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UFC President Dana White considering AI and Mark Zuckerberg to improve rankings system

UFC President Dana White considering AI and Mark Zuckerberg to improve rankings system | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - Alex Pereira fights against Israel Adesanya in a middleweight title match during UFC 287 at the Kaseya Center on Saturday, April 8, 2023, in downtown Miami. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald via AP, File)

UFC President Dana White told TNT Sports that he has spoken with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg about possibly using artificial intelligence to improve the organization’s maligned ranking system.

“I’m totally going to fix the rankings,” White told the network on Thursday. “We’re going to make a lot of strong moves here coming into 2025.”

This isn’t the first time White has complained about the ranking system, which has been in place since 2013. It relies on a combination of rankings from a variety of outlets that cover the UFC.

The next major event is the featherweight championship between titleholder Ilia Topuria and second-ranked challenger Max Holloway in UFC 308 on Saturday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

UFC President Dana White considering AI and Mark Zuckerberg to improve rankings system | iNFOnews.ca
FILE – Ilia Topuria celebrates after defeating Bryce Mitchell in a UFC 282 mixed martial arts featherweight bout Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

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