UFC Performance Based Fighter Rankings: Featherweights: July 10/20

There is constant debate about the “official” UFC fighter rankings, which are based on voting from a panel of journalists.  Such is the case with something as subjective as voting – it’s totally based on voter’s opinion, and biases are bound to seep through, whether intentional or no.  So to try to put a fresh, objective, data-driven spin on rankings, The MMA Manifesto has come up with a performance based ranking system, solely based on how a fighter has performed in the cage.  Next up: The Featherweights.

 

*stipulations: 1) any fighter currently suspended or 2) inactive for at least 12 months (without an upcoming fight scheduled) are excluded from the rankings 

• Scoring based on a fighter’s past 10 UFC performances (we use a five year time limit, so if they have fought less than 10 times in past five years, only the fights within that time frame are counted)
• Points based on a fighter’s opponent’s UFC win/loss record (ie strength of schedule – the more successful a vanquished opponent is, the more points awarded), extra points given for finishes, extra points given for title fight wins.  
• Points are weighed so most recent fights are worth more (ie most recent fight counts the most, 10th most recent fight the least)
• No points awarded for a loss

 

(first column performance based ranking, second column is last rankings, third column is official UFC ranking from UFC.com)

Stats	Last	UFC		Total
Rank	Rank	Rank
1	1	2	Max Holloway	391.5
2	2	1	Alexander Volkanovski	356
3	3	4	Brian Ortega	297
4	6	8	Josh Emmett	190.5
5	4	5	Chan Sung Jung	176.5
6	5		Ricardo Lamas	175
7	7		Song Yadong	154.5
8	8	14	Ryan Hall	138.5
9	NR		Jimmie Rivera	115.5
10	NR		Cody Stamann	110.5
11	9	6	Yair Rodriguez	110
12	11		Marlon Vera	106
13	13	11	Dan Ige	98.5
14	14	16	Sodiq Yusuff	95.5
15	15		Nik Lentz	93.5
16	16	7	Calvin Kattar	91.5
16	12	15	Shane Burgos	91.5
18	NR		Brian Kelleher	91
19	18	13	Arnold Allen	84
20	20		Edson Barboza	79.5
21	17		Andre Fili	79
22	21	3	Zabit Magomedsharipov	73.5
23	19		Mirsad Bektic	71
24	22		Darren Elkins	70
25	23		Ricardo Ramos	69
26	26		Chas Skelly	68
27	24		Grant Dawson	65
28	43		Herbert Burns	62.5
29	25		Doo Ho Choi	60
30	26	10	Jeremy Stephens	58
31	28		Hakeem Dawodu	50
32	30		Movsar Evloev	44.5
33	31		Mike Grundy	40
33	31		Nate Landwehr	40
35	33		Bryce Mitchell	39.5
36	36		Alex Caceres	37
37	36		Zubaira Tukhugov	34
38	43		Billy Quarantillo	32.5
38	NR		Julian Erosa	32.5
40	29		Makwan Amirkhani	32
41	38		Kyle Nelson	30
42	40		Cub Swanson	27.5
42	40		Shane Young	27.5
44	38		Charles Jourdain	27
45	42		Danny Henry	26.5
46	51		Chris Gutierrez	25.5
47	43		Douglas Silva de Andrade	25
47	43		Julio Arce	25
49	43		Jordan Griffin	22.5
49	43		Spike Carlyle	22.5
51	49		Jared Gordon	20
52	50		Kron Gracie	18
53	52		Gavin Tucker	14
54	53		Giga Chikadze	13.5
54	53		Steven Peterson	13.5
56	55		Mike Trizano	13
57	56		Mike Davis	10
58	61		Youssef Zalal	9.5
59	57		Hunter Azure	9
59	57		Matt Sayles	9
61	59		Nad Narimani	8.5
62	60		Sheymon Moraes	7.5
63	61		Seung Woo Choi	5
64	61		Chase Hooper	4.5
64	65		Chris Fishgold	4.5
64	65		Daniel Teymur	4.5
64	65		Luiz Garagorri	4.5
64	61		Sean Woodson	4.5
69	65		Vince Morales	3.5
70	69		Aalon Cruz	0
70	69		Austin Lingo	0
70	69		Darrick Minner	0
70	69		Irwin Rivera	0
70	69		Jacob Kilburn	0
70	69		Jamall Emmers	0
70	69		Lerone Murphy	0
70	NR		Steve Garcia	0
70	69		Suman Mokhtarian	0
70	69		Sung Bin Jo	0
70	69		T.J. Brown	0

 

Check back Monday for our bantamweight rankings

Performance Based Rankings:

Heavyweights
Light Heavyweights
Middleweights
Welterweights
Lightweights
Bantamweights
Flyweights
Women’s Feather/Bantamweights
Women’s Flyweights
Women’s Strawweights
Pound for Pound

 

 

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