As far as statement performances are concerned, you really couldn't do much better than Max Holloway's third-round stoppage of featherweight champion Jose Aldo at Saturday's UFC 212 card in Brazil.

It's not that we didn't realize Holloway (18-3) was this good coming in. His double-digit win streak over the past four years, including a virtual cleaning out of the division, was evidence enough. But even that run, culminated with his destruction of Anthony Pettis in December, failed to properly prepare us he was this great.

Holloway, 25, is an entirely different fighter altogether than the one who last lost to Conor McGregor in 2013 and four years later his stalking and shit-talking dismantling of Aldo, a UFC legend whose aura will only grow as the years go by, was truly eye-opening.

This was, in fact, the same Aldo who had made the pound-for-pound top 10 his home by running off a decade-long unbeaten streak. The same Aldo who rebounded from a 13-second knockout loss to McGregor by regaining his title and rendering Frankie Edgar's offense useless last July.

But just like that, Aldo's P4P run was ended, opening up the door for Holloway, the native of Hawaii, to possibly begin an era of his own. It's difficult to suggest he didn't earn it, having long been forced to wait his turn for a title shot at 145 pounds while racking up one impressive victory after another.

Men's Pound for Pound Rankings

UFC Power Rankings Player Weightclass Record Trend 1. Demetrious Johnson (c) Flyweight 26-2-1 -- One victory away from breaking the UFC record for consecutive title defenses, it will be interesting to see if bantamweight super fights are in his future. 2. Jon Jones Light heavyweight 22-1 -- Time away due to suspension and a safe, pedestrian performance against Ovince Saint Preux have threatened Jones' standing. A second victory over Daniel Cormier would fix everything. 3. Conor McGregor (c) Lightweight 21-3 -- Following a six-month break for paternity leave, McGregor seems more interested in chasing big dollars in the boxing ring against Floyd Mayweather than defending his 155-pound title. There are plenty of hungry young lions waiting for his return. 4. T.J. Dillashaw Bantamweight 14-3 Whether or not you believe Dillashaw deserved to lose his UFC championship last year, his world-class caliber is indisputable. And he's so hungry for another title that he's willing to drop to flyweight. Like tomorrow. 5. Daniel Cormier (c) Light heavyweight 19-1 Talk about a career-altering opportunity for Cormier. There are places his already impressive legacy can only go if he can defeat Jon Jones. He'll get that chance on July 29. 6. Cody Garbrandt (c) Bantamweight 11-0 While a recent back injury will prevent him from making his first title defense against Dillashaw in July, the impressive nature of Garbrandt's title victory over Dominick Cruz makes it difficult not to anoint him a P4P stud after one big win. 7. Max Holloway (c) Featherweight 18-3 Eleven straight victories can't be wrong. Armed with his new championship, Holloway's featherweight reign has all the makings to be exciting. 8. Tyron Woodley (c) Welterweight 17-3-1 -- It's difficult to penalize Woodley for surviving 10 difficult rounds against Stephen Thompson without losing his belt. A Georges St-Pierre super fight, if he can land it, has career-defining potential. 9. Stipe Miocic (c) Heavyweight 17-2 -- The wheels just keep on turning for the powerful Miocic, who has the potential to break the UFC heavyweight curse by building a sustainable title reign. 10. Dominick Cruz Bantamweight 22-2 -- Count Cruz out at your own peril. If injuries played as big of a part in his title loss to Garbrandt as some suggest, it wouldn't be ridiculous to believe Cruz, at 32, still might have a shot or two at the title left in him.

Dropped out: Jose Aldo

Honorable mentions: Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tony Ferguson, Jose Aldo, Yoel Romero, Luke Rockhold

Women's Pound for Pound Rankings

Player Weightclass Record Trend 1. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (c) Strawweight 14-0 -- "Joanna Champion" is slowly building the kind of legacy that could one day see her supplanting Ronda Rousey as the recognized greatest female fighter in MMA history. 2. Cris "Cyborg" Justino Featherweight 17-1 -- Will the day ever come when "Cyborg" finally fights for a UFC title? Justino's presence in the company remains the only justifiable reason why a women's 145-pound division was originally created. 3. Amanda Nunes (c) Bantamweight 14-4 -- Nunes will have headlined three of the company's biggest pay-per-view cards over the past year when UFC 213 is all said and done. But will she exit with her 135-pound title? 4. Claudia Gadelha Bantamweight 15-2 Her only two career defeats have come against Jedrzejczyk. It wouldn't be out of the question for her to one day earn a third chance as the Brazilian has looked that dominant against everyone else. 5. Valentina Shevchenko Bantamweight 14-2 A pair of impressive victories following her 2016 loss to Nunes has Shevchenko thinking revenge at UFC 213, where a five-round fight plays more into her favor.

Dropped out: Karolina Kowalkiewicz

Honorable mentions: Rose Namajunas, Germaine de Randamie, Raquel Pennington, Karolina Kowalkiewicz