neil Magny found out that he had fallen back down a spot from his previous position and was replaced by a fighter whose fight had fallen through.

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The situation has clearly stuck in Neil Magny’s mind and the veteran welterweight fighter isn’t focused on metrics anymore.

“For me to protect my own sanity, my own peace, I quit caring about the rankings a long time ago,” Magny explained on The Fighter vs. The Writer. “I stopped caring about the rankings when it was a situation where I was ranked No. 6 or something like that, this was years ago and Donald Cerrone was supposed to fight Kelvin Gastelum, who at the time was ranked No. 5 and that fight never came through, it never happened.”

“The fight never took place. I think Kelvin had something go wrong with his weight cut and he had to pull out of the fight either the day before or the day of and the fight never came through.”

“Somehow the rankings came out the next week and Donald Cerrone found himself in the top five, I fell back a spot and Kelvin Gastelum was at No. 6. I’m sitting there scratching my head trying to figure out how does someone move up in the rankings without actually fighting?” [h/t mmafighting.com]

It’s clear that Neil Magny is set to place more emphasis on his performance under the bright lights and he’s keen to let his performances do the talking. ‘The Haitian Sensation’ is currently on a two-fight win streak and has impressively defeated five of his last six opponents.

Moreover, he’s bested names such as Robbie Lawler and Geoff Neal on route to his climb up towards a title shot.