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Divisional rankings are, always have been, and always should be based on title proximity, not perceived skill level, like this independent ranked does (for example, they will also rank non UFC welterweights, which has nothing to do with getting a UFC title shot, so it doesn't matter). So yeah. No fucking duh beating a #6 will usually make you #6. I guess in all your years, you hadn't figured that out yet? Ya amateurNope. This is the problem that amateurs don't understand about rankings. They are near impossible to get right. This is due to the statistical problem of small sample size.
Abstract example: Fighter A ranked #20 beats Fighter B ranked #5. This is one fight. The #5 ranked fighter could have just had a bad night, or it could have been a bad matchup. Do you then rank Fighter A at #5, and move Fighter B down to #6? That doesn't really make a whole lot of sense. In reality you should drop Fighter B down several spots first, and then move Fighter A ahead of them. In this case, Fighter B should be moved outside of the top 10, and Fighter A should be ranked #10. Anything else risks over-ranking Fighter A. Sadly, that just doesn't happen very often.
Geoff Neil beat Ponzinibio who was ranked #27 at the time according to independent rankings, and he beat Luque ranked at #6, and all of a sudden a few months later Goeff Neil is ranked #6 basically off just 1 win. That's a bad ranking. And it's a result of extreme ranking changes due to small sample size. Neil went from being ranked #27 to ranked #6 in early 2023. He then promptly lost to Shavkat who was ranked #28 at the time. Now, we know Shavkat is the real deal now -- but we didn't know it at the time. The instant Neil lost to #28 Shavkat, he should have been demoted on the rankings by at least 5 spots, outside of the top 10. But somehow stupidly Neil retained a #8 ranking after that loss.
And that is how Ian Garry got into the top 10, by beating Geoff Neil who never should have been ranked above #10 to begin with, and should have been moved down to about #15 after losing to Shavkat. If I am right, Ian Garry is going to get destroyed when he fights a legit top 10 fighter.
Also, stop mixing up Neal and Neil. It's hard enough telling you you're wrong, now you're just making it harder for us to tell you exactly what you're wrong about