<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2Nn49W_0wNK6Lli00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2Nn49W_0wNK6Lli00" width="1200" height="712" ><figcaption>Dana White has reached out to Mark Zuckerberg for UFC help (Image: Getty)</figcaption></figure>Dana White has said he has reached out to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about helping the UFC to improve rankings. The UFC boss revealed he has spoken to Zuckerberg surrounding artificial intelligence.White revealed that the UFC are looking to revamp the way the promotion organizes the ranking among fighters, insisting he is set to completely change the standings after making it no secret that he’s unhappy with the current systemSpeaking to TNT Sports, White revealed he reached out to Zuckerberg in an attempt to find a new system to determine the rankings, with the current standings voted on by members of the media.“We literally had meetings this week to work on it,” White said. “I actually talked to Mark Zuckerberg, too, about AI. So I’m totally going to fix the rankings. We’re going to make a lot of strong moves here coming in to ‘25.”White shared his aggrievances with the rankings which peaked following Khalil Rountree’s valiant defeat to light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira at UFC 307. Rountree was knocked out in the fourth round despite being ahead on the scorecards, remaining No. 8 in the ranks to the frustration of White.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=18ng8v_0wNK6Lli00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=18ng8v_0wNK6Lli00" width="1068" height="712" ><figcaption>Zuckerberg has been a guest of White's at the UFC (Image: Getty)</figcaption></figure>"The morons strike again," White said in an Instagram story after the bout "Khalil Rountree fights that badass fight against Pereira, and the morons rank him No. 8—keep him at No. 8. Literally this week, I have a meeting to try to fix the rankings and get all those know-nothing motherf---ers out of it. So, hopefully this week I get this fixed."White continued to express his frustration about the ranking method to TNT. “We’re working on it right now,” White said. “We’ve literally been working on it all last week and I will have some answers on that soon, but the rankings system drives me crazy. From the pound-for-pound to each division, there’s huge mistakes.”The current system sees members of the media vote on the rankings, but it appears a more in-touch classification is being sought to be introduced with several of the outlets involved in the voting either obscure or appear to be inactive.<h2>DON'T MISS...</h2>“First of all, Khalil Rountree, let’s start there. He fights the fight that he fought, if you look at Alex Pereira’s destroyed everybody that he’s faced,” White added. “Going into the fourth round, Khalil was ahead on the scorecards and then he gets beat and he stays at No. 8.“I’m not saying he should be in the top 3 or whatever, but he should definitely move up, for me. He might not be 2 or 3, but he’s definitely not 8. Then you look at Max Holloway. It just changed this last Tuesday, but he knocked out—If you really think about it, he beat Justin Gaethje twice that night.“He beat him on the scorecards and he knocked him out with one second left. How is he ranked 13 or something [at lightweight]? How is he ranked that low when he beat Gaethje?” Zuckerberg is a fan of combat sports and has attended several UFC events as a guest of White’s before.</div></body>

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Dana White has said he has reached out to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about helping the UFC to improve rankings. The UFC boss revealed he has spoken to Zuckerberg surrounding artificial intelligence. White revealed that the UFC are looking to revamp the way the promotion organizes the ranking among fighters,...